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10 Best Movies Like The Plainsman

If you loved The Plainsman, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo

1977★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations ...

#2
The Paleface

The Paleface

1948★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Bob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gu...

#3
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy on a mission of 'justice', which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, 'Rooster' Cogburn because h...

#4
Jane Got a Gun

Jane Got a Gun

2015★ 5.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend...

#5
Barbarosa

Barbarosa

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical ...

#6
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid

1969★ 7.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law....

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