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10 Best Movies Like The Searchers

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

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#1
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962★ 7.8

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

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer,...

#2
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

1959★ 7.8

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

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy....

#3
Stagecoach

Stagecoach

1939★ 7.6

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

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process....

#4
The Shootist

The Shootist

1976★ 7.1

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

Afflicted with a terminal illness John Bernard Books, the last of the legendary gunfighters, quietly returns to Carson City for medical attention from his old friend Dr. Hostetler....

#5
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Searchers 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...

#6
High Noon

High Noon

1952★ 7.7

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

Will Kane, the sheriff of a small town in New Mexico, learns a notorious outlaw he put in jail has been freed, and will be arriving on the noon train. Knowing the outlaw and his ga...