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10 Best Movies Like The Shootist

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

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#1
Shoot Out

Shoot Out

1971★ 6.3

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

Clay Lomax, a bank robber, gets out of jail after an 7 year sentence. He is looking after Sam Foley, the man who betrayed him. Knowing that, Foley hires three men to pay attention ...

#2
Cat Ballou

Cat Ballou

1965★ 6.4

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

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects....

#3
Rio Bravo

Rio Bravo

1959★ 7.8

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

#4
Will Penny

Will Penny

1967★ 6.6

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

Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in th...

#5
Backlash

Backlash

1956★ 6.5

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

Jim Slater's father (whom he never knew) died in the Apache ambush at Gila Valley, and Jim is searching for the one survivor, who supposedly went for help but disappeared with a lo...

#6
Young Guns II

Young Guns II

1990★ 6.5

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

Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to ...

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