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10 Best Movies Like The Ugly Ones

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

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#1
No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

1959★ 6.6

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

When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for per...

#2
Go West

Go West

1940★ 6.5

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

Embezzler, shill, all around confidence man S. Quentin Quale is heading west to find his fortune; he meets the crafty but simple brothers Joseph and Rusty Panello in a train statio...

#3
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Ugly Ones 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
Man in the Shadow

Man in the Shadow

1957★ 6.7

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

In a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the...

#5
Gunless

Gunless

2010★ 6.4

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

American gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West....

#6
Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown

1957★ 6.3

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

A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death....

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