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Movies like Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die (1971)

The best movies like Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die (1971) are Sabata (1969), Beyond the Law (1968) and A Man Called Sledge (1970). If Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die hooked you with its western, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. Sabata (1969)

    Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  2. Beyond the Law (1968)

    A thief takes the job as a town sheriff in order to rob a silver shipment before his ex-partner can grab it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

  3. A Man Called Sledge (1970)

    James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within their midst. As they begin to bicker over who should get the biggest cut, the stage is set for a deadly showdown. Claude Akins and John Marley co-star in this Italian Western directed by Vic Morrow.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  4. The Hellbenders (1967)

    A Southern Colonel, his three sons, and a card shark embark on an odyssey through the Southwest carrying a coffin full of stolen money with which the Colonel plans to revive the Confederacy.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  5. Four of the Apocalypse (1975)

    Four petty criminals, three men and a woman, wander through the trackless terrain of the Wild West Utah and are hounded by a sadistic bandit.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  6. Face to Face (1967)

    History Professor Brad Fletcher heads west for his health, but falls in with Solomon Bennett's outlaw gang. Fascinated by their way of life, Fletcher finally takes over the gang, leading with a new 'efficient' ruthlessness.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  7. Tepepa (1969)

    The Mexican guerilla leader Tepepa and his gang fight against the chief of police, Cascorro.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  8. A Bullet for the General (1967)

    El Chuncho's bandits rob arms from a train, intending to sell the weapons to Elias' revolutionaries. They are helped by one of the passengers, Bill Tate, and allow him to join them, unware of his true intentions.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  9. Light the Fuse… Sartana Is Coming (1970)

    Wily roving gunslinger Sartana arrives in a small town and tries to find a hidden fortune of half a million dollars in gold and two million dollars in counterfeit money. Naturally, a bunch of other treacherous folks who include conniving widow Senora Manassas, shrewd fellow gunslinger Grand Full, and the vicious and unhinged General Monk are also looking to get their greedy hands on said fortune.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  10. The Grand Duel (1972)

    A grizzled ex-sheriff helps a man framed for murder to confront the powerful trio of brothers who want him dead.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  11. Bandidos (1967)

    Renowned gunman Richard Martin is traveling on a train, held up by Billy Kane, a former student of Martin's. Kane spares Martin, but only after shooting his hands. Years later, Martin meets an escaped convict, wrongly convicted for the train robbery. Martin trains his new student and both men seek out Billy Kane.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  12. Massacre Time (1966)

    In 1866, prospector Tom Corbett returns to his hometown of Laramie, Texas, now under the brutal control of gangster Jason Scott and his violent son, Junior. With his brother Jeff, a struggling drunk cared for by their maid Mercedes, Tom seeks to overthrow the Scotts' tyrannical rule and restore peace to the town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  13. Man of the East (1972)

    By his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them shall teach him otherwise. This doesn't work until Joe has to defend himself against gunman Morton who's jealous of Joe's love to rancher Ohlsen's beautiful daughter.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  14. My Name Is Nobody (1973)

    Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  15. Ramrod (1947)

    A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  16. Go West (1940)

    A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  17. The Mercenary (1968)

    While a Mexican revolutionary lies low as a U.S. rodeo clown, the cynical Polish mercenary who tutored the idealistic peasant tells how he and a dedicated female radical fought for the soul of the guerrilla general Paco, as Mexicans threw off repressive government and all-powerful landowners in the 1910s. Tracked by the vengeful Curly, Paco liberates villages, but is tempted by social banditry's treasures, which Kowalski revels in.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  18. Django Kill... If You Live, Shoot! (1967)

    A Mexican outlaw known as "The Stranger" is part of a band of thieves that steal a cargo of gold from a stagecoach. However, the Americans in the band betray him, and shoot all the Mexicans. The Stranger is not completely dead though, and crawls his way out of his shallow grave, continuing his pursuit of the gold, and exacting a bloody vengeance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  19. Kill Them All and Come Back Alone (1968)

    During the American Civil War, a Confederate prisoner, Clyde McKay, attempts to steal a box of gold from a Union prison camp. He is aided by a group of prisoners and a prison guard but he is double-crossed along the way.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  20. Viva! Django (1971)

    Django is on the trail of some renegade outlaws who raped and killed his wife. En route, he rescues a horse thief from an impromptu hanging. He discovers the man knows who committed the murder. The men team up and head west for revenge.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  21. Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

    As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new life.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  22. Duck, You Sucker (1971)

    At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  23. The Big Gundown (1967)

    Unofficial lawman John Corbett hunts down Cuchillo Sanchez, a Mexican peasant accused of raping and killing a 12-year-old girl.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  24. Viva Maria! (1965)

    1907 Central America: Maria II is the daughter of an Irish terrorist. After her father's death, she meets Maria I, a performer, and decides to stay with the circus, and on her debut as a singer, unintentionally invents the striptease and makes the circus famous. Their inadvertent encounter with a socialist revolutionary lands them leading a revolution against the dictator, the capitalists, and the Church.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  25. Run, Man, Run (1968)

    The legendary Tomas Milian stars as Cuchillo, a knife-throwing thief on the run from murderous bandits, sadistic American agents, his hot-blooded fiancée and a sheriff turned bounty hunter, all of whom are gunning for a hidden fortune in gold that could finance the Mexican Revolution.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  26. Finders Killers (1971)

    A farmer returns home from the forest to find his family butchered. He decides to hunt down the murderers.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  27. Lucky Luke (1991)

    Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. Then the Dalton brothers arrive and try to get the Indians to break the peace treaty and attack the town.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  28. Django (1966)

    A coffin-dragging gunslinger and a prostitute become embroiled in a bitter feud between a Klan of Southern racists and a band of Mexican Revolutionaries.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  29. A Fistful of Dollars (1964)

    The Man With No Name enters the Mexican village of San Miguel in the midst of a power struggle among the three Rojo brothers and sheriff John Baxter. When a regiment of Mexican soldiers bearing gold intended to pay for new weapons is waylaid by the Rojo brothers, the stranger inserts himself into the middle of the long-simmering battle, selling false information to both sides for his own benefit.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  30. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966)

    While the Civil War rages on between the Union and the Confederacy, three men – a quiet loner, a ruthless hitman, and a Mexican bandit – comb the American Southwest in search of a strongbox containing $200,000 in stolen gold.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die?

The closest matches to Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die are Sabata (1969), Beyond the Law (1968) and A Man Called Sledge (1970). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die?

Start with Sabata (1969), the closest match to Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die.

What is the highest-rated movie like Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die?

The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966), rated 8.5/10 by 10,141 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die?

Lucky Luke (1991) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there Italian movies like Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die?

Yes: Sabata (1969), Beyond the Law (1968) and The Hellbenders (1967).

How are movies similar to Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Durango Is Coming, Pay or Die, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.

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