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Movies like Near the Trail's End (1931)

The best movies like Near the Trail's End (1931) are The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), Cahill: United States Marshal (1973) and The Comancheros (1961). If Near the Trail's End 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. The Duel at Silver Creek (1952)

    When a gang of ruthless claim jumpers brutally murders his miner father, a gunman known as the Silver Kid joins forces with the local marshal to free the tiny town of Silver City from the clutches of the dastardly villains.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  2. Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)

    J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  3. The Comancheros (1961)

    Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieves known as Comancheros.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  4. Dark Command (1940)

    When transplanted Texan Bob Seton arrives in Lawrence, Kansas he finds much to like about the place, especially Mary McCloud, daughter of the local banker. Politics is in the air however. It's just prior to the civil war and there is already a sharp division in the Territory as to whether it will remain slave-free. When he gets the opportunity to run for marshal, Seton finds himself running against the respected local schoolteacher, William Cantrell. Not is what it seems however. While acting as the upstanding citizen in public, Cantrell is dangerously ambitious and is prepared to do anything to make his mark, and his fortune, on the Territory. When he loses the race for marshal, he forms a group of raiders who run guns into the territory and rob and terrorize settlers throughout the territory. Eventually donning Confederate uniforms, it is left to Seton and the good citizens of Lawrence to face Cantrell and his raiders in one final clash.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  5. Canyon Passage (1946)

    In 1850s Oregon, a businessman is torn between his love of two very different women and his loyalty to a compulsive gambler friend who goes over the line.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  6. Decision at Sundown (1957)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  7. Three Violent People (1956)

    A rancher, his shady bride and his one-armed brother fight amid carpetbaggers in Texas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  8. Destry Rides Again (1939)

    Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  9. The Kentuckian (1955)

    A frontiersman and his son fight to build a new home in Texas.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

  10. Return of the Bad Men (1948)

    US Marshall Vance is assigned to rid the Oklahoma Territory of outlaws.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  11. The Left Handed Gun (1958)

    When a crooked sheriff murders his employer, William "Billy the Kid" Bonney decides to avenge the death by killing the man responsible, throwing the lives of everyone around him into turmoil, and endangering the General Amnesty set up by Governor Wallace to bring peace to the New Mexico Territory.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  12. Gunless (2010)

    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.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  13. Rio Lobo (1970)

    After the Civil War, a former Union colonel searches for the two traitors whose perfidy led to the loss of a close friend.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  14. El Dorado (1966)

    Cole Thornton, a gunfighter for hire, joins forces with an old friend, Sheriff J.P. Harrah. Together with a fighter and a gambler, they help a rancher and his family fight a rival rancher that is trying to steal their water.

    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. The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

    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, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  17. The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

    John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  18. No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    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 personal revenge.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  19. The Bravados (1958)

    Jim Douglass arrives in the small town of Rio Arriba in order to witness the hanging of the four men he believes murdered his wife. When the convicts escape, Jim tracks them into Mexico, determined to see that justice is done. But the farther Jim goes in his quest for vengeance, the more merciless he becomes, losing himself in an unrelenting spiral of hatred and violence.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  20. Forty Guns (1957)

    An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshal arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  21. High Noon (1952)

    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 gang are coming to kill him, Kane is determined to stand his ground, so he attempts to gather a posse from among the local townspeople.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  22. Law of the West (1949)

    With the railroad coming, Nixon is after the ranchers land. Using a stooge land agent, his method is to claim the person they bought their ranches from never had title to the land and their deeds are worthless. Fereral Agent Johnny Mack arrives posing as a gunman. He is quickly onto the henchman and Land Agent and eventually suspects Nixon is the big boss. But he needs the help of ventriloquist Alibi to bring them in.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  23. Riders of the Dusk (1949)

    Riders of the Dusk is another of Monogram's formula Whip Wilson westerns. Since the studio couldn't build an entire film around Wilson's bullwhip prowess, a plot was called for. This time around, it's the one about a U.S. marshal who searches high and low for a mysterious masked desperado. The mystery angle is minimal, since seasoned movie fans will be able to determine the mystery person's identity within 15 minutes. As always, Andy Clyde is a tower of comic strength as Whip Wilson's grizzled old sidekick.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  24. Western Renegades (1949)

    Brown's principal antagonist this time is the town boss, an outlaw who has killed the community's leading citizen. The dead man's grown children want to investigate the killing, but the outlaw puts a stop to this by hiring a dance-hall dame to pose as the kids' long-lost mother. Johnny isn't fooled by this subterfuge nor is his sidekick.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  25. Breakheart Pass (1975)

    At the height of the frontier era, a train races through the Rocky Mountains on a classified mission to a remote army post. But one by one the passengers are being murdered, and their only hope is the mysterious John Deakin, who's being transported to face trial for murder.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  26. Wanted: Dead or Alive (1951)

    Taggart and his men are breaking wanted outlaws out of jail and then killing them for the reward money. Marshal's Whip, Jim, and Texas have a plan to trap the gang. Whip poses as a wanted outlaw while Jim joins Taggart's gang and helps break him out. But there is trouble when gang member Mike, wanting a bigger cut, double-crosses everyone.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  27. Sunset Pass (1933)

    A US marshal goes undercover to bust up a bunch of rustlers.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  28. The Fugitive Sheriff (1936)

    Hoping to rid a small western community of its corrupt political machine, Ken Marshall (Ken Maynard) runs for sheriff against the bad guys' candidate and wins the election. Dissatisfied with this, the villains contrive to frame Ken on a murder charge. He breaks out of jail and tracks down the genuine culprit,

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

  29. Gunfight at the O.K. Corral (1957)

    Lawman Wyatt Earp and outlaw Doc Holliday form an unlikely alliance which culminates in their participation in the legendary Gunfight at the O.K. Corral.

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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  30. Alias John Law (1935)

    John Clark (Bob Steele) and his deaf pal, Bootch Collum (Buck Connors), are trailed by U. S. Marshal Lamar Bly (Jack Rockwell)...

    Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western

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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like Near the Trail's End?

The closest matches to Near the Trail's End are The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), Cahill: United States Marshal (1973) and The Comancheros (1961). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after Near the Trail's End?

Start with The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), the closest match to Near the Trail's End.

What is the highest-rated movie like Near the Trail's End?

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962), rated 7.8/10 by 1,362 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like Near the Trail's End?

Gunless (2010) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like Near the Trail's End?

Yes: The Duel at Silver Creek (1952), Cahill: United States Marshal (1973) and The Comancheros (1961).

How are movies similar to Near the Trail's End chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Near the Trail's End, 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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