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Movies like The Trail of the Hound (1920)

The best movies like The Trail of the Hound (1920) are Ramrod (1947), Man in the Shadow (1957) and Go West (1940). If The Trail of the Hound hooked you with its western, these 20 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.

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  1. 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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  2. Man in the Shadow (1957)

    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 rancher's overprotected daughter, but their quest for justice puts them both in danger.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)

    When the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s discovered that the ghost is also the long lost relative of Shaggy Rogers!

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  6. Union Pacific (1939)

    One of the last bills signed by President Lincoln authorizes pushing the Union Pacific Railroad across the wilderness to California. But financial opportunist Asa Barrows hopes to profit from obstructing it. Chief troubleshooter Jeff Butler has his hands full fighting Barrows' agent, gambler Sid Campeau; Campeau's partner Dick Allen is Jeff's war buddy and rival suitor for engineer's daughter Molly Monahan. Who will survive the effort to push the railroad through at any cost?

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  7. Man Without a Star (1955)

    A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  8. Annie Get Your Gun (1950)

    Gunslinger Annie Oakley romances fellow sharpshooter Frank Butler as they travel with Buffalo Bill's Wild West Show.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  9. The Westerner (1940)

    Drifter Cole Harden is accused of stealing a horse and faces hanging by self-appointed Judge Roy Bean, but Harden manages to talk his way out of it by claiming to be a friend of stage star Lillie Langtry, with whom the judge is obsessed, even though he has never met her. Tensions rise when Harden comes to the defense of a group of struggling homesteaders who Judge Bean is trying to drive away.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  10. 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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  11. The Last Hunt (1956)

    A buffalo hunter has a falling-out with his partner, who kills for fun.

    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. 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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  14. 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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  15. Hombre (1967)

    John Russell, disdained by his "respectable" fellow stagecoach passengers because he was raised by Indians, becomes their only hope for survival when they are set upon by outlaws.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  16. Return of the Gunfighter (1967)

    A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  17. Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)

    In New Mexico, a Confederate veteran returns home to find his fiancée married to a Union soldier, his Yankee neighbors rallied against him and his property sold by the local banker who then hires a gunman to kill him.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

  18. Maverick (1994)

    Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  19. Run for Cover (1955)

    An ex-convict drifter and his flawed young partner are made sheriff and deputy of a Western town.

    Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western

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  20. 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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Frequently asked questions

What are the best movies like The Trail of the Hound?

The closest matches to The Trail of the Hound are Ramrod (1947), Man in the Shadow (1957) and Go West (1940). Below are 17 more, each with the reason it matches.

What should I watch after The Trail of the Hound?

Start with Ramrod (1947), the closest match to The Trail of the Hound.

What is the highest-rated movie like The Trail of the Hound?

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017), rated 7.7/10 by 209 TMDB users.

What is the newest movie like The Trail of the Hound?

Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017) is the most recent release on this list.

Are there English movies like The Trail of the Hound?

Yes: Ramrod (1947), Man in the Shadow (1957) and Go West (1940).

How are movies similar to The Trail of the Hound chosen?

First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Trail of the Hound, 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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