Movies like Shane (1953)

Loved Shane? Here are 24 films with a similar feel, picked from what fans of Shane watch next and from titles with the same mix of drama and western. Shane was directed by George Stevens.

1

Dances with Wolves (1990)

7.8 Also drama and western

Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
2

The Magnificent Seven (1960)

7.5 Also western

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
3

High Noon (1952)

7.7 Also western

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…
4

News of the World (2020)

6.9 Also drama and western

A Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
5

Rio Bravo (1959)

7.8 Also western and drama

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.
6

Open Range (2003)

7.2 Also western

A former gunslinger is forced to take up arms again when he and his cattle crew are threatened by a corrupt lawman.
7

Heaven's Gate (1980)

6.7 Also drama and western

Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary…
8

Springsteen: Deliver Me from Nowhere (2025)

6.6 Also drama

Bruce Springsteen, a young musician on the cusp of global superstardom, struggles to reconcile the pressures of success with the ghosts of his past.
9

Old Yeller (1957)

6.9 Also drama and western

Young Travis Coates is left to take care of the family ranch with his mother and younger brother while his father goes off on a cattle drive in the 1860s. When a yellow mongrel comes for an uninvited stay with the family, Travis reluctantly…
10

The Naked Spur (1953)

7.0 Also western

A bounty hunter trying to bring a murderer to justice is forced to accept the help of two less-than-trustworthy strangers.
11

Creepy (2016)

6.7 Also drama

After having narrowly escaped an attempt on his life at the hands of a psychopath, detective inspector Takakura quits active service in the police force and takes up a position as a university lecturer in criminal psychology. But his desire…
12

Chisum (1970)

6.6 Also western

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.
13

Squad 36 (2025)

6.2 Also drama

Forced out of his elite unit, a troubled cop launches his own rogue investigation when mysterious killings claim the lives of his former colleagues.
14

Forty Guns (1957)

6.6 Also western and drama

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…
15

Skin (2019)

6.6 Also drama

In a small supermarket in a blue collar town, a black man smiles at a 10 year old white boy across the checkout aisle. This innocuous moment sends two gangs into a ruthless war that ends with a shocking backlash.
16

The White Buffalo (1977)

6.0 Also western

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns; freezing,…
17

Drums Along the Mohawk (1939)

6.5 Also drama

Albany, New York, 1776. After marrying, Gil and Lana travel north to settle on a small farm in the Mohawk River Valley, but soon their growing prosperity and happiness are threatened by the sinister sound of drums that announce dark times…
18

Day of the Outlaw (1959)

6.8 Also western

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder keg waiting to blow.
19

The Left Handed Gun (1958)

6.0 Also western

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…
20

The Way West (1967)

6.1 Also drama and western

In the mid-19th century, Senator William J. Tadlock leads a group of settlers overland in a quest to start a new settlement in the Western US. Tadlock is a highly principled and demanding taskmaster who is as hard on himself as he is on…
21

Shoot Out (1971)

6.3 Also western

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 of Clay's steps. The things get complicated when Lomax,…
22

Tell Them Willie Boy Is Here (1969)

5.8 Also western and drama

While confronting the disapproving father of his girlfriend Lola, Native American man Willie Boy kills the man in self-defense, triggering a massive manhunt, led by Deputy Sheriff Christopher Cooper.
23

What Richard Did (2012)

5.7 Also drama

What Richard Did is a striking portrait of the fall of a Dublin golden-boy and high school rugby star whose world unravels one summer night.
24

The Revengers (1972)

5.8 Also western

The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. He assembles a team of mean, lawless convicts to act as his posse as he pursues the gang…