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10 Best Movies Like '49–'17

If you loved '49–'17, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to '49–'17 for fans of Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

After striking gold in Alaska, the romantic George sends his womanizing partner Sam to bring his fiancée up from Seattle. When Sam finds that she has already married, he returns in...

#2
Ramrod

Ramrod

1947★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to '49–'17 for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 ...

#3
The Proud Rebel

The Proud Rebel

1958★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to '49–'17 for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confed...

#4
Forty Guns

Forty Guns

1957★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to '49–'17 for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling fo...

#5
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to '49–'17 for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping 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...

#6
Union Pacific

Union Pacific

1939★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to '49–'17 for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

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 ...

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