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10 Best Movies Like American Outlaws

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

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#1
Barbarosa

Barbarosa

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Outlaws for fans of Western & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical ...

#2
El Dorado

El Dorado

1966★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Outlaws for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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 ...

#3
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Outlaws 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...

#4
Doc West

Doc West

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Outlaws for fans of Western & Action. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds hi...

#5
Young Guns II

Young Guns II

1990★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Outlaws for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to ...

#6
Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw

1959★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to American Outlaws for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

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...

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