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10 Best Movies Like Code of the Cactus

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

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#1
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Code of the Cactus 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...

#2
The Tall Men

The Tall Men

1955★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Code of the Cactus for fans of Western. It captures a similar heartwarming atmosphere.

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and...

#3
Gunless

Gunless

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Code of the Cactus for fans of Action & Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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....

#4
No Name on the Bullet

No Name on the Bullet

1959★ 6.6

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

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 per...

#5
Destry Rides Again

Destry Rides Again

1939★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Code of the Cactus for fans of Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

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 Bottlene...

#6
Renegade

Renegade

1987★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Code of the Cactus for fans of Action & Western. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

While on his travel across the Southwestern United States, with his Jeep CJ Renegade and his chestnut colt named Joe Brown, Luke meets Matt, son of a friend of his, Moose, who is i...

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