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10 Best Movies Like Headin' East

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

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#1
Man Without a Star

Man Without a Star

1955★ 6.5

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

A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war....

#2
Go West

Go West

1925★ 6.9

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

With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast....

#3
Monte Walsh

Monte Walsh

2003★ 6.2

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

Monte Walsh and Chet Rollins are long-time cowhands, working whatever ranch work comes their way, but "nothing they can't do from a horse." Their lives are divided between months o...

#4
The Grapes of Wrath

The Grapes of Wrath

1940★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Headin' East for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Tom Joad returns to his home after a jail sentence to find his family kicked out of their farm due to foreclosure. He catches up with them on his Uncle’s farm, and joins them the n...

#5
The Westerner

The Westerner

1940★ 7.1

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

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 st...

#6
Ramrod

Ramrod

1947★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Headin' East 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 ...

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