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10 Best Movies Like It Happened Out West

If you loved It Happened Out West, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Comancheros

The Comancheros

1961★ 6.7

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

Texas Ranger Jake Cutter arrests gambler Paul Regret, but soon finds himself teamed with his prisoner in an undercover effort to defeat a band of renegade arms merchants and thieve...

#2
Ramrod

Ramrod

1947★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened Out West 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
Extreme Prejudice

Extreme Prejudice

1987★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened Out West for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Lean, mean Texas Ranger Jack Benteen locks horns with a former friend, Cash Bailey, now a ruthless drug kingpin. Though they're on opposite sides of the law, they share a love inte...

#4
Barquero

Barquero

1970★ 6.3

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

Jake Remy leads a gang of outlaw cutthroats making their escape toward Mexico from a successful robbery. Barring their way is a river--crossable only by means of a ferry barge. The...

#5
Buchanan Rides Alone

Buchanan Rides Alone

1958★ 6.6

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

Passing through a border town, a man is caught up in a Mexican's murder of a member of the town's most powerful family....

#6
Texas Rangers

Texas Rangers

2001★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to It Happened Out West for fans of Western. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Ten years after the Civil War has ended, the Governor of Texas asks Leander McNelly to form a company of Rangers to help uphold the law along the Mexican border. With a few veteran...

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