Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like Shoot the Sun Down

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

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#1
Decision at Sundown

Decision at Sundown

1957★ 6.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Sun Down for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

A man and his partner arrive at a small Western town to kill its most powerful man because the former blames him for his wife's death....

#2
North to Alaska

North to Alaska

1960★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Sun Down 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...

#3
Ramrod

Ramrod

1947★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Sun Down 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 ...

#4
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Sun Down 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...

#5
The Shooting

The Shooting

1966★ 6.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Sun Down for fans of Western. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Two miners agree to guide a mysterious woman, who has appeared in their camp from nowhere, to a nearby town; but soon, because of her erratic behavior, they begin to suspect that h...

#6
Nevada Smith

Nevada Smith

1966★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Shoot the Sun Down for fans of Western. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian American mother and European-American father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill the...

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