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10 Best Movies Like The Desert Trail

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

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#1
Doc West

Doc West

2009★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Desert Trail for fans of Action & Western. 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...

#2
Boss Nigger

Boss Nigger

1975★ 6.7

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

Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the wil...

#3
Gunless

Gunless

2010★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Desert Trail 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
Barbarosa

Barbarosa

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Desert Trail for fans of Action & Western. 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 ...

#5
Renegade

Renegade

1987★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Desert Trail 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...

#6
American Outlaws

American Outlaws

2001★ 6.0

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

When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what...

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