Dynamic Watchlist Hub: May 09, 2026

10 Best Movies Like The Plainsman

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

🏆

Expert Review & Ratings

See our full critical analysis and audience score for The Plainsman.

View Review →
Advertisement
#1
The White Buffalo

The White Buffalo

1977★ 6.0

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

In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations ...

#2
True Grit

True Grit

1969★ 7.3

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

#3
Day of the Outlaw

Day of the Outlaw

1959★ 6.9

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

Blaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a...

#4
Barbarosa

Barbarosa

1982★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Plainsman for fans of 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
Ramrod

Ramrod

1947★ 6.5

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

#6
Return of the Gunfighter

Return of the Gunfighter

1967★ 6.1

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

A gunfighter and a cowboy help a Mexican girl avenge the land-related murder of her parents....

Advertisement