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Movies that feel likeThe Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

Outlaw Jesse James is rumored to be the 'fastest gun in the West'. An eager recruit into James' notorious gang, Robert Ford eventually grows jealous of the famed outlaw and, when Robert and his brother sense an opportunity to kill James, their murderous action elevates their target to near mythical status.

If you loved The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, the closest films we have are 3:10 to Yuma (2007), Killing Them Softly (2012) and The Rider (2018). All three share The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford's gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is My Name Ain't Johnny (2008).

🍅 76% Rotten Tomatoes★ 7.5 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Andrew Dominikcontemplativegritty
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3:10 to Yuma
2007 · dir. James Mangold
🍅 89%★ 7.6western

Western with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: Lighter on stillness

In Arizona in the late 1800s, infamous outlaw Ben Wade and his vicious gang of thieves and murderers have plagued the Southern Railroad. When Wade is captured, Civil War veteran Dan Evans, struggling to survive on his drought-plagued ranch, volunteers to deliver him alive to the "3:10 to Yuma", a train that will take the killer to trial.

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Killing Them Softly
2012 · dir. Andrew Dominik
🍅 74%★ 6.2crime · thriller

The same hand behind both of them: Andrew Dominik

The difference: Less contemplative, more its own thing

Jackie Cogan is an enforcer hired to restore order after three dumb guys rob a Mob protected card game, causing the local criminal economy to collapse.

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The Rider
2018 · dir. Chloé Zhao
🍅 97%★ 7.4drama · westernRent or buy

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Once a rising star of the rodeo circuit, and a gifted horse trainer, young cowboy Brady is warned that his riding days are over after a horse crushed his skull at a rodeo. In an attempt to regain control of his own fate, Brady undertakes a search for a new identity and what it means to be a man in the heartland of the United States.

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Lawless
2012 · dir. John Hillcoat
🍅 67%★ 7.2crime · drama · western

Both lean on stillness more than on drama

The difference: Played as crime first

In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is the brain of the operation; older Howard is the brawn, and younger Jack, the lookout. Though the local police have taken bribes and left the brothers alone, a violent war erupts when a sadistic lawman from Chicago arrives and tries to shut down the Bondurants operation.

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First Cow
2020 · dir. Kelly Reichardt
🍅 95%★ 7.1drama · westernRent or buy

Gritty western, and it commits to that

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow—the first, and only, in the territory.

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The Power of the Dog
2021 · dir. Jane Campion
🍅 94%★ 6.8drama · westernNetflix

Contemplative drama in both cases

A domineering but charismatic rancher wages a war of intimidation on his brother's new wife and her teen son, until long-hidden secrets come to light.

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Freedom Writers
2007 · dir. Richard LaGravenese
🍅 69%★ 7.6crime · drama

Western built on grit, twice over

A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.

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Evil
2003 · dir. Mikael Håfström
🍅 68%★ 7.7drama

Drama in the same key

Stockholm, in the 1950s. Erik is expelled from the local school for getting into one brawl too many. To protect Erik from his violent stepfather’s reaction to his expulsion, Erik's mother arranges for Erik to spend a year at Stjärnsberg Boarding School, the only school willing to accept him. This is Erik's last chance to graduate to Upper School and he promises his mother, for his and her sake, to do all he can to stay out of trouble.

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Duck, You Sucker
1971 · dir. Sergio Leone
🍅 92%★ 7.5westernPrime Video

Western approached the same way

The difference: Made in the 1970s, in a different era of the craft

At the beginning of the 1913 Mexican Revolution, greedy bandit Juan Miranda and idealist John H. Mallory, an Irish Republican Army explosives expert on the lam from the British, fall in with a band of revolutionaries plotting to strike a national bank. When it turns out that the government has been using the bank as a hiding place for illegally detained political prisoners -- who are freed by the blast -- Miranda becomes a revolutionary hero against his will.

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Silenced
2011 · dir. Hwang Dong-hyuk
🍅 100%★ 8dramaNetflix

Cut from the same drama cloth

Based on actual events that took place at Gwangju Inhwa School for the hearing-impaired, where young deaf students were the victims of repeated sexual assaults by faculty members over a period of five years in the early 2000s.

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My Name Ain't Johnny
2008 · dir. Mauro Lima
★ 7.2crime · drama

Both play drama straight

The true story of João Guilherme Estrella ("Johnny"), a young middle-class bon vivant who became a big-time cocaine dealer in Rio de Janeiro in the early 1990s.

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Frozen River
2008 · dir. Courtney Hunt
🍅 88%★ 7.1drama · crime

The same drama instincts

A financially strapped mother joins a Mohawk woman to smuggle illegal immigrants into the United States.

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