Movies that feel likeThe Lone Ranger (2013)

Name: The Lone Ranger
Director: Gore Verbinski
Genre: action, adventure, western
Released: 2013

The Texas Rangers chase down a gang of outlaws led by Butch Cavendish, but the gang ambushes the Rangers, seemingly killing them all. One survivor is found, however, by an American Indian named Tonto, who nurses him back to health. The Ranger, donning a mask and riding a white stallion named Silver, teams up with Tonto to bring the unscrupulous gang and others of that ilk to justice.

If you loved The Lone Ranger, the closest films we have are The Magnificent Seven (2016), Kung Fu Jungle (2014) and Enforcement (2020). All three share The Lone Ranger's kinetic and gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Tombstone (1993).

🍅 31% Rotten Tomatoes★ 6.4 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Gore Verbinskikinetic epic gritty

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If The Lone Ranger hit the spot, these will too

The Magnificent Seven

2016 · dir. Antoine Fuqua

🍅 64%★ 6.9adventure · action · western

One thread runs through both: horse

The difference: Critics rated this one higher still

Looking to mine for gold, greedy industrialist Bartholomew Bogue seizes control of the Old West town of Rose Creek. With their lives in jeopardy, Emma Cullen and other desperate residents turn to bounty hunter Sam Chisolm for help. Chisolm recruits an eclectic group of gunslingers to take on Bogue and his ruthless henchmen. With a deadly showdown on the horizon, the seven mercenaries soon find themselves fighting for more than just money once the bullets start to fly.

Kung Fu Jungle

2014 · dir. Teddy Chan

🍅 74%★ 6.4action · thriller · crimePrime Video

The same mix in both: momentum, then scale

The difference: Leans harder into thriller than The Lone Ranger does

A martial arts instructor working at a police academy gets imprisoned after killing a man by accident. But when a vicious killer starts targeting martial arts masters, the instructor offers to help the police in return for his freedom.

Enforcement

2020 · dir. Anders Ølholm

🍅 82%★ 6.5action · crimeRent or buy

Action with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: Easier on the scale than The Lone Ranger

The exact details of what took place while Talib Ben Hassi was in police custody remain unclear. Police officers Jens and Mike are on routine patrol in Svalegården's ghetto when news of Talib's death comes in over the radio, igniting uncontrollable, pent-up rage in the ghetto's youth, who lust for revenge. Suddenly, the two officers find themselves fair game and must fight tooth and claw to find a way out.

Chocolate

2008 · dir. Prachya Pinkaew

🍅 71%★ 6.9action · crime

Both lean on momentum more than on adventure

The difference: Sits closer to crime than The Lone Ranger does

Zen, an autistic teenage girl with powerful martial arts skills, gets money to pay for her sick mother Zin's treatment by seeking out all the people who owe Zin money and making them pay.

Triple Frontier

2019 · dir. J.C. Chandor

🍅 71%★ 6.5action · thriller · crimeNetflix

Epic western in both cases

Struggling to make ends meet, former special ops soldiers reunite for a high-stakes heist: stealing $75 million from a South American drug lord.

Tombstone

1993 · dir. George P. Cosmatos

🍅 76%★ 7.8western · action

Action built on grit, twice over

The difference: 20 years apart, and the 1990s show

Legendary marshal Wyatt Earp, now a weary gunfighter, joins his brothers Morgan and Virgil to pursue their collective fortune in the thriving mining town of Tombstone. But Earp is forced to don a badge again and get help from his notorious pal Doc Holliday when a gang of renegade brigands and rustlers begins terrorizing the town.

Kick-Ass 2

2013 · dir. Jeff Wadlow

🍅 32%★ 6.5action · adventure · crimeNetflix

Kinetic adventure, and it commits to that

After Kick-Ass' insane bravery inspires a new wave of self-made masked crusaders, he joins a patrol led by the Colonel Stars and Stripes. When these amateur superheroes are hunted down by Red Mist — reborn as The Mother Fucker — only the blade-wielding Hit-Girl can prevent their annihilation.

xXx: Return of Xander Cage

2017 · dir. D.J. Caruso

🍅 46%★ 5.2action · adventure · crimePrime Video

Epic western, and it commits to that

Xander Cage is left for dead after an incident, though he secretly returns to action for a new, tough assignment with his handler Augustus Gibbons.

Mechanic: Resurrection

2016 · dir. Dennis Gansel

🍅 28%★ 5.8action · crime · thriller

Both lean on grit more than on action

Arthur Bishop thought he had put his murderous past behind him when his most formidable foe kidnaps the love of his life. Now he is forced to travel the globe to complete three impossible assassinations, and do what he does best, make them look like accidents.

Point Break

2015 · dir. Ericson Core

🍅 12%★ 5.3action · adventure · crime

Adventure in the same key

A young undercover FBI agent infiltrates a gang of thieves who share a common interest in extreme sports. A remake of the 1991 film, "Point Break".

Parker

2013 · dir. Taylor Hackford

🍅 42%★ 6.2action · crime

Action of the same temperament

A thief with a unique code of professional ethics is double-crossed by his crew and left for dead. Assuming a new disguise and forming an unlikely alliance with a woman on the inside, he looks to hijack the score of the crew's latest heist.