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Movies that feel likeThe Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)

Two jobless Americans convince a prospector to travel to the mountains of Mexico with them in search of gold. But the hostile wilderness, local bandits, and greed all get in the way of their journey.

If you loved The Treasure of the Sierra Madre, the closest films we have are True Grit (1969), Andrei Rublev (1966) and Fort Apache (1948). All three share The Treasure of the Sierra Madre's gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949).

πŸ… 100% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 8.2 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. John Hustonepiccontemplativegritty
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If The Treasure of the Sierra Madre hit the spot, these will too

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True Grit
1969 Β· dir. Henry Hathaway
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.4western Β· drama Β· adventure

Epic and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Made in the 1960s, in a different era of the craft

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 he has 'true grit', and a reputation of getting the job done.

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Andrei Rublev
1966 Β· dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8drama Β· history

Drama with a pulse of grit, in both cases

The difference: Leans further into history

An expansive Russian drama, this film focuses on the life of revered religious icon painter Andrei Rublev. Drifting from place to place in a tumultuous era, the peace-seeking monk eventually gains a reputation for his art. But after Rublev witnesses a brutal battle and unintentionally becomes involved, he takes a vow of silence and spends time away from his work. As he begins to ease his troubled soul, he takes steps towards becoming a painter once again.

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Fort Apache
1948 Β· dir. John Ford
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.4western

Both lean on grit more than on western

The difference: Goes its own way on the scale

Owen Thursday sees his new posting to the desolate Fort Apache as a chance to claim the military honour which he believes is rightfully his. Arrogant, obsessed with military form and ultimately self-destructive, he attempts to destroy the Apache chief Cochise after luring him across the border from Mexico, against the advice of his subordinates.

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The Ox-Bow Incident
1943 Β· dir. William A. Wellman
πŸ… 90%β˜… 8western

Gritty adventure, and it commits to that

A posse discovers a trio of men they suspect of murder and cow theft and are split between handing them over to the law or lynching them on the spot.

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Stagecoach
1939 Β· dir. John Ford
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.8westernPrime VideoMax

Western approached the same way

A group of people traveling on a stagecoach find their journey complicated by the threat of Geronimo, and learn something about each other in the process.

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The Searchers
1956 Β· dir. John Ford
πŸ… 87%β˜… 7.8western

Both working the same western territory

As a Civil War veteran spends years searching for a young niece captured by Indians, his motivation becomes increasingly questionable.

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Jamaica Inn
1939 Β· dir. Alfred Hitchcock
πŸ… 54%β˜… 6.3crime Β· adventure

Common ground: greed

The difference: The critics' underdog of the pair

In early 19th-century Cornwall, young Mary Yellan travels to live with her aunt and uncle at the remote Jamaica Inn, where she discovers the inn is a front for a violent gang of wreckers who lure ships to their doom along the coast. As she becomes entangled in their crimes, Mary must fight to survive and uncover the truth behind the terror that haunts the moors.

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The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
1962 Β· dir. John Ford
πŸ… 95%β˜… 8.1western

Both are western through and through

Questions arise when Senator Stoddard attends the funeral of a local man named Tom Doniphon in a small Western town. Flashing back, we learn Doniphon saved Stoddard, then a lawyer, when he was roughed up by a crew of outlaws terrorizing the town, led by Liberty Valance. As the territory's safety hung in the balance, Doniphon and Stoddard, two of the only people standing up to him, proved to be very important, but different, foes to Valance.

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Serpico
1973 Β· dir. Sidney Lumet
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7.7crime Β· drama Β· history

One thread runs through both: money

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

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Red River
1948 Β· dir. Howard Hawks
πŸ… 100%β˜… 7.7western Β· drama Β· adventure

Adventure built on scale, twice over

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protΓ©gΓ©.

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Duck, You Sucker
1971 Β· dir. Sergio Leone
πŸ… 92%β˜… 7.5westernPrime Video

Both are built on the same subject: mexico

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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She Wore a Yellow Ribbon
1949 Β· dir. John Ford
πŸ… 91%β˜… 7.2drama Β· western

Contemplative drama in both cases

On the eve of retirement, Captain Nathan Brittles takes out a last patrol to stop an impending massive Indian attack. Encumbered by women who must be evacuated, Brittles finds his mission imperiled.

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