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Movies that feel likeTrue Grit (1969)

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.

If you loved True Grit, the closest films we have are Andrei Rublev (1966), The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948) and Duck, You Sucker (1971). All three share True Grit's gritty feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Man from Hong Kong (1975).

πŸ… 87% Rotten Tomatoesβ˜… 7.4 IMDb β†—TMDB β†—dir. Henry Hathawaygrittycontemplativeepic
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Andrei Rublev
1966 Β· dir. Andrei Tarkovsky
πŸ… 96%β˜… 8drama Β· history

Gritty and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Sits closer to history than True Grit does

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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The Treasure of the Sierra Madre
1948 Β· dir. John Huston
πŸ… 100%β˜… 8.2adventure Β· drama Β· western

Western built on scale, twice over

The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

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.

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

Gritty drama, and it commits to that

The difference: Trades the stillness of True Grit for an angle of its own

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

Adventure with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

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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The Man from Hong Kong
1975 Β· dir. Brian Trenchard-Smith
πŸ… 100%β˜… 6.5action Β· crime Β· adventurePrime Video

Epic drama in both cases

Australian authorities arrest a man believed to be connected to the Sydney criminal underworld and send for Inspector Fang Sing Leng from Hong Kong to question him. After the alleged criminal is assassinated, Inspector Leng and the Sydney police try to hunt down those responsible and hope to solve their case along the way.

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Hang 'em High
1968 Β· dir. Ted Post
πŸ… 93%β˜… 7western Β· drama

Both lean on grit more than on western

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

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

Adventure built on scale, twice over

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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Westworld
1973 Β· dir. Michael Crichton
πŸ… 83%β˜… 6.9adventure Β· science fiction Β· western

Both know what they want from western

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.

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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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For a Few Dollars More
1965 Β· dir. Sergio Leone
πŸ… 92%β˜… 8.2western

Common ground: bounty hunter

Two bounty hunters both pursue the brutal and sadistic bandit, El Indio, who has a large bounty on his head.

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Deliverance
1972 Β· dir. John Boorman
πŸ… 90%β˜… 7.6drama Β· adventure Β· thriller

Drama built on stillness, twice over

Intent on seeing the Cahulawassee River before it's turned into one huge lake, outdoor fanatic Lewis Medlock takes his friends on a river-rafting trip they'll never forget into the dangerous American back-country.

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

Both play western straight

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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