Films like High Plains Drifter (1973)

High Plains Drifter (1973) is drama, mystery, western. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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The Hateful Eight (2015)

Also drama and mystery. 7.8/10

Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
God's Country (2022)

Also drama and mystery. 5.6/10

When a grieving college professor confronts two hunters she catches trespassing on her property, she's drawn into an escalating battle of wills with catastrophic consequences.
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2005)

Also drama and mystery. 7.0/10

When brash Texas border officer Mike Norton wrongfully kills and buries the friend and ranch hand of Pete Perkins, the latter is reminded of a promise he made to bury his friend…
Bad Day at Black Rock (1955)

Also drama and mystery. 7.3/10

One-armed war veteran John J. Macreedy steps off a train at the sleepy little town of Black Rock. Once there, he begins to unravel a web of lies, secrecy, and murder.
Lone Star (1996)

Also drama and mystery. 7.0/10

When the skeleton of his murdered predecessor is found, Sheriff Sam Deeds unearths many other long-buried secrets in his Texas border town.
Django Unchained (2012)

Also drama and western. 8.2/10

With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
The Secret Woman (2026)

Also drama and mystery. 6.3/10

After discovering she has a family and a shipping empire, a woman with amnesia returns to a wealthy and seemingly perfect past to uncover why she left.
Gone Girl (2014)

Also drama and mystery. 7.9/10

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Desire (2026)

Also drama and mystery. 6.8/10

Lucero’s life appears immaculate: a wealthy household, a devoted husband, and two children who embody the promise of a perfect family. Yet beneath this surface simmers a quiet…
Shutter Island (2010)

Also drama and mystery. 8.2/10

World War II soldier-turned-U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels investigates the disappearance of a patient from a hospital for the criminally insane, but his efforts are compromised by…
Arrival (2016)

Also drama and mystery. 7.6/10

Taking place after alien crafts land around the world, an expert linguist is recruited by the military to determine whether they come in peace or are a threat.
The Prestige (2006)

Also drama and mystery. 8.2/10

A mysterious story of two magicians whose intense rivalry leads them on a life-long battle for supremacy -- full of obsession, deceit and jealousy with dangerous and deadly…
The Revenant (2015)

Also drama and western. 7.5/10

In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
The Sixth Sense (1999)

Also drama and mystery. 8.0/10

Following an unexpected tragedy, child psychologist Malcolm Crowe meets a nine year old boy named Cole Sear, who is hiding a dark secret.
Courage Under Fire (1996)

Also drama and mystery. 6.6/10

A US Army officer, who made a "friendly fire" mistake that was covered up, has been reassigned to a desk job. He is tasked to investigate a female chopper commander's worthiness…
Eyes Wide Shut (1999)

Also drama and mystery. 7.5/10

After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground…
Remarkably Bright Creatures (2026)

Also drama and mystery. 8.4/10

Through unlikely bonds formed during night shifts at a local aquarium, Tova, an elderly widow, learns of a life-changing discovery that may bring her joy and wonder once again.
Good Boy (2026)

Also drama and mystery. 7.3/10

Tommy, a volatile 19-year-old, revels in drugs, parties and violence. After getting separated from his friends on a drunken bender, he is abducted by a shadowy figure. He wakes to…
Midsommar (2019)

Also drama and mystery. 7.1/10

Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. What begins as a dream…
The Isolate Thief (2026)

Also drama and western. 6.9/10

A young woman struggles to conceal the gold she stole from a group of violent outlaws who have seized control of her remote outpost.
The Witch (2016)

Also drama and mystery. 7.0/10

In 1630, a farmer relocates his family to a remote plot of land on the edge of a forest where strange, unsettling things happen. With suspicion and paranoia mounting, each family…
Black Bag (2025)

Also drama and mystery. 6.4/10

When intelligence agent Kathryn Woodhouse is suspected of betraying the nation, her husband – also a legendary agent – faces the ultimate test of whether to be loyal to his…
Infernal Affairs (2002)

Also drama and mystery. 7.8/10

Chan Wing Yan, a young police officer, has been sent undercover as a mole in the local mafia. Lau Kin Ming, a young mafia member, infiltrates the police force. Years later, their…
Mulholland Drive (2001)

Also drama and mystery. 7.8/10

Blonde Betty Elms has only just arrived in Hollywood to become a movie star when she meets an enigmatic brunette with amnesia. Meanwhile, as the two set off to solve the second…