Films like The Rider (2018)

The Rider (2018) is drama, western. These 24 films share its genres, ordered by how much overlap they have and how well they are rated.

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  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.

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  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.

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  The Hateful Eight (2015)

  Also drama and western. 7.8/10

  Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.

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  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.

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  Dances with Wolves (1990)

  Also drama and western. 7.8/10

  Wounded Civil War soldier John Dunbar tries to commit suicide—and becomes a hero instead. As a reward, he's assigned to his dream post, a remote junction on the Western frontier…

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  Once Upon a Time in the West (1968)

  Also drama and western. 8.3/10

  As the railroad builders advance unstoppably through the Arizona desert on their way to the sea, Jill arrives in the small town of Flagstone with the intention of starting a new…

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  Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

  Also drama and western. 7.7/10

  A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.

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  The Quick and the Dead (1995)

  Also drama and western. 6.6/10

  A mysterious woman comes to compete in a quick-draw elimination tournament, in a town taken over by a notorious gunman.

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  Hell or High Water (2016)

  Also drama and western. 7.3/10

  A divorced dad and his ex-con brother resort to a desperate scheme in order to save their family's farm in West Texas.

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  Legends of the Fall (1994)

  Also drama and western. 7.4/10

  In early 20th-century Montana, Col. William Ludlow lives on a ranch in the wilderness with his sons, Alfred, Tristan, and Samuel. Eventually, the unconventional but close-knit…

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  The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

  Also drama and western. 7.1/10

  Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two…

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  Redeeming Love (2022)

  Also drama and western. 7.9/10

  A young couple's relationship clashes with the harsh realities of the California Gold Rush of 1850. Angel, experiencing love for the first time and facing demons unsurmountable…

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  Hostiles (2017)

  Also drama and western. 7.0/10

  A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back…

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  Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (1969)

  Also drama and western. 7.6/10

  As the west rapidly becomes civilized, a pair of outlaws in 1890s Wyoming find themselves pursued by a posse and decide to flee to South America in hopes of evading the law.

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  Young Guns (1988)

  Also drama and western. 6.7/10

  A group of young gunmen, led by Billy the Kid, become deputies to avenge the murder of the rancher who became their benefactor. But when Billy takes their authority too far, they…

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  True Grit (2010)

  Also drama and western. 7.3/10

  Following the murder of her father by a hired hand, a 14-year-old farm girl sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find—a man with…

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  First Cow (2020)

  Also drama and western. 7.0/10

  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…

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  El Infierno (2010)

  Also drama and western. 8.0/10

  After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

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  Bone Tomahawk (2015)

  Also drama and western. 6.9/10

  During a shootout in a saloon, Sheriff Hunt injures a suspicious stranger. The doctor's assistant, wife of the local foreman, tends to him in prison. That night, the town is…

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  Lawless (2012)

  Also drama and western. 7.1/10

  In 1931, the Bondurant brothers of Franklin County, Virginia, run a multipurpose backwoods establishment that hides their true business — bootlegging. Middle brother Forrest is…

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  The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford (2007)

  Also drama and western. 7.1/10

  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…

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  Far and Away (1992)

  Also drama and western. 6.8/10

  A young free-spirited Irish woman from an affluent Protestant family spontaneously befriends a street-smart commoner cheated by her family’s hostile land takeovers. They escape to…

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  Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)

  Also drama and western. 6.8/10

  In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and…

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  Giant (1956)

  Also drama and western. 7.6/10

  Wealthy rancher Bick Benedict and dirt-poor cowboy Jett Rink both woo Leslie Lynnton, a beautiful young woman from Maryland who is new to Texas. She marries Benedict, but she is…