Movies Like Blood on the Moon (1948)

Blood on the Moon is a 1948 romance, western film from Robert Wise with a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Rounders and Comes a Horseman.

Romance Western

The Rounders

1965

Ben (Glenn Ford) and Marion (Henry Fonda) are two cowboys who make a meager living breaking wild horses. Their frequent employer Jim (Chill Wills), who always gets the better of them, talks them into taking a nondescript horse in lieu of some of their wages. Ben finds that the horse is un-rideable, he comes up with the idea of taking it to a rodeo and betting other cowhands they cannot ride it.

5.5

MagicScore

Comes a Horseman

1978

Ella Connors is a single woman who gets pressured to sell her failing cattle farm to her corrupt ex-suitor, Jacob Ewing. She asks for help from her neighbor, Frank Athearn. As Ella and Frank fight back through stampedes, jealousy, betrayal, and sabotage... they eventually find love.

6.1

MagicScore

Chisum

1970

Cattle baron John Chisum joins forces with Billy the Kid and Pat Garrett to fight the Lincoln County Land War in the New Mexico Territory of 1878.

6.7

MagicScore

Wichita

1955

Former buffalo hunter and entrepreneur Wyatt Earp arrives in the lawless cattle town of Wichita Kansas. His skill as a gun-fighter makes him a perfect candidate for Marshal, but he refuses the job until he feels morally obligated to bring law and order to this wild town.

6.4

MagicScore

Abilene Town

1946

Marshall Dan Mitchell, who is the law in Abilene, has the job of keeping peace between two groups. For a long time, the town had been divided, with the cattlemen and cowboys having one end of town to themselves, while townspeople occupied the other end. Mitchell liked it this way, it made things easier for him, and kept problems from arising between the two factions. However…

5.1

MagicScore

Shane

1953

A weary gunfighter attempts to settle down with a homestead family, but a smouldering settler and rancher conflict forces him to act.

7.4

MagicScore

Bend of the River

1952

Two men with questionable pasts, Glyn McLyntock and his friend Cole, lead a wagon-train load of homesteaders from Missouri to the Oregon territory...

6.9

MagicScore

Cimarron

1960

The epic story of a family involved in the Oklahoma Land Rush of April 22, 1889.

6.0

MagicScore

The Big Country

1958

Retired wealthy sea captain Jim McKay arrives in the Old West, where he becomes embroiled in a feud between his future father-in-law, Major Terrill, and the rough and lawless Hannasseys over a valuable patch of land.

7.6

MagicScore

#10

Duel in the Sun

1946

Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.

6.3

MagicScore

#11

The Sea of Grass

1947

On America's frontier, a St. Louis woman marries a New Mexico cattleman who is seen as a tyrant by the locals.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

Colorado Territory

1949

After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.

7.0

MagicScore

#13

Pursued

1947

A boy haunted by nightmares about the night his entire family was murdered is brought up by a neighboring family in the 1880s. He falls for his lovely adoptive sister but his nasty adoptive brother and mysterious uncle want him dead.

6.6

MagicScore

#14

The Ballad of Josie

1968

A frontier widow aims to raise sheep despite a cattle rancher in old Wyoming.

5.7

MagicScore

#15

The Tall Men

1955

Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

6.4

MagicScore

#16

Wild Life

2011

An English dreamer experiences both the beauty and harshness of nature when he relocates to the Canadian prairie.

5.6

MagicScore

#17

The Herd

1979

Because of a local blood feud, a peasant family decides to sell its sheep - a most precious commodity - in far away Ankara. During their long train ride, bribes must be paid to petty officials, sheep are stolen or die in the packed, airless wagons, and the sick wife of one of the family's sons becomes deathly ill.

7.5

MagicScore

#18

The Elephant Queen

2019

Embark on an epic journey of family, courage, and coming home in this feature-length documentary. Join Athena, the majestic matriarch, as she leads her elephant herd across an unforgiving African landscape filled with vibrant wildlife.

7.2

MagicScore

#19

Yellowbird

2014

Yellowbird lives in the ruins of an old house. He lacks the confidence to leave his home, no matter how much Bug, his labybird friend, tries to convince him to go out into the world. Attempts to toughen him up have had little success, so Bug seizes an opportunity that leaves Yellowbird unexpectedly finding himself the new leader of the flock that is migrating to Africa. Still, lacking faith in his own abilities and with danger and imminent failure lurking around every corner, our feathered hero is forced to either find the strength required to work with the team or bow out and stay hidden away forever.

5.1

MagicScore

#20

Along the Great Divide

1951

US marshal Len Merrick saves Tim Keith from lynching at the hands of the Roden clan, and hopes to get him to Santa Loma for trial. Vindictive Ned Roden, whose son Ed was killed, still wants personal revenge, and Tim would like to escape before Ned catches up with him again. Can the marshal make it across the desert with Tim and his daughter? Even if he makes it, will justice be served?

7.3

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Blood on the Moon?

The top films similar to Blood on the Moon by MovieMagicScore are The Rounders (5.5), Comes a Horseman (6.1), Chisum (6.7). Each shares romance/western themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Blood on the Moon worth watching?

Blood on the Moon holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.2/10 from 64 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Blood on the Moon?

Blood on the Moon (1948) is a romance, western film directed by Robert Wise, starring Robert Mitchum, Barbara Bel Geddes, Robert Preston.

Where can I find more recommendations like Blood on the Moon?

Browse the full ranked list above, or explore more romance recommendations on MovieMagicScore, where every list is ordered by genuine viewer ratings.

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About movies like Blood on the Moon

This ranked list pairs Blood on the Moon (1948), a romance and western film from Robert Wise, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Robert Mitchum take note). Unlike critic-driven sites, every position here is ordered by MovieMagicScore — a rating built only from real viewers, with no studio marketing or paid placement. Scores update as more people rate, so the list stays current.

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