Movies Like Rawhide (1951)

Rawhide is a 1951 western film from Henry Hathaway with a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with The Hateful Eight and Station for Two.

Western

The Hateful Eight

2015

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

7.8

MagicScore

Station for Two

1982

Platon Ryabinin, a pianist, is traveling by train to a distant town of Griboedov to visit his father. He gets off to have lunch during a twenty minute stop at Zastupinsk railway station. He meets Vera, a waitress, after he refuses to pay her for the disgusting food he doesn't even touch and misses his train due to police investigation of the incident. His passport is then accidentally taken away from him by Andrei, Vera's fiancé, and his money is stolen as he waits for the next train to Griboedov. Vera learns that Platon is about to get sentenced and sent to prison in the Far East for a car accident he isn't guilty for. During the few days that Platon has to spend in Zastupinsk he and Vera develop feelings for each other...

7.3

MagicScore

Exit 8

2025

A man trapped in an endless sterile subway passageway sets out to find Exit 8. The rules of his quest are simple: do not overlook anything out of the ordinary. If you discover an anomaly, turn back immediately. If you don’t, carry on. Then leave from Exit 8. But even a single oversight will send him back to the beginning. Will he ever reach his goal and escape this infinite corridor?

7.0

MagicScore

Ride the High Country

1962

An ex-lawman is hired to transport gold from a mining community through dangerous territory. But what he doesn't realize is that his partner and old friend is plotting to double-cross him.

7.0

MagicScore

The War Wagon

1967

An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.

6.8

MagicScore

Cut-Throats Nine

1971

A group of ruthless convicts is led to prison through an inhospitable mountain range by a small cavalry detachment commanded by Sergeant Brown, who is accompanied by his young and beautiful daughter.

6.6

MagicScore

Gold Run

2022

Fredrik isn’t the bravest of men, but now he is faced with a great responsibility and an enormous task - to get the entire Norwegian gold reserve away from the Nazis during the invasion of Norway.

6.5

MagicScore

Johnny Angel

1945

George Raft plays a sailor who sets out to solve his father's mysterious death.

5.9

MagicScore

No Country for Old Men

2007

Llewelyn Moss stumbles upon dead bodies, $2 million and a hoard of heroin in a Texas desert, but methodical killer Anton Chigurh comes looking for it, with local sheriff Ed Tom Bell hot on his trail. The roles of prey and predator blur as the violent pursuit of money and justice collide.

7.9

MagicScore

#10

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

#11

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

#12

Ramrod

1947

A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She hires recovering alcoholic Dave Nash as foreman and a crew of Ivey's enemies. Ivey fights back with violence and destruction, but Dave is determined to counter him legally... a feeling not shared by his associates. Connie's boast that, as a woman, she doesn't need guns proves justified, but plenty of gunplay results.

6.5

MagicScore

#13

Forty Guns

1957

An authoritarian rancher rules an Arizona county with her private posse of hired guns. When a new Marshall arrives to set things straight, the cattle queen finds herself falling for the avowedly non-violent lawman. Both have itchy-fingered brothers, a female gunman enters the picture, and things go desperately wrong.

6.5

MagicScore

#14

I Shot Jesse James

1949

Bob Ford murders his best friend Jesse James in order to obtain a pardon that will free him to marry his girlfriend Cynthy. The guilt-stricken Ford soon finds himself greeted with derision and open mockery throughout town. He travels to Colorado to try his hand at prospecting in hopes that marriage with Cynthy is still in the cards.

6.2

MagicScore

#15

Blood on the Moon

1948

Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers Riling's plot to dupe local rancher John Lufton out of a fortune. When Lufton's firecracker of a daughter, Amy, gets involved, Garry must choose between his old loyalties and what he knows to be right.

6.2

MagicScore

#16

Lust for Gold

1949

A man determined to track down the fabled Arizona gold mine known as The Lost Dutchman has an affair with a married treasure hunter, whose pursuit of the mine has lead her to double-cross her husband.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

Ride the Pink Horse

1947

A con man tries to blackmail a Mexican gangster.

7.2

MagicScore

#18

Goldstone

2016

Indigenous Detective Jay Swan arrives in the frontier town of Goldstone on a missing persons inquiry. What seems like a simple investigation unearths an intricate web of crime, corruption, human trafficking, and coordinated exploitation of indigenous people’s land. Jay must bury his differences with young local cop Josh, so together they can bring justice to Goldstone.

5.9

MagicScore

#19

Rio Bravo

1959

A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

7.8

MagicScore

#20

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance

1962

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.

7.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like Rawhide?

The top films similar to Rawhide by MovieMagicScore are The Hateful Eight (7.8), Station for Two (7.3), Exit 8 (7.0). Each shares western themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is Rawhide worth watching?

Rawhide holds a MovieMagicScore of 6.7/10 from 56 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is Rawhide?

Rawhide (1951) is a western film directed by Henry Hathaway, starring Tyrone Power, Susan Hayward, Hugh Marlowe.

Where can I find more recommendations like Rawhide?

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

Keep exploring

Movies like The Hateful Eight Movies like Station for Two Movies like Exit 8 Movies like Ride the High Country Movies like The War Wagon Movies like Cut-Throats Nine

About movies like Rawhide

This ranked list pairs Rawhide (1951), a western film from Henry Hathaway, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Tyrone Power 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.

← Back to Rawhide