Movies Like The Night of the Grizzly (1966)

The Night of the Grizzly is a 1966 adventure, western film from Joseph Pevney with a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10. Here are 20 similar films, ranked by real viewer ratings — starting with Trapped and Heaven's Gate.

Adventure Western

Trapped

1982

A group of college students accidentally see a local redneck kill his wife's lover. A deadly game of cat-and-mouse ensues, with the students trying to escape the area while the killer sets out to eliminate the witnesses who can tie him to the murder.

5.3

MagicScore

Heaven's Gate

1980

Harvard graduate James Averill serves as the sheriff of prosperous Jackson County, Wyoming, standing at the center of a conflict between impoverished immigrants and affluent cattle farmers. Politically connected ranchers enlist mercenary Nathan Champion—who is also vying for the affections of local madam Ella Watson—to combat the immigrant uprising. As tensions escalate, both Averill and Champion start to question their decisions.

6.8

MagicScore

Did You Hear About the Morgans?

2009

New Yorkers Paul and Meryl Morgan seem to have it all -- except that their marriage is crumbling around them. But their romantic woes are small compared to the trouble they find themselves in after witnessing a murder. To protect them from an assassin, federal agents whisk away Paul and Meryl to a small town in Wyoming, where their marriage will crash and burn, or their passion will reignite.

5.4

MagicScore

Open Season

2006

Boog, a domesticated 900lb. Grizzly bear finds himself stranded in the woods 3 days before Open Season. Forced to rely on Elliot, a fast-talking mule deer, the two form an unlikely friendship and must quickly rally other forest animals if they are to form a rag-tag army against the hunters.

6.2

MagicScore

Grizzly

1976

An eighteen-foot grizzly bear figures out that humans make for a tasty treat. As a park ranger tries rallying his men to bring about the bear's capture or destruction, his efforts are thwarted by the introduction of dozens of drunken hunters into the area.

5.1

MagicScore

My Darling Clementine

1946

Three brothers stop off for a night in the town of Tombstone. The next morning they find one of their brothers dead and their cattle stolen. They decide to take revenge on the culprits.

7.4

MagicScore

A Lawless Street

1955

A Marshal must face unpleasant facts about his past when he attempts to run a criminal gang out of town.

5.3

MagicScore

Cat Ballou

1965

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

6.4

MagicScore

Bucking Broadway

1917

On a ranch in Wyoming, one of the cowboys, Cheyenne Harry (Harry Carey), falls in love with his boss's daughter. But she decides to elope to the city with Captain Thornton, a wealthy visitor to the ranch. She quickly discovers that life in the city is not what she expected. Cheyenne, devastated by the loss of his fiancée, decides to go to the city to find her, and in the end rescues her from the grips of Captain Thornton and from the extravagant and decadent way of life in the city.

5.5

MagicScore

#10

The Naked Prey

1965

A group of men are on safari. One of the party refuses to give a gift to a tribe they encounter. The tribe is offended, seizes the party, and one-by-one, kills all but one of the safari members in various creative and horrifying ways. The last surviving member is given "The Lion's Chance" by the tribal leader to be hunted down by a party of tribal warriors.

6.7

MagicScore

#11

The Hunting Party

1971

A ruthless rancher, and his gang, use extremely long range rifles to kill the men who kidnapped his wife.

6.1

MagicScore

#12

All the Pretty Horses

2000

The year is 1949. A young Texan named John Grady finds himself without a home after his mother sells the ranch where he has spent his entire life. Lured south of the border by the romance of cowboy life and the promise of a fresh start, Cole and his pal embark on an adventure that will test their resilience, define their maturity, and change their lives forever.

5.7

MagicScore

#13

Alone

2020

A recently widowed traveler is kidnapped by a cold blooded killer, only to escape into the wilderness where she is forced to battle against the elements as her pursuer closes in on her.

6.4

MagicScore

#14

Autumn Blood

2013

Two young orphans in the Tirolian Mountains come under siege by a vicious band of hunters. Frightened of being separated by child services following the death of their mother, a self-sufficient 16-year-old girl and her 10-year-old brother - who hasn't spoken a word since seeing his father killed by the mayor - strive to live off the land in peace. Their innocence is shattered, however, when a group of hunters led by the mayor's son brutalizes and rapes the free-spirited girl. Later, when a well-meaning social services worker arrives too late to protect the terrorized siblings, the girl and her brother prepare to take a stand against their ruthless attackers.

4.9

MagicScore

#15

The Revenant

2015

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.

7.5

MagicScore

#16

Walking Out

2017

A city teen travels to Montana to go hunting with his estranged father, only for the strained trip to become a battle for survival when they encounter a grizzly bear.

5.9

MagicScore

#17

The Window

1949

An imaginative boy who frequently makes things up witnesses a murder, but can't get his parents or the police to believe him. The only people taking him seriously are the killers - who live upstairs, know that he saw what they did, and are out to permanently silence him.

6.9

MagicScore

#18

The Curse of the Cat People

1944

Amy, the young, friendless daughter of Oliver and Alice Reed, befriends her father's late first wife and an aging, reclusive actress.

6.2

MagicScore

#19

Born Free

1966

At a national park in Kenya, English game warden George Adamson and his wife, Joy, care for three orphaned lion cubs. After the two larger lions are shipped off to a zoo in the Netherlands, the smallest of the three, Elsa, stays with the couple. When Elsa is blamed for causing an elephant stampede in the nearby village, head warden John Kendall demands the young lion either be trained to survive in the wilds of the Serengeti or be sent to a zoo.

6.7

MagicScore

#20

Prey

2007

An American family on holiday in Africa becomes lost in a game reserve and stalked by vicious killer lions.

5.8

MagicScore

Frequently asked

What are the best movies like The Night of the Grizzly?

The top films similar to The Night of the Grizzly by MovieMagicScore are Trapped (5.3), Heaven's Gate (6.8), Did You Hear About the Morgans? (5.4). Each shares adventure/western themes and is ranked by real viewer ratings, not critics or studios.

Is The Night of the Grizzly worth watching?

The Night of the Grizzly holds a MovieMagicScore of 5.8/10 from 30 viewer ratings.

What kind of movie is The Night of the Grizzly?

The Night of the Grizzly (1966) is a adventure, western film directed by Joseph Pevney, starring Clint Walker, Martha Hyer, Keenan Wynn.

Where can I find more recommendations like The Night of the Grizzly?

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

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About movies like The Night of the Grizzly

This ranked list pairs The Night of the Grizzly (1966), a adventure and western film from Joseph Pevney, with similar titles by genre, theme and cast overlap (fans of Clint Walker 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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