15 Movies Like My Heroes Were Cowboys
Loved My Heroes Were Cowboys? Based on its unique Cinema DNA—including its pacing, themes, and emotional tone—we've curated the ultimate list of what you should watch next.
#1
The Isolate Thief
A young woman struggles to conceal the gold she stole from a group of violent outlaws who have seized control of her remote outpost.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#2
Jackass: Best and Last
The fifth and final installment to Jackass franchise where the crew go on one last insane crusade.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#3
Django Unchained
With the help of a German bounty hunter, a freed slave sets out to rescue his wife from a brutal Mississippi plantation owner.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#4
The Revenant
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.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#5
No Country for Old Men
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.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#6
1000 Men and Me: The Bonnie Blue Story
Adult content creator Bonnie Blue announced that she’d slept with 1057 men in 12 hours. Exploring the polarising debate around Bonnie and the pornification of our society, the film follows her over the most eye-opening six months of her life.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#7
The Hateful Eight
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#8
The Magnificent Seven
An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#9
Rango
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town has been waiting for, Rango is forced to play his new role to the hilt and uncover the truth behind a looming water crisis—before his act catches up with him.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#10
Forgive Us All
In a post-apocalyptic world, a virus has transformed humans into violently deranged cannibals. A bereaved mother has lost everything and takes refuge in an isolated mountain cabin, until a desperate wounded stranger arrives with a story of hope.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#11
Cowboys & Aliens
A stranger stumbles into the desert town of Absolution with no memory of his past and a futuristic shackle around his wrist. With the help of mysterious beauty Ella and the iron-fisted Colonel Dolarhyde, he finds himself leading an unlikely posse of cowboys, outlaws, and Apache warriors against a common enemy from beyond this world in an epic showdown for survival.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#12
Dances with Wolves
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, and soon makes unlikely friends with the local Sioux tribe.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#13
I'm a Porn Star: Gay 4 Pay
Welcome to the curious, surprising and always outspoken world of straight men who go Gay4Pay. Curiously, there is a disproportionate percentage of men working in gay porn who identify as straight. Why would a straight man do gay porn? What motivates him to try this or make a career of it? Why is there such keen interest and debate into the sexuality and personal lives of these men? And what does it say about us, the viewer that so much of gay porn is dominated by images of straight men?
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#14
Oscar Shaw
After retiring from the police force, a relentless detective haunted by the tragic loss of his closest friend sets out on a perilous quest for vengeance, seeking redemption and fighting to restore justice to the streets he once swore to protect.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.
#15
Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron
A captured mustang remains determined to return to his herd no matter what.
💡Why it's a match: A fantastic follow-up watch to My Heroes Were Cowboys.