Movies like The Great Train Robbery: 20 to watch next
If you loved The Great Train Robbery (1903) — a western, crime and action film directed by Edwin S. Porter — these 20 movies are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of The Great Train Robbery most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like robbery, robber and dynamite. 4 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Bandidas 2006★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Western, Crime
When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Revengers 1972★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Western, Crime
The life of peaceful rancher John Benedict is torn apart when his family is massacred by a gang of marauding outlaws and his farm is destroyed. He assembles a team of mean, lawless convicts to act as his posse as he pursues the gang responsible for the deaths of his loved ones.
Stream in India on Plex
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Boss Nigger 1975★ 6.7
Shares: Western, Action
Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
Stream in India on Plex
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Colorado Territory 1949★ 7.0
Shares: Western, Crime
After escaping from jail, outlaw Wes McQueen is convinced by his old partner in crime to do one last heist.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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How to Rob a Bank 2007★ 5.8
Shares: Action, Crime
Caught in the middle of a bank robbery, a slacker and a bank employee become the ones who arbitrate the intense situation.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Barbarosa 1982★ 5.9
Shares: Western, Action
Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger from his father-in-law Don Braulio, a wealthy Mexican rancher. Don Braulio wants Barbarosa dead for marrying his daughter against the father's will. Barbarosa reluctantly takes the clumsy Karl on as a partner, as both of them look to survive the forces lining up against them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Blue Streak 1999★ 6.5
Shares: Action, Crime
Miles Logan is a jewel thief who just hit the big time by stealing a huge diamond. However, after two years in jail, he comes to find out that he hid the diamond in a police building that was being built at the time of the robbery. In an attempt to regain his diamond, he poses as an LAPD detective.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Newton Boys 1998★ 6.1
Shares: Crime, Action
The story of the Newton gang, the most successful bank robbers in history, owing to their good planning and minimal violence.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The War Wagon 1967★ 6.8
Shares: Western, Action, Crime
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.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Doc West 2009★ 6.2
Shares: Western, Action
After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle amongst the town breaks out in gunfire he will have to choose sides, between the outlaws or the law-abiding citizens.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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American Outlaws 2001★ 5.9
Shares: Western, Action
When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will become the object of the biggest manhunt in the history of the Old West and, as their fame grows, so will the legend of their leader, a young outlaw by the name of Jesse James.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Gunless 2010★ 6.4
Shares: Action, Western
American gunslinger Sean Rafferty—aka The Montana Kid—is unable to find someone to duel in a Canadian town where no one understands the brutal code of the American Wild West.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Silver Streak 1976★ 6.7
Shares: Crime, Action
A somewhat daffy book editor on a rail trip from Los Angeles to Chicago thinks that he sees a murdered man thrown from the train. When he can find no one who will believe him, he starts doing some investigating of his own. But all that accomplishes is to get the killer after him.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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The Cowboys 1972★ 7.1
Shares: Western, Adventure, Action
When his cattlemen abandon him for the gold fields, rancher Wil Andersen is forced to take on a collection of young boys as his cowboys in order to get his herd to market in time to avoid financial disaster. The boys learn to do a man's job under Andersen's tutelage, however, neither he nor the boys know that a gang of cattle thieves is stalking them.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Excess Baggage 1997★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Crime
A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.
Stream in India on Sony Pictures Amazon Channel
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The Frisco Kid 1979★ 6.1
Shares: Adventure, Western
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his belongings scattered along a deserted road. He is befriended by a stranger, Tommy, who is a bank robber and have many adventures during their journey.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Nothing to Lose 1997★ 6.6
Shares: Crime, Action, Adventure
Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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High Heels and Low Lifes 2001★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Crime
Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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See Spot Run 2001★ 6.1
Shares: Action, Crime
A drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible, mailman, neighbor, Gordon, when the babysitter bails on her. Meanwhile, an assassin mob boss hires 2 goons to kill Agent 11. But when 11 escapes from the van when they tried to kill him, he hides in Gordon's Mailtruck that James is in too. And guess what they name him. Spot.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Young Guns II 1990★ 6.5
Shares: Western, Adventure
Three of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being trailed by a group of government agents led by Pat Garrett.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now