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Movies that feel likeUnforgiven (1992)

William Munny is a retired, once-ruthless killer turned gentle widower and hog farmer. To help support his two motherless children, he accepts one last bounty-hunter mission to find the men who brutalized a prostitute. Joined by his former partner and a cocky greenhorn, he takes on a corrupt sheriff.

If you loved Unforgiven, the closest films we have are The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976), Red River (1948) and My Darling Clementine (1946). All three share Unforgiven's gritty and relentless feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Outfit (1973).

🍅 96% Rotten Tomatoes★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗dir. Clint Eastwoodgrittyrelentless
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The Outlaw Josey Wales
1976 · dir. Clint Eastwood
🍅 91%★ 7.8western

The same hand behind both of them: Clint Eastwood

After avenging his family's brutal murder, Wales is pursued by a pack of soldiers. He prefers to travel alone, but ragtag outcasts are drawn to him - and Wales can't bring himself to leave them unprotected.

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Red River
1948 · dir. Howard Hawks
🍅 100%★ 7.7western

Both keep coming back to the same thing: revenge

The difference: Made in the 1940s, in a different era of the craft

Following the Civil War, headstrong rancher Thomas Dunson decides to lead a perilous cattle drive from Texas to Missouri. During the exhausting journey, his persistence becomes tyrannical in the eyes of Matthew Garth, his adopted son and protégé.

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My Darling Clementine
1946 · dir. John Ford
🍅 100%★ 7.7western

The same preoccupation in both: revenge

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.

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Green Street Hooligans
2005 · dir. Lexi Alexander
🍅 45%★ 7.4crime · drama

Common ground: reputation

The difference: The scrappier of the two with critics

After being wrongfully expelled from Harvard University, American Matt Buckner flees to his sister's home in England. Once there, he is befriended by her charming and dangerous brother-in-law, Pete Dunham, and introduced to the underworld of British football hooliganism. Matt learns to stand his ground through a friendship that develops against the backdrop of this secret and often violent world. 'Green Street Hooligans' is a story of loyalty, trust and the sometimes brutal consequences of living close to the edge.

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The Salvation
2014 · dir. Kristian Levring
🍅 72%★ 6.7drama · westernParamount+

Gritty and relentless in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into drama than Unforgiven does

In 1870s America, a peaceful American settler kills his family's murderer which unleashes the fury of a notorious gang leader. His cowardly fellow townspeople then betray him, forcing him to hunt down the outlaws alone.

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The Outfit
1973 · dir. John Flynn
🍅 86%★ 7crime · drama

Gritty western in both cases

A two-bit criminal takes on the Mafia to avenge his brother's death. Earl Macklin is a small time criminal who is released from prison after an unsuccessful bank robbery only to discover that a pair of gunmen killed his brother.

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Four Brothers
2005 · dir. John Singleton
★ 6.8action · crimeParamount+

Western built on relentlessness, twice over

Four adopted brothers return to their Detroit hometown when their mother is murdered and vow to exact revenge on the killers.

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In the Fade
2017 · dir. Fatih Akin
🍅 75%★ 7.1drama · crimePrime Video

Gritty western, and it commits to that

Katja's life collapses after the deaths of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.

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A Better Tomorrow
1986 · dir. John Woo
🍅 95%★ 7.4action · crime · drama

Both sit in the same relentless register

A reforming ex-gangster tries to reconcile with his estranged policeman brother, but the ties to his former gang are difficult to break.

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The Godfather Part III
1990 · dir. Francis Ford Coppola
🍅 67%★ 7.5crime · drama · thriller

Products of the same few years

In the midst of trying to legitimize his business dealings in 1979 New York and Italy, aging mafia don, Michael Corleone seeks forgiveness for his sins while taking a young protege under his wing.

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Once Upon a Time in Mexico
2003 · dir. Robert Rodriguez
🍅 66%★ 6.3action · crime · thrillerPrime VideoParamount+

Both working the same western territory

A corrupt CIA agent Sands hires hitman El Mariachi to assassinate a Mexican general hired by a drug kingpin attempting a coup d'état of the President of Mexico.

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Road to Perdition
2002 · dir. Sam Mendes
🍅 82%★ 7.6crime · drama · thriller

Contemporaries, and it shows

Mike Sullivan works as a hit man for crime boss John Rooney. Sullivan views Rooney as a father figure, however after his son is witness to a killing, Mike Sullivan finds himself on the run in attempt to save the life of his son and at the same time looking for revenge on those who wronged him.

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