Movies like Walker
If Walker's mix of small town, cannon and sword stayed with you, start here. Each film below was picked from what Walker's fans love most, with the reason it belongs on this list.
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Glory
1989 · Directed by Edward Zwick · 122 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: battle, 19th century · Also drama and history · From the same decade (1980s)
Robert Gould Shaw leads the US Civil War's first all-black volunteer company, fighting prejudices of both his own Union army and the Confederates.
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The Patriot
2000 · Directed by Roland Emmerich · 165 min7.2
Why you'll like itWith René Auberjonois · Shares: gore · Also drama and history
After proving himself on the field of battle in the French and Indian War, Benjamin Martin wants nothing more to do with such things, preferring the simple life of a farmer.
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Hostiles
2017 · Directed by Scott Cooper · 134 min7.0
Why you'll like itShares: gunfight, 19th century · Also drama and history
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
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Gangs of New York
2002 · Directed by Martin Scorsese · 168 min7.3
Why you'll like itShares: 19th century · Also drama and history
In early 1860s New York, Irish immigrant Amsterdam Vallon is released from prison and returns to the Five Points, seeking revenge against his father's killer, William Cutting, a powerful anti-immigrant gang leader.
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We Were Soldiers
2002 · Directed by Randall Wallace · 138 min7.1
Why you'll like itShares: battle · Also history and war
The year is 1965 and America is at war with North Vietnam. Commanding the air cavalry is Lt. Col. Hal Moore (Gibson), a born leader committed to his troops.
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The Revenant
2015 · Directed by Alejandro G. Iñárritu · 157 min7.5
Why you'll like itShares: gore, 19th century
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.
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Schindler's List
1993 · Directed by Steven Spielberg · 195 min8.6
Why you'll like itAlso drama and history
The true story of how businessman Oskar Schindler saved over a thousand Jewish lives from the Nazis while they worked as slaves in his factory during World War II.