10 Western Team-Up Movies To Watch If You Loved Magnificent Seven

The Magnificent Seven was truly one of the best Western films ever made, and it’s surely left plenty of viewers looking for more team-up movies that scratch the same itch. While the original film, which was based on Akira Kurosawa’s 1954 Japanese classic The Seven Samurai, had a unique appeal, plenty more Western releases recapture the magic of John Sturges’ 1960 film. Although the excitement of witnessing the likes of Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen sharing the screen was a tough act to follow, the history of Western cinema boasts endless classic releases.

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Many of the best Westerns ever made echo the appeal of The Magnificent Seven and feature outlaws reluctantly teaming up or lawmen forced to come together to achieve a common goal. While these were classic topics for Westerns from times past, some of the best directors working today have also tried their hands at telling stories of bandits, cowboys, and outlaws. It’s true that The Magnificent Seven was one of a kind, but those looking to fill their watch list with similar releases are not short of options.

10 Tombstone (1993)

Directed by George P. Cosmatos

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170 9.5/10 Tombstone RWesternBiographyDrama

Tombstone is a Western film loosely based on true events. When a group of outlaws known as the Cowboys ride into a town and slay several police officers for revenge for the death of two of their gang members, word of their misdeeds reaches the ears of a retired lawman. Gathering a group together, the new vigilantes will defend the town and aim to end the terror of the Cowboys.

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*Availability in US Director George P. Cosmatos , Kevin Jarre Release Date December 25, 1993 Writers Kevin Jarre Cast Bill Paxton , Charlton Heston , Sam Elliott , Powers Boothe , Val Kilmer , Kurt Russell , Michael Biehn , Jason Priestley Runtime 130 minutes Budget $25 million Main Genre Western Expand

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While The Magnificent Seven has always stood out as one of the all-time great Western team-up movies, the fact that Tombstone was based on a true story made it even more compelling. As a film loosely based on the real events that took place in the 1880s in Southeast Arizona, Tombstone cast Kurt Russell as the lawman Wyatt Earp and Val Kilmer as his close friend and associate Doc Holliday. Featuring real events like the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral and the Earp Vendetta Ride, this was a fascinating insight into real happenings of life in the Wild West.

Viewers connected with Tombstone as it became a box office hit and has gained a reputation as one of the best Westerns of the 1990s. With style to spare and a career-best performance from Kilmer, the success of Tombstone far outweighed Kevin Costner’s role in the epic biographical drama Wyatt Earp, released just one year later. The success of Tombstone proved there was still an aptitude for classic Westerns during the 1990s, and the appeal of outlaws teaming up had not diminished at all since the release of The Magnificent Seven back in 1960.

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9 The Hateful Eight (2015)

Directed by Quentin Tarantino

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6.5/10 The Hateful Eight RMysteryThrillerDrama

Quentin Tarantino’s 2015 Western incorporates elements of the mystery and thriller genres. Set in 1877, The Hateful Eight follows eight strangers who seek refuge from a blizzard in an isolated stagecoach stopover. Starring Samuel L. Jackson, Kurt Russell, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Walton Goggins, Tim Roth, Michael Madsen, Bruce Dern, and Channing Tatum, The Hateful Eight was inspired by the Western TV shows of 1960s.

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*Availability in US Director Quentin Tarantino Release Date December 25, 2015 Studio(s) The Weinstein Company , Shiny Penny , Film Colony , Double Feature Films , Visiona Romantica Distributor(s) The Weinstein Company Writers Quentin Tarantino Cast Zoe Bell , Jennifer Jason Leigh , Michael Madsen , Tim Roth , Channing Tatum , Bruce Dern , Kurt Russell , Samuel L. Jackson , Walton Goggins , James Parks Runtime 188 Minutes Budget $44-62 Million Expand

Quentin Tarantino has always worn his filmmaking influences on his sleeve and used his status as one of the most prominent directors working today to pay homage to the movies that he loves. From the Blaxploitation tribute that was Jackie Brown to his love letter to Kung Fu with Kill Bill, part of the appeal of Tarantino is that he himself is a major cinephile. With this in mind, Tarantino’s love for Western team-ups shone through with The Hateful Eight, a star-studded Western drama that brought eight dubious strangers together as they sought refuge from a heavy blizzard.

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Even the name itself recalls The Magnificent Seven, as The Hateful Eight leaned into Western movie tropes of untrustworthy outlaws and high-stakes violence. With a blend of action, humor, and violent excess, The Hateful Eight was an epic whodunnit and almost theatrical endeavor that blended genres with profound maturity. With well-rounded characters and plenty of riveting twists, The Hateful Eight stood as one of the most accomplished Western movies in recent film history.

8 Unforgiven (1992)

Directed by Clint Eastwood

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9.8/10 Unforgiven RWesternDrama

Unforgiven follows retired gunslinger Will Munny as he is drawn back into his former life for a final mission, seeking justice with his old partner and a young outlaw called The Schofield Kid.

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*Availability in US Director Clint Eastwood Release Date August 7, 1992 Writers David Webb Peoples Cast Clint Eastwood , Gene Hackman , Morgan Freeman , Richard Harris , Jaimz Woolvett , Saul Rubinek , Frances Fisher , Anna Thomson , David Mucci , Rob Campbell , Anthony James , Tara Frederick , Beverley Elliott , Liisa Repo-Martell , Josie Smith , Shane Thomas Meier , Aline Levasseur , Cherrilene Cardinal , Robert Koons , Ron White , Mina E. Mina , Henry Kope , Jeremy Ratchford , John Pyper-Ferguson Character(s) Bill Munny , Little Bill Daggett , Ned Logan , English Bob , The ‘Schofield Kid’ , W.W. Beauchamp , Strawberry Alice , Delilah Fitzgerald , Quick Mike , Davey Bunting , Skinny Dubois , Little Sue , Silky , Faith , Crow Creek Kate , Will Munny , Penny Munny , Sally Two Trees , Crocker , Clyde Ledbetter , Muddy Chandler , German Joe Schultz , Deputy Andy Russell , Charley Hecker Runtime 130 Mins Main Genre Western Expand

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There are few names as intrinsically linked with the Western genre as Clint Eastwood, a major star who got his breakthrough role as The Man with No Name in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy. While Eastwood starred in many more Westerns throughout the years, Unforgiven would be his definitive statement on the genre. Featuring an aging former outlaw coming out of retirement for one last job, part of the appeal of Unforgiven was the way it referenced and subverted the tropes and cliches of the genre and became a thoughtful commentary on the nature of violence and revenge in Western cinema.

Eastwood starred as William Munny, a retired killer whose past was filled with untold violence, and was joined by his former partner Ned Logan, played by Morgan Freeman. It was a thrill to watch these two old-timers come together with the help of a younger bandit named the Schofield Kid (Jaimz Woolvett) on a mission of vengeance. With Gene Hackman as the sheriff on their tail, Unforgiven was a powerful statement on the romanticization of the Wild West and was one of the few Western movies to win Best Picture at the Academy Awards.

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7 True Grit (1969)

Directed by Henry Hathaway

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9/10 True Grit GAdventureDramaWestern

True Grit, directed by Henry Hathaway and released in 1969, stars John Wayne as Rooster Cogburn, a U.S. Marshal tasked with helping a determined young girl, played by Kim Darby, track down her father’s murderer. The film is based on Charles Portis’ novel of the same name and features Glen Campbell in a supporting role. True Grit is a Western that explores themes of justice and moral ambiguity in the 1870s American frontier.

Director Henry Hathaway Release Date June 11, 1969 Writers Charles Portis , Marguerite Roberts Cast John Wayne , Glen Campbell , Kim Darby , Jeremy Slate , Robert Duvall , Dennis Hopper Runtime 128 minutes Main Genre Western Expand

Acting legend John Wayne was no stranger to a good Western team-up movie, and one of his very best came later in his career as Rooster Cogburn in True Grit. This epic story saw the eyepatch-wearing Marshal Cogburn teaming up with a 14-year-old girl named Mattie Ross and a Texas ranger known as La Boeuf to help the teenager track down her father’s killer. This unconventional team-up made for thrilling viewing as True Grit unpacked the nature of courage, justice, and revenge.

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As one of Wayne’s defining film roles, True Grit also received an equally impressive remake in 2010 as directors Joel and Ethan Coen imbued the story with their unique sense of style. While True Grit offered a compelling coming-of-age story as Mattie confronted the harsh realities of life in the Wild West, it was also a touching story of loyalty and redemption as she broke through Cogburn’s tough, uncaring exterior. As one of the all-time great Western movies, True Grit was a must-watch film.

6 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance (1962)

Directed by John Ford

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1/10 The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance ApprovedWesternDrama

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance is a 1962 Western film directed by John Ford. Starring James Stewart as an idealistic senator and John Wayne as a rugged rancher, the story explores themes of justice and legend as they confront the outlaw Liberty Valance, played by Lee Marvin. The film examines the conflicts between law, order, and personal morality in the American West.

Director John Ford Release Date April 22, 1962 Writers James Warner Bellah , Willis Goldbeck , Dorothy M. Johnson Cast James Stewart , John Wayne , Vera Miles , Lee Marvin , Edmond O’Brien , Andy Devine , Ken Murray , John Carradine Runtime 123 Minutes Main Genre Western Expand

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The icon of Western cinema, John Ford, truly revolutionized the genre and was responsible for several masterpieces, including Stagecoach and The Searchers. While Ford’s heyday was during the 1930s and 1940s, it was a testament to his timeless appeal that he released one of his greatest movies in 1962 with a Western team-up that featured major stars like James Stewart, John Wayne, Lee Marvin, and Lee Van Cleef. As an impressively modern film, The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance took a reflective look at life and legacy in the Wild West.

The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance was a unique Western for the way it peeled back the curtain on mythmaking and explored how the legends of the Old West were created in the first place. As a more contemplative and thoughtful story on the nature of American legends, Ford was pointing toward the more self-referential style that Western movies would take on as the 1960s progressed into the 1970s.

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5 The Wild Bunch (1969)

Directed by Sam Peckinpah

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7/10 The Wild Bunch RActionAdventureDrama

The Wild Bunch is a Western drama film by director Sam Peckinpah, released in 1969. A group of aging outlaws decides to take on one last heist before retiring from their lives of crime. However, Pike Bishop, the head of the gang, discovers that they’ve been betrayed by a former partner, forcing them into a final standoff.

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*Availability in US Director Sam Peckinpah Release Date June 19, 1969 Studio(s) Warner Bros./Seven Arts Distributor(s) Warner Bros./Seven Arts Writers Sam Peckinpah , Walon Green , Roy N. Sickner Cast William Holden , Ernest Borgnine , Robert Ryan , Edmond O’Brien , Warren Oates , Jaime Sánchez , Ben Johnson Runtime 135 Minutes Budget $6 Million Main Genre Action Expand

The heightening reality of the gang of gunfighters in The Magnificent Seven was traded for the brutal realism and intense violence of The Wild Bunch in Sam Peckinpah’s classic revisionist Western. This story about a gang of aging outlaws adapting to the encroachment of modernity on the United States-Mexican border in 1913 was known for its gritty depiction of trying to survive by any means necessary. With the use of slow-motion, fast-moving, multi-angle images, The Wild Bunch was also incredibly modern in its stylistic presentation.

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While The Wild Bunch addressed themes of betrayal and the end of the gunfighting era, it also signaled a new direction in Hollywood filmmaking. The incredible style on display paved the way for directors like Peckinpah to be given more creative freedom in Hollywood. This loosening of the Hollywood Studio System laid the groundwork for visionaries like Martin Scorsese and Francis Ford Coppola to make some of the most enduring films of all time. It’s interesting to notice how The Magnificent Seven led to The Wild Bunch, which helped inform a new era of creative expression in Hollywood.

4 Butch Cassidy And The Sundance Kid (1969)

Directed by George Roy Hill

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9.6/10 Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid PGWesternAdventure

Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid follows the exploits of two notorious outlaws as they navigate the challenges of a changing American West. Starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford, the film combines elements of adventure and buddy comedy, capturing their attempts to evade capture while maintaining camaraderie. Directed by George Roy Hill, it explores themes of friendship and survival against the backdrop of early 20th-century societal shifts.

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*Availability in US Director George Roy Hill Release Date September 24, 1969 Studio(s) 20th Century Distributor(s) 20th Century Writers William Goldman Cast Paul Newman , Robert Redford , Katharine Ross , Strother Martin , Henry Jones , Jeff Corey , George Furth , Cloris Leachman , Ted Cassidy , Kenneth Mars , Donnelly Rhodes , Jody Gilbert , Timothy Scott , Don Keefer , Charles Dierkop , Pancho Córdova , Nelson Olmsted , Paul Bryar , Sam Elliott , Charles Akins , Eric Sinclair Character(s) Butch Cassidy , Sundance Kid , Etta Place , Percy Garris , Bike Salesman , Sheriff Ray Bledsoe , Woodcock , Agnes , Harvey Logan , Marshal , Macon , Large Woman , News Carver , Fireman , Flat Nose Curry , Bank Manager , Photographer , Card Player #1 , Card Player #2 , Bank Teller , Tiffany’s Salesman Runtime 111 Minutes Main Genre Western Expand

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While The Magnificent Seven featured some of the biggest Western stars at the dawning of the 1960s, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was an important showcase of new stars making a name for themselves at the decade’s end. With Paul Newman and Robert Redford as the real-life bandits that gave the film its title, this was a true classic of the Western genre. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid was not only a defining moment in the history of Western movies but, much like The Wild Bunch the same year, helped pave the way for the New Hollywood era.

As an auteur-driven film, director George Roy Hill imbued this film with his unique sense of style that helped redefine what Western movies could achieve as the 1960s gave way to the more modern aesthetics of the 1970s. Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid had a contemporary appeal as it told the story of two bank-robbing outlaws on the run from the law. With equal parts action and humor, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid offered a glimpse into the future of filmmaking.

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3 The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966)

Directed by Sergio Leone

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The Good, the Bad and the Ugly Western

In the United States, a mysterious gunfighter tries to work together with a bandit and a bounty hunter to find a hidden treasure. The men are forced to forge a difficult alliance as each knows only part of the location. The big problem is that none of them has any intention of sharing the wealth once they’ve found it.

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*Availability in US Director Sergio Leone Release Date December 29, 1967 Cast Clint Eastwood , Eli Wallach , Lee Van Cleef , Aldo Giuffrè , Luigi Pistilli Runtime 161 minutes Main Genre Western

While many great Western team-up movies feature lawmen and outlaws coming together willingly, the reluctance with which allegiances were made in Sergio Leone’s The Good, the Bad and the Ugly was part of its appeal. As perhaps the defining director of the spaghetti Western subgenre, Leone, along with Clint Eastwood as The Man with No Name, helped make the Dollars Trilogy one of the all-time great Western series. This third installment cast Eastwood as “the Good,” Lee Van Cleef as “the Bad,” and Eli Wallach as “the Ugly.”

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While this story of three gunslingers searching for buried gold left behind in the chaos of the American Civil War, by its conclusion, all those who had come together had once again come apart. This led to the iconic three-way Mexican standoff in The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, which, paired with Ennio Morricone’s classic score, made this a true piece of cinema history.

2 Return of the Seven (1966)

Directed by Burt Kennedy

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Return of the Seven UnratedWesternActionDrama

Return of the Seven, directed by Burt Kennedy, is a 1966 Western film that follows Chris, a leader of the original Magnificent Seven, as he reunites with fellow gunslinger Vin to rescue Chico and other men captured by bandits, with help from four new recruits.

Director Burt Kennedy Release Date October 19, 1966 Writers Larry Cohen Cast Yul Brynner , Robert Fuller , Julián Mateos , Warren Oates , Claude Akins , Elisa Montés , Fernando Rey , Emilio Fernández Character(s) Chris , Vin , Chico , Colbee , Frank , Petra , Priest , Lorca Runtime 95 Minutes Main Genre Western Expand

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Viewers who can’t get enough of the original The Magnificent Seven are in luck because this was just the beginning of this Western series. Coming six years after the original, Return of the Seven picked up on this story, although Yul Brynner as Chris Adams was the sole returning cast member in this much-maligned sequel. While it certainly didn’t live up to the hype of the original, Return of the Seven had enjoyable moments, and to see Brynner return to his most famous role was certainly a treat.

Return of the Seven saw Chris and Vin Tanner (Robert Fuller replacing Steve McQueen) attempting to reform their old gang with new recruits to defend several Mexican villages from dangerous bandits. If Return of the Seven wasn’t enough to keep Western viewers entertained, the series also continued with the sequels Guns of the Magnificent Seven and The Magnificent Seven Ride! Taken together, all these films were enjoyable trips down memory lane, although none of them managed to truly recapture the magic of the original.

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1 The Magnificent Seven (2016)

Directed by Antoine Fuqua

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The Magnificent Seven PG-13WesternAction

The Magnificent Seven is a new remake of the 1960 western action film that follows a group of seven warriors from different walks of life who join forces to liberate a town from an oppressive gold miner. When Bartholomew Bogue takes control of the town of Rose Creek, the beleaguered residence find themselves at his mercy. One woman seeking revenge and freedom finds U.S. Marshal Sim Chisholm, and convinces him to join their cause, as he recruits several gunmen, outlaws, and assassins willing to risk it all for a good deed.

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*Availability in US Director Antoine Fuqua Release Date September 23, 2016 Studio(s) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer , Columbia Pictures , Village Roadshow Pictures Distributor(s) Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Writers John Lee Hancock , Nic Pizzolatto Cast Haley Bennett , ​Chris Pratt2 , Ethan Hawke , Sean Bridgers , Vinnie Jones , Matt Bomer , Byung-hun Lee , Denzel Washington , Peter Sarsgaard , Vincent D’Onofrio , Cam Gigandet Runtime 132 minutes Budget $90 million Expand

The original The Magnificent Seven from 1960 was one of the most enduring and beloved Western movies ever made, to the point that attempting to remake it felt sacrilegious. However, this was exactly what Antoine Fuqua decided to do in 2016 with surprisingly positive results. This remake of a true classic repeated the original’s endeavor to gather together some of the biggest names of its era in one film, as Fuqua’s version featured major stars like Denzel Washington, Chris Pratt, and Ethan Hawke all sharing the screen together.

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This version of The Magnificent Seven had a lot to live up to and actually managed to pull it off with an effective and entertaining film. From its stellar cast, engaging action sequences, and powerful score, while The Magnificent Seven didn’t break down any creative boundaries and won’t win any awards for originality, it felt like a worthy homage to the original that helped introduce a whole new generation of viewers to this story. For those looking to watch something similar to the 1960 version, checking out this updated adaptation would be a no-brainer.