Highest-Rated Movies about 'Bandits', Sort by Popularity

Kundo: Age of the Rampant (2014), Firecreek (1968), The River's Edge (1957), Mystery of the Nile (2005), Arizona Bound (1941), Villa Rides (1968), Blowing Wild (1953), Banklady (2013) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Bandits movies.

#2. Firecreek (1968)

Storyline: Farmer and family man Johnny Cobb moonlights as a two dollar a month Sheriff with a homemade badge in the quiet little town of Firecreek. When a gang of freebooters passes through, their leader Larkin, who is suffering from a minor wound, agrees to spend the night. The gang members prove to be vicious, sadistic sociopaths who take advantage of the frightened townspeople, humiliating them for their own perverse amusement. Although Larkin disapproves of their behavior, his leadership role is tenuous, and he is reluctant to test it by exercising control over his men. The mild-mannered Cobb faces a series of challenges from the gang's antisocial behavior. Things come to a head when Meli, an Indian woman with a mixed race child, incurs an attempted sexual attack by one of gang. Arthur, a simpleton stable boy, comes to her aid and accidentally kills the attacker. Cobb locks up Arthur to keep him safe, but when the Sheriff leaves town to visit his wife, who is struggling in labor, there is no one to control the gang. Cobb decides the time has come to act.—duke1029

Plot Keywords: sheriff, bandit, wife, daughter, preacher, tense, thrilling ...

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#3. The River's Edge (1957)

Storyline: A Sheriff goes into Mexico in search of a man wanted back in the States. Finding him, he starts back. But it's a long way back, he has a reluctant captive, and there are unfriendly Indians along the way. The Sheriff admits his life has been a failure but this mission he plans to accomplish.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: husband, wife, criminal, police officer, ex-convict, offbeat, sultry ...

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#4. Mystery of the Nile (2005)

Storyline: Join a team of explorers on the expedition of a lifetime as they set off to become the first to navigate the Blue Nile from source to sea. The epic 3,260 mile descent down the world's greatest and deadliest river has eluded humankind for centuries - until now! Ride shotgun on the team's 16-foot rafts as they crash through the rapids in Ethiopia's desert canyons. Battle through some of the world's most extreme whitewater rapids with renowned kayaker, Gordon Brown. Over the arduous, four month journey, the team faces nearly in-surmountable challenges - from crocodile attacks to armed bandits and arrests. Through breathtaking cinematography, Mystery of the Nile reveals a wondrous region and abundant treasures, from Tissisat Falls and the wonders of Egypt to the forgotten black pyramids of Meroe and 12th century churches that were carved into sheer rock.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: geologist, expert, egyptian, spaniard, scientist, journalist, spectacular ...

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#5. Arizona Bound (1941)

Storyline: The Rough Riders are called in to help save Master's stage line. Taggart has his gang robbing the stages and shooting the drivers. When Buck drives the next stage, Taggart's men rob it and then make it look like Roberts is part of the gang.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: cowboy, gunslinger, lawman, ranch hand, reverend, outlaw, melodramatic ...

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#6. Villa Rides (1968)

Storyline: Pulled into the Mexican Revolution by his own greed, Texas gunrunner & pilot Lee Arnold joins bandit-turned-patriot Pancho Villa & his band of dedicated men in a march across Mexico battling the Colorados & stealing women's hearts as they go. But each has a nemesis among his friends: Arnold is tormented by Fierro, Villa's right-hand-man; and Villa must face possible betrayal by his own president's naiveté.—Steve83

Plot Keywords: texan, gunrunner, pilot, pancho villa, nemesis, friend, rebel ...

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#7. Blowing Wild (1953)

Storyline: In a hypothetical country in South America, Jeff Dawson and his partner Dutch Peterson have invested all their savings in a lease contract to explore oil. However, their expectation ruins when bandits blow the derrick of the oil well with dynamite and they get stranded in the town without any money. In despair, they accept the risky transportation of nitroglycerin to raise US$ 800.00 and Dutch is shot in the leg by road thieves; but Jeff discovers that their employer is a trickster and they area not paid for their job. When their former friend Paco Conway meets them, Jeff finds that he is a local tycoon and is married with Marina Conway, who had a past with him. Paco hires Jeff his foreman to help him with his eighteen oil wells while Dutch is recovering in the hospital. Meanwhile the criminals press Paco to pay US$ 50,000.00 otherwise they will blow his wells and Marina revives her love and desire for Jeff, leading the trio to a tragedy.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: oil driller, bandit, couple, former lover, partner, bleak, brash ...

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#9. The Texas Rangers (1951)

Storyline: It's 1874 and the Texas Rangers have been reorganized. But Sam Bass has assembled a group of notorious outlaws into a gang the Rangers are unable to cope with. So the Ranger Major releases two men from prison who are familiar with the movements and locations used by Bass and his men and sends them out to find him.—Maurice VanAuken <mvanauken@a1access.net>

Plot Keywords: texas ranger, major, sundance kid, brother, girl, outlaw, tense ...

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#11. Arizona Raiders (1965)

Storyline: Murphy plays an ex-Quantrill's (Quantrell) Raider who's released from jail with buddy Cooper to be deputized as Arizona Rangers in order to hunt down the remnant of the gang, rumored to he hiding out in a town "neer dee border" in the words of the loose-lipped saloon dancer. The goons are found hiding in an Indian mission. Murphy and Cooper pretend to want to rejoin the gang, but the bad guys catch on and brutally beat Cooper, who protects Murphy's true sentiments to the death.—Rita Richardson

Plot Keywords: soldier, bandit, cowboy, sheriff, suspenseful, thrilling, brooding ...

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#12. Ambush at Tomahawk Gap (1953)

Storyline: Hodiak, Brian, Derek and Teal have just been released from prison. They return to Tomahawk Gap, now a ghost town, to retrieve the money that they stole and was buried by a partner somewhere in the town. While hunting, the Indians attack, and a life and death battle ensues.—Terry Brooks <TEXICANTBROOKS@NETSCAPE.NET>

Plot Keywords: apache, bandit, con man, gang leader, gory, sultry, thrilling ...

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