Highest-Rated Movies about 'Ghost Town', Sort by Popularity

Pripyat (1999), Yellow Sky (1948), Colorado Territory (1949), A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), Split Second (1953), The Last Hurrah (1958), Silent Hill (2006), Edge of Eternity (1959) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Ghost Town movies.

#2. Yellow Sky (1948)

Storyline: A band of bank robbers on the run from a posse flee into the desert. Near death from lack of water they stumble into what appears to be a ghost town, only to discover an old prospector and his granddaughter living there. The robbers discover that the old man has been mining gold and set out to make a quick fortune by robbing the pair. Their plan runs foul when the gang leader, Stretch, falls for the granddaughter, which sets off a showdown between the entire gang.—E.W. DesMarais <jlongst@aol.com>

Plot Keywords: outlaw, young woman, grandfather, bank robber, apache, prospector, gritty ...

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#3. Colorado Territory (1949)

Storyline: Outlaw Wes McQueen is sprung from jail to help pull one last railroad job. He doesn't like his new partners - except dance-hall girl Colorado - and anyway fancies Julie Ann newly arrived from the east to set up home with her father. Maybe time to get out. Unfortunately he also has a $10,000 reward on his head, dead or alive.—Jeremy Perkins {J-26}

Plot Keywords: cowboy, outlaw, sheriff, dance hall girl, native american, love interest, brash ...

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#5. Split Second (1953)

Storyline: Sam Hurley, "Nation's No. 1 killer" with a cold contempt for "heroes," escapes prison with two companions and takes a mixed bag of hostages to Nevada ghost town Lost Hope City. He knows they won't be found there because an atom-bomb test is planned for next morning! Relationships shift and tension builds as Hurley keeps the others in suspense as to whether he will let them escape before bomb time.—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: escaped convict, confederate soldier, confident, cool, engaging, united states, ghost town ...

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#6. The Last Hurrah (1958)

Storyline: Outlaw Clint Hollister escapes from jail with the help of Marshal Jake Wade, because once Clint did the same for him. Jake left Clint just after, but Clint finds him back and forces Jake to lead him to a loot Jake buried one year ago when he quitted Clint's gang.—Yepok

Plot Keywords: mayor, political consultant, politician, nephew, passionate, spirited, united states ...

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#7. Silent Hill (2006)

Storyline: Sharon Da Silva wakes up every night screaming about "silent hill". Pursued by a police officer suspicious of her motives and swerving to avoid another child her adoptive mother crashes the car knocking herself unconscious. When Rose Da Silva awakens to find her adopted child is missing, she searches the fog and ash blanketed town for her beloved daughter.

Plot Keywords: adopted daughter, mother, creepy, frightening, ghost town, missing persons, mystery ...

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#8. Edge of Eternity (1959)

Storyline: Helped by socialite Janice Kendon, Arizona Deputy Sheriff Les Martin works to solve three brutal murders in and around the Grand Canyon. His efforts lead to the killer fleeing with Janice as a hostage, and a chase by car and helicopter leading to a climax on a miner's bucket on cables a mile above the canyon floor.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: deputy, sheriff, bar owner, socialite, foreman, brother, melodramatic ...

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#9. Foxfire (1955)

Storyline: Amanda Dartland accompanies her half-Apache husband Jonathan to a mining community where he will supervise the excavation of an almost mythical Apache treasure. His jealous rages and macho attitude cause her much misery, while the excavation project is threatened by prejudice and fear. Amanda tries to bridge the cultural gap, and Jonathan must do the same, or he will lose her. Mesmerizing brief performance by Celia Lovsky as Princess Saba.—Molly Malloy <mailcall@intersource.com>

Plot Keywords: apache, native american, socialite, husband, wife, doctor, melodramatic ...

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#10. The King Is Alive (2000)

Storyline: While shifting airports by bus in Africa, a group of passengers is driven to the middle of nowhere in the desert by the driver that is following a defective compass. They run out of gas and they reach a ghost village inhabited by a single man, Kanana. One passenger that has experience with desert gives five advices to the others to survive in the spot, among them to keep the spirit high, while he travels through the desert seeking for help. One intellectual in the stranded group suggests the performance of King Lear to keep the morale of the survivors. Along the days, while hope decreases, the tension increases among the survivors.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: tourist, traveler, actor, frenchwoman, american, bleak, emotional ...

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#11. Rim of the Canyon (1949)

Storyline: Gene Autry's horse "Champion" (Champion) is stolen by escaped convicts Jake Fargon (Walter Sande), Pete Reagon (Jock Mahoney) and Charlie Lewis (Francis McDonald). Twenty years earlier Fargo and Lewis had been captured by City Marshal Steve Autry (Gene Autry)and sent to prison after the theft of $30,000 from "Big Tim" Hanlon (Thurston Hall), a bonanza king. Gene (Gene Autry)traces the convicts to the ghost town in which the loot had been hidden way, where he also finds Hanlon and school teacher Ruth Lambert (Nan Leslie). Loco John (Clem Bevans)warns Gene the killers are around. The convicts pursue Gene and his friends through the spooky buildings.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: thief, convict, gene autry, outlaw, father, horse, engaging ...

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#12. Gun the Man Down (1956)

Storyline: Three outlaw buddies rob a bank, but one of them is wounded. His two partners and his girlfriend take his share of the loot and run off, leaving him to be captured by the sheriff. Years later, after he gets out of prison, he goes in search of his double-crossing partners and his faithless girlfriend. He finds them in a semi-deserted, run-down town, but instead of killing them right away, he decides to play cat-and-mouse with them first.—frankfob2@yahoo.com

Plot Keywords: bank robber, outlaw, girlfriend, ex-convict, thrilling, suspenseful, engaging ...

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#13. The King and Four Queens (1956)

Storyline: Smooth cowboy Dan Kehoe arrives at a ranch run by an old widow and her four daughters-in-law. He's been tipped off that the proceeds of a gold robbery are hidden on the ranch, but only one of the women knows where. He plays them off against each other in his quest to discover the location.—Col Needham <col@imdb.com>

Plot Keywords: cowboy, widow, mother, bartender, sheriff, bandit, playful ...

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#14. The Deadly Companions (1962)

Storyline: The Civil War Yankee sergeant Yellowleg saves the cheater Turkey from hanging after a card game, and together with Turk's gunslinger buddy Billy Keplinger, they ride together to Gila City with the intention of heisting a bank. When other bandits rob a store, Yellowleg shoots at the outlaws and accidentally kills the son of the cabaret dancer Kit Tilden and the grieving woman decides to bury her son in the town of Siringo in Apache country where her husband is buried. Yellowleg Enlists Billy and Turkey to escort Kitty and the coffin through the dangerous land.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: outlaw, veteran, bank robber, saloon girl, son, gunslinger, dark ...

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#15. Tickle Me (1965)

Storyline: Elvis is a singing rodeo rider who drifts into an expensive dude ranch patronized by wealthy glamour girls. The owner, Vera Radford, hires Elvis as a stable man. Pretty physical fitness trainer Pam Merritt has a letter from her late grandfather directing her to a cache of gold in the ghost town of Silverado. The sheriff and his gang learn of the letter and plot to take it away from her.—filmfactsman

Plot Keywords: rodeo rider, trainer, rancher, deputy, ranch hand, love interest, amusing ...

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