First Cow vs The Homesman

First Cow has the higher audience score (7.1/10 against 6.5/10 for The Homesman). The Homesman is the older of the two (2014 against 2020). Both are drama, western movies, so they suit a similar mood.

First Cow posterFirst Cow2020 VS The Homesman posterThe Homesman2014
First CowThe Homesman
Audience score★ 7.1/10★ 6.5/10
Year20202014
Length2h 2m2h 2m
GenresDrama, WesternDrama, Western
Country––
DirectorKelly ReichardtTommy Lee Jones
Main castAlia Shawkat, John Magaro, Lily Gladstone, Toby Jones, Ewen BremnerJohn Lithgow, James Spader, Grace Gummer, Miranda Otto, Hailee Steinfeld

Synopsis

First Cow

In the 1820s, a taciturn loner and skilled cook travels west to Oregon Territory, where he meets a Chinese immigrant also seeking his fortune. Soon the two team up on a dangerous scheme to steal milk from the wealthy landowner’s prized Jersey cow – the first, and only, in the territory.

The Homesman

When three women living on the edge of the American frontier are driven mad by harsh pioneer life, the task of saving them falls to the pious, independent-minded Mary Bee Cuddy. Transporting the women by covered wagon to Iowa, she soon realizes just how daunting the journey will be, and employs a low-life drifter, George Briggs, to join her. The unlikely pair and the three women head east, where a waiting minister and his wife have offered to…

Where to watch

Where to watch First CowWhere to watch The Homesman

More like First Cow · More like The Homesman · Compare other titles