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Movies Like Alive or Preferably Dead

If you liked Alive or Preferably Dead (1969), a action and comedy movie directed by Duccio Tessari, here are 20 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

  1. 1Bandidas

    Bandidas (2006)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy

    When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.

  2. 2The Spikes Gang

    The Spikes Gang (1974)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and action

    Three teenage farm boys stumble upon Harry Spikes, a local bandit wounded in a gun battle. While Harry is recuperating, he regales the young men with stories of his exciting past. The adventurous tales inspire them to…

  3. 3Mad Money

    Mad Money (2008)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and action

    Three female employees of the Federal Reserve plot to steal money that is about to be destroyed.

  4. 4Barbarosa

    Barbarosa (1982)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western and action

    Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger…

  5. 5Cat Ballou

    Cat Ballou (1965)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and comedy

    A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

  6. 6High Heels and Low Lifes

    High Heels and Low Lifes (2001)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy

    Two friends are drawn into a seedy underworld of extortion and violence when they try to blackmail a gang of bank robbers.

  7. 7Red Notice

    Red Notice (2021)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy

    An Interpol-issued Red Notice is a global alert to hunt and capture the world's most wanted. But when a daring heist brings together the FBI's top profiler and two rival criminals, there's no telling what will happen.

  8. 8Excess Baggage

    Excess Baggage (1997)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and comedy

    A rich brat fakes her own kidnapping, but in the process ends up locked in the trunk of a car that gets stolen.

  9. 9No Name on the Bullet

    No Name on the Bullet (1959)

    ★ 6.6/10Also action and western

    When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.

  10. 10American Outlaws

    American Outlaws (2001)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western and action

    When a Midwest town learns that a corrupt railroad baron has captured the deeds to their homesteads without their knowledge, a group of young ranchers join forces to take back what is rightfully theirs. They will…

  11. 11Wild Rovers

    Wild Rovers (1971)

    ★ 6.1/10Also action and western

    Ross Bodine and Frank Post are cowhands on Walt Buckman's R-Bar-R ranch. Bodine is older and broods a bit about how he will get along when he's too old to cowboy. Post is young and rambunctious and ambitious for a…

  12. 12Boss Nigger

    Boss Nigger (1975)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and action

    Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.

  13. 13Lift

    Lift (2024)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and comedy

    An international heist crew, led by Cyrus Whitaker, race to lift $500 million in gold from a passenger plane at 40,000 feet.

  14. 14Miami Supercops

    Miami Supercops (1985)

    ★ 6.4/10Also action and comedy

    In 1978, $20 million was stolen from a Detroit bank. One of the robbers was caught, one was found dead, and the third disappeared. The money was never found. Seven years later, the robber who was caught was released…

  15. 15The Paper Tigers

    The Paper Tigers (2020)

    ★ 6.7/10Also action and comedy

    Three middle aged men polish their martial arts skills to avenge their fallen master.

  16. 16The 5-Man Army

    The 5-Man Army (1969)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and action

    At the behest of local revolutionaries, a mercenary enlists four specialists in various combat styles to help him rob a Mexican Army train carrying $500,000 in gold.

  17. 17Gotcha!

    Gotcha! (1985)

    ★ 6/10Also action and comedy

    A student on a trip to France is tricked into smuggling secrets across the Iron Curtain by a sexy spy.

  18. 18Hit Squad

    Hit Squad (1976)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and action

    A gang of thieves are robbing luxury apartments in Rome, but after emptying the villa of the wealthy Mr. Douglas, the thieves are beginning to die.

  19. 19Compañeros

    Compañeros (1970)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and action

    Arms dealer Yolaf Peterson aims to make a sale to guerilla Mongo, but the money is locked in a bank safe, the combination known only to Professor Xantos, a prisoner of the Americans. Yolaf agrees to free Xantos…

  20. 20The White Buffalo

    The White Buffalo (1977)

    ★ 6/10Also western and action

    In this strange western version of Moby Dick, Wild Bill Hickok hunts a white buffalo he has seen in a dream. Hickok moves through a variety of uniquely authentic western locations - dim, filthy, makeshift taverns…

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