Movies Like A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot
If you liked A Genius, Two Friends, and an Idiot (1975), a comedy and western movie directed by Damiano Damiani, 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.
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Trinity Is Still My Name (1971)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and westernThe two brothers Trinity and Bambino are exchanged by two federal agents and take advantage of the situation to steal a huge booty hidden in a monastery by a gang of outlaws.
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and westernAmos and Theodore, the two bumbling outlaw wannabes from The Apple Dumpling Gang, are back and trying to make it on their own. This time, the crazy duo gets involved in an army supply theft case -- and, of course, gets…
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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also western and comedyOutlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice…
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Barbarosa (1982)
★ 5.9/10Also westernKarl 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…
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They Call Me Trinity (1970)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and westernThe simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the…
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Boot Hill (1969)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and westernVictims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers
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Boss Nigger (1975)
★ 6.7/10Also westernTwo 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.
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Ride Lonesome (1959)
★ 6.7/10Also westernOn the way to pick up the bounty on a wanted murderer, a bounty hunter stops at a staging post where he is forced to continue his journey with two outlaws who want the murderer for their own reasons and a…
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Carry On Cowboy (1965)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and westernStodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries…
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Shanghai Noon (2000)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and westernChon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner…
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Buddy Goes West (1981)
★ 6.3/10Also western and comedyOutlaw drifter Buddy is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments.
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Day of the Outlaw (1959)
★ 6.8/10Also westernBlaise Starrett is a rancher at odds with homesteaders when outlaws hold up the small town. The outlaws are held in check only by their notorious leader, but he is diagnosed with a fatal wound and the town is a powder…
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Flaming Star (1960)
★ 6.5/10Also westernPacer Burton, a young man of mixed Kiowa and white heritage, is caught between two worlds as conflict erupts between Native Americans and white settlers in Texas.
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Man of the East (1972)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and westernBy his dying father's last wish Joe is sent to the Wild West to become a real guy. The dreamy young man despises guns and fights likes poems and prefers bicycles to horses. Now his three teachers footpads all of them…
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Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and westernA con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town.
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My Name Is Nobody (1973)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and westernJack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he…
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Take the Money and Run (1969)
★ 7.1/10Also comedyVirgil Starkwell is intent on becoming a notorious bank robber. Unfortunately for Virgil and his not-so-budding career, he is completely incompetent.
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Young Guns II (1990)
★ 6.5/10Also westernThree of the original five "young guns" — Billy the Kid, Jose Chavez y Chavez, and Doc Scurlock — return in Young Guns, Part 2, which is the story of Billy the Kid and his race to safety in Old Mexico while being…
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American Outlaws (2001)
★ 5.9/10Also westernWhen 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…
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Way Out West (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and westernStan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.