Movies Like Little Big Man

If you liked Little Big Man (1970), a western and comedy movie directed by Arthur Penn, 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
Soldier Blue (1970)
★ 6.8/10Also western and drama
After a cavalry group is massacred by the Cheyenne, only two survivors remain: Honus, a naive private devoted to his duty, and Cresta, a young woman who had lived with the Cheyenne two years and whose sympathies lie…
2
Hostiles (2017)
★ 7/10Also drama and western
A legendary Native American-hating Army captain nearing retirement in 1892 is given one last assignment: to escort a Cheyenne chief and his family through dangerous territory back to his Montana reservation.
3
The Mountain Men (1980)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and western
The story concerns two grizzled mountain men -- Bill Tyler and Henry Frapp -- during the dying days of the fur-trapping era. The plot begins when Running Moon runs away from her abusive husband Heavy Eagle and comes…
4
El Gringo (2012)
★ 6.3/10Also adventure and drama
A man crossing into Mexico with a satchel of $2,000,000—and a bloody past—finds himself under sudden attack in the sleepy town of El Fronteras.
5
The Quick and the Dead (1987)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and western
In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope.
6
In a Valley of Violence (2016)
★ 6.1/10Also drama and western
The story of a drifter named Paul who arrives in a small town seeking revenge on the thugs who murdered his friend. Sisters Mary Anne and Ellen, who run the town's hotel, help Paul in his quest for vengeance.
7
The Unholy Trinity (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also western and adventure
Set against the turbulent backdrop of 1870s Montana, in the moments before the execution of Isaac Broadway, he gives his estranged son, Henry, an impossible task: murder the man who framed him for a crime he didn’t…
8
The Revenant (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also western and drama
In the 1820s, a frontiersman, Hugh Glass, sets out on a path of vengeance against those who left him for dead after a bear mauling.
9
The Sisters Brothers (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also western and drama
Oregon, 1851. Hermann Kermit Warm, a chemist and aspiring gold prospector, keeps a profitable secret that the Commodore wants to know, so he sends the Sisters brothers, two notorious assassins, to capture him on his…
10
The Homesman (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also western and drama
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…
11
A Man Called Horse (1970)
★ 6.5/10Also western and drama
In 1825, English peer Lord John Morgan is cast adrift in the American West. Captured by Sioux Indians, Morgan is at first targeted for quick extinction, but the tribesmen sense that he is worthy of survival. He…
12
Butcher's Crossing (2023)
★ 5.9/10Also adventure and drama
In the 1870s, a young Harvard dropout seeks his destiny out West by tying his fate to a team of buffalo hunters led by a man named Miller. Together, they embark on a harrowing journey risking life and sanity.
13
Death Hunt (1981)
★ 6.7/10Also adventure and western
Yukon Territory, Canada, November 1931. Albert Johnson, a trapper who lives alone in the mountains, buys a dog almost dead after a brutal dogfight, a good deed that will put him in trouble.
14
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1 (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also western and drama
In 1859, families discover the lure of the Old West as they settle in territories from Wyoming to Kansas. Meanwhile, a gruff cowboy finds himself on the run with a prostitute and a young boy after killing a fellow…
15
High Ground (2021)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and western
In a remote corner of the wild country, a bloody war rages. Travis is a bounty hunter with one last hope of redemption. Gutjuk is a young Indigenous man trying to save the last of his family. Together they embark on a…
16
The Hateful Eight (2015)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and western
Bounty hunters seek shelter from a raging blizzard and get caught up in a plot of betrayal and deception.
17
The Warrior's Way (2010)
★ 6.6/10Also adventure and western
A warrior-assassin is forced to hide in a small town in the American Badlands after refusing a mission.
18
Jane Got a Gun (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also western and drama
After her outlaw husband returns home shot with eight bullets and barely alive, Jane reluctantly reaches out to an ex-lover who she hasn't seen in over ten years to help her defend her farm when the time comes that her…
19
The Kid (2019)
★ 6/10Also western and drama
New Mexico Territory, 1880. Rio Cutler and his older sister Sara must abandon their home after an unfortunate event happens. In their desperate flee to Santa Fe, they cross paths with the infamous outlaw Billy the Kid…
20
Pale Rider (1985)
★ 7.2/10Also western and drama
A mysterious preacher protects a humble prospector village from a greedy mining company trying to encroach on their land.