Movies Like Wild West Whoopee
If you liked Wild West Whoopee (1931), a drama and romance movie directed by Robert J. Horner, 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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8 Seconds (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and romanceThis film chronicles the life of Lane Frost, 1987 PRCA Bull Riding World Champion, his marriage and his friendships with Tuff Hedeman (three-time World Champion) and Cody Lambert.
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Frontera (2014)
★ 6.5/10Also western and dramaAfter crossing the border illegally for work, Miguel, a hard-working father and devoted husband, finds himself wrongfully accused of murdering a former sheriff’s wife. After learning of his imprisonment, Miguel’s…
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Appaloosa (2008)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and westernTwo friends hired to police a small town that is suffering under the rule of a rancher find their job complicated by the arrival of a young widow.
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The Misfits (1961)
★ 7/10Also drama and romanceWhile filing for a divorce, beautiful ex-stripper Roslyn Taber ends up meeting aging cowboy-turned-gambler Gay Langland and former World War II aviator Guido Racanelli. The two men instantly become infatuated with…
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Jane Got a Gun (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also western and dramaAfter 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…
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The Hi-Lo Country (1998)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceAn intimate story of the enduring bond of friendship between two hard-living men, set against a sweeping backdrop: the American West, post-World War II, in its twilight. Pete and Big Boy are masters of the prairie, but…
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The Claim (2000)
★ 6/10Also drama and romanceA prospector sells his wife and daughter to another gold miner for the rights to a gold mine. Twenty years later, the prospector is a wealthy man who owns much of the old west town named Kingdom Come. But changes are…
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Don't Come Knocking (2005)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and westernHoward Spence has seen better days. Once a big Western movie star, he now drowns his disgust for his selfish and failed life with alcohol, drugs and young women. If he were to die now, nobody would shed a tear over…
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The Quick and the Dead (1987)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and westernIn 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.
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Crossfire Trail (2001)
★ 6.4/10Also romance and westernRafe Covington is as good as his word, and he's determined to keep his promise to a dying man that he'll look after the man's widow and Wyoming ranch. But the widow doubts the integrity of drifter Covington. And an…
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Broke (2025)
★ 7/10Also western and dramaA bronc rider in denial about his fading rodeo career battles against brain injury and a sudden blizzard while reflecting on how it became so difficult to achieve his dreams.
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The Longest Ride (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and romanceThe lives of a young couple intertwine with a much older man as he reflects back on a lost love while he's trapped in an automobile crash.
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News of the World (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and westernA Texan traveling across the wild West bringing the news of the world to local townspeople, agrees to help rescue a young girl who was kidnapped.
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The Outsider (2002)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceMontana sheep farmer Rebecca Yoder offers sanctuary to an on-the-lam outlaw, Johnny Gault, who is suffering from a gunshot wound. Yoder is a recent widow, and her decision to help the outsider doesn't sit well with her…
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Duel in the Sun (1946)
★ 6.4/10Also western and dramaBeautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
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Brokeback Mountain (2005)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and romanceIn 1960s Wyoming, two men develop a strong emotional and sexual relationship that endures as a lifelong connection complicating their lives as they get married and start families of their own.
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Man in the Shadow (1957)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and westernIn a modern cow town, the powerful ranch owner’s henchmen kill a ranch hand, prompting the sheriff to investigate despite facing strong opposition. He finds an unlikely ally in the rancher's overprotected daughter, but…
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The Unforgiven (1960)
★ 6.2/10Also western and dramaThe neighbors of a frontier family turn on them when it is suspected that their beloved adopted daughter was stolen from the Kiowa tribe.
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Down in the Valley (2005)
★ 5.9/10Also drama and romanceOn a trip to the beach, a teenage girl named Tobe meets a charismatic stranger named Harlan, who dresses like a cowboy and claims to be a former ranch hand. The pair feel an instant attraction and begin a relationship…
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Love Finds You in Valentine (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and romanceKennedy Blaine, a Californian girl, inherits a ranch in the small town of Valentine in Nebraska. Before she sells the property, she decides to spend the summer in her house and learn more about her family.