Movies Like The Shakiest Gun in the West
If you liked The Shakiest Gun in the West (1968), a comedy and family movie directed by Alan Rafkin, 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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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also western and comedyVignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone…
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Go West (1940)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and westernA con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.
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The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and familyAmos 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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Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up! (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and familyThis time, the rivals team up to help a cowgirl and her brother save their homestead from a greedy land-grabber, and they’re going to need some help! Jerry’s three precocious nephews are all ready for action, and Tom…
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The Hallelujah Trail (1965)
★ 6.1/10Also western and comedyA wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
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Renegade (1987)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and westernWhile on his travel across the Southwestern United States, with his Jeep CJ Renegade and his chestnut colt named Joe Brown, Luke meets Matt, son of a friend of his, Moose, who is in jail. Moose asks Luke to take care…
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The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and familyA roving bachelor gets saddled with three children and a wealth of trouble when the youngsters stumble upon a huge gold nugget. They join forces with two bumbling outlaws to fend off the greedy townspeople and soon…
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Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also family and comedyWhen the Scooby gang visits a dude ranch, they discover that it and the nearby town have been haunted by a ghostly cowboy, Dapper Jack, who fires real fire from his fire irons. The mystery only deepens when it’s…
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Pardners (1956)
★ 6.7/10Also comedy and westernRich momma's boy Wade Kingsley Jr. an Eastern dude, tries to follow in his murdered father's footsteps by returning to the West to partner up with Slim Moseley Jr.,the son of his father's former partner. Wade overcomes…
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From Noon Till Three (1976)
★ 5.9/10Also comedy and westernBank robber Graham Dorsey spends a few hours with beautiful widow Amanda Starbuck, in which time his gang takes part in a disastrous holdup. Learning of his comrades' demise, Dorsey goes on the lam. Believing her…
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Tall Tale: The Unbelievable Adventure (1995)
★ 6.2/10Also family and westernA young boy draws on the inspiration of legendary western characters to find the strength to fight an evil land baron in the old west who wants to steal his family's farm and destroy their idyllic community. When…
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The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
★ 7/10Also comedy and westernDouble-crossed and left without water in the desert, Cable Hogue is saved when he finds a spring. It is in just the right spot for a much needed rest stop on the local stagecoach line, and Hogue uses this to his…
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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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Davy Crockett, King of the Wild Frontier (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also family and westernLegends (and myths) from the life of famed American frontiersman Davy Crockett are depicted in this feature film edited from television episodes. Crockett and his friend George Russel fight in the Creek Indian War…
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Spirit Untamed (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also family and westernLucky Prescott's life is changed forever when she moves from her home in the city to a small frontier town and befriends a wild mustang named Spirit.
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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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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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See Spot Run (2001)
★ 6.1/10Also family and comedyA drug sniffing agent canine is a target for an assassin boss so the FBI calls Witness Protection to send him somewhere else. Meanwhile a single Mom puts her 6 year old boy James in the care of her irresponsible…
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Davy Crockett and the River Pirates (1956)
★ 6.3/10Also family and westernDavy Crockett and his sidekick Georgie compete against boastful Mike Fink ("King of the River") in a boat race to New Orleans. Later, Davy and Georgie, allied with Fink, battle a group of river pirates trying to pass…
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A Flintstones Christmas Carol (1994)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and familyFred is cast as Ebenezer Scrooge in a stage adaption of the classic Christmas story, but is acting a bit stingy in real life.