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Movies Like The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio

If you liked The Lone Rider Crosses the Rio (1941), a music and romance movie directed by Sam Newfield, 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. 1Oklahoma!

    Oklahoma! (1955)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western and music

    There's a box social coming up, and Curly asks Laurey if she'll be his date. Trouble is, Laurey thinks he's waited too long, and in a fit of pique accepts an offer from the boorish ranch hand Jud instead. Meanwhile…

  2. 2Brigadoon

    Brigadoon (1954)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music and romance

    Americans Jeff and Tommy, hunting in Scotland, stumble upon a village - Brigadoon. They soon learn that the town appears once every 100 years in order to preserve its peace and special beauty. The citizens go to bed at…

  3. 33 Bad Men

    3 Bad Men (1926)

    ★ 7/10Also romance and western

    Three outlaws come to the aid of a young girl after her father is killed.

  4. 4The Tall Men

    The Tall Men (1955)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and romance

    Two brothers discharged from the Confederate Army join a businessman for a cattle drive from Texas to Montana where they run into raiding Jayhawkers, angry Sioux, rough terrain and bad weather.

  5. 5Press Play

    Press Play (2022)

    ★ 6.4/10Also music and romance

    Laura and Harrison have the picture-perfect romance built on the foundation of a shared love of music. After a deadly accident, Laura gets the chance to save the love of her life when she discovers that their mixtape…

  6. 6The Big Sky

    The Big Sky (1952)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western and romance

    Two tough Kentucky mountaineers join a trading expedition from St. Louis up the Missouri River to trade whisky for furs with the Blackfoot Indians. They soon discover that there is much more than the elements to…

  7. 7North West Mounted Police

    North West Mounted Police (1940)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and romance

    Texas Ranger Dusty Rivers ("Isn't that a contradiction in terms?", another character asks him) travels to Canada in the 1880s in search of Jacques Corbeau, who is wanted for murder. He wanders into the midst of the…

  8. 8Angel and the Badman

    Angel and the Badman (1947)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and romance

    A wounded outlaw finds unexpected mercy in the care of a rancher's daughter. The hope of love pulls him toward a different life until the law, and his violent past, close in on his new home. Now he must choose the kind…

  9. 9Gay Purr-ee

    Gay Purr-ee (1962)

    ★ 6.6/10Also music and romance

    Mewsette is a starry-eyed cat who grows weary of life on a French farm and heads for the excitement of 1890s Paris. Her tomcat suitor, Jaune-Tom, and his furry cohort, Robespierre, chase after Mewsette, but she's…

  10. 10The Fighting Kentuckian

    The Fighting Kentuckian (1949)

    ★ 6/10Also western and romance

    John Breen (John Wayne), a Kentucky militiaman falls in love with French exile Fleurette De Marchand (Vera Ralston). He discovers a plot to steal the land that Fleurette's exiles plan to settle on and aims to foil it.

  11. 11Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration

    Beauty and the Beast: A 30th Celebration (2022)

    ★ 6.8/10Also music and romance

    In honor of the 30th anniversary of the animated classic, this animated and live-action blended special showcases the fan-favorite movie, along with new musical performances, sets and costumes inspired by the classic…

  12. 12Virginia City

    Virginia City (1940)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western and romance

    Union officer Kerry Bradford escapes from a Confederate prison and races to intercept $5 million in gold destined for Confederate coffers. A Confederate sympathizer and a Mexican bandit, each with their own stake in…

  13. 13Cinderella

    Cinderella (1965)

    ★ 6.5/10Also romance and music

    After the success of the live 1957 Cinderella on CBS (with Julie Andrews), the network decided to produce another television version. The new script hewed closer to the traditional tale, although nearly all of the…

  14. 14Roustabout

    Roustabout (1964)

    ★ 6/10Also music and romance

    After losing his job at a coffee shop, Charlie Rogers finds employment at a struggling carnival, but his attempted romance with a teenager leads to friction with her father.

  15. 15Will Penny

    Will Penny (1967)

    ★ 6.7/10Also western and romance

    Will Penny, an aging cowpoke, takes a job on a ranch which requires him to ride the line of the property looking for trespassers or, worse, squatters. He finds that his cabin in the high mountains has been appropriated…

  16. 16Camelot

    Camelot (1967)

    ★ 6.2/10Also music and romance

    The plot of his illegitimate son Mordred to gain the throne, and Guinevere's growing attachment to Sir Lancelot, threatens to topple King Arthur and destroy his "round table" of knights.

  17. 17Blood on the Moon

    Blood on the Moon (1948)

    ★ 6.2/10Also western and romance

    Down-and-out cowhand Jim Garry is asked by his old friend Tate Riling to help mediate a cattle dispute. When Garry arrives, however, it soon becomes clear that Riling has not been entirely forthright. Garry uncovers…

  18. 18Beauty and the Beast

    Beauty and the Beast (1987)

    ★ 6.2/10Also romance and music

    To save her father, a girl who always puts others before herself promises to live her life in a lavish castle with a strange beast.

  19. 19Easter Parade

    Easter Parade (1948)

    ★ 7.1/10Also romance and music

    On the day before Easter in 1911, Don Hewes is crushed when his dancing partner (and object of affection) Nadine Hale refuses to start a new contract with him. To prove Nadine's not important to him, Don acquires…

  20. 20South Pacific

    South Pacific (1958)

    ★ 6.1/10Also music and romance

    Can a girl from Little Rock find happiness with a mature French planter she got to know one enchanted evening away from the military hospital where she is a nurse? Or should she just wash that man out of her hair?…

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