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Movies Like Moonlight and Cactus

If you liked Moonlight and Cactus (1944), a western and comedy movie directed by Edward F. Cline, 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. 1Go West

    Go West (1940)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and western

    A 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.

  2. 2The Apple Dumpling Gang

    The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and western

    A 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…

  3. 3The Ballad of Buster Scruggs

    The Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)

    ★ 7.1/10Also western and comedy

    Vignettes 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…

  4. 4Paint Your Wagon

    Paint Your Wagon (1969)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and western

    A Michigan farmer and a prospector form a partnership in the California gold country. Their adventures include buying and sharing a wife, hijacking a stage, kidnapping six prostitutes, and turning their mining camp…

  5. 5Blazing Saddles

    Blazing Saddles (1974)

    ★ 7.2/10Also western and comedy

    Crafty railroad worker Bart becomes the first Black sheriff of Rock Ridge, a frontier town about to be destroyed in order to make way for a new railroad. Initially, the citizens of Rock Ridge harbor a racial bias…

  6. 6A Million Ways to Die in the West

    A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and western

    As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.

  7. 7Way Out West

    Way Out West (1937)

    ★ 7.1/10Also comedy and western

    Stan 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.

  8. 8Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up!

    Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up! (2022)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and western

    This 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…

  9. 9Go West

    Go West (1925)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and western

    With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.

  10. 10The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again

    The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)

    ★ 6.4/10Also comedy and western

    Amos 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…

  11. 11Cat Ballou

    Cat Ballou (1965)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and comedy

    A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

  12. 12A Song Is Born

    A Song Is Born (1948)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and music

    The story of seven scholars in search of an expert to teach them about swing music. They seem to have found the perfect candidate in winsome nightclub singer Honey Swanson. But Honey's gangster boyfriend doesn't want…

  13. 13Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown

    Scooby-Doo! Shaggy's Showdown (2017)

    ★ 7.7/10Also comedy and western

    When 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…

  14. 14McLintock!

    McLintock! (1963)

    ★ 6.6/10Also western and comedy

    Aging rancher and self-made man, George Washington McLintock is forced to deal with numerous personal and professional problems. Seemingly everyone wants a piece of his enormous farmstead, including high-ranking…

  15. 15The Cheyenne Social Club

    The Cheyenne Social Club (1970)

    ★ 6.4/10Also western and comedy

    Cowboy John O'Hanlan is surprised to learn that someone's left him a business in Cheyenne, Wyoming. He sets out to claim it, only to discover it's a brothel.

  16. 16Support Your Local Sheriff!

    Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)

    ★ 6.9/10Also comedy and western

    In the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.

  17. 17¡Three Amigos!

    ¡Three Amigos! (1986)

    ★ 6.3/10Also comedy and western

    A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.

  18. 18Back to the Beach

    Back to the Beach (1987)

    ★ 5.9/10Also comedy and music

    A former beach boy and his wife go to California to visit their daughter and become part of the new beach scene.

  19. 19City Slickers

    City Slickers (1991)

    ★ 6.5/10Also comedy and western

    Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.

  20. 20Pardners

    Pardners (1956)

    ★ 6.7/10Also comedy and western

    Rich 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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