Movies Like The Arkansas Swing
If you liked The Arkansas Swing (1948), a western and comedy movie directed by Ray Nazarro, 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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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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Paint Your Wagon (1969)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and westernA 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…
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Blazing Saddles (1974)
★ 7.2/10Also western and comedyCrafty 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…
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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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A Song Is Born (1948)
★ 6.5/10Also comedy and musicThe 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…
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The Apple Dumpling Gang (1975)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and westernA 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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Way Out West (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and westernStan 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.
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Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and westernIn the old west, a man becomes a Sheriff just for the pay, figuring he can decamp if things get tough.
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¡Three Amigos! (1986)
★ 6.3/10Also comedy and westernA 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.
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A Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
★ 6/10Also comedy and westernAs 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.
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Tom and Jerry Cowboy Up! (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and westernThis 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 Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again (1979)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and westernAmos 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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The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
★ 6.5/10Also western and comedyOutlaw and self-appointed lawmaker Judge Roy Bean rules over an empty stretch of the West that gradually grows, under his iron fist, into a thriving town, while dispensing his his own quirky brand of frontier justice…
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A Mighty Wind (2003)
★ 6.8/10Also comedy and musicThree eclectic, never-quite-famous folk bands come together for the first time in decades following the death of their manager to put on an reunion concert in his honor, at the request of his son.
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The Paleface (1948)
★ 6.1/10Also comedy and westernBob Hope stars in this laugh-packed wild west spoof co-starring Jane Russell as a sexy Calamity Jane, Hope is a meek frontier dentist, "Painless" Peter Potter, who finds himself gunslinging alongside the fearless…
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Airheads (1994)
★ 6.2/10Also comedy and musicThe Lone Rangers have heavy-metal dreams and a single demo tape they can't get anyone to play. The solution: Hijack an FM rock radio station and hold the deejays hostage until they agree to broadcast the band's tape.
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A Day at the Races (1937)
★ 7.1/10Also comedy and musicDoctor Hugo Hackenbush, Tony, and Stuffy try and save Judy's sanitarium by winning a big race with a finicky horse owned by Judy's boyfriend Gil. There are a few problems. Hackenbush, who was recently put in charge of…
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Go West (1925)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and westernWith 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.
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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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My Little Pony: Best Gift Ever (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and musicAs the ponies prepare for another Hearth's Warming, families come together to celebrate the holiday; Pinkie Pie, Fluttershy, Applejack, Rarity, and Rainbow Dash are ready for the big day, but Princess Twilight Sparkle…