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Movies Like Sheriff Nell's Tussle

If you liked Sheriff Nell's Tussle (1918), a comedy and western movie directed by William Campbell, 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. 2Support Your Local Gunfighter

    Support Your Local Gunfighter (1971)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy and western

    A 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.

  3. 3Go 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.

  4. 4A 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.

  5. 5From Noon Till Three

    From Noon Till Three (1976)

    ★ 6/10Also comedy and western

    Bank 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…

  6. 6Barbarosa

    Barbarosa (1982)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    Karl Westover, an inexperienced farm boy, runs away after unintentionally killing a neighbor, whose family pursues him for vengeance. He meets Barbarosa, a gunman of near-mythical proportions, who is himself in danger…

  7. 7The 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…

  8. 8The 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…

  9. 9Way 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.

  10. 10A Man Called Sledge

    A Man Called Sledge (1970)

    ★ 6.1/10Also western

    James Garner is Luther Sledge, the leader of a pack of rebels who are planning to steal a stash of gold. But after the thieves actually manage to get away with the bounty, they soon discover that the enemy lies within…

  11. 11The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean

    The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)

    ★ 6.5/10Also western and comedy

    Outlaw 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…

  12. 12Americana

    Americana (2025)

    ★ 6.3/10Also western and comedy

    After a rare Native American artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams teams up with a lovelorn military veteran to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless…

  13. 13¡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.

  14. 14The 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.

  15. 15The Paleface

    The Paleface (1948)

    ★ 6.1/10Also comedy and western

    Bob 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…

  16. 16Thieves Highway

    Thieves Highway (2025)

    ★ 7.5/10Also western

    After discovering a plot to haul stolen cattle in the middle of nowhere, a desperate and isolated lawman becomes the only thing standing between a group of dangerous rustlers and a clear run to the border.

  17. 17Fun with Dick and Jane

    Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)

    ★ 6.6/10Also comedy

    When an upwardly mobile couple find themselves unemployed and in debt, they turn to armed robbery in desperation.

  18. 18Day of Reckoning

    Day of Reckoning (2025)

    ★ 5.9/10Also western

    Put-upon lawman John Dorsey is on the verge of losing his wife and his job as sheriff, so he posses up with bullish U.S. Marshall Butch Hayden to hold outlaw Emily Rusk hostage. A battle of wills ensues as Emily turns…

  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. 20Paint 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…

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