Movies Like When the Heart Calls

If you liked When the Heart Calls (1912), a comedy and western movie directed by Al Christie, 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
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
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.
3
Ramrod (1947)
★ 6.5/10Also western
A cattle-vs.-sheepman feud loses Connie Dickason her fiance, but gains her his ranch, which she determines to run alone in opposition to Frank Ivey, "boss" of the valley, whom her father Ben wanted her to marry. She…
4
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.
5
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…
6
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…
7
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.
8
¡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.
9
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.
10
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.
11
The Last Wagon (1956)
★ 6.5/10Also western
When a handful of settlers survive an Apache attack on their wagon train they must put their lives into the hands of Comanche Todd, a white man who has lived with the Comanches most of his life and is wanted for the…
12
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…
13
Posse Cat (1954)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and western
Tom and Jerry are in a cabin in the wild west. Jerry's rustling food, so Tom's owner won't let him eat until he's gotten rid of Jerry.
14
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…
15
Man Without a Star (1955)
★ 6.4/10Also western
A wandering cowboy gets caught up in a range war.
16
Rango (2011)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and western
When Rango, a lost family pet, accidentally winds up in the gritty, gun-slinging Western town of Dirt, the theater-loving lizard suddenly finds himself the newly appointed sheriff. Welcomed as the last hope the town…
17
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.
18
No Name on the Bullet (1959)
★ 6.6/10Also western
When hired killer John Gant rides into Lordsburg, the town's folk become paranoid as each leading citizen has enemies capable of using the services of a professional killer for personal revenge.
19
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…
20
The War Wagon (1967)
★ 6.8/10Also western
An ex-con seeks revenge on the man who put him in prison by planning a robbery of the latter's stagecoach, which is transporting gold. He enlists the help of a partner, who could be working for his nemesis.