Shows Like The Rifleman
If you liked The Rifleman (1958), a action & adventure and western series, here are 20 shows 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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Bonanza (1959)
★ 7.5/10Also western and action & adventureThe High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
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Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
★ 7.1/10Also western and action & adventureWanted: Dead or Alive is an American Western television series starring Steve McQueen as the bounty hunter Josh Randall. It aired on CBS for three seasons from 1958–61. The black-and-white program was a spin-off of a…
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Centennial (1978)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and westernThe economic and cultural growth of town of Centennial, Colorado, through the intertwining lives of the brave men and women inhabiting it. Spanning two centuries from the settling of the area in the 1700s, to the late…
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Into the West (2005)
★ 8/10Also western and action & adventureThe lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
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Turner & Hooch (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also family and action & adventureA Deputy Marshal inherits an unruly dog who helps him solve crimes and investigate a family mystery.
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Jason and the Argonauts (2000)
★ 6.5/10Also family and action & adventureAt a young age, Jason witnesses the brutal deposement and murder of his father at the hands of his uncle Pelias. Twenty years later, Jason returns home to claim his rightful place as king, but Pelias orders him to be…
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Percy Jackson and the Olympians (2023)
★ 7.3/10Also action & adventure and familyPercy Jackson is on a dangerous quest. Outrunning monsters and outwitting gods, he must journey across America to return Zeus's master bolt and stop an all-out war. With the help of his friends Annabeth and Grover…
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WWE Saturday Night's Main Event (1985)
★ 8.3/10Also family and action & adventureA professional wrestling television program produced by the World Wrestling Federation banner on NBC airing in place of Saturday Night Live. The series was made up entirely of star vs. star bouts in a time when weekly…
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Star Wars: Skeleton Crew (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also action & adventure and familyFour ordinary kids search for their home planet after getting lost in the Star Wars galaxy.
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Around the World in 80 Days (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also action & adventure and familyFollowing an outrageous bet, Fogg and his valet, Passepartout, take on the legendary journey of circumnavigating the globe in just 80 days, swiftly joined by aspiring journalist Abigail Fix, who seizes the chance to…
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Avatar: Seven Havens (2026)
★ 9.1/10Also action & adventure and familyIn a world shattered by a devastating cataclysm, a young Earthbender discovers she's the new Avatar after Korra. But in this dangerous era, that title marks her as humanity's destroyer, not its savior. Hunted by both…
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Avatar: The Last Airbender (2024)
★ 7.8/10Also action & adventure and familyA young boy known as the Avatar must master the four elemental powers to save a world at war — and fight a ruthless enemy bent on stopping him.
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Everwood (2002)
★ 7.6/10Also familyAfter the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly…
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The Adventures of Black Beauty (1972)
★ 6.2/10Also action & adventure and familyThe Adventures of Black Beauty is a British family adventure series broadcast on ITV1. Produced by London Weekend Television, the 52-episode series was inspired by Anna Sewell's novel but featured new characters…
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Ulice (2005)
★ 4.9/10Also familyUlice is a Czech soap opera produced and broadcast by Nova. In the Czech language Ulice means street. The show describes the lives of the Farský, Jordán, Boháč, Nikl, and Liška families and many other people that live…
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Frasier (1993)
★ 7.7/10Also familyAfter many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
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My Fair Nanny (2004)
★ 5.7/10Also familyMy Fair Nanny is a Russian comedy television series based on the American television sitcom, The Nanny.
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Almost Home (1993)
★ 6.3/10Also familyHaving a hard time making ends meet after her divorce, Millicent Torkelson moves her three children to Seattle, where she becomes the nanny to the spoiled Morgan children.
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Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
★ 7.1/10Also familyThe series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two African American boys from Harlem who are taken in by a rich white Park Avenue businessman named Phillip Drummond and his daughter…
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The Andy Griffith Show (1960)
★ 7.6/10Also familyAndy Taylor is the widowed sheriff of the fictional small community of Mayberry, North Carolina. His life is complicated by an inept, but well-meaning deputy, Barney Fife, a spinster aunt and housekeeper, Aunt Bee, and…