Shows Like Gunsmoke

If you liked Gunsmoke (1955), a western and action & adventure 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.

1
Have Gun, Will Travel (1957)
★ 7.3/10Also western and action & adventure
Have Gun – Will Travel is an American Western television series that aired on CBS from 1957 through 1963. It was rated number three or number four in the Nielsen ratings every year of its first four seasons. It was one…
2
Wanted: Dead or Alive (1958)
★ 7.1/10Also western and action & adventure
Wanted: 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…
3
The High Chaparral (1967)
★ 6.7/10Also western and drama
The High Chaparral is an American Western-themed television series starring Leif Erickson and Cameron Mitchell which aired on NBC from 1967 to 1971. The series, made by Xanadu Productions in association with NBC…
4
Rawhide (1959)
★ 7.3/10Also western and drama
The tale of trail boss Gil Favor and his trusty foreman Rowdy Yates as they drives cattle across the old west. Along the way they meet up with adventure and drama.
5
The Lone Ranger (1949)
★ 6.7/10Also western and action & adventure
The Lone Ranger is an American western television series that ran from 1949 to 1957, starring Clayton Moore with Jay Silverheels as Tonto. The live-action series initially featured Gerald Mohr as the episode narrator…
6
Daniel Boone (1964)
★ 7/10Also action & adventure and western
Daniel Boone is an American action-adventure television series starring Fess Parker as Daniel Boone that aired from September 24, 1964 to September 10, 1970 on NBC for 165 episodes, and was made by 20th Century Fox…
7
The Rifleman (1958)
★ 7.1/10Also action & adventure and western
The Rifleman is an American Western television program starring Chuck Connors as rancher Lucas McCain and Johnny Crawford as his son, Mark McCain. It was set in the 1880s in the town of North Fork, New Mexico…
8
Bonanza (1959)
★ 7.5/10Also western and action & adventure
The High-Sierra adventures of Ben Cartwright and his sons as they run and defend their ranch while helping the surrounding community.
9
The Virginian (1962)
★ 6.5/10Also western and drama
The Shiloh Ranch in Wyoming Territory of the 1890s is owned in sequence by Judge Henry Garth, the Grainger brothers, and Colonel Alan MacKenzie. It is the setting for a variety of stories, many more based on character…
10
Centennial (1978)
★ 7.7/10Also action & adventure and drama
The 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…
11
Vegas (2012)
★ 6.9/10Also western and drama
Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during…
12
Into the West (2005)
★ 8/10Also western and drama
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
13
Walker, Texas Ranger (1993)
★ 7/10Also drama and western
Modern-day Texas Ranger, Cordell Walker's independent crime-solving methods have their roots in the rugged traditions of the Old West. Walker's closest friend is former Ranger, C.D. Parker, who retired after a knee…
14
Cheyenne (1955)
★ 6.2/10Also western and drama
Cheyenne Bodie was a big man, a former army scout who went west after the American Civil War and drifted from job to job, here a cowboy, there a lawman, and always a larger-than-life hero. CHEYENNE is an American…
15
The Big Valley (1965)
★ 6.2/10Also western and drama
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It…
16
Wagon Train (1957)
★ 6.6/10Also western and drama
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert…
17
Spirit: Riding Free (2017)
★ 7.6/10Also action & adventure and western
In a small Western town, spunky ex-city girl Lucky forms a tight bond with wild horse Spirit while having adventures with best pals Pru and Abigail.
18
The Young Riders (1989)
★ 7.4/10Also western and drama
The Young Riders was an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory…
19
Little House on the Prairie (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and western
The close-knit Ingalls family builds a new life on the Western frontier, where the joys of nature and the struggle for survival are deeply intertwined.
20
Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993)
★ 7.6/10Also western and drama
Dr. Michaela Quinn journeys to Colorado Springs to be the town's physician after her father's death in 1868.