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Goin' South (1978)
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Goin' South (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story: Henry Moon is captured for a capital offense by a posse when his horse quits while trying to escape to Mexico. He finds that there is a post-Civil War law in the small town that any single or widowed woman can save him from the gallows by marrying him.
Style: entertaining, stylized, light, humorous, exciting, funny, captivating, cult classic, offbeat, realistic ...
Plot: gangster, chase, gang, small town, love and romance, chases and races, dark humor, civil war, cowboy, trust, hanging, marriage, outlaw, old west, criminal, gold rush, greed, treasure hunt, female protagonist, sex crime, ranch, heroes, wedding, family relations, rivalry ...
Time: 19th century, year 1978, 1860s
Place: austin texas, latin america, texas, mexico
Keyword: gangsters, partners

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, funny and semi serious films with plots about rivalry, heroes, old west, outlaw, cowboy, gunfight and horse mostly in Comedy, Western and Romance genres. Some movies like Goin' South: 4 for Texas (1963), Buddy Goes West (1981), Back to the Future Part III (1990), House of My Father (2012), The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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4 for Texas (1963)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story: Frank Sinatra plays a tough guy who hooks up with fellow rat packer Dean Martin to open a casino in this western.
Style: funny, retro, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: three stooges, gambling, chase, gunfight, sea, woman with a gun, casino, mugging, partner, gangster, tough heroes, friends ...
Time: year 1963, 19th century
Place: texas, austin texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Buddy Goes West (1981)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Trinity series star Bud Spencer returns to the Wild West in director Michele Lupo's comic tale of an outlaw drifter, Buddy, who is mistaken for a doctor after his Indian companion inadvertently steals a bag of surgical instruments. When a band ...
Style: spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious, feel good ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: old west, treasure hunt, escapades, gang, partner, tough heroes, disorder, good versus evil, lone wolves, dishonesty, buddies, mistaken identity ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Back to the Future Part III (1990)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story: The final installment of the Back to the Future trilogy finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. ...
Style: light, futuristic, sentimental, not serious, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot: time travel, time machine, mad scientist, changing the past or future, time, sent to the past, old west, time loop, inventor, parallel universe, time paradox, science ...
Time: 19th century, year 1955, 90s, 1950s, future ...
Place: space western, los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
House of My Father (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Scheming of a way to save their father's ranch, the Alvarez brothers find themselves in a war with Mexico's most feared drug lord.
Style: funny, humorous, parody, surreal, satirical ...
Plot: farce, drug lord, gangster, stereotypes, organized crime, escapades, drug dealing, danger, cowboy, fall in love, love and romance, businessman ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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The Good Guys and the Bad Guys (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Marshal Flagg, an aging lawman about to be retired, hears that his old nemesis, the outlaw McKaye, is back in the area and planning a robbery. Riding out to hunt down McKaye, Flagg is captured by McKaye's gang and finds out that McKaye is no ...
Style: funny, exciting, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience: boys' night
Plot: bad guy, railway, bike, outlaw, aging, old west, train, partner, gangster, social relations, friends, tough heroes ...
Time: year 1969, 19th century, 20th century, turn of the century
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Once Upon a Texas Train (1988)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Captain Hayes of the mighty law enforcement squad named the Texas Rangers reached the pinnacle of his career when he captured the notorious John Henry, an outlaw cowboy, and put him behind bars. Twenty years later, upon his release, Henry is older ...
Style: serious, realistic, exciting, rough
Plot: cowboy, old west, train, outlaw, aging, bank, texas ranger, partner, escape, on the run, rivalry, lone wolves ...
Time: 70s
Place: texas, austin texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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The Villain (1979)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Handsome Stranger has agreed to escort Charming Jones to collect her inheritance from her father. But Avery Jones wants the money, and hires notorious outlaw Cactus Jack to ambush Charming. However, Cactus Jack is not very good at robbing people.
Style: funny, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: chase, disorder, escapades, goofy hero, nothing goes right, wild west, robbery, partner, friends, kidnapping, rescue, danger ...
Time: 20th century, year 1979, 70s
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
The Life and Times of Judge Roy Bean (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: 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 upon strangers passing by.
Style: humorous, stylized, satirical, exciting, tense ...
Plot: judge, vengeance, gunfight, lawyer, cowboy, lawman, starting over, vigilantism, society, corruption, friendship, obsession ...
Time: 20th century, year 1972, 19th century, 70s
Place: texas, usa, austin texas, san antonio texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Catlow (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Catlow is a 1971 western based on a story by Louis L'Amour. It stars Yul Brynner as a outlaw determined to pull off a gold robbery and co-stars Richard Crenna and Leonard Nimoy.
Style: funny, spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: outlaw, desert, apache, heist, bounty hunter, soldier, male nudity, cowboy, bandit, apache tribe, ranch, friendship ...
Time: year 1971, 19th century
Place: arizona, tucson arizona, mexico, sonora
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Support Your Local Sheriff! (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A quick-witted drifter wanders into a lawless town in the midst of a gold rush. Shocked by the prices of food and meals he reluctantly takes the job of sheriff by amazing the Mayor with his lightning quick, dead eye pistol accuracy. He makes the ...
Style: parody, funny, humorous, spoof, action adventure ...
Audience: family outing, boys' night
Plot: satire, cowboy, violence, gunfight, courage, mayor, indians, shootout, screwball, deputy sheriff, anti hero, lone wolves ...
Time: 19th century
Place: colorado, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
The Great Bank Robbery (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: A motley group of phony church leaders attempts to rob a bank controlled by brothers in 1880's Texas.
Style: exciting, parody, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, bank robbery, bank, chases and races, on the run, criminal heroes, gang, crime gone awry, unlikely criminals, dishonesty, rivalry, contests and competitions ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: austin texas, texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Doc West - Part 1 (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: After bandits steal his poker winnings this American legend makes his way to the next town in search of them. Seeking out his revenge during a poker game gone bad Doc West finds himself in the local town jail. When his past is exposed and a battle ...
Style: serious, exciting, realistic, spaghetti western, disturbing ...
Plot: gambling, danger, partner, chase, gang, criminal heroes, heroes, vengeance, mind game, prison, legends and myths, old west ...
Place: new mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
Lightning Jack (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA, Australia
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Lightning Jack Kane is an Australian outlaw in the wild west. During a bungled bank robbery he picks up mute Ben Doyle as a hostage. The two become good friends, with Jack teaching Ben how to rob banks, while they plan Jack's last heist.
Style: funny, humorous, anamorphic, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: heist, old west, friendship, wild west, childhood, friends, bank robbery, meme, buddy, robbery, cowboy, interracial friendship ...
Time: year 1994, 19th century
Place: australia, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Rowdy Girls (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A hooker, a bank robber and an innocent young woman clash over love and loot from a robbery.
Style: erotic, sexy, semi serious, humorous, grindhouse ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prostitute, femme fatale, gang, dangerous attraction, criminal heroes, partner, sexual relations, rivalry, on the run, danger, old west, chase ...
Time: year 2000, 19th century, 1880s, victorian era
Place: usa, san francisco, texas, new orleans
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
The Over-the-Hill Gang (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Classic comedic western, Captain Oren Hayes of the Texas Rangers takes a break to visit his daughter in a neighboring town. When he arrives he find's his daughter Hannah's husband Jeff is running for Mayor against a corrupt town boss, Nard ...
Style: funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: texas ranger, gangster, aging, corrupt politician, anti hero, friends, righting the wronged, tough heroes, buddies, criminal heroes, heroes, gang ...
Time: 60s
Place: nevada, texas, usa, kansas city, oklahoma
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Backtrack! (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Sent to Mexico to buy a bull, a Wyoming cowhand (Doug McClure) teams up with three Texas Rangers to solve a robbery/murder.
Style: saga, exciting, semi serious, realistic, rough
Audience: boys' night
Plot: train, heist, apache, texas ranger, partner, righting the wronged, friends, tough heroes, farm, chases and races, dishonesty, good versus evil ...
Time: 60s
Place: texas, usa, wyoming, latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Ride in the Whirlwind (1966)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Three cowhands, between jobs, have the bad dumb luck to pitch night camp in the same valley as a cabin full of guys who just robbed a stagecoach and killed the guard. Come morning, a posse arrives, forms up along the ridge, and takes for granted ...
Style: realistic, tense, disturbing, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: false accusation, pursuit, on the run, robbery, outlaw, anti hero, vigilantism, old west, partner, rivalry, dishonesty, criminal heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: utah
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Barbarosa (1982)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 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 from his father-in-law Don ...
Style: spaghetti western, offbeat, atmospheric, realistic, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, friendship, wilderness, chase, gunfight, revenge, hitman, outlaw, civil war, indians, modern western, hidden treasure ...
Time: year 1982, 19th century, 1850s
Place: texas, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Lucky Luke (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Lucky Luke becomes the Sheriff of Daisy Town and runs out all the criminals. Then the Dalton brothers arrive and try to get the Indians to break the peace treaty and attack the town.
Style: spaghetti western, cult classic, independent film, semi serious, parody ...
Audience: pre-teens, teens, family outing, kids
Plot: horse, superhero, wild west, arrest, brother, disorder, lone wolves, fighting crime, rivalry, law enforcement, escapades, odd couple ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Bad Man's River (1971)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: Italy, France, Spain
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Robber Roy King loses his wife, Alicia, to revolutionary Montero. Despite their rivalry they collaborate in an attempt to rob the Mexican government of one million dollars.
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, black comedy, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: wild west, cowboy, old west, cowboys and outlaws, pistol, river battle, mexican revolution, rebellion, rivalry, betrayal, dishonesty, gang ...
Time: year 1971, 70s
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26%
Moriah's Lighthouse (2022)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Moriah is a woodworking artisan living in a French, seaside town, who dreams of restoring the local lighthouse. When Ben, an American architect, comes to town, it seems as though her dreams will never become reality after she learns he’s there to ...
Style: entertaining, humorous, captivating, exciting, funny ...
Plot: couple relations, town, seaside town, relationships, couples, male female relationship, female protagonist, architect, love, lighthouse, small town life, love and romance ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Big Money Rustlas (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: The Insane Clown Posse heads back to the Wild West in this prequel to BIG MONEY HUSTLAS. Nothing happens in the dusty town of Mud Bug without the approval of gambling magnate Big Baby Chips (Violent J), and the locals turn and run when his henchmen ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, surprise ending, parody ...
Audience: teens
Plot: gunfight, small town, social relations, gangster, silly humor, small town life, uninhibited rivalry, heroes, rivalry, western hero, small western town, cowboy ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 2010s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Hot Lead and Cold Feet (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Twin brothers -- one rough and tough, the other a city-bred milquetoast -- compete for their father's fortune.
Style: humorous, intense, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: twins, gunfight, siblings relations, rivalry, contests and competitions, friends, small town life, small town, family life, brother brother relationship, father son relationship, redemption ...
Time: 70s, year 1978
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Tug (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: A small town guy tries to decide between staying with his current girlfriend or going back to his psycho ex.
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: love triangle, small town, couples, friends, rivalry, choice, love, ex girlfriend, dishonesty, friendship, disorder, youth ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, michigan
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Ace High (1968)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story: After Cacopoulos manages to save himself from being hung on a false charge, he robs Cat Stevens and Hutch Bessy of a lot of money and steals their horses. This results in a merry chase and Stevens and Bessy become unwilling allies in ...
Style: spaghetti western, funny, euro western, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, revenge, wild west, bounty hunter, robbery, poker, civil war, gambling, conservative, native american, prison, bank manager ...
Time: 19th century
Place: latin america, mexico
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 6.3
 3K
Boss Nigger (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Two black bounty hunters ride into a small town out West in pursuit of an outlaw. They discover that the town has no sheriff, and soon take over that position, much against the will of the mostly white townsfolk.
Style: grindhouse, spaghetti western, funny, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: blaxploitation, cowboy, exploitation, bounty hunter, old west, underground, black man, shootout, pistol, horse, gunfight, black hero ...
Time: year 1975, 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
 4.3
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Six Gun (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: When three cowboys show up dead, Tommy, a hard-drinking, retired bounty hunter whose ranch is on the brink for foreclosure, must saddle up one more time to stop the bandit and collect a ransom. Prepare yourself to go back in time to the real old ...
Style: captivating, tense, semi serious, suspense, independent film ...
Plot: bounty hunter, rivalry, danger, old west, retired, cowboys and outlaws, arrest, gunfight, horse, buddies, partners against crime, heroes ...
Time: 19th century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
The Cherokee Kid (1996)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Isaih Turner didn’t want to be a hero-all he wanted was revenge. Orphaned when both his parents were cruelly murdered by the wealthy and powerful Cyrus Bloomington, the young Isaiah grew up with one air in mind: to find the man who killed his ...
Style: funny, black comedy, semi serious, realistic, rough ...
Plot: revenge, partner, down on your luck, friendship, teaching the ways of the world, old west, disorder, rivalry, heroes, vengeance, coming of age, adventurer ...
Time: 19th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
They Call Me Trinity (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story: The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys ...
Style: spaghetti western, spoof, buddy comedy, grindhouse, funny ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cowboy, gunslinger, identity theft, small town, farmer, drifter, false identity, wild west, culture clash, sheriff, mormon, bar fight ...
Time: 19th century
Place: yuma arizona, sonora, arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Dirty Dingus Magee (1970)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story: Ass-breaker Dingus Magee is looking for a gold train when he comes upon old acquaintance Hoke Birdsill on stage to San Francisco, and robs him of his money. Hoke goes to the nearby town of Yerkey's Hole, where Belle Knops is both mayor and ...
Style: funny, slapstick, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: brothel, prostitute, old west, satire, native american, sheriff, criminal heroes, misfit, master and servant, chases and races, aging, heroes ...
Place: new mexico, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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