Movies like Maverick
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Maverick (1994)
126K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them. He needs an additional three thousand dollars in order to enter a Winner Take All poker game that begins in a few days. He tries to win some, tries to collect a few debts, and recover a little loot for the reward. He joins forces with a woman gambler with a marvelous southern accent as the two both try and enter the game.
Style:
surprise ending, humorous, exciting, funny, light, period piece, hilarious, anamorphic, feel good, spoof ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
gambling, poker, cons and scams, gambler, twists and turns, unlikely partners, bank robbery, outlaw, card playing, con men, robbery, strong female character, father son relationship, poker player, gunfighter, hanging, farce, stagecoach, voice over narration, wild west, bank robber, caper, casino, swindle, old west ...
Time:
19th century, ancient times, victorian era, 1800s, 60s, 1960s
Place:
oregon, america, persia, mississippi, usa, louisiana, california ...
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, exciting and funny films with plots about cowboy, gunfight, wild west, old west, chase, shootout and outlaw mostly in Western, Comedy and Action genres. Some movies like Maverick: The Legend of Zorro (2005), The Mask of Zorro (1998), Blazing Saddles (1974), Rat Race (2001), Back to the Future Part III (1990). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Having spent the last 10 years fighting injustice and cruelty, Alejandro de la Vega is now facing his greatest challenge: his loving wife Elena has thrown him out of the house! Elena has filed for divorce and found comfort in the arms of Count ...
Style:
sexy, exciting, realistic, semi serious, romantic ...
Audience:
teens, kids, boys' night, girls' night, adult
Plot:
zorro, swashbuckler, sword fight, woman with a gun, swordsman, tough guy, folk hero, heroic mission, old west, good versus evil, cowboy, spy ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1850s
Place:
california, mexico, usa, los angeles, latin america ...
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100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance, Thriller, Western
Country: USA, Mexico, Germany
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
It has been twenty years since Don Diego de la Vega fought Spanish oppression in Alta California as the legendary romantic hero, Zorro. Having escaped from prison he transforms troubled bandit Alejandro into his successor, in order to foil the plans ...
Style:
period piece, romantic, exciting, sexy, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, adult
Plot:
zorro, revenge, superhero, swashbuckler, lone hero, love and romance, sword fight, heroic mission, secret identity, vigilante, one against many, vengeance ...
Time:
19th century, middle ages, victorian era, ancient times, 1800s ...
Place:
california, mexico, los angeles, usa, egypt ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A town – where everyone seems to be named Johnson – is in the way of the railroad and, in order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is ...
Style:
parody, spoof, humorous, funny, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, cowboy, satire, old west, racism, absurd humor, cowboys and outlaws, small town, gay slur, chess, gunfight, ethnic slur ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 1870s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, america, arizona, california
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
In an ensemble film about easy money, greed, manipulation and bad driving, a Las Vegas casino tycoon entertains his wealthiest high rollers -- a group that will bet on anything -- by pitting six ordinary people against each other in a wild dash for ...
Style:
funny, road movie, humorous, fast, parody ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly, date night
Plot:
treasure hunt, casino, escapades, on the road, road trip, mother daughter reunion, dumb, rivalry, chase, bet, chases and races, gambling ...
Time:
2000s, year 2001, 21st century
Place:
las vegas, new mexico, cuba, nevada, usa ...
Similarity:
100%
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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, saga, futuristic, sentimental, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, date night ...
Plot:
time travel, time machine, mad scientist, changing the past or future, old west, sent to the past, time, time loop, inventor, alternate timeline, time paradox, duel ...
Time:
19th century, 1950s, future, 90s, 80s ...
Place:
space western, los angeles, north america, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
Legless Southern inventor Dr. Arliss Loveless plans to rekindle the Civil War by assassinating President U.S. Grant. Only two men can stop him: gunfighter James West and master-of-disguise and inventor Artemus Gordon. The two must team up to thwart ...
Style:
entertaining, buddy comedy, semi serious, stylized, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens
Plot:
steampunk, reluctant partners, partners against crime, old west, disorder, escapades, heroes, buddy cop, rivalry, spy spoof, inventor, buddy ...
Time:
19th century, 90s, 1860s, year 1999, 1870s ...
Place:
utah, west virginia, usa, washington d.c., new orleans ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Three unemployed actors accept an invitation to a Mexican village to replay their bandit fighter roles, unaware that it is the real thing.
Style:
funny, parody, humorous, spoof, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, family friendly, teens
Plot:
farce, stupidity, satire, dumb, actor, justice, rescue, gang, friendship, fish out of water, dishonesty, buddies ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century, year 1916, 80s
Place:
mexico, latin america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A gambler used to losing is having a very good day.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, humorous, feel good, independent film ...
Plot:
gambling, gambler, horse race, addiction, horse, horse riding, drinking, wager, racehorse, gambling addiction, card playing, con artists ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA, UK, Czech Republic
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The dynamic duo of Chon Wang and Roy O'Bannon return for another crazy adventure. This time, they're in London to avenge the murder of Chon's father, but end up on an even bigger case. Chon's sister is there to do the same, but ...
Style:
action comedy, entertaining, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
family friendly, girls' night, teens, boys' night
Plot:
martial arts, revenge, murder, buddies, vengeance, amateur detective, female martial artist, fight scenes, chase, good versus evil, creativity, runaway ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2003, 1880s
Place:
england, china, new york, nevada, europe ...
Similarity:
60%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her husband so that she may return it and start fresh.
Style:
semi serious, suspenseful, humorous, tense, surprise ending ...
Plot:
old west, shootout, wild west, gang, widow, treasure hunt, rivalry, obsessive quest, cons and scams, escapades, dishonesty, bank ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 1870s
Place:
mexico, latin america, tucson arizona, texas, arizona
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A "prequel" of sorts to "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid," chronicling the two outlaws' lives in the years before the events portrayed in the Newman/Redford movie.
Style:
detective, exciting, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, outlaw, old west, two man army, male bonding, friendship between men, fugitive, sheriff, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, bank robbery, train robbery ...
Time:
year 1979, 19th century
Place:
wyoming, utah
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
When his long-lost outlaw father returns, Tommy "White Knife" Stockburn goes on an adventure-filled journey across the Old West with his five brothers.
Style:
parody, satirical, spoof, entertaining, melancholic ...
Plot:
bank robbery, train robbery, gunfight, stupidity, satire, baseball, brothers, justice, chase, indians, mentor, runaway ...
Time:
year 2015, 19th century
Similarity:
45%
39K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Western
Country: France, Mexico, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Set in the late 19th century. When a ruthless robber baron takes away everything they cherish, a rough-and-tumble, idealistic peasant and a sophisticated heiress embark on a quest for justice, vengeance…and a few good heists.
Style:
exciting, sexy, parody, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, girls' night, chick flick
Plot:
chase, women, on the run, revenge, partner, friendship, cowgirl, bank robbery, female gunfighter, passionate kiss, bank robber, betrayal ...
Time:
19th century, year 2006, 1840s
Place:
mexico, texas, new york, latin america
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50%
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama, Western
Country: USA, Mexico
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
In late 1890s Wyoming, Butch Cassidy is the affable, clever and talkative leader of the outlaw Hole in the Wall Gang. His closest companion is the laconic dead-shot 'Sundance Kid'. As the west rapidly becomes civilized, the law finally ...
Style:
homoerotic, epic, period piece, freeze frame, scenic ...
Audience:
date night, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot:
buddy, friendship, shootout, old west, bank robbery, cowboy, friendship between men, last stand, gunfight, fugitive, heist, robbery ...
Time:
1900s, 1890s, 20th century, ancient times, year 1969 ...
Place:
bolivia, south america, wyoming, new york, latin america ...
Similarity:
50%
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, retro, humorous, spoof ...
Audience:
family outing, boys' night
Plot:
satire, cowboy, violence, gunfight, courage, mayor, shootout, screwball, indians, deputy sheriff, anti hero, lone wolves ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
colorado, australia, california
Similarity:
42%
14K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Four former harlots try to leave the wild west (Colorado, to be exact) and head north to make a better life for themselves. Unfortunately someone from Cody's past won't let it happen that easily.
Style:
erotic, spaghetti western, anime, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, teens, chick flick
Plot:
tough girl, prostitution, revenge, girl gang, rape, female protagonist, female gunfighter, cowgirl, outlaw gang, train robbery, ranch, u.s. marshal ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1880s
Place:
texas, oregon, usa, colorado, new orleans
Similarity:
42%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A female hustler is chasing after rich men, but becomes repeatedly mixed up with a suave con man and card shark through a series of misadventures before falling in love with him.
Style:
funny, retro, realistic, semi serious, exciting ...
Plot:
wild west, saloon girl, old west, mormon, gilded age, con man, progress, gambler, showgirl, partner, disorder, friends ...
Time:
year 1976, 19th century
Place:
america, usa, san francisco
Similarity:
41%
371
Genre: Action, Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Two incompetent Western outlaws engineer several failed crimes, including a botched stagecoach holdup. Fred Williamson, a tough-guy perennial in blaxploitation movies, does a rare comedy turn as a blundering patsy to Richard Pryor's slick con ...
Style:
spaghetti western, funny, black comedy, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
blaxploitation, cowboy, black, partner, soul, escape, music, misfit, dishonesty, buddies, heroes, criminal heroes ...
Time:
year 1976
Similarity:
41%
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Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A naive traveler in Laredo gets involved in a poker game between the richest men in the area, jeopardizing all the money he has saved for the purpose of settling with his wife and child in San Antonio.
Style:
retro, funny, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Plot:
gambling, poker, card playing, con artists, caper, gambler, hustler, casino, heist, youth, indians, great ending ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s
Place:
austin texas, texas
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
action adventure, funny, realistic, not serious, parody ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
tomboy, train, cowboy, mistaken identity, father daughter relationship, hotel, gambling, deception, doctor, woman with a gun, roulette, mining town ...
Time:
year 1971, 19th century
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sam Whiskey is an all-round talent, but when the attractive widow Laura offers him a job, he hesitates: he shall salvage gold bars, which Laura's dead husband stole recently, from a sunken ship and secretly bring them back to the mint before ...
Style:
funny, exciting, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Plot:
heist, lake, cowboy, gold bar, sex on first date, boat, old west, heroes, gold, treasure hunt, rivalry, adventurer ...
Time:
year 1969, 70s
Place:
colorado, usa, arizona, denver colorado
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Rabbi Avram arrives in Philadelphia from Poland en route to San Francisco where he will be a congregation's new rabbi. An innocent and inexperienced traveller, he is tricked by con men to pay for the trip to go west, then they leave him and his ...
Style:
humorous, talky, touching, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
old west, rabbi, fish out of water, culture clash, friendship, partner, happy ending, heist, disorder, polish, odd couple, buddies ...
Time:
year 1979, 50s, 20th century, 1850s, 19th century
Place:
san francisco, california, poland, philadelphia, pennsylvania ...
Similarity:
40%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
At the beginning of the 20th century, a newspaper organizes an endurance horse race : 700 miles to run in a few days. 9 adventurers are competing, among them a woman, Miss Jones, a Mexican, an Englishman, a young cow-boy, an old one and two friends, ...
Style:
stylized, exciting, serious, suspenseful, realistic ...
Plot:
friendship, horse, endurance, contests and competitions, rivalry, old west, unlikely partners, chases and races, civil war, horse race, ex prostitute, cowboy ...
Time:
1900s, 20th century, 19th century, year 1975, edwardian era ...
Place:
texas, california
Similarity:
40%
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
After his cattle rancher boss dies, right-hand man Pike is given the job of returning $86,000 to some families who live across the border in Senora, Mexico. Honest Pike is joined on the trip through the wilderness by a dishonest gambler named Tyree
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, exciting, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, blaxploitation, cowboy, desert, murder, gambling, gunslinger, fistfight, gunfight, lgbt, exploitation, shootout ...
Time:
year 1975, 19th century, 70s
Place:
canary islands, latin america, new mexico, arizona, sonora ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Marshal Chris Adams turns down a friend's request to help stop the depredations of a gang of Mexican bandits. When his wife is killed by bank robbers and his friend is killed capturing the last thief, Chris feels obligated to take up his ...
Style:
crying, spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
church, cowboy, pardon, wild west, jail, jail cell, machine gun, blood, gunfight, fortress, dark hero, redhead girl ...
Time:
year 1972, 19th century
Place:
tucson arizona, sonora, arizona, mexico
Similarity:
39%
54K
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Four unwitting heroes cross paths on their journey to the sleepy town of Silverado. Little do they know the town where their family and friends reside has been taken over by a corrupt sheriff and a murderous posse. It's up to the sharp-shooting ...
Style:
light, tense, intense, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
cowboy, wild west, gunfight, good versus evil, violent, small town, friendship, modern western, desert, chess, modern west, wagon train ...
Time:
19th century, year 1985, 1880s, 80s
Place:
new mexico, arizona, usa, california
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Robert Conrad and Ross Martin reprise their roles as Secret Service agents of the 1890s.
Style:
funny, psychotronic, parody
Plot:
spy, buddy cop, viking, espionage, steampunk, secret service, mad scientist, shootout, italian abroad, russian abroad, conference, evil genius ...
Time:
19th century, 1890s
Place:
washington d.c., mexico
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Action, Drama, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Several pillars of society have robbed an Army safe containing $100,000 so they can buy the land upon which the coming railroad will be built. But they haven't reckoned on the presence of the master gunslinger, Sabata.
Style:
spaghetti western, exciting, realistic, rough, suspenseful ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
bounty hunter, gunfight, anti hero, wild west, old west, shootout, cash, gunfighter, violence, gambling, bank robbery, heist ...
Time:
19th century, year 1969
Place:
usa, texas
Similarity:
38%
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: Italy
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Victims of oppressive town boss Honey are offered help by an unusual alliance of gunmen and circus performers
Style:
spaghetti western, euro western, funny, cult classic, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
cowboy, native american, old west, circus, heroes, small town, traveling circus, partner, friends, social relations, vengeance, good versus evil ...
Time:
year 1969, 60s, 19th century
Similarity:
38%
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 ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
texas ranger, gangster, aging, corrupt politician, righting the wronged, friends, tough heroes, chases and races, dishonesty, fugitives, gang, criminal heroes ...
Time:
60s
Place:
texas, nevada, usa, kansas city, oklahoma
Similarity:
38%
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