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10 Best Movies Like How the West Was Fun

If you loved How the West Was Fun, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
The Quick and the Dead

The Quick and the Dead

1987★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How the West Was Fun for fans of Western & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

In 1876 Wyoming, the gun is the only law. And for Duncan and Suzanna McKaskel, newly arrived settlers beset by outlaws, rugged frontiersman Con Vallian is the only hope....

#2
The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

The Call of the Wild: Dog of the Yukon

1997★ 7.3

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How the West Was Fun for fans of Family & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Jack London's classic story from 1903 about Buck, a dog kidnapped from his home in California and taken to the Yukon where he is mistreated until a prospector discovers him and rel...

#3
Little Lord Fauntleroy

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1980★ 7.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How the West Was Fun for fans of Family & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Young Cedric Errol and his widowed mother live in genteel poverty in 1880s Brooklyn after the death of his father. Cedric's grandfather, the Earl of Dorincourt, has long ago disown...

#4
Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

Samantha: An American Girl Holiday

2004★ 6.5

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How the West Was Fun for fans of Family & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Kindhearted Samantha Parkington's world starts to change the day Nellie O'Malley walks into her life. Nellie, her father, and her two little sisters have moved in next door to be s...

#5
The Color of Friendship

The Color of Friendship

2000★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How the West Was Fun for fans of Family & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Mahree Bok lives on a farm in South Africa. Her father is a policeman who cannot hide his joy when activist Steve Biko is caught by the South African authorities. Piper Dellums is ...

#6
Deadwood: The Movie

Deadwood: The Movie

2019★ 6.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to How the West Was Fun for fans of Western & Drama & TV Movie. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

Follow the 10-year reunion of the Deadwood camp to celebrate South Dakota's statehood. Former rivalries are reignited, alliances are tested and old wounds are reopened, as all are ...

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