Movies Like Buck and the Preacher

Ranked by shared directors, cast, themes, genre, and era — not just generic recommendations.

Uptown Saturday Night

1974·1h 44m·★ 6.6·Sidney Poitier

Both star Sidney Poitier & Harry BelafonteDir. Sidney PoitierComedy & Action

Leap of Faith

1992·1h 48m·★ 6.2·Richard Pearce

Themes: preacher, kansas, usaFans also likedComedy & Drama

Elmer Gantry

1960·2h 26m·★ 7.7·Richard Brooks

Themes: preacher, kansas, usaFans also liked

The Sting

1973·2h 9m·★ 8.2·George Roy Hill

TMDB recommendsComedy & Drama

The Man Who Would Be King

1975·2h 9m·★ 7.7·John Huston

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Drama

Support Your Local Gunfighter

1971·1h 31m·★ 6.8·Burt Kennedy

TMDB recommendsComedy & Western

Pippi Longstocking

1997·1h 16m·★ 5.3·Clive A. Smith

TMDB recommendsAdventure & Comedy

Open Range

2003·2h 19m·★ 7.4·Kevin Costner

Fans also likedWestern & Drama & Action

The Ballad of Cable Hogue

1970·2h 1m·★ 7.2·Sam Peckinpah

Fans also likedComedy & Western & Action

Maverick

1994·2h 7m·★ 7.0·Richard Donner

Fans also likedAction & Adventure & Comedy & Drama & Western

Boss Nigger

1975·1h 33m·★ 6.3·Jack Arnold

Fans also likedWestern & Action & Comedy

The Quick and the Dead

1995·1h 47m·★ 6.5·Sam Raimi

Fans also likedWestern & Action & Drama

Gunless

2010·1h 29m·★ 6.4·William Phillips

Fans also likedDrama & Action & Comedy & Western

The Quick and the Dead

1987·1h 30m·★ 6.9·Robert Day

Fans also likedAction & Drama & Western

Forsaken

2015·1h 30m·★ 6.4·Jon Cassar

Fans also likedWestern & Action & Drama

In a Valley of Violence

2016·1h 44m·★ 6.1·Ti West

Fans also likedWestern & Action & Drama

Surrounded

2023·1h 40m·★ 6.2·Anthony Mandler

Fans also likedWestern & Action & Drama

Rio Bravo

1959·2h 21m·★ 7.9·Howard Hawks

Fans also likedWestern & Drama

Nine Queens

2000·1h 54m·★ 7.9·Fabián Bielinsky

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The Fighting Preacher

2019·1h 41m·★ 6.2·T.C. Christensen

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How Good Is Buck and the Preacher?

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