Movies like The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder (1901)
The best movies like The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder (1901) are Americana (2025), The Paleface (1922) and The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988). If The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder hooked you with its comedy and western, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
Quick picks
- Highest ratedDestry Rides Again (1939)7.2/10 from 208 votes
- NewestAmericana (2025)Released 2025
Americana (2025)
After a rare Native American artifact falls onto the black market, a shy waitress with big dreams teams up with a lovelorn military veteran to gain possession of it, putting them in the crosshairs of a ruthless criminal working on behalf of a Western antiquities dealer.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Paleface (1922)
A butterfly collector unwittingly wanders into an Indian encampment while chasing a butterfly, but the tribe has resolved to kill the first white man who enters their encampment because white oil tycoons are trying to force them from their land.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988)
A grizzled, hard-of-hearing cowboy, Slim, and his two friends, Dusty and Pete, capture a mysterious, well-dressed Frenchman.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGo West (1940)
A con man heading west to search for gold teams up with a pair of scheming brothers along the way. The trio soon find themselves in the middle of a feud between two rival families and two underhanded land developers.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Million Ways to Die in the West (2014)
As a cowardly farmer begins to fall for the mysterious new woman in town, he must put his new-found courage to the test when her husband, a notorious gun-slinger, announces his arrival.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisGo West (1925)
With little luck at keeping a job in the city a New Yorker tries work in the country and eventually finds his way leading a herd of cattle to the West Coast.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Hallelujah Trail (1965)
A wagon train heads for Denver with a cargo of whisky for the miners. Chaos ensues as the Temperance League, the US cavalry, the miners and the local Indians all try to take control of the valuable cargo.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western & comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gunfighter (2014)
In the tradition of classic westerns, a narrator sets up the story of a lone gunslinger who walks into a saloon. However, the people in this saloon can hear the narrator and the narrator may just be a little bit bloodthirsty.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Worth the HypeMovies like thisWay Out West (1937)
Stan and Ollie try to deliver the deed to a valuable gold mine to the daughter of a dead prospector. Unfortunately, the daughter's evil guardian is determined to have the gold mine for himself and his saloon-singer wife.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Shakiest Gun in the West (1968)
Jesse W. Haywood (Don Knotts) graduates from dental school in Philadelphia in 1870 and goes west to become a frontier dentist. Penelope "Bad Penny" Cushing (Barbara Rhoades) is offered a pardon if she will track down a ring of gun smugglers. She tricks Haywood into a sham marriage as a disguise. Haywood inadvertently becomes the legendary "Doc the Haywood" after he guns down "Arnold the Kid".
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisShanghai Noon (2000)
Chon Wang, a clumsy imperial guard, trails Princess Pei Pei when she's kidnapped from the Forbidden City and transported to America. Wang follows her captors to Nevada, where he teams up with an unlikely partner, outcast outlaw Roy O'Bannon, and tries to spring the princess from her imprisonment.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisSupport Your Local Gunfighter (1971)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDestry Rides Again (1939)
Tom Destry, son of a legendary frontier peacekeeper, doesn’t believe in gunplay. Thus he becomes the object of widespread ridicule when he rides into the wide-open town of Bottleneck, the personal fiefdom of the crooked Kent.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCarry On Cowboy (1965)
Stodge City is in the grip of the Rumpo Kid and his gang. Mistaken identity again takes a hand as a 'sanitary engineer' named Marshal P. Knutt is mistaken for a law marshal. Being the conscientious sort, Marshal tries to help the town get rid of Rumpo, and a showdown is inevitable. Marshal has two aids—revenge-seeking Annie Oakley and his sanitary expertise.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like this¡Three Amigos! (1986)
A trio of unemployed silent film actors are mistaken for real heroes by a small Mexican village in search of someone to stop a malevolent bandit.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Ballad of Buster Scruggs (2018)
Vignettes weaving together the stories of six individuals in the old West at the end of the Civil War. Following the tales of a sharp-shooting songster, a wannabe bank robber, two weary traveling performers, a lone gold prospector, a woman traveling the West to an uncertain future, and a motley crew of strangers undertaking a carriage ride.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western & comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCity Slickers (1991)
Three New York businessmen decide to take a "Wild West" vacation that turns out not to be the relaxing vacation they had envisioned.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy & western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBoss Nigger (1975)
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.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Gods Must Be Crazy II (1989)
Xixo is back again. This time, his children accidentally stow away on a fast-moving poachers' truck, unable to get off, and Xixo sets out to rescue them. Along the way, he encounters a couple of soldiers trying to capture each other and a pilot and passenger of a small plane, who are each having a few problems of their own.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both comedy
Worth the HypeMovies like thisFlaming Star (1960)
Pacer Burton, a young man of mixed Kiowa and white heritage, is caught between two worlds as conflict erupts between Native Americans and white settlers in Texas.
Why it matches: Recommended by TMDB viewers · both western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisViva Erotica (1996)
Struggling director Sing is forced to make a Category III film for a triad boss who wants his girlfriend to star, leading to conflicts over artistic integrity, nudity, and his relationship with his own girlfriend.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Battle at Elderbush Gulch (1913)
Two young girls are sent away to live with their uncle, which sets off a chain of events resulting in an Indian attack on the town.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western
The Invaders (1912)
The U.S. Army and the Sioux Indians sign a peace treaty. However, a group of surveyors trespass on the Indians' land and violate the treaty. The army refuses to listen to the Indians' complaints, and the surveyors are killed by the Indians. A vicious war ensues, culminating in an Indian attack on an army fort.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western
The Golden Stallion (1927)
The search for a lost gold mine hinges on a secret branded onto the neck of a great horse, White Fury.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western
The Spice of Life (1948)
A series of vignettes, in which Noel-Noel appears as the moderator, lecturer, commentator and leading actor, that examine the bores and pests of everyday life much like Pete Smith and Robert Benchley had done for years in American short subjects. Among those are the Practical Joker who will do anything for a laugh; the Party Entertainer who never stops singing; the Talkative Neigbor who forgets the time; the noisy neighbors who dance the tango all night; and women drivers, people who telephone at meal time, the friend you never saw before and amatuer medical experts. Much use of trick photography, montages, puppets and animation along with some adult Gallic wit and gentle satire.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
Apache (1954)
Following the surrender of Geronimo, Massai, the last Apache warrior is captured and scheduled for transportation to a Florida reservation. On the way he manages to escape and heads for his homeland to win back his girl and settle down to grow crops. His pursuers have other ideas though.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)
On the run from her violent husband, a woman witnesses a train robbery and is taken prisoner by a frontier outlaw gang, led by a bandit who’s hiding a secret of his own.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western
Chato's Land (1972)
In 1870s New Mexico, a half-breed kills a bigoted sheriff in self-defense but the posse that eventually hunts him finds itself in dangerous territory.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisDuel in the Sun (1946)
Beautiful half-breed Pearl Chavez becomes the ward of her dead father's first love and finds herself torn between her sons, one good and the other bad.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both western
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisCats (1998)
"Jellicle" cats join for a Jellicle ball where they rejoice with their leader, Old Deuteronomy. One cat will be chosen to go to the "Heavyside Layer" and be reborn.
Why it matches: Similar story and style · both comedy
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder?
The closest matches to The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder are Americana (2025), The Paleface (1922) and The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder?
Start with Americana (2025), the closest match to The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder.
What is the highest-rated movie like The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder?
Destry Rides Again (1939), rated 7.2/10 by 208 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder?
Americana (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder?
Yes: Americana (2025), The Paleface (1922) and The Cowboy and the Frenchman (1988).
How are movies similar to The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside The Indian Chief and the Seidlitz Powder, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.