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10 Best Movies Like The Cowboy and the Movie Star

If you loved The Cowboy and the Movie Star, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Along Came a Nanny

Along Came a Nanny

2014★ 6.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cowboy and the Movie Star for fans of TV Movie. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Hoping to catch a burglar, a cop (Cameron Mathison) goes under cover as a nanny in an upscale community. As he looks for leads, he becomes involved with a high-maintenance family a...

#2
Cowboys and Angels

Cowboys and Angels

2000★ 3.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cowboy and the Movie Star for fans of Drama. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

A lawyer in his 30s named Danny still dreams about becoming a cowboy when his fiancée leaves him on the eve of their wedding ceremony. Fortunately, for him, not one, but two contra...

#3
Loro 2

Loro 2

2018★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cowboy and the Movie Star for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

"Loro", in two parts, is a period movie that chronicles, as a fiction story, events likely happened in Italy (or even made up) between 2006 and 2010. "Loro" wants to suggest in po...

#4
Re-Kill

Re-Kill

2015★ 6.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cowboy and the Movie Star for fans of Horror. It captures a similar spine-chilling atmosphere.

Five years after a zombie outbreak, the men and women of R-Division hunt down and destroy the undead. When they see signs of a second outbreak, they fear humanity may not survive....

#5
The Dark Knight Rises

The Dark Knight Rises

2012★ 7.8

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cowboy and the Movie Star for fans of Drama. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Following the death of District Attorney Harvey Dent, Batman assumes responsibility for Dent's crimes to protect the late attorney's reputation and is subsequently hunted by the Go...

#6
Oedipus Rex

Oedipus Rex

1967★ 6.7

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to The Cowboy and the Movie Star for fans of Drama. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

In pre-war Italy, a young couple have a baby boy. The father, however, is jealous of his son - and the scene moves to antiquity, where the baby is taken into the desert to be kille...