20 movies like Callaway Went Thataway, ordered by similarity : Mistress(1992), Lady Killer(1933), Son of Paleface(1952), Ed Wood(1994), In the Soup(1992), The Big Picture(1989), White Hunter, Black Heart(1990), The Scalphunters(1968), S.O.B.(1981), Paul(2011), Along the Great Divide(1951), The Paleface(1948) ...
Comedy, Western
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Fred MacMurray Dorothy McGuire Howard Keel Jesse White Fay Roope Natalie Schafer Douglas Kennedy Elisabeth Fraser John Indrisano Stan Freberg
advertiser actor television producer agent witty engaging hollywood, calif. los angeles mexico filmmaking impersonation cover-up fame quest escape 1950s
Two marketing professionals hire a lookalike of classic western actor Smoky Callaway to impersonate the actor and make new films, but things go awry when the real Callaway, thought long missing, returns.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1992
112 Minutes
Robert Wuhl Martin Landau Robert De Niro Danny Aiello Eli Wallach Jace Alexander Tuesday Knight Sheryl Lee Ralph Christopher Walken Laurie Metcalf Jean Smart
director producer investor mistress actor screenwriter quirky witty hollywood, calif. movie set diner aspirations show business filmmaking re-writes second chance writing quest underdog transformation
A comedy about a screenwriter (Robert Wuhl), whose old movie script is read by a producer (Martin Landau) and the search for financial backers begins. But it seems that each money source (... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1933
76 Minutes
James Cagney Mae Clarke Leslie Fenton Margaret Lindsay Henry O'Neill Raymond Hatton George Chandler Douglas Dumbrille
usher police detective criminal gangster actor movie star confident charming crafty los angeles hollywood, calif. movie studio crime ring hollywood investigation escape acting adventure escape pursuit
A former gangster makes it big in Hollywood, but his old life catches up with him.
Comedy, Western
USA
1952
95 Minutes
Bob Hope Jane Russell Roy Rogers Bill Williams Lloyd Corrigan Paul E. Burns Gordon Carveth Michael Cirillo Iron Eyes Cody Chester Conklin Russ Conklin
cowboy thief federal agent confident engaging united states wild west debt money escape adventure 19th century
Junior Potter returns to claim his father's gold, which is nowhere to be found. "Mike" is the luscious head of a gang of thieves, and Roy Barton is the federal marshal hot on her trail.
Comedy, Biography, Drama
USA
1994
124 Minutes
Johnny Depp Martin Landau Sarah Jessica Parker Patricia Arquette Jeffrey Jones G.D. Spradlin Vincent D'Onofrio Lisa Marie Bill Murray Mike Starr Max Casella
filmmaker actor girlfriend actress orson welles quirky creative moving hollywood, calif. film set ed wood show business aspirations filmmaking friendship underdog quest love 1950s
Ambitious but troubled movie director Edward D. Wood Jr. tries his best to fulfill his dreams, despite his lack of talent.
Comedy
USA|France|Germany|Japan|Italy|Spain
1992
93 Minutes
Steve Buscemi Seymour Cassel Jennifer Beals Pat Moya Will Patton Sully Boyer Steven Randazzo Francesco Messina Jim Jarmusch Carol Kane Stanley Tucci
writer neighbor con artist producer actor director offbeat playful witty gritty new york city apartment restaurant street film set aspirations filmmaking unrequited love unlikely allies petty crime
New Yorker Adolpho Rollo is your classic head-movie auteur. In his mind, he's creating deathless classics of the screen. Back in the real world, he can't pay the rent on the downtown grothole he calls home.
Comedy
USA
1989
100 Minutes
Kevin Bacon Emily Longstreth J.T. Walsh Jennifer Jason Leigh Martin Short Michael McKean Kim Miyori Teri Hatcher Dan Schneider Jason Gould Tracy Brooks Swope
filmmaker agent executive best friend girlfriend amusing hedonistic witty disheartening film set hollywood, calif. cabin filmmaking hollywood ambition disillusionment career fall pursuit transformation
Film school grad Nick Chapman thought his career was made after his award winning short film, but discovered Hollywood wasn't as easy as it seems.
Comedy, Drama
USA
1990
112 Minutes
Clint Eastwood Jeff Fahey George Dzundza Alun Armstrong Marisa Berenson Timothy Spall Mel Martin Richard Vanstone Jamie Koss Catherine Neilson Richard Warwick
director screenwriter producer native actor actress dark disturbing africa village river hotel london zimbabwe hunting filmmaking obsession africa fall quest
A thinly fictionalized account of a legendary movie director, whose desire to hunt down an animal turns into a grim situation with his movie crew in Africa.
Comedy, Western
1968
102 Minutes
Burt Lancaster Shelley Winters Ossie Davis Telly Savalas Dabney Coleman Paul Picerni Armando Silvestre Nick Cravat
trapper slave native american thief outlaw amusing offbeat thrilling mexico american west slavery friendship escape race relations violence greed quest pursuit revenge 1860s
A fur trader (Burt Lancaster) and a cultured slave (Ossie Davis) have run-ins with Indians and marauders.
Comedy
USA
1981
124 Minutes
actress wife director gossip columnist filmmaker friend madcap unrestrained witty melodramatic hollywood, calif. beach house studio los angeles show business pornography schemes filmmaking marriage suicide attempt
A movie producer who made a huge flop tries to salvage his career by revamping his film as an erotic production, where its family-friendly star takes her top off.
Sci-Fi, Comedy, Adventure
2011
104 Minutes
Simon Pegg Nick Frost Jason Bateman Kristen Wiig Bill Hader Blythe Danner Joe Lo Truglio John Carroll Lynch Jane Lynch David Koechner Sigourney Weaver
alien geek best friend religious person fbi agent father amusing offbeat witty san diego nevada wyoming new mexico area 51 winnebago unlikely allies friendship road trip going home camaraderie
On a pilgrimage to America's UFO heartland, two British sci-fi geeks (Simon Pegg, Nick Frost) meet an extraterrestrial and hatch a plan to help him return to his spaceship.
Western
USA
1951
88 Minutes
Kirk Douglas Virginia Mayo John Agar Walter Brennan Ray Teal Hugh Sanders Morris Ankrum James Anderson Charles Meredith
us marshal love interest deputy cattle rustler cattle baron son amusing charming cheeky gritty engaging outlandish patriotic wild wild west desert united states escape rescue lynching
A U.S. Marshall and two deputies rescue a cattle rustler from a lynch mob led by a local cattle baron convinced that the rustler also killed his son.
Comedy, Western
USA
1948
91 Minutes
Bob Hope Jane Russell Robert Armstrong Iris Adrian Bobby Watson Jackie Searle Joseph Vitale Charles Trowbridge Clem Bevans Jeff York Stanley Andrews
dentist calamity jane federal agent gunrunner native american partner charming hilarious lighthearted rousing wild west wagon train small town saloon jail california unlikely hero bravery gunfight redemption
Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.
Comedy
USA
1951
93 Minutes
Bob Hope Hedy Lamarr Francis L. Sullivan Mike Mazurki John Archer Iris Adrian Arnold Moss Luis Van Rooten Morris Ankrum Angela Clarke Frank Faylen
international spy comedian girlfriend fbi agent witty amusing playful quirky tangiers, morocco airport africa impersonation espionage romantic dilemma dangerous assignment adventure pursuit quest love 1950s
A burlesque comic, who resembles an international spy, is recruited by the government and sent to Tangier to retrieve a sensitive microfilm before it's captured by hostile foreign agents.
Musical, Comedy
USA
1939
84 Minutes
Lana Turner Richard Carlson Roscoe Karns Ann Rutherford Lee Bowman Leon Errol Monty Woolley Thurston Hall Walter Kingsford Mary Field Chester Clute
dancer college student editor secretary producer publicist lighthearted cheery los angeles movie studio office college newsroom dance hall filmmaking contest impersonation father/daughter relationship journalism dancing
After discovering his star dancer is expecting and can't perform, film producer H.W. Workman and his publicist concoct a scheme to stage a college dance contest to find a new star.
Action, Comedy, Horror, Western
USA|UK
2015
132 Minutes
Kurt Russell Patrick Wilson Richard Jenkins Matthew Fox Lili Simmons Evan Jonigkeit Kathryn Morris Sid Haig David Arquette Fred Melamed Sean Young
sheriff doctor cannibal outlaw husband lawman chilling gory gritty frightening shocking tense old west frontier cave hill town american west kidnapping horror
In the dying days of the old west, an elderly sheriff and his posse set out to rescue their town's doctor from cannibalistic cave dwellers.
Comedy
2015
99 Minutes
Casper Christensen Frank Hvam Jamie Hill Kristian Favors Audra Griffis Mia Lyhne Mal Nielsen JR Reed Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lars Hjortshøj Tina Bilsbo
man friend dog actor woman celebrity cheeky hilarious shocking los angeles denmark house club beach pool hollywood writing friendship hijinx travel
Looking to save their strained relationship, a man (Frank Hvam) follows his best friend (Casper Christensen) to Hollywood.
Western
USA
1971
136 Minutes
William Holden Ryan O'Neal Karl Malden Lynn Carlin Tom Skerritt Joe Don Baker James Olson Leora Dana Moses Gunn Victor French Rachel Roberts
cowboy friend rancher son sheriff boss engaging suspenseful touching incredible witty powerful ranch paddock bank american southwest living space montana aging accidental death
Tired of cow-punching for a living, two Montana cowboys rob a bank and flee but their employer's sons chase after them.
Comedy
USA
1936
89 Minutes
Charles Chaplin Paulette Goddard Henry Bergman Tiny Sandford Chester Conklin Hank Mann Stanley Blystone Cecil Reynolds
factory worker orphan police officer amusing witty playful countryside factory prison nightclub aspirations modernization man vs. machine adventure discovery escape underdog 1930s
The Tramp struggles to live in modern industrial society with the help of a young homeless woman.
Comedy
UK
1951
85 Minutes
Alec Guinness Joan Greenwood Cecil Parker Michael Gough Ernest Thesiger Vida Hope George Benson Edie Martin
scientist inventor researcher amusing cheeky engaging madcap factory england inventions big business capitalism obsession unrequited love clothing industry discovery escape 1950s
An altruistic chemist invents a fabric which resists wear and stain as a boon to humanity, but big business and labor realize it must be suppressed for economic reasons.
Romance, Comedy, Drama
France|Italy
1973
120 Minutes
Jacqueline Bisset François Truffaut Jean-Pierre Aumont Jean-Pierre Léaud Valentina Cortesa Alexandra Stewart Jean Champion Nathalie Baye Bernard Menez Jean-François Stévenin
actor actress director crew member fiancée doctor witty playful melodramatic sad stage france backstage movie making affair fame celebrity acting quest love
A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.