Top 10 Western Comedy Movies

Mel Brooks' satirical western follows a Black sheriff appointed by a corrupt politician to a racist frontier town, in the hope that he'll fail. It's known as one of the sharpest and most controversial comedies ever made.

Three dim-witted silent film actors are hired by a Mexican village to free it from bandits, thinking they've been booked for a performance. Steve Martin, Chevy Chase and Martin Short carry the film with absurd humor.

Three city friends in the middle of a midlife crisis join a cattle drive in the West to find meaning in their lives again. The film combines humor with a sincere reflection on growing older, and Jack Palance won an Oscar for his gruff trail boss.

Mel Gibson plays a charming gambler and con man trying to raise enough money to enter a high-stakes poker tournament. The film combines western action with a light, comic tone, alongside Jodie Foster and James Garner.

Jackie Chan and Owen Wilson play an unlikely duo, a Chinese imperial guard and a laid-back outlaw, who have to rescue a kidnapped princess. The film combines martial arts comedy with the classic western.

In this animated film, a pet chameleon accidentally ends up in a western town and is forced to become its sheriff. A loving, visually daring ode to the western genre that won the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

Seth MacFarlane plays a cowardly sheep farmer who finds the Wild West far too dangerous and falls in love with a mysterious woman. The film relies on absurd, often crude humor.

Jane Fonda plays a young woman who hires a legendary gunfighter to avenge her father, only to end up with an unreliable drunk. The film combines classic western elements with sharp comedy, and Lee Marvin won an Oscar for his double role.

In the third part of the time travel trilogy, Marty McFly ends up in the Wild West of 1885, where he has to save his friend Doc Brown. The film combines science fiction with an affectionate nod to the western genre.

James Garner plays a drifter just passing through who accidentally becomes sheriff of a chaotic gold rush town. The film deliberately parodies the well-known conventions of the classic western.