The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Watch TrailerWatch Movie
2018
2h 12m
7.1(4164 votes)
Western
Comedy
Drama
Music
Mystery
Romance

Overview

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.

Where to Watch

Stream

Netflix

Links & Resources

WebsiteIMDbView

Social & External

IMDb

Production Companies

Mike Zoss Productions

Videos & Trailers

6 videos

Cast & Crew

55 members
Acting

Tim Blake Nelson

Buster Scruggs (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Tim Blake Nelson
Acting

Willie Watson

The Kid (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Willie Watson
Acting

Clancy Brown

Curly Joe (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Clancy Brown
Acting

Danny McCarthy

Curly Joe's Brother (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Danny McCarthy
Acting

David Krumholtz

Frenchman (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

David Krumholtz
Production

Thomas Wingate

Gun Check Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

No Image
Acting

Tim DeZarn

Mean-Eyed Card Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Tim DeZarn
Acting

E.E. Bell

Piano Player (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

E.E. Bell
Acting

Alejandro Patiño

Cantina Bartender (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Alejandro Patiño
Acting

Tom Proctor

Cantina Bad Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Tom Proctor
Crew

Clinton Roberts

Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

No Image
Acting

Matthew Willig

Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

Matthew Willig
Acting

Jesse Youngblood

Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

No Image
Crew

J.J. Dashnaw

Cantina Scum (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs")

J.J. Dashnaw
Acting

James Franco

Cowboy (segment "Near Algodones")

James Franco
Acting

Stephen Root

Teller (segment "Near Algodones")

Stephen Root
Acting

Ralph Ineson

Posse Leader (segment "Near Algodones")

Ralph Ineson
Acting

Mike Watson

Posse (segment "Near Algodones")

Mike Watson
Crew

Brian Brown

Posse (segment "Near Algodones")

Brian Brown
Crew

Ryan Brown

Posse (segment "Near Algodones")

Ryan Brown
Crew

Richard Bucher

Posse (segment "Near Algodones")

No Image
Acting

Jesse Luken

Drover (segment "Near Algodones")

Jesse Luken
Acting

Michael Cullen

Judge (segment "Near Algodones")

Michael Cullen
Acting

Austin Rising

Bailiff (segment "Near Algodones")

Austin Rising
Acting

James 'Scotty' Augare

Comanche Chief (segment "Near Algodones")

No Image
Acting

Liam Neeson

Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")

Liam Neeson
Acting

Harry Melling

Artist (segment "Meal Ticket")

Harry Melling
Acting

Jiji Hise

The Bawd (segment "Meal Ticket")

Jiji Hise
Acting

Paul Rae

Chicken Impresario (segment "Meal Ticket")

Paul Rae
Acting

Tom Waits

Prospector (segment "All Gold Canyon")

Tom Waits
Acting

Sam Dillon

Young Man (segment "All Gold Canyon")

Sam Dillon
Acting

Bill Heck

Billy Knapp (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Bill Heck
Acting

Zoe Kazan

Alice Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Zoe Kazan
Acting

Grainger Hines

Mr. Arthur (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Grainger Hines
Acting

Jefferson Mays

Gilbert Longabaugh (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Jefferson Mays
Acting

Prudence Wright Holmes

Boarding House Landlady (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

No Image
Acting

Eric Petersen

Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Eric Petersen
Acting

Doris Hargrave

Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

No Image
Acting

Jackamoe Buzzell

Boarder (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

No Image
Acting

Ethan Dubin

Matt (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Ethan Dubin
Acting

Jordy Laucomer

Whipped Boy (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

No Image
Acting

Thea Lux

His Mother (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

No Image
Acting

Bret Hughson

His Father (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

No Image
Acting

Rod Rondeaux

Sioux Chief (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

No Image
Acting

Raymond Kurshals

Puppet Dancer (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled")

Raymond Kurshals
Acting

Jonjo O'Neill

Englishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Jonjo O'Neill
Acting

Brendan Gleeson

Irishman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Brendan Gleeson
Acting

Saul Rubinek

Frenchman (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Saul Rubinek
Acting

Tyne Daly

Lady (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Tyne Daly
Acting

Chelcie Ross

Trapper (segment "The Mortal Remains")

Chelcie Ross
Acting

Martin Palmer

Blubberer (segment "Near Algodones") (uncredited)

Martin Palmer
Acting

Billy Lockwood

Father (segment "The Gal Who Got Rattled") (uncredited)

Billy Lockwood
Acting

Stephen R. Estler

Gambler (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Grace LeSueur

Pretty Girl at Gallows (segment "Near Algodones") (uncredited)

No Image
Acting

Bill Foster

Saloon Man (segment "The Ballad of Buster Scruggs") (uncredited)

Bill Foster

Similar Movies

Back to the Future Part III
7.5
1990

Back to the Future Part III

The final installment finds Marty digging the trusty DeLorean out of a mineshaft and looking for Doc in the Wild West of 1885. But when their time machine breaks down, the travelers are stranded in a land of spurs. More problems arise when Doc falls for pretty schoolteacher Clara Clayton, and Marty tangles with Buford Tannen.

Movie
In China They Eat Dogs
7.4
1999

In China They Eat Dogs

Arvid is an ordinary bank clerk who lives a rather unassuming life with his dear girlfriend. But his life is turned completely upside down when he bravely manages to avert a robbery against the bank where he works.

Movie
A.I. Artificial Intelligence
7.0
2001

A.I. Artificial Intelligence

David, a robotic boy—the first of his kind programmed to love—is adopted as a test case by a Cybertronics employee and his wife. Though he gradually becomes their child, a series of unexpected circumstances make this life impossible for David.

Movie
Belle de Jour
7.3
1967

Belle de Jour

Beautiful young housewife Séverine Serizy cannot reconcile her masochistic fantasies with her everyday life alongside dutiful husband Pierre. When her lovestruck friend Henri mentions a secretive high-class brothel run by Madame Anais, Séverine begins to work there during the day under the name Belle de Jour. But when one of her clients grows possessive, she must try to go back to her normal life.

Movie
Faces
7.1
1968

Faces

Middle-aged suburban husband Richard abruptly tells his wife, Maria, that he wants a divorce. As Richard takes up with a younger woman, Maria enjoys a night on the town with her friends and meets a younger man. As the couple and those around them confront a seemingly futile search for what they've lost -- love, excitement, passion -- this classic American independent film explores themes of aging and alienation.

Movie
Monty Python and the Holy Grail
7.8
1975

Monty Python and the Holy Grail

King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black Knight who, despite having had all his limbs chopped off, insists he can still fight. They reach Camelot, but Arthur decides not to enter, as "it is a silly place".

Movie
Earth Defense Widow
4.0
2014

Earth Defense Widow

Dan is a former geisha, now working as an ace pilot for the Earth Defense Troops. Her fiance was killed by the space monster Bemurasu which consumes nuclear waste. To save Planet Earth, Dan attacks Bemurasu, but whenever she does, she feels ecstasy. Can she save Planet Earth?

Movie
Frontier Hellcat
6.3
1964

Frontier Hellcat

Outlaws disguised as Indians commit crimes against settlers but Winnetou and Old Surehand are determined to unmask the bandits and keep the peace.

Movie
Maverick
6.9
1994

Maverick

Bret Maverick is a gambler who would rather con someone than fight them, and needs an additional $3k in order to enter a winner-takes-all poker game beginning in a few days. He joins forces with a woman with a marvelous Southern accent, and the two try and enter the game.

Movie
The Last of the Mohicans
7.4
1992

The Last of the Mohicans

In war-torn colonial America, in the midst of a bloody battle between British, the French and Native American allies, the aristocratic daughter of a British Colonel and her party are captured by a group of Huron warriors. Fortunately, a group of three Mohican trappers comes to their rescue.

Movie
Asterix Conquers America
6.2
1994

Asterix Conquers America

When marauding Romans capture - and catapult - their pal Getafix into lands unknown, the shrewd and cunning Asterix and his able sidekick Obelix spring into action! But their journey leads them to a strange and dangerous new world, where they must face a tribe of Indians, a stampeding herd of buffalo and a medicine man with designs on their magic potion!

Movie
They Call Me Trinity
7.6
1970

They Call Me Trinity

The simple story has the pair coming to the rescue of peace-loving Mormons when land-hungry Major Harriman sends his bullies to harass them into giving up their fertile valley. Trinity and Bambino manage to save the Mormons and send the bad guys packing with slapstick humor instead of excessive violence, saving the day.

Movie
Manitou's Shoe
6.8
2001

Manitou's Shoe

Abahachi, Chief of the Apache Indians, and his blood brother Ranger maintain peace and justice in the Wild West. One day, Abahachi needs to take up a credit from the Shoshone Indians to finance his tribe's new saloon. Unfortunately Santa Maria, who sold the saloon, betrays Abahachi, takes the money and leaves. Soon, the Shoshones are on the warpath to get their money back, and Abahachi is forced to organize it quickly.

Movie
Rocco and His Brothers
8.0
1960

Rocco and His Brothers

When a impoverished widow’s family moves to the big city, two of her five sons become romantic rivals with deadly results.

Movie
Wild Tales
7.9
2014

Wild Tales

Injustice and the demands of the world can cause stress for many people. Some of them, however, explode. This includes a waitress serving a grouchy loan shark, an altercation between two motorists, an ill-fated wedding reception, and a wealthy businessman who tries to buy his family out of trouble.

Movie
Beerfest
5.9
2006

Beerfest

During a trip to Germany to scatter their grandfather's ashes, German-American brothers Todd and Jan discover Beerfest, the secret Olympics of downing stout, and want to enter the contest to defend their family's beer-guzzling honor. Their Old Country cousins sneer at the Yanks' chances, prompting the siblings to return to America to prepare for a showdown the following year.

Movie
Mona Lisa
6.9
1986

Mona Lisa

George is a small-time crook just out of prison who discovers his tough-guy image is out of date. Reduced to working as a minder/driver for high class call girl Simone, he has to agree when she asks him to find a young colleague from her King's Cross days. That's when George's troubles just start.

Movie
Very Bad Things
6.3
1998

Very Bad Things

Kyle Fisher has one last night to celebrate life as a single man before marrying Laura, so he sets out to Vegas with four of his best buddies. But a drug and alcohol filled night on the town with a stripper who goes all the way, turns into a cold night in the desert with shovels when the stripper goes all the way into a body bag after dying in their bathroom. And that's just the first of the bodies to pile up before Kyle can walk down the aisle...

Movie
High Heels and Low Lifes
6.0
2001

High Heels and Low Lifes

A nurse eavesdrops with a friend on a cell phone conversation that describes a bank heist. She and the friend then conspire to blackmail the robbers for $2 million.

Movie
Renegade
4.8
2004

Renegade

U.S Marshal Mike Donovan has dark memories of the death of his first love. He keeps peace between the Americans and the natives who had temporarily adopted and taken care of him. The evil actions of a white sorcerer lead him to confront the villain in the Sacred Mountains, and, through shamanic rituals conquer his fears and uncover a suppressed memory he would much rather deny.

Movie

Recommended Movies

BlacKkKlansman
7.5
2018

BlacKkKlansman

Colorado Springs, late 1970s. Ron Stallworth, an African American police officer, and Flip Zimmerman, his Jewish colleague, run an undercover operation to infiltrate the Ku Klux Klan.

Movie
Roma
7.6
2018

Roma

In 1970s Mexico City, two domestic workers help a mother of four while her husband is away for an extended period of time.

Movie
First Man
7.0
2018

First Man

A look at the life of the astronaut, Neil Armstrong, and the legendary space mission that led him to become the first man to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969.

Movie
Outlaw King
6.8
2018

Outlaw King

Forced into exile by the English after being crowned King of Scotland, legendary warrior Robert the Bruce fights to reclaim the throne.

Movie
The Dawn Wall
8.1
2017

The Dawn Wall

The definitive film on the climb that captured headlines and ignited imaginations worldwide. Tommy Caldwell and Kevin Jorgeson ascend the hardest big wall of all time: a 19 day ascent of The Dawn Wall, on the 3,000 foot vertical face of El Capitan, in Yosemite National Park. The film travels deeper than the climb, digging into the history of the climbers and painting an intimate portrait of Caldwell's harrowing life experiences that culminated in a single-minded drive to complete this impossible climb. The Dawn Wall is a heart-warming and inspiring movie that celebrates perseverance, camaraderie, and the universal spirit of dreaming big, and never giving up.

Movie
The Hudsucker Proxy
7.1
1994

The Hudsucker Proxy

A naive business graduate is installed as president of a manufacturing company as part of a stock scam.

Movie
Polar
6.3
2019

Polar

When a retiring assassin realizes that he is the target of a hit, he winds up back in the game going head to head with a gang of younger, ruthless killers.

Movie
The Wife
7.1
2018

The Wife

A wife questions her life choices as she travels to Stockholm with her husband, where he is slated to receive the Nobel Prize for Literature.

Movie
Hold the Dark
5.4
2018

Hold the Dark

In the grim Alaskan winter, a naturalist hunts for wolves blamed for killing a local boy, but he soon finds himself swept into a chilling mystery.

Movie
The Favourite
7.5
2018

The Favourite

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

Movie
O Brother, Where Art Thou?
7.3
2000

O Brother, Where Art Thou?

In the deep south during the 1930s, three escaped convicts search for hidden treasure while a relentless lawman pursues them.

Movie
Lucky
7.3
2017

Lucky

Follows the journey of a 90-year-old atheist and the quirky characters that inhabit his off-the-map desert town. He finds himself at the precipice of life, thrust into a journey of self-exploration.

Movie
Tenet
7.2
2020

Tenet

Armed with only one word - Tenet - and fighting for the survival of the entire world, the Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.

Movie
The Clapper
4.9
2018

The Clapper

Eddie Krumble works as a paid audience member for infomercials and experiences a whirlwind of overnight fame after a late-night talk show host publicizes his frequent infomercial appearances.

Movie
5 Star Christmas
4.3
2018

5 Star Christmas

When the Italian Premier and his companion find a dead body in his hotel suite, while on a trip to Hungary, they find themselves embroiled in a series of comedic situations as they try to avoid a scandal.

Movie
Day for Night
7.8
1973

Day for Night

A committed film director struggles to complete his movie while coping with a myriad of crises, personal and professional, among the cast and crew.

Movie
Lucky Day
5.3
2019

Lucky Day

Red, a safe cracker who has just been released from prison, is trying to hold his family together as his past catches up with him in the form of Luc, a psychopathic contract killer who's seeking revenge for the death of his brother.

Movie
Hail, Caesar!
5.9
2016

Hail, Caesar!

When a Hollywood star mysteriously disappears in the middle of filming, the studio sends their fixer to get him back.

Movie
The World Is Yours
6.7
2018

The World Is Yours

To escape his life of crime, a Paris drug dealer takes on one last job involving Spain, unhinged gangsters, his longtime crush and his scheming mother.

Movie
The Captain
7.2
2018

The Captain

Germany, 1945. Soldier Willi Herold, a deserter of the German army, stumbles into a uniform of Nazi captain abandoned during the last and desperate weeks of the Third Reich. Newly emboldened by the allure of a suit that he has stolen only to stay warm, Willi discovers that many Germans will follow the leader, whoever he is.

Movie

Cinemaos

© 2025-2026 Cinemaos Private Ltd.

Data provided by Consumet and Tmdb API