6 Best Keenan Wynn Movies

By Vlad Zakh · January 29, 2026

Keenan Wynn brought versatile, often blustery energy to hundreds of Hollywood films, comfortable in slapstick and tense dramatic character parts alike. Dr. Strangelove sends a deranged general into a nuclear crisis, The Great Race has a daredevil and a rival in a transcontinental automobile race, Piranha releases killer fish near a resort, and Nashville intersects two dozen lives at a political rally. The Absent-Minded Professor and Kiss Me Kate round out the list.

Nashville (1975)

IMDb ★ 7.6 RT 89% Metacritic 96

Twenty-four characters converge around a political rally set against Nashville's country music scene.

Directed by Robert Altman · 2h 40m · Rated R

Won 1 Oscar23 wins & 25 nominations

Where to watch

Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Piranha (1978)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Genetically engineered killer fish accidentally released into a river threaten a summer resort.

Directed by Joe Dante · 1h 34m · Rated R

Where to watch

Stream: Amazon Prime Video, fuboTV, Peacock Premium, Philo, AMC Plus Apple TV channel, AMC+ Amazon Channel · Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Great Race (1965)

TMDB ★ 7.1

Keenan Wynn appears as a dashing daredevil and a scheming rival compete in a wild transcontinental car race.

Directed by Blake Edwards · 2h 40m · Rated NR

Where to watch

Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Dr. Strangelove (1964)

IMDb ★ 8.3 RT 98% Metacritic 97

A rogue general's nuclear strike order sends the president's cabinet into absurd, doomed crisis talks.

Directed by Stanley Kubrick · 1h 35m · Rated PG

Nominated for 4 Oscars14 wins & 11 nominations

Where to watch

Stream: Sony Pictures Core Amazon Channel · Rent: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home, Spectrum On Demand · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

TMDB ★ 6.8

A distracted chemistry professor invents a bouncing substance by accident, and the trouble starts from there.

Directed by Robert Stevenson · 1h 36m · Rated G

Where to watch

Stream: Disney Plus · Rent: Amazon Video, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home · Buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Kiss Me Kate (1953)

IMDb ★ 7.0 RT 93%

Feuding divorced actors are forced to play a bickering couple on stage together.

Directed by George Sidney · 1h 49m · Rated NR

Nominated for 1 Oscar2 nominations

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

Founder of Movieix. He started the site because most recommendation pages felt like noise. Here, lists are sorted by who's in the film, where it's from and what mood you're in tonight.

6 Best Keenan Wynn Movies

Nashville (1975)

Piranha (1978)

The Great Race (1965)

Dr. Strangelove (1964)

The Absent-Minded Professor (1961)

Kiss Me Kate (1953)

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