Best 22 Western Movies Picks from 1971

A mysterious black-clad gunfighter wanders a mystical Western landscape encountering multiple bizarre characters. Read about El Topo / IMDB / YouTube

A gambler and a prostitute become business partners in a remote Old West mining town, and their enterprise thrives until a large corporation arrives on the scene. Details on McCabe & Mrs. Miller / IMDB / YouTube

A lazy, unorthodox gunfighter and his portly, horse-thieving brother defend a Mormon settlement from a land-grabbing Major, a Mexican bandit, and their henchmen. Details on They Call Me Trinity / IMDB / YouTube

Bambino tries to teach his brother Trinity how to become an outlaw, but the two wind up saving a pioneer family and breaking up an arms ring instead. Info on Trinity Is Still My Name / IMDB / YouTube

In 1909, when John Fain's gang kidnaps Jacob McCandles' grandson and holds him for ransom, Big Jake sets out to rescue the boy. Explore Big Jake / IMDB / YouTube

A con artist arrives in a mining town controlled by two competing companies. Both companies think he's a famous gunfighter and try to hire him to drive the other out of town. Find out about Support Your Local Gunfighter / IMDB / YouTube

A lawman from Bannock arrives in Sabbath to arrest all the cattlemen whose wild celebration the year before resulted in the accidental death of an old man. Info on Lawman / IMDB / YouTube

A Mexican-American sheriff (Burt Lancaster) must resort to violence against a powerful rancher (Frank Tanner, played by Jon Cypher) in order to get just compensation for the pregnant Indian widow of a wrongly killed black man. Check out Valdez Is Coming / IMDB / YouTube

After she is raped by the trio of outlaw brothers who murdered her husband, a frontierswoman hires a bounty hunter to instruct her in the use of a gun so she can exact her revenge. Check out Hannie Caulder / IMDB / YouTube

Harry returns home to his wife and farm after drifting with his friend Arch and has to make a difficult decision regarding his loyalties. Get info on The Hired Hand / IMDB / YouTube

Left for dead after a bear attack, a fur-trapper recuperates and pursues his former companions through dangerous Indian territory. More about Man in the Wilderness / IMDB / YouTube

A cattle baron with a long-range rifle hunts the outlaw who kidnapped his wife. See more about The Hunting Party / IMDB / YouTube

A former bank robber searches for his double-crossing partner who left him for dead, while having to look after an six-year-old girl. Check out Shoot Out / IMDB / YouTube

The citizens of Hobsonville hire Sabata to rid them of the McIntock clan, who are forcibly and unlawfully taxing them under the pretext of town development. Find out about Return of Sabata / IMDB / YouTube

Doc Holliday, the cold-blooded sharp-shooter, reunites with his old friend, Marshall Wyatt Earp, to take down the Clanton gang in the dusty town of Tombstone, in Arizona. See more about 'Doc' / IMDB / YouTube

Tired of cow-punching for a living, two Montana cowboys rob a bank and flee but their employer's sons chase after them. More about Wild Rovers / IMDB / YouTube

In the Old West, a gunfighting outlaw connives his way into a prison in hopes of getting his hands on a large shipment of gold stored there. Read about A Man Called Sledge / IMDB / YouTube

An outlaw tries to avoid interference as he journeys to Mexico to pull off a $2,000,000 gold robbery. Look into Catlow / IMDB / YouTube

Two aging gunfighters in need of money come to an agreement to organize an actual showdown between them and sell tickets for it. The townsfolk is more than interested to see the show. Find out about A Gunfight / IMDB / YouTube

Whity is the mulatto butler of the dysfunctional Nicholson family in the south-west U.S. in 1878. The father, Ben Nicholson, has an attractive young wife, Katherine, and two sons by a previous marriage; the homosexual Frank and the disabled Davy. Whity tries to carry out all their orders, however demeaning, until various of the family members ask him to kill some of t. Get info on Whity / IMDB / YouTube

Evan's son Joe receives Black Beauty stallion. After Evan's death, new owner mistreats animals. Black Beauty sold to circus after card game. Joe attempts to reclaim stallion from circus. Find out about Black Beauty / IMDB / YouTube

Dirty Dingus Magee and his old rival Hoke Birdsill take turns at being either lawman or outlaw and being rivals or partners in crime, depending of the circumstances. Look into Dirty Dingus Magee / IMDB / YouTube