Top 20 Western Movies Worth Watching Released in 1974

In order to ruin a western town and steal their land, a corrupt politician appoints a black sheriff, who promptly becomes his most formidable adversary. Info on Blazing Saddles / IMDB / YouTube

A young, easy-going gunman worships and competes with a famed gunfighter, insisting that he must face down a gang of 150 outlaws before he can retire. Check out My Name Is Nobody / IMDB / YouTube

An American barroom pianist and his prostitute girlfriend go on a trip through the Mexican underworld to collect the bounty on the head of a dead gigolo. Details on Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia / IMDB / YouTube

Set during the Civil War between the Reds and the Whites that followed the 1917 revolution in Russia Find out about At Home Among Strangers, a Stranger Among His Own / IMDB / YouTube

Three farm boys in the Old West help a wounded bank robber who teaches them the trade. Explore The Spikes Gang / IMDB / YouTube

After a bank robbery, runaway Scottish outlaw Arch Deans and his young half breed Kiowa partner Billy Two Hats develop a father-son relationship but Sheriff Henry Gifford is determined to capture or kill them. Learn about Billy Two Hats / IMDB / YouTube

In 1920, some workers of Patagonia, grouped in anarchist and socialist societies, decide to make a strike demanding better working conditions. The situation becomes unsustainable and the government sends the order is restored. Find out about Rebellion in Patagonia / IMDB / YouTube

An American settler marries an European mail-order bride and together they learn how to thrive in the harsh wilderness while working on their relationship too. Check out Zandy's Bride / IMDB / YouTube

A mysterious stranger appears to take terrifying revenge on former Confederate officers who during the Civil War betrayed and were responsible for the massacre of their unit. Info on Django the Bastard / IMDB / YouTube

After fleeing into the mountains after he is wrongly accused of murder, woodsman Grizzly Adams discovers an uncanny bond to the indigenous wildlife of the region after rescuing an orphaned grizzly bear cub whom he adopts and calls Ben. Learn about The Life and Times of Grizzly Adams / IMDB / YouTube

A martial artist joins a hard-hitting gunfighter in the search for treasure while bandits step into their way. See more about The Stranger and the Gunfighter / IMDB / YouTube

A Texas cowboy is rescued at sea by a 12-year-old boy. While he waits to return home, he decides to help out his rescuer's family. Check out The Castaway Cowboy / IMDB / YouTube

A vulgar Mexican social bandit reluctantly takes on an aspiring young outlaw as his partner in crime and love, all while the duo is pursued by a vengeful sheriff and bounty hunters. Learn about Sonny and Jed / IMDB / YouTube

When Don Diego returns to California only to find the people overrun and overtaxed by corrupt politicians, he takes matters into his own hands as the masked crusader Zorro. Read about The Mark of Zorro / IMDB / YouTube

A frontier family crosses the U.S. by wagon train, hoping for a better life in the Oregon Territory. Learn about Seven Alone / IMDB / YouTube

The exploits of 1910s bounty hunter Thomasine and bandit Bushrod who, after rekindling their old romance, take to robbing banks to survive, stealing from rich whites and sharing their loot with the poor on the harsh frontier. Find out about Thomasine & Bushrod / IMDB / YouTube

Sequel to Lucio Fulci's first 'White Fang' has the wolf-dog once again trying to stop the villainous Beauty Smith from claiming a recently discovered gold mine in 1899 Yukon, Canada. Get info on Challenge to White Fang / IMDB / YouTube

A private detective travels out west to investigate the murders of several prostitutes, facing off against the reluctance of the town's grizzled sheriff, and several suspicious characters, each with something to hide. Explore A Knife for the Ladies / IMDB / YouTube

Based on an actual event, this is the tragic story of Saskatchewan fugitive Almighty Voice, a Cree Indian who is arrested for stealing government livestock out of desperate hunger. Info on Alien Thunder / IMDB / YouTube

A young gunslinger on the lam impersonates a preacher, brings hope to his parishioners and law-and-order to a town terrorized by a strongman's bunch. Get info on The Gun and the Pulpit / IMDB / YouTube