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Best Western Movies of 1973 Ranked

The greatest Western films released in 1973, ranked by verified IMDb and TMDB community scores.

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Running Wild Poster

#1. Running Wild (1973)

★ 10.0/10 1 votes

A photographer travels to the stunning vistas of Colorado and becomes involved in an effort to save a herd of wild horses.

Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre Poster

#2. Six Bounty Killers for a Massacre (1973)

★ 10.0/10 1 votes

The Governor of Kansas hires six gunfighters to overthrow the tyrannical rule of the self-appointed sheriff of Abilene.

Saga of Sonora Poster

#3. Saga of Sonora (1973)

★ 9.0/10 1 votes

A musical TV special with Vince Edwards as a hero who must stop gold-greedy villains, Jill St. John and Zero Mostel, and prove his love to his girl, Lesley Ann Warren.

Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo Poster

#4. Caingangue - A Pontaria do Diabo (1973)

★ 9.0/10 1 votes

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Female Artillery Poster

#5. Female Artillery (1973)

★ 9.0/10 1 votes

An outlaw joins up with a wagon train of pioneer women and secretly hides some money there, but his old gang shows up and wants their money - and the women.

Bad Kids of the West Poster

#6. Bad Kids of the West (1973)

★ 9.0/10 1 votes

A kid with a wild imagination overhears the plan of some bandits to hold up a bank. Together with a gang of other kids, he carries out the plan before the adults and when they try to get the gold back, the kid sets up a trap for them with the Sheriff.

His Colt, Himself, His Revenge Poster

#7. His Colt, Himself, His Revenge (1973)

★ 9.0/10 2 votes

An ex-sheriff sets out to find the bandits who beat and murdered his sister.

Man with the Golden Winchester Poster

#8. Man with the Golden Winchester (1973)

★ 8.3/10 3 votes

Zorro aids an American gun-runner in his effort to supply arms to Mexican revolutionaries in their effort to overthrow Emperor Maximillian.

On the Third Day Arrived the Crow Poster

#9. On the Third Day Arrived the Crow (1973)

★ 8.0/10 2 votes

Lincoln Tate and Lorenzo Rineschi are the Kennedy/Connelly brothers who are out to avenge their father's death at the hands of the Crow and his men. In their search, they stumble upon a gold shipment that the bandits are after.

Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West Poster

#10. Once Upon a Time in the Wild, Wild West (1973)

★ 8.0/10 3 votes

Two brothers who continually fight with each other are sent to Stranger City by their mother to work for their brother who owns a saloon where both fall in love with saloon girls.

Yankee Dudler Poster

#11. Yankee Dudler (1973)

★ 8.0/10 1 votes

After years in prison, a gang of criminals are deported from Bavaria and arrive as free immigrants to America. They kill an Indian by accident and do different jobs such as cleaning latrines, until they get installed in an abandoned house next to an Indian woman. One day someone will propose to perpetrate a robbery ...

Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West Poster

#12. Kung Fu Brothers in the Wild West (1973)

★ 7.8/10 2 votes

A Kung-Fu fighter and his brother run away from a very important fight in China and are trailed to the United States by his opponent, where he finds him and a gang of outlaws in a small western town.

Mountain Wolf Poster

#13. Mountain Wolf (1973)

★ 7.5/10 2 votes

Turkish western centered around a variation of the Tomas Milian character "Cuchillo" from the Spaghetti Western classics THE BIG GUNDOWN and RUN MAN RUN.

Jory Poster

#14. Jory (1973)

★ 7.4/10 12 votes

Jory is a fifteen-year-old boy who joins a horse-drive after his father is killed by a drunkard. The drive's leader and a likable cowhand take the boy under their wing, and find that tragedy has taught him how to take care of himself better than anyone could expect.

Hitched Poster

#15. Hitched (1973)

★ 7.3/10 3 votes

The adventures of a newly married teenage couple in the Old West.

High Plains Drifter Poster

#16. High Plains Drifter (1973)

★ 7.3/10 1,380 votes

A gunfighting stranger comes to the small settlement of Lago. After gunning down three gunmen who tried to kill him, the townsfolk decide to hire the Stranger to hold off three outlaws who are on their way.

My Name Is Nobody Poster

#17. My Name Is Nobody (1973)

★ 7.3/10 1,085 votes

Jack Beauregard, an aging gunman of the Old West, only wants to retire in peace and move to Europe, but a young gunfighter known as "Nobody" who idolizes Beauregard wants him to go out in a blaze of glory. So, he arranges for Jack to face the 150-man gang known as The Wild Bunch and earn his place in history.

Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid Poster

#18. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid (1973)

★ 7.2/10 478 votes

Pat Garrett is hired as a lawman on behalf of a group of wealthy New Mexico cattle barons to bring down his old friend Billy the Kid.

Juan Moreira Poster

#19. Juan Moreira (1973)

★ 7.2/10 22 votes

In the late nineteenth century, the mule driver Juan Moreira is a good gaucho and worker who, like many others, is subjected to abuse and humiliation by the powerful, either the police or landowners.

Gold or Busts Poster

#20. Gold or Busts (1973)

★ 7.0/10 1 votes

Jed is looking for gold but also women to satisfy his desires.

Fat Brothers of Trinity Poster

#21. Fat Brothers of Trinity (1973)

★ 7.0/10 1 votes

The bizarre adventures of the three gunmen Western grosser, next to a delicate young.

Halleluja to Vera Cruz Poster

#22. Halleluja to Vera Cruz (1973)

★ 7.0/10 1 votes

Two American bandits disguise themselves as priests in order to work undetected in Mexico during the revolution.

They Still Call Me Amen Poster

#23. They Still Call Me Amen (1973)

★ 7.0/10 1 votes

Chaco and his band of downtrodden men meet Così Sia (Amen), who always seems to get the better of them. He takes on the men with a plan to break into the Bank of Little-hole. For Così Sia, getting the money is not as important as getting his revenge on Reverend Smith, with whom he has a bone to pick.

Kid Blue Poster

#24. Kid Blue (1973)

★ 7.0/10 19 votes

Bickford Waner, an apparently naive young man from Fort Worth, arrives in the tiny Texas town of Dime Box and takes on a variety of menial jobs. He's befriended by Reese Ford and his wife Molly, but before long Molly has seduced Bickford. Only with the arrival of Bickford's former girlfriend Janet Conforto is it revealed that Bickford is actually the notorious train robber Kid Blue. Humiliated by a scandal arising from his affair with his friend's wife, Bickford gives up on going straight and plots a crime.

Westworld Poster

#25. Westworld (1973)

★ 6.8/10 1,503 votes

Delos is a futuristic amusement park that features themed worlds populated by human-like androids. After two patrons have a run-in with a menacing gunslinger in West World, the androids at Delos all begin to malfunction, causing havoc throughout the park.

Chetan, Indian Boy Poster

#26. Chetan, Indian Boy (1973)

★ 6.6/10 5 votes

The western film that was filmed in Bavaria is located in the Montana Mountains. At the end of the 19th century, an Indian Boy called Tschetan meets the shepherd Alaska in the Montana Mountains. Alaska prevents him from being hanged as a cattle thief but from then on engages him as a deputy shepherd and forces him to do hard work. But when they have to fight against a powerful stock farmer together, they eventually become friends.

Brothers Blue Poster

#27. Brothers Blue (1973)

★ 6.6/10 5 votes

A group of young desperados is hunted for several years by a determined bank guard

Far West Poster

#28. Far West (1973)

★ 6.5/10 10 votes

This Belgian/French tale chronicles the efforts of Jacques (Jacques Brel) to find the Old West in modern America. Dressed as cowboy, he travels throughout western American cities and towns and finds others similarly dressed. These idealists gather together and build an old-western-style town in the middle of an abandoned factory, battling local bureaucracies in the process.

The Executioner of God Poster

#29. The Executioner of God (1973)

★ 6.5/10 2 votes

A former gunman turned priest seeks vengeance on three bandits who are masquerading as law-abiding citizens.

Those Dirty Dogs! Poster

#30. Those Dirty Dogs! (1973)

★ 6.5/10 6 votes

Captain Chadwell, Lieutenant Junger and Sergeant Smith are sent by Washington to help their colleagues of Fort Apache to recover stolen arms. A bounty hunter accompanies them.

White Fang Poster

#31. White Fang (1973)

★ 6.4/10 69 votes

The wolf dog, White Fang, aids a reporter, a fur trapper, a nun, a young Eskimo boy and his father of ridding a gold mining town of a sleazy crime lord in 1896 Yukon, Canada.

The Train Robbers Poster

#32. The Train Robbers (1973)

★ 6.3/10 157 votes

A gunhand named Lane is hired by a widow, Mrs. Lowe, to find gold stolen by her deceased husband so that she may return it and clear the family name.

The Flesh of the Gallows Poster

#33. The Flesh of the Gallows (1973)

★ 6.3/10 3 votes

Several prisoners escape with a woman and her brother across the desert.

Three Supermen of the West Poster

#34. Three Supermen of the West (1973)

★ 6.3/10 3 votes

With their time machine, the three Supermen try to recover antique treasures and end up in the West and find the most famous treasure of THE BANDIT. But the treasures vanish when they try to take them into their time.

One Little Indian Poster

#35. One Little Indian (1973)

★ 6.3/10 26 votes

An Army deserter flees by camel across the desert with a caucasian boy raised by Indians.

Ardent Summer Poster

#36. Ardent Summer (1973)

★ 6.3/10 13 votes

Barbara is a sexy stripper, but she is dedicated to her husband. When a rich and above-the-law land-owner orders the murder of her husband to get her, she plans, and conducts, deadly revenge. She starts by intriguing between the rich man and his sons, who also had abused her, so that he has two of them killed, and then she sets out against the actual killers, shooting them herself, and leaving the old lecher and his older son to the last. The final confrontation has some surprises, though.

Fasthand Poster

#37. Fasthand (1973)

★ 6.3/10 5 votes

Macedo, bloodthirsty leader of a gang of Confederates shoots the captain of the Northerners, Jeff Mallighan, known as "Fast Hand", shattering his right hand. Jeff, wounded on the ground, could not see the face of the villain, but his silver spurs have stuck in his mind as well as his unique gun. Some time after this event Macedo continues with his misdeeds, however, a mysterious horseman dressed in black will stand in his way.

Oklahoma Crude Poster

#38. Oklahoma Crude (1973)

★ 6.1/10 35 votes

In 1913, in Oklahoma, oil derrick owner Lena Doyle, aided by her father and a hobo, is stubbornly drilling for oil despite the pressure from major oil companies to sell her land.

Showdown Poster

#39. Showdown (1973)

★ 6.1/10 32 votes

Two men who have been friends since childhood find themselves on opposite ends of the law.

Cahill: United States Marshal Poster

#40. Cahill: United States Marshal (1973)

★ 6.1/10 159 votes

J.D. Cahill is the toughest U.S. Marshal they've got, just the sound of his name makes bad guys stop in their tracks, so when his two young boy's want to get his attention they decide to rob a bank. They end up getting more than they bargained for.

The Deadly Trackers Poster

#41. The Deadly Trackers (1973)

★ 6.0/10 23 votes

Sheriff Sean Kilpatrick is a pacifist. Frank Brand is the leader of a band of killers. When their paths cross Kilpatrick is compelled to go against everything he has stood for to bring death to Brand and his gang. Through his hunt into Mexico he is challenged by a noble Mexican Sheriff interested only in carrying out the law - not vengeance.

Starbird and Sweet William Poster

#42. Starbird and Sweet William (1973)

★ 6.0/10 2 votes

A plane crash survivor draws upon the sensibilities of his Native American ancestry in order to stay alive in a rugged outland.

The Old Cowboy Poster

#43. The Old Cowboy (1973)

★ 6.0/10 1 votes

An old cowboy is walking across the prairies. It seems that he has experienced everything. However, he will have to face his opponents a few more times - maybe it will be for real, or maybe it will take place in his mind.

The Little Cowboy Poster

#44. The Little Cowboy (1973)

★ 6.0/10 6 votes

Yumurcak lives in a village in the wild west. On his way from school, he is kidnapped by the bandit Demirbilek and his gang. His mom seeks help from a gunfighter.

Seven Nuns in Kansas City Poster

#45. Seven Nuns in Kansas City (1973)

★ 6.0/10 3 votes

Two old drunks named Gin & Whiskey Joe, with their mules, engaged in a personal fight, find some gold nuggets in a river, they decide to look for the remaining ones through a map which they divide in half, gangs of bandits hear of the news and cast all suspicions on the holders of the map to two homosexual cowboys, who will seek refuge in a nunnery.

For a Book of Dollars Poster

#46. For a Book of Dollars (1973)

★ 6.0/10 3 votes

A bounty hunter name Amen is hired by a group of nuns to recover stolen money. The nuns are female desperadoes in disguise, who want the booty pillaged by an outlaw named Catapult and his gang.

Brothers O'Toole Poster

#47. Brothers O'Toole (1973)

★ 6.0/10 5 votes

The O'Toole Brothers are Eastern con men, exceptionally good at talking their way out of tight situations. When they ride into Molybdenum, Colorado, not suspecting the riches beneath the streets, they turn the sleepy mining town upside-down for their search for the gold. High-spirited hijinks ensue, with the brothers involved in everything from stolen gambling equipment to a "belchin', cussin' and spittin' " contest.

Once Upon a Time in the West There Was a Man Called Invincible Poster

#48. Once Upon a Time in the West There Was a Man Called Invincible (1973)

★ 5.9/10 8 votes

A gunman and his sheriff companion are hired to deliver a million dollars in gold by traveling through gang-infested lands, while in disguise.

The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing Poster

#49. The Man Who Loved Cat Dancing (1973)

★ 5.9/10 31 votes

On the run from her violent husband, a woman witnesses a train robbery and is taken prisoner by a frontier outlaw gang, led by a bandit who’s hiding a secret of his own.

Scalawag Poster

#50. Scalawag (1973)

★ 5.9/10 13 votes

A crew of land locked pirates, led by the aptly named Peg, go in search of buried treasure hidden by the treacherous Mudhook and his twin brother. They meet up with good natured landowner, Don Aragon, who goes along for the ride with his sister and a young boy, Jamie. Along the way, Peg and Jamie form a father son relationship that is put to the test due to Peg's naturally dishonest ways.

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