10 Best Clint Eastwood Movies of All-Time

In his role as Private Kelly in a 1970 movie titled Kelly’s Heroes, the movie satirizes the military and is different from Eastwood’s usual working style. The domestic box office made $5,200,000.

The Clint Eastwood-directed 1971 movie Play Misty for Me was an apex event in his career. It was his first project as a director. Play Misty for Me is one of the best mystery and romantic thrillers. He depicted the role of a radio DJ, whom Evelyn excitedly chased all over the town (Jessica Walter).

Unforgiven won both the Best Picture and the Directors’ Guild awards. Eastwood’s cinematography received most of the accolades; however, his performance in this movie is just as outstanding. Eastwood plays Will Munny, a former outlaw clinging to life, facing the aftermath of bloodshed.

Clint Eastwood stars as Frank Morris, known for his escape from Alcatraz prison. The final act of this movie takes you through the attempt to escape and evade arrest by Morris and his friends. This film earned 43,005,351 dollars gross worldwide with an investment of $8,000,000.

This movie set itself apart in the action comedy genre, starring Eastwood as boxer Philo Beddoe. While Eastwood’s comedic timing was on full display, the movie also had touching moments demonstrating his immense acting talent.

Dirty Harry, released in 1971, stars Clint Eastwood as the stern Detective Harry Callahan, an antihero with contradictory values. Dirty Harry is a great cops-and-killers movie, with director Don Siegel capturing Eastwood’s tough-guy aura perfectly on screen.

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot tells the story of a bank robber who, with the help of a young misfit, gets his old gang back together for a new heist. Eastwood lets Jeff Bridges shine in this entertaining and touching movie.

Eastwood’s “Blondie” is the Western antihero with a poncho, six-shooters, and moral ambiguity. In The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, the third installment of the “Dollars Trilogy,” Eastwood teams up with Lee Van Cleef’s black-clad “Bad” and Eli Wallach’s charismatically immoral “Ugly.” They are determined to find a lost treasure trove of Confederate wealth and will not allow the Civil War to derail their pursuit.

The Spaghetti Western was born in 1964 with this groundbreaking Italian-Spanish coproduction, filmed with Sergio Leone’s characteristic pulp fervor and inspired by Kurosawa’s work. And it catapulted Clint Eastwood to legendary status.

Clint Eastwood’s “Million Dollar Baby” is a genuine, deep, and realistic masterwork. The narrative protagonists are an elderly fight trainer and a country girl with boxing aspirations. Frankie, played by Eastwood, is a boxing trainer and poet in Los Angeles. Maggie, played by Hilary Swank, is a waitress from southwest Missouri. She started working at 13 and views boxing as a lifelong escape from her job.