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Clint Eastwood is an American icon. Any dispute of that was shot down in the street decades ago, likely by a stoic, silent gunslinger and/or cop that doesn't play by the rules. From his early days as Rowdy Yates on the golden era Western series Rawhide to his supposed swan song legal thriller Juror #2, Eastwood has carved his career into the granite of Hollywood history.
Your Rating close 10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Rate Now 0/10 Your comment has not been savedPowered by Expand Collapse 9 'The Beguiled' Directed by Don Siegel If Clint Eastwood palling around with an orangutan is a culture shock for some viewers, then The Beguiled may require resuscitation. This melodramatic Civil War-set thriller sees Eastwood as an injured solider taken in for care at a woman's seminary school.
Your Rating close 10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Rate Now 0/10 Your comment has not been savedPowered by Expand Collapse 7 'Mystic River' Directed by Clint Eastwood While Eastwood has headlined or co-starred in the majority of his directorial efforts, there have been a number of notable exceptions where his talents have remained entirely off-screen, particularly in the last couple of decades of his career.
Your Rating close 10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Rate Now 0/10 Your comment has not been savedPowered by Expand Collapse 5 'A Fistful of Dollars' Directed by Sergio Leone Eastwood as a star is synonymous with the Spaghetti Western subgenre. Without Eastwood, one of the biggest landmark films, A Fistful of Dollars may not have succeeded, and the actor's career may have faded into obscurity.
Powered by Expand Collapse 4 'Million Dollar Baby' Directed by Clint Eastwood If Mystic River reestablished Eastwood as a top tier director, then boxing drama Million Dollar Baby cemented that status. The critical and commercial acclaim showed that Eastwood had gallons of gas left in the creative tank, and he was just getting started.
Your Rating close 10 stars 9 stars 8 stars 7 stars 6 stars 5 stars 4 stars 3 stars 2 stars 1 star Rate Now 0/10 Your comment has not been savedPowered by Expand Collapse 2 'The Good, the Bad and the Ugly' Directed by Sergio Leone A Fistful of Dollars may have been his entry into the genre, and Dirty Harry may be his best known character, but damn if The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly isn't just the most deliriously entertaining film of Eastwood's entire career.
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