From Westerns and crime thrillers to Oscar-winners and war epics, we rank Clint Eastwood's seven best films as a director.
It’s rare for a top movie star to step behind the camera and thrive critically and financially as a director. From the 1930s through the 1960s, Orson Welles and Charlie Chaplin were the gold standards for actors-turned-directors. But since the 1970s, good luck finding a more successful actor-director than Clint Eastwood. The actor was already a star in the early 1970s thanks to his roles in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy and Dirty Harry.
Recommended Videos 7. Gran Torino Retired autoworker and Korean War veteran Walt Kowalski hates what has become of America. Walt despises the influx of Hmong immigrants that have moved into his Detroit neighborhood and the gang violence that has a stranglehold over its residents. Thao Vang Lor , ateenager who lives next door to Walt, attempts to steal Walt’s Gran Torino, but fails.
Like many of his films, Eastwood thrives as a vengeful rebel, but his humanization of Native Americans is the lasting memory in this terrific Western. The Outlaw Josey Wales is also noteworthy for its behind-the-scenes drama between Eastwood and the film’s original director, Philip Kaufman.
Over the next four days, Francesca and Robert engage in a love affair that reignites their passions in life. Streep is good in everything, so she unsurprisingly excels as a woman stuck between love and responsibility. However, Eastwood’s performance is the standout, considering how much of a left turn this role was for him. It makes you wish he had directed and starred in more romantic dramas.3.
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