7 best Clint Eastwood movies, ranked

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There is only one Clint Eastwood.

In all likelihood, no one will ever replicate Eastwoods success and output.

Not many can hold a candle to Eastwood’s accolades and box office receipts as a triple-threat filmmaker.

Keep in mind: In 2000, Eastwood was 70 and had already directed nearly 20 movies.

Eastwoods proficiency in the third half of his career is truly admirable.

This year, Eastwood directed Juror No.

2, which is streaming now on Max.

Bradley Cooper plays Kyle, the patriotic Texan who enlists in the Navy and becomes a SEAL.

After the 9/11 attacks, Kyle is deployed to Iraq, where he witnesses firsthand the horrors of war.

The Mule

Eastwood loves to explore mortality through problematic characters.

Desperate for money, Earl takes a job as a drug mule for the cartel.

The Mule is definitively Eastwoods best acting performance of the last 15 years.Rent/buy onAmazonorApple

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Besides Eddie Scrap Iron Durpis (Morgan Freeman), Frankie avoids conversation with others at all costs.

That is until amateur boxer Maggie Fitzgerald (Hilary Swank) convinces Frankie to be her trainer.

Together, the duo form a familial bond, something Frankie has been missing for most of his life.

Its bleak and depressing, so I cant blame anyone who only streams it once and never returns.

Over time, Walt develops a soft spot for Thao, as the two form an unlikely bond.

2

Eastwood tackles the search for truth in a flawed justice system in Juror No.

The twist: Justin may have been responsible for the victims death.

Warner Bros. did Eastwood dirty by burying Juror No.

This is a filmmaker who has been working with Warner Bros. since 1971.

Yet the studio was reluctant to give Juror No.

2, which might be Eastwoods final film before retirement, a theatrical release and awards season campaign.

For decades of service, Eastwoods drama played in less than 50 theaters before it went to streaming.

The Oscar winner loves examining morally confused soldiers who question their purpose in war.

In 2006, Eastwood released two war movies about the Battle of Iwo Jima.

Still, Kuribayashi does his best to keep his boys alive long enough to give themselves a fighting chance.

Eastwoods steady direction is extremely thoughtful in its depiction of the Japanese soldiers.

As kids, two men sexually abuse Dave, which becomes an inflection point in their lives.

After the death of Jimmys daughter, Sean leads the task force to find the culprit.