The Best Clint Eastwood Movies
List of the best Clint Eastwood movies, ranked best to worst with movie trailers when available. After appearing in For a Few Dollars More in 1965, Clint Eastwood became the face of the modern cowboy. Clint Eastwood's highest grossing movies have received a lot of accolades over the years, earning millions upon millions around the world. The order of these top Clint Eastwood movies is decided by how many votes they receive, so only highly rated Clint Eastwood movies will be at the top of the list. Clint Eastwood has been in a lot of films, so people often debate each other over what the greatest Clint Eastwood movie of all time is or about the most entertaining Clint Eastwood films.
If you think the best Clint Eastwood role isn't at the top, then upvote it so it has the chance to become number one. The greatest Clint Eastwood performances didn't necessarily come from the best movies, but in most cases they go hand in hand. It should also be noted that some of the best films on this list are movies directed by Clint Eastwood.
This list has a variety of films from the Clint Eastwood filmogoraphy, like The Good, the Bad and the Ugly and Gran Torino, and answers the questions, "What are the best Clint Eastwood movies?" and "What are the greatest Clint Eastwood roles of all time?" And if you're a fan of Eastwood's Old West films, you might also enjoy our list of best John Wayne movies and best Gene Hackman movies.
Clint Eastwood has been in some really popular films, and is right up there with stars like Sean Connery and Bruce Willis in terms of fame and success.
- 1Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach, Lee Van Cleef
- Released: 1967
- Directed by: Sergio Leone
Character: Man with No Name
In the Southwest during the Civil War, a mysterious stranger, Joe (Clint Eastwood), and a Mexican outlaw, Tuco (Eli Wallach), form an uneasy partnership -- Joe turns in the bandit for the reward ...more - 2Clint Eastwood, Chief Dan George, Sondra Locke
- Released: 1976
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Josey Wales
Josey Wales (Clint Eastwood) watches helplessly as his wife and child are murdered, by Union men led by Capt. Terrill (Bill McKinney). Seeking revenge, Wales joins the Confederate Army. He refuses to ...more - 3Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman
- Released: 1992
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: William 'Will' Munny
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director of a Motion Picture
When prostitute Delilah Fitzgerald (Anna Thomson) is disfigured by a pair of cowboys in Big Whiskey, Wyoming, her fellow brothel workers post a reward for their murder, much to the displeasure of ...more - 4Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, Sergio Leone
- Released: 1965
- Directed by: Sergio Leone
Character: Man with No Name
For a Few Dollars More is a 1965 Italian spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, Lee Van Cleef, and Gian Maria Volonté. German actor Klaus Kinski also plays a ...more - 5Clint Eastwood, Gian Maria Volonté, Aldo Sambrell
- Released: 1964
- Directed by: Sergio Leone
Character: Man with No Name
A Fistful of Dollars, titled on-screen as Fistful of Dollars, is a 1964 spaghetti western film directed by Sergio Leone and starring Clint Eastwood, alongside Gian Maria Volonté, Marianne Koch, ...more - 6Clint Eastwood, Harry Guardino, Reni Santoni
- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Don Siegel
Character: Harry Callahan
Cop Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) attempts to track down a psychopathic rooftop killer before a kidnapped girl dies. When he is found Harry abuses the murderer's civil rights putting him back on ...more - 7Clint Eastwood, Verna Bloom, Marianna Hill
- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: The Stranger
In this Western, a drifter with no name (Clint Eastwood) wanders into a small town, where his gun-slinging abilities are in high demand. When the drifter rides into Lago, he is met with incredulity ...more - 8Clint Eastwood, Christopher Carley, Bee Vang
- Released: 2008
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Walt Kowalski
Retired auto worker and Korean War vet Walt Kowalski (Clint Eastwood) fills emptiness in his life with beer and home repair, despising the many Asian, Latino and black families in his neighborhood. ...more - 9Clint Eastwood, Hal Holbrook, David Soul
- Released: 1973
- Directed by: Ted Post
Character: Harry Callahan
Rogue San Francisco cop "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) doesn't believe in blind obedience to the rules, but when a vigilante group starts executing criminals who have escaped punishment on ...more - 10Clint Eastwood, Michael Moriarty, Carrie Snodgress
- Released: 1985
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Preacher
When property owner Coy LaHood (Richard Dysart) starts using a band of hooligans to terrorize a group of small-town gold miners into giving up their territory, an enigmatic man named "Preacher" ...more - 11Clint Eastwood, Inger Stevens, Ed Begley
- Released: 1968
- Directed by: Ted Post
Character: Jed Cooper
After a gang of men unsuccessfully attempts to lynch him for a cattle rustling crime he did not commit, Jed Cooper (Clint Eastwood) is saved by marshal Dave Bliss (Ben Johnson) and judge Adam Fenton ...more - 12Clint Eastwood, John Malkovich, Rene Russo
- Released: 1993
- Directed by: Wolfgang Petersen
Character: Secret Service Agent Frank Horrigan
A Secret Service agent is taunted by calls from a would-be killer who has detailed information about the agent - including the fact that he failed to save President John F. Kennedy from ...more - 13Clint Eastwood, Patrick McGoohan, Jack Thibeau
- Released: 1979
- Directed by: Don Siegel
Character: Frank Morris
Frank Morris (Clint Eastwood), a hardened con with a history of prison breaks, is sent to serve the rest of his life sentence at Alcatraz -- America's most infamously brutal and inescapable maximum ...more - 14Clint Eastwood, Tyne Daly, Harry Guardino
- Released: 1976
- Directed by: James Fargo
Character: Harry Callahan
Police officer "Dirty Harry" Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is reassigned from homicide to personnel after his latest use of excessive force. Meanwhile, a terrorist group calling themselves the People's ...more - 15Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Don Rickles
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Character: Pvt. Kelly
In the midst of World War II, an array of colorful American soldiers gets inside information from a drunk German officer about millions of dollars worth of gold hidden on enemy soil. Kelly (Clint ...more - 16Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Pat Hingle
- Released: 1983
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Harry Callahan
Jennifer Spencer (Sondra Locke) was gang raped, but the crime went unpunished. Now she demands revenge, killing off the men that attacked her years before. The murders attract the attention of Harry ...more - 17Clint Eastwood, Marsha Mason, Everett McGill
- Released: 1986
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Gunnery Sgt. Thomas 'Gunny' Highway
Marine Sgt. Thomas Highway (Clint Eastwood) is a decorated veteran of two wars. On his last posting before retirement, he is surrounded by officers with no combat experience who view him as an odd, ...more - 18Clint Eastwood, Shirley MacLaine, Armando Silvestre
- Released: 1970
- Directed by: Don Siegel
Character: Hogan
Two Mules for Sister Sara is an American-Mexican western film starring Shirley MacLaine set during the French intervention in Mexico. The film was released in 1970 and directed by Don Siegel. It was ...more - 19Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure
- Released: 1969
- Directed by: Brian G. Hutton
Character: Lt. Schaffer
A crack team of Allied soldiers stages a daring rescue during World War II. A U.S. general is being held captive in an imposing castle fort, high in the Bavarian Alps. The audacious plan calls for ...more - 20Clint Eastwood, Hilary Swank, Morgan Freeman
- Released: 2004
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Frankie Dunn
Awards: Academy Award for Best Picture, Academy Award for Best Director, Golden Globe Award for Best Director of a Motion Picture
Frankie Dunn (Clint Eastwood) is a veteran Los Angeles boxing trainer who keeps almost everyone at arm's length, except his old friend and associate Eddie "Scrap Iron" Dupris (Morgan Freeman). When ...more - 21Clint Eastwood, Sondra Locke, Ruth Gordon
- Released: 1978
- Directed by: James Fargo
Character: Philo Beddoe
A tough trucker with a cheeky pet orangutan, Philo Beddoe (Clint Eastwood) moonlights as a fighter, with his close friend Orville Boggs (Geoffrey Lewis) setting up matches for him. When Philo begins ...more - 22Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Jake McDorman
- Released: 2014
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Church goer
U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle (Bradley Cooper) takes his sole mission -- protect his comrades -- to heart and becomes one of the most lethal snipers in American history. His pinpoint accuracy not only ...more - 23Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills
- Released: 1971
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: David Garver
Popular radio show host Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) becomes restless in his relationship with his girlfriend (Donna Mills). Impulsively, he goes out and sleeps with a woman (Jessica Walter) he meets ...more - 24Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland
- Released: 2000
- Directed by: Clint Eastwood
Character: Frank Corvin
Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Donald Sutherland and James Garner star as a group of pilots whose time has come to serve their country and fulfill their dream of going to space. In 1958, the ...more - 25Clint Eastwood, Patricia Clarkson, Evan C. Kim
- Released: 1988
- Directed by: Buddy Van Horn
Character: Harry Callahan
In the fifth installment of the Dirty Harry series, gritty cop Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood) is fresh off the conviction of a major mob boss. When horror film director Peter Swan (Liam Neeson) ...more
