The Best Three Clint Eastwood Movies

[finesse_r]

Eastwood made a ton of excellent movies, and to my mind none that were real stinkers.
In my opinion, the Best Three Clint Eastwood Movies, in which he was an actor are:

Unforgiven
The Outlaw Josey Whales
Absolute Power

Other Eastwood Movies Worthy of Mention

Honkey Tonk Man
In the Line of Fire
A Perfect World
Pale Rider

 

[bovw]

Josey Wales
Pale Rider
Gran Torino

 

[JayCeeNC]

Dirty Harry
The Outlaw Josey Wales
Unforgiven

 

[rwsmith]

NOT.....

NOT 'The Gauntlet'

 

[A10]

Josey Wales - one of the best western movies ever!

Dirty Harry - gotta go with the original!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The definitive spaghetti western!

 

[gdnagle]

The Outlaw Josey Wales
Pale Rider
Joe Kidd


TV Rawhide I guess I like the westerns.

 

[don5]

Josey Wales - one of the best western movies ever!

Dirty Harry - gotta go with the original!

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly - The definitive spaghetti western!

^^^^^This is a tough one but I am going to go with this answer.

 

[Robotech]

I rather enjoy:

Where Eagles Dare
Paint Your Wagon
Space Cowboys

I'm afraid I got bored with the typical Eastwood Westerns and Cop movies, and Paint Your Wagon was a bit more of a "stretch" for his abilities. (Yeah, I know a lot of people hate it.)

 

[rwsmith]

I walked out.....

I had a special girl (my wife) and went to see 'Thunderbolt and Lightfoot'. I thought the first half was crummy and disgusting (at that time girls were still ladies) and we walked out halfway through the it. Some people told me I had missed a great movie.

Who saw this and what did you think about it?

 

[amazingflapjack]

high plains drifter-Joe Kidd-Thunderbolt and Lightfoot. Kellys Heroes.

 

[Malpasowildlifer]

Dirty Harry
The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
Unforgivin

 

[charlie sherrill]

I liked the Eiger Sanction. I went to school with Brenda Venus who co-starred in that movie. I like all his other films also.

 

[Chik a Boom]

I'm with Robotech in that I couldn't get into the westerns as well, either. Maybe not his best movies, but I liked him in

Play Misty for Me
Paint Your Wagon (tho much credit to Lee Marvin, also)
Kelly's Heroes.

 

[the ringo kid]

NOT 'The Gauntlet'

Nor Beguiled.

 

[Hodgin]

Tough question. Tonight I'll go with Josey Wales, Unforgiven, and Dirty Harry.

Tomorrow night I might post something different for second and third but Josey Wales would still be first, I think.

 

[the ringo kid]

No way to pick just three top Clint favorites. It depends on what mood im in at the time of picking.

I like most of his movies but have a special fondness for movies like:

Firefox, Kelly's Heroes, Where Eagles Dare, The Outlaw Josey Wales, The Eiger Sanction, Dirty Harry, Escape From Alcatraz, Gran Torino etc etc.

 

[wuluf]

Unforgiven is not just his best, but one of the best ever. Your opinion may vary, mistakenly.....

 

[bluegrassarms]

Josey Wales, Fistful of Dollars, Dirty Harry. Honorable mention and tough to leave out: High Plains Drifter, Unforgiven. Have to mention Every Which Way but Loose just to get it in the thread. Not top 3 but a funny, silly movie with an even sillier cast.

Unforgiven is probably his best "film" from a production and depth standpoint, but the other 3 just so define both Eastwood and entire genres of movies (spaghetti westerns and cop movies) I can't wedge it in that top 3.

"My mule don't like people laughing. He gets the crazy idea you're laughing at him."

 

[Rock185]

Hey, Don't be knockin "The Gauntlet"! I might be a little biased about that though. I worked as an extra in The Gauntlet for a couple of days and used the proceeds to order a new 27-2. I still have that gun, and got to chat with Clint briefly too. What's not to like? I like so many of his movies, I don't know which I would actually pick as the best three....

 

[chud333]

Outlaw Josey Wales
Joe Kidd
Gran Torino

But all his westerns we're great IMHO

Chuck