55 Clint Eastwood Movies & TV Shows, Ranked Best to Worst

When his family is murdered by the Union militants during the Civil War, Missouri farmer Josey Wales turns a vengeful guerrilla gunfighter. After the war ends, he refuses to surrender, while others who surrender are executed. An outlaw, Josey moves westward where he helps settlers and tries to start life anew. But the price on his head can put his life in peril.

This is the first film of the Dirty Harry series. When a psychopath sniper, called the ‘Scorpio Killer,’ terrorizes San Francisco, Harry Callahan, the SFPD inspector with ‘dirty’ attitude, is assigned to apprehend him. Harry succeeds in nabbing the criminal who is released over legal procedures. When Scorpio strikes again by kidnapping a school bus, only ‘Dirty’ Harry can save the situation.

This dramatized account of a real event focuses on Frank Morris, a brilliant inmate with past history of prison breaks, who is brought to the maximum security prison on Alcatraz Island. He immediately comes in clash with the strict warden and devises a plan to escape after meeting his two old friends, Anglin brothers John and Clarence.

This film is about San Francisco Inspector Harry Callahan who is on the trail of several vigilante police officers who went beyond the law to kill several criminals who were eluding the law. 

When two cowboys attack and disfigure a prostitute, Sheriff Little Bill Daggett's decree leaves the rest of the prostitutes angry. They offer $1,000 to anyone who kills the two. This attracts William Munny, a former killer who is now reformed and leads a peaceful life. Along with his old partner-in-crime, Ned Logan, he sets out to re-enter the dangerous world.  

When a greedy mining company terrorizes a group of small-town gold miners into giving up their territory, a mysterious man named ‘Preacher’ arrives to protect them. 

Professional gunslinger Blondie forms a partnership with wanted outlaw Tuco to make profit off the bounty on Tuco's head, but eventually turn against each other following a misadventure. However, when they both acquire partial information about a hidden treasure cache, they must seek it out together, without knowing that they are being followed by a third person.

An unnamed gunfighter arrives in a small town, where his skills are in great demand. He is eventually hired to bring the townsfolk together in their attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way to the town. 

Secret Service Agent, Frank Horrigan, is being taunted by an assassin who is planning to kill the President of United States. Horrigan himself is still haunted by his failure to keep President John F. Kennedy alive when he was a young agent. Horrigan must find a way to stop history from repeating itself. 

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot is a comedy crime drama film which tells the story of a bank robber, who reunites his old gang to organize a new heist and rob a bank.

Luther Whitney, a professional thief, decides to retire after one last job. Everything goes smoothly, until things take a turn for the worse, and he is framed for murder. 

Joe Kidd is a Western film which tells the story of a former bounty hunter, who reluctantly takes up a job of assisting a wealthy landowner and his henchmen, to track and find a Mexican revolutionary named Luis Chama.

The Dead Pool is an action thriller film, which tells the story of Inspector Harry Callahan, who along with his new partner, investigate the mysterious death of rock star. Eventually, they learn that the death was actually a murder, and Harry himself is a target. 

Hogan is a gunslinger who discovers a group of men attempting to rape Sara, a young nun. He shoots them dead, and escapes with her to a nearby camp of Mexican revolutionaries. Soon, Hogan feels that Sara might be hiding something from him.

In the second movie in the Dollars Trilogy, a cruel bank robber, El Indio is rescued by his gang after a bloody slaughter in the prison. Two bounty hunters Manco and Mortimer join hands to capture El Indio and share the reward equally. However, one of them has an altogether different motive for catching the outlaw.

This Western drama film revolves around the personal revenge story of Jed Cooper. Although he is innocent, he is punished and left for dead, for crimes he never committed. He returns as a lawman determined to bring justice to the vigilantes who tortured him.

True Crime is a mystery thriller film which tells the story of a journalist who is assigned to cover the case of Frank, a convicted murderer. He soon comes to know that Frank might be innocent. However, he has only a few hours to save him before he is executed. 

During WWII, American Gen. Carnaby is held captive by Nazis at a mountaintop fortress accessible only by cable-car. A daring rescue mission, led by British Maj. Smith and American Lt. Schaffer, is launched wherein the commandos, disguised as Nazis, are parachute-dropped in Germany. As the team realizes that there is a traitor amidst them, secret objectives of the mission come to the forth.

A stranger arrives in a small town on the Mexico-United States border and finds two smuggler families engaged in a fight for power. Smelling a chance to make money, the stranger decides to pit the families against each other. A classic Italian Western film that invented the genre.

Recently widowed Walt Kowalski is a disgruntled Korean War veteran and retired auto worker living alone in Michigan. He detests his Hmong neighbors especially because he caught teenager Thao Lor attempting to steal his prized 1972 Ford Gran Torino. However, Kowalski becomes an unlikely neighborhood hero when the teen's gang leader cousin attacks him for the failure.

A victim of a gang rape is on a killing spree, murdering all her attackers one by one. Inspector Harry Callahan is assigned to investigate the case and stop her. 

This war adventure comedy film, takes us to the time of the Second World War. The story revolves around a group of US soldiers who obtain information about gold worth millions hidden on enemy soil, from a drunk German officer. Therefore, they come up with a plan to steal the treasure for themselves. 

Tom Highway is an aggressive gunnery sergeant who is known for his brash behavior and sudden bursts of anger. Things get interesting when he is assigned a task of training an amateur recon platoon. 

Tightrope is a mystery crime thriller film which tells the story of a divorced cop who is pursuing a serial rapist and killer. He soon starts to suspect that Leander Rolfe, a cop whom he had arrested earlier, might be the killer.

The Eiger Sanction is an action crime thriller film which tells the story of Dr Hemlock, a retired assassin. A secret organization coerces him to come out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

Popular California disc jockey Dave Garver attracts attention of a girl, Evelyn Draper, in a bar. She reveals being the fan who repeatedly requested to play ‘Misty.’ Later, she starts stalking him, breaks in his house, attacks his housekeeper, crashes in a business meeting and takes his girlfriend, Tobie, as a hostage, threatening to kill her. Can he free himself from the psychotic fan? 

Terry MacCaleb, a retired FBI agent, is still recovering from a heart transplant. However, when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer, he decides to return to service to nab the killer. 

Ben Shockley is an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, who is tasked with escorting Augustina Mally, a key witness in a mob trial. Augustina is a call girl who claims that she has valuable information which makes both her and Ben expendable targets.  Ben has no option but to believe her, when multiple attempts are made on their lives on the way.

Two escaped prisoners, Butch and Pugh, stumble into a house belonging to eight year old Philip and needing a hostage, grab the boy. Later, Butch kills Pugh as he tries to harm Phillip and the two continue with their journey, quickly developing a loving relationship. Chasing them is Red Garnett, honorable Texas Ranger, who wants to catch Butch alive.        

Frank, Hawk, Tank, and Jerry were top Air force test pilots belonging to Team Daedalus. Trained to become America’s first space travelers, they were later replaced by chimpanzees. Years later, when a failing Soviet communications satellite is in danger of crashing down on earth, NASA approaches Frank for help. He agrees on the condition that the he has the full Daedalus team to help him. 

During the American Civil War, a wounded soldier finds refuge in a school for girls. The women find themselves attracted to him, but he manipulates the situation, and makes his way into each of their hearts, and makes them turn against each other. When he refuses to comply with their wishes, they make it difficult for him to leave the place.

Bronco Billy is the leader of a struggling Wild West show, who gives it all to keep the spirit of his entertainers high. While on tour, Billy encounters Antoinette Lily, a spoiled and newlywed heiress who was deserted recently by her scheming husband. He manages to convince her to join his troupe as his assistant, but she only seems to bring bad luck.

Maggie Fitzgerald, a poor waitress, asks old gym owner Frankie Dunn to train her, but he refuses. Maggie is encouraged to train at his gym by his associate Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris and eventually convinces Dunn with her determination. Maggie, who has a dysfunctional family, and Dunn, whose daughter is estranged, gradually fill the voids in each other's lives.

Trouble with the Curve is a sports drama film which tells the story of a daughter who tries to improve her dysfunctional relationship with her ailing father, a decorated baseball scout, by helping him in a recruiting trip, which may also be his last. 

Vietnam-veteran and former Air Force pilot Major Mitchell Gant is sent on a covert mission to steal the Soviet Union’s newly developed high-tech fighter aircraft, which is undetectable on radar and is controlled by thought-process. Infiltrating the Bilyarsk airbase with inside help from a dissident scientist, he successfully flies away with the aircraft. The Russians immediately pursue with Firefox prototype, ensuing a fierce dogfight. 

Honkytonk Man is a comedy film which tells the story of Red, a country singer, who is ill with tuberculosis. Regardless, he decides to embark on a last journey, along with his young nephew. They undergo a series of adventures which include the nephew’s first sexual encounter in a brothel. However, Red’s illness continues to worsen.

During the Gold Rush, Ben Rumson finds a wrecked wagon containing a dead man and his surviving brother, Pardner, in the wilds of California. At the burial, their lives take a turn when they discover gold dust, and stake a claim.  

Francesca, a housewife, decides to help a photojournalist Robert, who is new in town, to discover the place. They soon enter into a short-term romantic relationship which changes her life forever. 

Police Detective Nick Pulovski is upset after being paired with a young rookie named David Ackerman. Ackerman is also concerned since most of Pulovski’s previous partners have ended up dead, but still they try to get along, in order to take a notorious car-theft ring.

Silvana Mangano portrays different women in five short-films by different directors: inquisitive fans expose the physical imperfections of an unconscious actress; a woman carries a wounded man to pass traffic; a widower finds a new wife and a mother for his son; a father massacres a family for his seductive daughter; and a bored housewife lets loose a wild dream.

Lieutenant Speer along with Mike Murphy, his former colleague, team up again to fight the mob. However, Murphy is now a private eye and the two can’t even stand each other, although they used to serve together in the past.   

In 1950s, John Wilson, a hard-living movie director goes to Zimbabwe to prepare for his next film. Instead of getting ready for the shoot, he becomes more interested in shooting an elephant. Obsessed with his goal, the shooting becomes even more chaotic and his ignoble pursuit comes with a tragic price.

Pink Cadillac is an action comedy film which tells the story of Lou Ann, who is being chased by a white supremacist group, of which her husband is a member. She has taken counterfeit money from them, and is running away with her husband’s car. In order to take revenge, her husband kidnaps her baby, which she had left with her sister.

Cry Macho is a western drama film which tells the story of  Mike Milo, a retired Texan rodeo star, who takes up a job from his former boss, to travel to Mexico City and bring back the latter's thirteen year old son back. Upon arriving at the  city, he learns that the young boy has turned to a life of crime. He manages to convince him to return, and on the way, he tries to teach the boy what it means to be a good man.

This Western comedy film takes us back to the late 1800s. It tells the story of two salesladies who decide to stop selling corsets and head to the West, to sell barbed wire to cowboys in Texas. However, they face opposition from big ranchers as they fear that the cattle may be hurt by the steel wires. 

The sixth film in the Francis the Talking Mule series, the story follows the US army officer, Lieutenant Peter Stirling. Mistaken for his lookalike in US navy, he is shipped to the other man’s base, where accompanied by his old friend, Francis the talking mule, continues with his misadventures. 

When two cowboys attack and disfigure a prostitute, Sheriff Little Bill Daggett's decree leaves the rest of the prostitutes angry. They offer $1,000 to anyone who kills the two. This attracts William Munny, a former killer who is now reformed and leads a peaceful life. Along with his old partner-in-crime, Ned Logan, he sets out to re-enter the dangerous world.  

Recently widowed Walt Kowalski is a disgruntled Korean War veteran and retired auto worker living alone in Michigan. He detests his Hmong neighbors especially because he caught teenager Thao Lor attempting to steal his prized 1972 Ford Gran Torino. However, Kowalski becomes an unlikely neighborhood hero when the teen's gang leader cousin attacks him for the failure.

Maggie Fitzgerald, a poor waitress, asks old gym owner Frankie Dunn to train her, but he refuses. Maggie is encouraged to train at his gym by his associate Eddie 'Scrap-Iron' Dupris and eventually convinces Dunn with her determination. Maggie, who has a dysfunctional family, and Dunn, whose daughter is estranged, gradually fill the voids in each other's lives.

Dave, a blue-collar worker who was abducted and sexually abused as a child 25 years earlier, is the prime suspect after the daughter of his neighborhood friend, ex-con Jimmy, is found dead. While their childhood friend Sean, now a homicide detective, investigating the crime, Jimmy takes law in his own hand by launching a separate investigation.

The companion piece to Eastwood's Flags of Our Fathers, this movie tells the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima from the perspective of the Japanese soldiers. General Tadamichi Kuribayashi clashes with fellow officers as he leads a group of inexperienced soldiers preparing for mountain defenses in a doomed battle against the approaching American troops.

A film that explores the dark themes of child endangerment, political corruption, female disempowerment, and mistreatment of mental health patients, Changeling follows the story of a woman who is deemed “delusional” for rightfully questioning police authority in a case concerning her missing son. 

When his family is murdered by the Union militants during the Civil War, Missouri farmer Josey Wales turns a vengeful guerrilla gunfighter. After the war ends, he refuses to surrender, while others who surrender are executed. An outlaw, Josey moves westward where he helps settlers and tries to start life anew. But the price on his head can put his life in peril.

Francesca, a housewife, decides to help a photojournalist Robert, who is new in town, to discover the place. They soon enter into a short-term romantic relationship which changes her life forever. 

Two escaped prisoners, Butch and Pugh, stumble into a house belonging to eight year old Philip and needing a hostage, grab the boy. Later, Butch kills Pugh as he tries to harm Phillip and the two continue with their journey, quickly developing a loving relationship. Chasing them is Red Garnett, honorable Texas Ranger, who wants to catch Butch alive.        

An unnamed gunfighter arrives in a small town, where his skills are in great demand. He is eventually hired to bring the townsfolk together in their attempt to hold off three outlaws who are on their way to the town. 

A security guard named Richard Jewell becomes an instant hero after he foils a bomb attack by alerting the police force in time. However, he soon becomes a suspect himself in the bombing case, which turns his life upside down, into a nightmare.

This biographical drama depicts how American pilot Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger safely landed Flight 1549 on the Hudson River after it was hit by a flock of birds, disabling both engines. Just as he is hailed as a hero by common people and the media, he faces a career-threatening investigation into claims that the accident was a pilot error.

Loosely based on a memoir by U.S. Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle, the movie tells the touching story of how Kyle became the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history but ended by wrecking his personal life in the process. It is director Clint Eastwood’s highest-grossing film to date.

Based on true events in South Africa, the movie follows President Nelson Mandela’s plan to unite the racially divided country after the end of the horrific apartheid. Mandela and Springboks captain François Pienaar inspire an entire country to unite under Rugby as the Springboks go on to win the 1995 Rugby World Cup. 

When a greedy mining company terrorizes a group of small-town gold miners into giving up their territory, a mysterious man named ‘Preacher’ arrives to protect them. 

A photograph of American soldiers raising the US flag on Mount Suribachi following their victory on Iwo Jima during WWII becomes a symbol of hope back home. The three surviving soldiers from the photo are sent on a tour to raise money by selling war-bonds, but struggle with the limelight, post-war trauma, and misrepresentation of facts by the government.

Rich socialite Melanie meets a lawyer, Mitch, at a pet store. She follows him to his home and  gifts him two love birds. Things turn ugly when the birds start attacking the people in the town.

Popular California disc jockey Dave Garver attracts attention of a girl, Evelyn Draper, in a bar. She reveals being the fan who repeatedly requested to play ‘Misty.’ Later, she starts stalking him, breaks in his house, attacks his housekeeper, crashes in a business meeting and takes his girlfriend, Tobie, as a hostage, threatening to kill her. Can he free himself from the psychotic fan? 

Tom Highway is an aggressive gunnery sergeant who is known for his brash behavior and sudden bursts of anger. Things get interesting when he is assigned a task of training an amateur recon platoon. 

This biography musical drama film tells us the story of four young men, who meet in New Jersey and come together to form the iconic band ‘The Four Seasons’. Meanwhile, they also become victims of mafia threats, family disasters as well gambling debts.  

Luther Whitney, a professional thief, decides to retire after one last job. Everything goes smoothly, until things take a turn for the worse, and he is framed for murder. 

This mystery drama film tells the story of a city reporter who is assigned to cover the story of a millionaire's murder. 

A victim of a gang rape is on a killing spree, murdering all her attackers one by one. Inspector Harry Callahan is assigned to investigate the case and stop her. 

True Crime is a mystery thriller film which tells the story of a journalist who is assigned to cover the case of Frank, a convicted murderer. He soon comes to know that Frank might be innocent. However, he has only a few hours to save him before he is executed. 

Honkytonk Man is a comedy film which tells the story of Red, a country singer, who is ill with tuberculosis. Regardless, he decides to embark on a last journey, along with his young nephew. They undergo a series of adventures which include the nephew’s first sexual encounter in a brothel. However, Red’s illness continues to worsen.

The biographical drama is based on the life and career of FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover. It follows Hoover’s journey as he rises through the ranks using ruthless tactics to keep America safe. While he becomes one of the most powerful men in the USA, the movie also reveals his many questionable decisions.  

George is a factory worker who used to work as clairvoyant, Marie has a near-death experience during the 2004 Tsunami, and Marcus, a schoolboy loses his twin brother. The movie tells three parallel stories of these three people intertwined by their similar ability to communicate with the dead after surviving tragedy. 

Frank, Hawk, Tank, and Jerry were top Air force test pilots belonging to Team Daedalus. Trained to become America’s first space travelers, they were later replaced by chimpanzees. Years later, when a failing Soviet communications satellite is in danger of crashing down on earth, NASA approaches Frank for help. He agrees on the condition that the he has the full Daedalus team to help him. 

In 1950s, John Wilson, a hard-living movie director goes to Zimbabwe to prepare for his next film. Instead of getting ready for the shoot, he becomes more interested in shooting an elephant. Obsessed with his goal, the shooting becomes even more chaotic and his ignoble pursuit comes with a tragic price.

Terry MacCaleb, a retired FBI agent, is still recovering from a heart transplant. However, when his own blood analysis offers clues to the identity of a serial killer, he decides to return to service to nab the killer. 

Ben Shockley is an alcoholic cop from Phoenix, who is tasked with escorting Augustina Mally, a key witness in a mob trial. Augustina is a call girl who claims that she has valuable information which makes both her and Ben expendable targets.  Ben has no option but to believe her, when multiple attempts are made on their lives on the way.

The Eiger Sanction is an action crime thriller film which tells the story of Dr Hemlock, a retired assassin. A secret organization coerces him to come out of retirement to avenge the murder of an old friend.

Bronco Billy is the leader of a struggling Wild West show, who gives it all to keep the spirit of his entertainers high. While on tour, Billy encounters Antoinette Lily, a spoiled and newlywed heiress who was deserted recently by her scheming husband. He manages to convince her to join his troupe as his assistant, but she only seems to bring bad luck.

Police Detective Nick Pulovski is upset after being paired with a young rookie named David Ackerman. Ackerman is also concerned since most of Pulovski’s previous partners have ended up dead, but still they try to get along, in order to take a notorious car-theft ring.

Vietnam-veteran and former Air Force pilot Major Mitchell Gant is sent on a covert mission to steal the Soviet Union’s newly developed high-tech fighter aircraft, which is undetectable on radar and is controlled by thought-process. Infiltrating the Bilyarsk airbase with inside help from a dissident scientist, he successfully flies away with the aircraft. The Russians immediately pursue with Firefox prototype, ensuing a fierce dogfight. 

Cry Macho is a western drama film which tells the story of  Mike Milo, a retired Texan rodeo star, who takes up a job from his former boss, to travel to Mexico City and bring back the latter's thirteen year old son back. Upon arriving at the  city, he learns that the young boy has turned to a life of crime. He manages to convince him to return, and on the way, he tries to teach the boy what it means to be a good man.

Three young American traveling together through Europe, help to save the lives of more than 500 passengers, when terrorists attack the Thalys train.

Loosely based on a memoir by U.S. Navy SEAL Sniper Chris Kyle, the movie tells the touching story of how Kyle became the deadliest marksman in U.S. military history but ended by wrecking his personal life in the process. It is director Clint Eastwood’s highest-grossing film to date.

In order to increase the world’s food supply, Professor Gerald Deemer, a scientist, is experimenting with growth hormones. Things get ugly when this accidentally creates a giant spider that manages to escape from their desert laboratory, and begins to wreak havoc on the nearby local inhabitants.

Based on the Harvey Comics cartoon character, Casper the Friendly Ghost, this poignant and heartwarming film tells the story of Casper who becomes a ghost after his untimely death. The film’s visual effects and music score are spectacular, and its success spawned numerous sequels. 

An American doctor gets married to an Austrian girl, who later disappears in the Soviet Control Zone during a visit, after which she is presumed dead. Years later, he runs into his former wife, but when she sees him, she runs in shock and gets struck by a car. 

A gunslinger tries to evade the sheriff of Gunlock who wants to put him to death for stealing cattle. He lays out a plan to escape with his girlfriend with a little help from the cattlemen.

After his plane goes down on its way to Tokyo, an American boy is separated from the rest of the passengers. He is rescued by a Japanese fisherman and his family. However, when they see the Japanese police, they feel worried that they have done something wrong, and they start their journey through the Japanese countryside, avoiding the police, who are only looking for the missing boy.

A Saxon lord is sent to prison for refusing to marry a Norman woman chosen by the king. While in jail, he falls in love with the sheriff's daughter and marries her. His bride emerges as a militant Saxon lady in a dramatic turn of events.

A group of scientists capture a giant aquatic creature and transports it to an aquarium in South Florida. Things take a turn when the creature falls for a young female scientist and it abducts her and escapes.