5 Best Clint Eastwood Movies on Netflix


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American actor, film director, and producer, Clint Eastwood is a revered name in the Hollywood film industry. Having played and worked in several blockbusters including Unforgiven (1992) and Million Dollar Baby (2004).

An actor with a swooning personality, Clint Eastwood is a four times Academy Awards winner while his roles have also made him a cultural icon of masculinity.

A praise-worthy actor and director, Clint Eastwood movies are among the best movies currently available to stream on Netflix and if you’ve not watched any of them, the time is now.

Check out the 5 best Clint Eastwood movies currently streaming on Netflix.

1. The Good, the Bad and the Ugly

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly Official Trailer #1 - Clint Eastwood Movie (1966) HD

Initial release: December 29, 1967 (USA)
Director: Sergio Leone
IMDb: 8.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes Score: 90%
Streaming on: Netflix Australia, Netflix France, Netflix Brazil

A 1966 Italian epic Spaghetti Western movie starring Clint Eastwood, Eli Wallach and Lee Van Cleef in the title roles, The Good, the Bad and the Ugly is one of the highest rated movie based on the story by Luciano Vicenzoni.

Clint Eastwood features as a taciturn, enigmatic loner and “the Good” of the classic western scene who is smarter and a fast shooter. He goes on to deal with the Ugly (Eli Wallach), a Mexican bandit and the Bad (Lee Van Cleef), a ruthless bounty hunter in search of stolen gold.

2. Unforgiven

Unforgiven (1992) Official Trailer - Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman Movie H

Initial release: August 3, 1992 (USA)
Director: Clint Eastwood
IMDb: 8.2/10 | Rotten Tomatoes Score: 95%
Streaming on: Netflix USA, Netflix Canada

An action and adventure movie that is defined as the true epitaph of the Westerns genre, Unforgiven is one of Clint Eastwood’s masterpiece. Based on a script by David Webb and directed by Eastwood himself, he acts as a retired Old West gunslinger who hides for decades to return back on one last job. The movie is a classic showdown with phony blusters and savagery and he’s performance is far from heroic.

3. Letters from Iwo Jima

Letters from Iwo Jima - Trailer

Initial release: December 20, 2006 (USA)
Director: Clint Eastwood
IMDb: 7.9/10 | Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Streaming on: Netflix France, Netflix Brazil

If you’ve been searching for best war movies on Netflix, Letters of Iwo Jima is what you need to watch. The movie chronicles the story during the last stages of World War II where US forces try to take on the Japanese on a small island called Iwo Jima.

Clint Eastwood’s supremely balanced role in the movie is considered an act of compassion and you surely should not miss watching this movie on Netflix.

4. Million Dollar Baby

Million Dollar Baby (2004) Official Trailer - Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood Movie HD

Initial release: December 15, 2004 (USA)
Director: Clint Eastwood
IMDb: 8.1/10 | Rotten Tomatoes Score: 91%
Streaming on: Netflix USA, Netflix Australia

Call yourself lucky as you can watch the Million Dollar Baby, one of Clint Eastwood’s best movie, on Netflix. Eastwood is featured as a veteran Los Angeles boxing trainer who never get’s his letters to his daughters answered while his top fighters signs for another manager. He reluctantly trains a young woman seeking his expertise at his (Frankie Dunn’s) gym and the two start forming a bond which changes their life irrevocably.

5. High Plains Drifter

High Plains Drifter Official Trailer #1 - Clint Eastwood Movie (1973) HD

Initial release: April 19, 1973 (USA)
Director: Clint Eastwood
IMDb: 7.6/10 | Rotten Tomatoes Score: 96%
Streaming on: Netflix UK

A 1976 American revisionist film set during and after the American Civil War, High Plains Drifter is a movie directed by and starring Clint Eastwood who features as Josey Wales, a Missouri farmer. Wales’ becomes an outlaw after his family is murdered by the Union militants during the civil war and he is pursued by bounty hunters and Union soldiers. The movie is a must watch is you adore Western movies and Clint Eastwood.

Pat on your back if you’ve watched all of these Clint Eastwood’s movies on Netflix. These are some of the best movies ever made. All the titles mentioned here are not available to stream in every region but it’s somewhere there. That should mean, it’ll come to yours too and all you have to do is wish and wait.

Stephen R.

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