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Clint Eastwood is a legend of American cinema: he realized himself as an actor, successfully makes films and even writes music for his films. Deafening popularity Eastwood brought his role, mainly in the westerns of Sergio Leone, which he performed back in the 60s. Collaboration with this Italian master gave Hollywood an amazing actor and director who, contrary to the predictions of many critics, managed to avoid the fate of the hero of one image.
Despite the fact that Eastwood has played many bright roles in films throughout his acting biography, he has not received a single Oscar for acting work. However, the pictures that he shot received this prestigious award four times. Here is a list of the top 10 best Clint Eastwood films in which he starred or acted as a director.
10 Letters from Iwo Jima | 2006
Iwo Jima is a strategically important geographical point on the outskirts of Japan. General Kuribayashi must protect him.
Having received this order, the military leader immediately began to build a line of defense, using non-standard methods for those times.
He paid great attention to the problem of the relationship between commanding officers and ordinary soldiers. All this caused resentment among the officers subordinate to him, which was fueled by the fact that the valiant general had once trained in the United States in the past.
9. Miracle on the Hudson | in 2016
This incident happened in reality, on January 15, 2009, it would later be called the “Miracle on the Hudson”. Then the pilot of the Airbus A320 aircraft, Chesley Sullenberger, made an emergency landing right on the Hudson River in New York and, in some incomprehensible way, all the passengers in the amount of 155 people remained alive.
However, despite the enthusiastic headlines, this incident became the occasion for an investigation that could have put an end to Sullenberger’s career.
8. Perfect world | 1993
The action of the picture takes place in America in the early 60s. Two criminals who managed to escape from prison, hiding from the police, enter the house where the family lives: a single mother and three children. In order to protect themselves, they take a nine-year-old boy with them …
7. Flags of our fathers | 2006
Six American infantrymen during the battle for the island of Iwo Jima hoisted a flag on the highest point of this island.
The photo, which depicts this momentous event, made these guys real heroes.
They are recalled to the States, where officials are trying to use the hype associated with their act for their own purposes – to get money from the civilian population to continue the war.
The plot of the picture includes two lines: the first shows the real events that took place during the battle for the island; the second is a high-profile tour of the country of young heroes who had to become living agitators.
6. Substitution | 2008
The picture is based on real events that took place in America in the late 1920s. This is the story of a woman whose nine-year-old son was kidnapped. After several months of searching, the police tell her that her boy has been found.
But, when meeting with a child, the heroine realizes that this is not her son. She tries to prove to the police that there was a terrible mistake and her son is still not found, but none of the authorities is willing to listen to her, ignoring all her arguments.
Desperate, the woman decides to seek help from journalists. When this whole story is made public, the city authorities declare a real war on the unfortunate mother …
5. Mysterious river | 2003
The film takes place in the mid-seventies of the last century. Early Saturday morning, three 11-year-old teenagers decided to play a trick. Their neighbor caught the guys doing this.
Posing as a policeman, the man takes one of the boys away in his car, supposedly to the police station. Later it turns out that it was a pedophile. Further, the events are transferred to the present, where the characters again communicate with each other.
4. Sniper | 2014
The central character of the picture is Chris Kyle. After a series of attacks on US embassies, he decides to join the army. The recruiter makes him an offer to join the ranks of the special forces. Without thinking twice, Chris agrees.
After going through a tough preparatory course, the guy officially becomes a “fur seal” and goes to sniper courses.
Once the main character meets a girl Taya in a bar. Their hasty romance ends with a wedding. Having got a wife, Chris leaves for Iraq, where his mission is to cover the soldiers clearing the territory.
His career is on the rise, he enjoys prestige among his colleagues. And at this very time, he has a mysterious and very dangerous opponent – sniper Mustafa …
3. Bridges of Madison County | 1995
One day, siblings Michael and Caroline were sorting through papers at the home of their recently deceased mother, Francesca.
Among the documents, they find a personal diary in which their mother described in great detail the events that took place over the course of four days twenty years ago. This touching story empowers young people to better understand their mother and change their lives.
Francesca was born in Italy. After the end of the war, she married a soldier in the American army, Richard. In marriage, they had two children. Their family lives an ordinary and, by local standards, a very prosperous life.
But everything changes when Francesca accidentally meets photographer Robert, who comes to these parts to take a series of pictures of covered wooden bridges. Their short acquaintance develops into a stormy romance that almost put an end to the heroine’s family life…
2. Baby in a million | 2004
Waitress Maggie Fitzgerald tries to get an old boxing coach to be her mentor. However, he refuses her proposal because of her gender.
Despite his refusal, Maggie continues to train on her own, gradually earning credibility with many in the gym. As a result, the old man nevertheless agrees to train Maggie, who later turns out to be quite a talented ward.
1. Gran Torino | 2008
The main character of the film is Walt Kowalski. In his youth, he had to visit the Korean War, and now he lives in a disadvantaged suburb of Detroit, where there are practically no “white” people left.
Walt has an unbearable personality. He hates his neighbors, so he often allows himself to make racist jokes about them.
After the death of his wife, he feels very lonely. His own children and grandchildren do not care about him. His only joy is a 1972 Ford Gran Torino, which was assembled by the owner himself.