I vote for Gran Torino

That was a great movie but my "favorite" had to be a western. Not sure which one...too many good ones to pick from.

Unforgiven.

A masterpiece.

"Paint Your Wagon" was certainly the best movie Eastwood ever made. Nothing like a good singing western!

L.W.

"The Good, The Bad and the Ugly", hands down, for the story, the cool characters, classic lines and Ennio Morricone's classic sountrack. Saw it something like 16 times in the first few years it was out. Even had the soundtrack on LP.


"Million Dollar Baby" would get second place for its really good story - had to watch it twice to pick up all the nuances.

"A Fistful of Dollars", "Dirty Harry" or "Gran Torino"

It depends on which era of Eastwood films.

If I had to pick one it's "Gran Torino"

Thanks for reminding me of that film. I think it's the only one in which Eastwood sings. And Lee Marvin was terrific.

You're welcome.

Actually, one of my favorites starring Eastwood was Joe Kidd, written by Elmore Leonard, a very good novelist and screenwriter. The original title was Sinola, the name of the town where the action took place. But when the flick was released, Universal Pictures changed the title to the name of the main character, "Joe Kidd," played by Eastwood. A great supporting actor in the flick was Robert Duvall, who played the main heavy in the movie.

L.W.

Not saying it was ever his best work, but I can sit and watch "Kelly's Heros" over and over and over...

I am shocked, shocked I say!

I had to double check what site I was reading this on... but yes, I am here on the 'Fire and nobody has yet posted The Bridges of Madison County!

Can one of our law enforcement people arrange for a welfare check on Ingwe? I think he must be ill or he would have posted his favorite movie by now.



John

Ingwe texted me earlier to say he was going to be down for a while.

His case of Chardonnay just arrived along with his Netflix copy of, "Play Misty for Me"

Hotload: I have enjoyed virtually EVERY Clint Eastwood movie - for a couple of reasons: #1 is, he literally saved my life when I was a youngster and #2 he is a great actor and has a great screen presence.
Let me explain the life saving situation.
When I was 6 or 7 years old my slightly older friends dared me to jump off of the high board at the local swim place.
Well I finally was chided enough to take the plunge and sure enough I took in a ton of water and began drowning and was unable to get to safety.
Who swims up and yanks me from the water but Clinton Eastwood Jr.!
He also gave me a lecture and forbade me from jumping off either diving board (the low or the high) until I was able to swim 3 laps of the pool without stopping.
I always said hello to him when he was the on duty lifeguard at that swimming place after that - it also never failed that a young woman or two would be swooning around him that summer.
If I had to pick a favorite movie of his I would have to go with "Unforgiven".
But for pure emotional impact I was "touched" by the original Dirty Harry.
In fact I was asked to leave the theatre by the manager just after I answered out loud Dirty Harry's question "Do you feel lucky punk" with an unprofessional and very inappropriate for a mixed race audience - "SHOOT THAT N----R"!
I also very much enjoyed and was very surprised by Gran Torino.
Long live Clint Eastwood.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

Definitely "The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly".

Wah-hoo-wah-hoo-wah----wah-wah-wah. It has been the ring tone on my phone for years.

After that it's a toss up. Fistful of Dollars, Unforgiven, Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Joe Kidd, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry, Gran Torino. All great flicks......

The Eiger Sanction.

VarmintGuy - Don't think I ever saw a bad Eastwood movie, but some I enjoyed more than others.

Hotload: I went to wikipedia and looked over the complete list of Clint Eastwood movies and I was shocked at how many movies he made and how many I have not seen (as yet!)!
I am with you I can't remember one of his movies that i dis-liked.
I even was entertained by his "orangutan" movies.
Hold into the wind
VarmintGuy

For a Few Dollars More - love the final scene where he is counting out bodies/rewards.

Not really his best movie, but if you've ever been to Alcatraz and than re-watch Clints movie it'll give you some new appreciation for the actual events.

Hands down, The Outlaw Josey Wales.

Yep.

That would be the one for me.

The Outlaw Josey Wales, Kelly's Heroes, The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly, High Plains Drifter, Dirty Harry.

Agreed. Although I liked Gran Torino to represent his newer work.

MOST Definately!
After that would be Josey Wales, Pale Rider, Dirty Harry, Gran Torino, & Million Dollar Baby.

1) Unforgiven
2) Grand Torino
3) Josey Wales

Those are my favorite Eastwood "movies", but that bit he did about Obama at the RNC had to be some of his best work ever.

+1 same order.

Josey Wales is excellent - got to love the "Missouri Boat Ride". All the oldies are great - Hang 'em High, Good Bad & Ugly is probably the crown jewel. Newer stuff is good also - Gran Torino is a great movie. He's had a great run, that is for sure.

Any Which Way But Loose

I cannot pick just one.

Unforgiven, The Outlaw Josey Wales, Gran Torino, Absolute Power.

Not sure it's my favorite, but love the line from Josey Wales......

"Dyin ain't much of a livin, boy......"

Got to be Bloodwork
Pavementends

"There are two kinds of people my friend, those who come from the door, and those who come through the window."
"You gonna pull those pistols or whistle dixie?"
"Button that collar, boy."

I enjoy good the bad and the ugly, outlaw josey whales, and escape from alcatraz. I enjoy Joe Kidd as well.

Josey Wales and Gran Torino are probably my favorites, but it is certainly hard to pick one. He's had an amazing career...

All of them. Even the couple of "chick flicks" he made...lol.

If I had to choose just one, it would be "The Outlaw Josey Wales".

Hands down, Unforgiven probably best film CE ever made

+1 for

THE OUTLAW JOSEY WALES!!!

MOST OF THE REST WILL WORK BETTER THAT THE CRAP YOU SEE ON TV THESE DAYS

Hard to choose just one, but The Good, the Bad and the Ugly gets my vote.

#1 Unforgiven
#2. Not yet mentioned but another with Morgan Freeman, Million Dollar Baby

+1 and I love Lee van Cleef's character, Col. Mortimer, the best shot in the Carolinas.

I also really like Pale Rider, his final scene where he kills Stockburn and and all of his deputies is a classic.

Just saw "trouble with the curve" last night. Great movie.

Still think my all-time favorite is Outlaw Josie Wales.

Virgil B.

"Well Mr. "Carpet Bagger", we have something in this territory called the "Missouri Boat Ride".................classic!

1. Josey Whales
2. Unforgiven
3. Joe Kidd

I have watched Unforgiven about a dozen times and loved it each time.

After I look around the 24CF, I jump over to Netflix and order it up.
Thanks

Josie Wales
Pale Rider
Gran Torino

Watched "trouble with the curve" last nite....Another Great movie.

"Unforgiven" hands down the best he's ever made.

Also really like "Josey Wales" and "In The Line OF Fire"

Not too many I didn't like......

Unforgiven is one of the best "Westerns" ever, but his role and the story in "Hang 'Em High" is one of the best written and most realistic westerns ever. The last scene in the movie when he rode out of town in search of the last villains, let me believe there was going to be another western around the "Cooper" character. I am still waiting...

Josey Wales
Unforgiven
Dirty Harry

Not sure the exact order though I suspect Josey Wales may be number one. I need to buy The Unforgiven.

Josey Wales .... 30 years old and still going strong.

great scene when he is going up against 4 union army guys,
Wales says something like .....
"you going to draw that gun or sing dixie "

Josey Wales has stood the test of time really well. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly broke some new ground. I liked the story of Hang 'Em High. Some of Clint's movies have too much grunting and spitting.

I really like to watch reruns of "Rawhide." His character has many more levels than any of his movies.

Watching "Where Eagles Dare" co-starring Richard Burton is a good way to spend an afternoon. Takes Clint a while to get warmed up in that one, but for pure body count nothing else he made touches it.

"Thunderbolt and Lightfoot" is another I haven't seen mentioned.

Watched Josey Wales again over the weekend
Love it still

I let the boys, 6 and 9, watch the Trilogy over a long winter weekend and they are still runnin around mock shooting each other. I refer them as the "Eastwoods" when they have been after it!

They also liked "Two Mules for Sister Sara"..another one I didn't see mentioned.

I'll sit thru any CE film, even the gooey ones..

Quite a list on Wikipedia.

Back on subject. I can't pick just one, I like 'em all!

When the book came out, the general reaction amongst the women of Iowa was pretty much, "Hey, it might be borderline pornography, but it's OUR pornography."

For fun - Kelly's Heroes
For message - Gran Torino
For production - The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

The spaghetti westerns all kind of blend together for me, but one of them has the best line in any movie, ever (and I paraphrase):

"There's two kinds of people in the world, them with loaded guns and them that dig. You dig."

I think it could be "The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly".

Josey Wales.....you can swim in it, almost like a book. Heinleinian. And it has Dan George.

Josey Wales is definitely my favorite, and I also really liked the Unforgiven. It has a good tie in with the story of Josey Wales.

One more not mentioned is " Firefox".