Clint Eastwoodis a towering figure in the history of cinema.

Eastwood isnt the typecast caricature of morally ambivalent antiheroeshes made out to be.

Theres also more to his understanding of cinema than the economy of words hes famous for as a director.

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Eastwoods repertoire on Prime Video highlights these sides of his work.

UnlikeJohn Wayne, Eastwood seldom took part in moviesthat propagated harmful and inaccurate stereotypes about Native Americans.

Never mindThe Shawshank Redemption,Escape from Alcatrazis the original and the best modern prison escape film.

Split image of Meryl Streep on the poster for Postcards from the Edge and with Jonah Hill in Don’t Look Up

This documentary premiered at Venice Film Festival in 2021, but only became more widely available a year later.

For this reason, its largely slipped under the radar.

Streep andEastwood give two of the best performances among any of the directors movies.

Clint Eastwood aims a gun in The Good The Bad and The Ugly

Their onscreen chemistry madeThe Bridges of Madison Countya winner with critics and audiences alike.

Fans of Clint Eastwood who want to seea softer side of the filmmakershould start here.

Clint Eastwood in Unforgiven

Clint Eastwood photgraphing Meryl Streep in The Bridges of Madison County

Clint Eastwood and Morgan Freeman on horses in Unforgiven

Headshot Of Clint Eastwood In The AFI Fest 2011

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