All-Time Best Films

Mystic River (2003) is a Crime Drama Mystery Film in which Director Clint Eastwood features an ex-con who decides to find the murderer of his daughter while one of his oldest friends is assigned to head up the police investigation and another of their friends is labeled a suspect.
Director Eastwood delivers a layered but improbable drama with solid direction and a methodical feel supported by strong performances from the cast. (Score: 75.77 Rank: 482)
It won 2 Academy Awards and was nominated for another 4 including Best Picture.
Main Cast: Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon.
As of March 2023 it can be streamed on HboMax.

Mystic River (2003) - IMDb Mystic River: Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Sean Penn, Tim Robbins, Kevin Bacon, Laurence Fishburne. The lives of three men who were childhood friends are shattered when one of them has a family tragedy.

Now we’ll talk about Clint Eastwood, American actor , Film Director and producer (born 1930). He rose to international fame with acting roles in Spaghetti Westerns during the 1960’s and as an anti-hero cop in the 1970’s an 1980’s. Now he is also recognized as one of the most acclaimed Directors known for his efficiency and flexibility on set.
He won two Academy Awards an was nominated for another 2 as a Director while 2 of his movies won Best Picture and another 3 were nominated. He won an honorary award and also was nominated twice as an Actor.
Five of his films made it to our All-Time Best Films list:
Gran Torino
Million Dollar Baby
Unforgiven
American Sniper
Mystic River

Clint Eastwood - IMDb Clint Eastwood. Actor: Million Dollar Baby. Clint Eastwood was born May 31, 1930 in San Francisco, the son of Clinton Eastwood Sr., a bond salesman and later manufacturing executive for Georgia-Pacific Corporation, and Ruth Wood (née Margret Ruth Runner), a housewife turned IBM clerk. He had a comf...

Bringing Up Baby (1938) is a Comedy Film in which director Howard Hawks features a stuffy paleontologist who, while trying to get a sizable donation for his research, meets a free-spirited heiress who embroils him into a few misadventures .
Director Hawks delivers the perfect screwball comedy with a sharp script and the comic chemistry between Hepburn and Grant. (Score: 79.74 Rank: 331)
Main Cast: Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles.
As of February 2023 it can be streamed on HboMax.

Bringing Up Baby (1938) - IMDb Bringing Up Baby: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Katharine Hepburn, Cary Grant, Charles Ruggles, Walter Catlett. While trying to secure a $1 million donation for his museum, a befuddled paleontologist is pursued by a flighty and often irritating heiress and her pet leopard, Baby.

To Have and Have Not (1944) is a Romance War Adventure Noir film in which director Howard Hawks follows the story of a fishing boat captain who is persuaded into smuggle French Resistance fighters into Martinique inadvertently involving and getting in trouble a singer that he is romancing and a drunk friend.
Director Hawks creates an entertaining adventure out of Hemingways less recognized novel benefiting from the real-life chemistry between Bogart and Lauren Bacal. (Score: 73.53 Rank: 552)

Main Cast: Humphrey Bogar, Lauren Bacal, Walter Brennan
As of February 2023 it can be streamed on Amazon.

To Have and Have Not (1944) - IMDb To Have and Have Not: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Walter Brennan, Lauren Bacall, Dolores Moran. During World War II, American expatriate Harry Morgan helps transport a French Resistance leader and his beautiful wife to Martinique while romancing a sensuous lounge singer.

Gladiator (2000) is an Action Adventure Period Historical Drama film in which director Ridley Scott follows the story of a former Roman General sold into slavery as a gladiator who now tries to avenge the murder of his family .
Director Scott creates a cinematic spectacle re-inventing a neglected genre with outstanding visuals. (Score: 86.44 Rank: 65)
It won 5 Academy Awards and was nominated for another 7.
Main Cast: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen
As of February 2023 it can be streamed on Amazon.

Gladiator (2000) - IMDb Gladiator: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed. A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.