6 Clint Eastwood Westerns That Can Be Called Masterpieces, Ranked

Clint Eastwood isn’t just the most iconic western star of all-time, but someone who was responsible for reshaping and modernizing the genre. Although American westerns began to dry up in the early 1960s, Eastwood’s series of collaborations with Sergio Leone invented the concept of the “spaghetti western,” and launched a newfound appreciation for the genre. Eastwood’s tough-minded, yet heroic persona became something that countless leading men would try to recapture, even if his charisma was impossible to replicate. However, Eastwood’s skills within the genre weren’t just limited to acting, as he became one of the most celebrated directors of all-time. In fact, the recent release of the courtroom thriller Juror #2 seemed to confirm that Eastwood hadn’t lost his touch, and is consta