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All-Time Best Films, Long Beach, CA (2026)

03/15/2023

Unforgiven (1992) is a Western Drama Film in which Director Clint Eastwood features a retired Old West gunslinger who reluctantly goes after the reward avenging a pr******te disfigured by a pair of cowboys.
Director Eastwood reinvents the concept of the Western with his dynamic and compassion. (Score: 82.61 Rank: 189)
It won 4 Academy Awards including Best Picture and was nominated for another 5 .
Main Cast: Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman.
As of March 2023 it can be rented on Amazon.

Unforgiven: Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Clint Eastwood, Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris. Retired Old West gunslinger William Munny reluctantly takes on one last job, with the help of his old partner Ned Logan and a young man, The "Schofield Kid."

03/15/2023

American Sniper (2014) is an Action Biographic War Drama Film in which director Clint Eastwood features a Navy S.E.A.L considered one of the most lethal snipers who has to find a way to leave the war behind once he retuns home to his family.
Director Easwood depicts post traumatic stress in a cinematic way with a gripping performance by Bradley Cooper. (Score: 82.16 Rank: 232)
It won 1 Academy Awards and was nominated for another 5 including Best Picture.
Main Cast: Bradley Cooper, Sienna Miller, Kyle Gallner.
As of March 2023 it can be rented on Amazon.

American Sniper: Directed by Clint Eastwood. With Bradley Cooper, Kyle Gallner, Cole Konis, Ben Reed. Navy S.E.A.L. sniper Chris Kyle's pinpoint accuracy saves countless lives on the battlefield and turns him into a legend. Back home with his family after four tours of duty, however, Chris finds tha...

03/15/2023

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: 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.

02/25/2023

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. 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...

02/10/2023

Gentleman Prefer Blondes (1953) is a Musical Comedy Film in which director Howard Hawks features a popular pretty showgirl who goes on a transatlantic cruise with her friend while followed by a detective hired by her fiance’s rich father to find something that disqualifies her from her upcoming marriage.
Director Hawks delivers a complex and hilarious comedy musical that catapulted Monroe to stardom status even if the theme is now somehow dated. (Score: 82.48 Rank: 202)
Main Cast: Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn.
As of February 2023 it can be rented on Amazon.

Gentlemen foretrækker blondiner: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Jane Russell, Marilyn Monroe, Charles Coburn, Elliott Reid. Showgirls Lorelei Lee and Dorothy Shaw travel to Paris, pursued by a private detective hired by the suspicious father of Lorelei's fiancé, as well as a rich, enamored old man...

02/10/2023

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: 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.

02/10/2023

The Big Sleep (1946) is a Crime Noir Mystery Thriller Film in which director Howard Hawks follows a privare detective hired by a rich General to investigate the gambling debts of his daughter uncovering a complex case dealing with blackmail and murder.
Director Hawks delivers a solid noir melodrama with a convoluted plot that is helped by the chemistry between Bogart and Bacal. (Score: 77.55 Rank: 455)
Main Cast: Humprey Bogart, Lauren Bacal, John Ridgely
As of February 2023 it can be streamed on HboMax.

The Big Sleep: Directed by Howard Hawks. With Humphrey Bogart, Lauren Bacall, John Ridgely, Martha Vickers. Private detective Philip Marlowe is hired by a wealthy family. Before the complex case is over, he's seen murder, blackmail, and what might be love.

02/09/2023

Rio Bravo (1959) is an American Western Film in which director Howard Hawks features a small-town sheriff who after arresting the brother of a powerful rancher enlists the help of an unexperienced group to face a dangerous gang trying to liberate him.
Director Hawks delivers a masterly paced western with action-oriented narrative and comedic undertones. (Score: 74.61 Rank: 524)
Main Cast: John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson
As of February 2023 it can be rented on Amazon.

Rio Bravo: Directed by Howard Hawks. With John Wayne, Dean Martin, Ricky Nelson, Angie Dickinson. A small-town sheriff in the American West enlists the help of a disabled man, a drunk, and a young gunfighter in his efforts to hold in jail the brother of the local bad guy.

02/09/2023

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: 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.

02/08/2023

Now we’ll talk about Howard Hawks, American film director, producer and screenwriter (1896-1977). Recognized as a master craftsman from the Hollywood studio era who told his stories in a deceptively straightforward manner and set the standard for several genres.
He won an Honorary Academy Award and was nominated for one as a Director.
Five of his films made it to our All-Time Best Films list:
Gentleman Prefer Blondes
Bringing Up Baby
The Big Sleep
Rio Bravo
To Have and Have Not

Howard Hawks. Director: The Big Sleep. What do the classic films Scarface (1932), Twentieth Century (1934), Bringing Up Baby (1938), Only Angels Have Wings (1939), His Girl Friday (1940), Sergeant York (1941), To Have and Have Not (1944), The Big Sleep (1946), Red River (1948) Gentlemen Prefer Blond...

02/07/2023

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: 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.

02/07/2023

Thelma and Louise (1991) is an Adventure Crime Drama film in which director Ridley Scott follows a housewife and her best friend on an adventure fishing trip that becomes a flight from the law when one of them kills a man that was trying to r**e the other .
Director Scott creates a poignant drama with balanced action, comedy and subtext that provides female empowerement and one of the most memorable ending scenes you’ll see in movies. (Score: 85.84 Rank: 69)
It won 1 Academy Award and was nominated for another 5.
Main Cast: Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel
As of February 2023 it can be streamed on Amazon.

Thelma & Louise: Directed by Ridley Scott. With Susan Sarandon, Geena Davis, Harvey Keitel, Michael Madsen. Two best friends set out on an adventure, but it soon turns around to a terrifying escape from being hunted by the police, as these two girls escape for the crimes they committed.

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