Clint Eastwood's Best Picture-Winning Western Is Getting A New Streaming Home

Clint Eastwood‘s Best Picture-winning Western is getting a new streaming home. Since the 1960s, the American icon has been widely associated with the Western genre. He rose to fame for his roles as the ramrod Rowdy Yates in the Western television series Rawhide and the bounty hunter, the Man with No Name, in director Sergio Leone’s Dollars trilogy of spaghetti Westerns, which includes A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly.

Eastwood capped off the 1960s with the Westerns Hang ‘Em High, which was his first starring role in an American movie, and the musical Paint Your Wagon. During the 1970s, Eastwood starred in Two Mules for Sister Sara and Joe Kidd before he began directing his own Westerns in addition to starring, starting with High Plains Drifter and followed by The Outlaw Josey Wales and Pale Rider. In 1992, Eastwood made Unforgiven, which served as his last traditional Western before recently making the neo-Western Cry Macho in 2021.

Unforgiven Is Getting A New Streaming Home

Clint Eastwood’s 1992 Western Won Best Picture

Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood’s Best Picture-winning Western, is getting a new streaming home. Directed by and starring Eastwood, with a script written by David Webb Peoples (Blade Runner, 12 Monkeys), the 1992 Western film follows a retired gunslinger who reluctantly comes out of retirement to correct an injustice with the help of his former partner and a young outlaw. Other than Clint Eastwood in the lead role, the cast also includes Gene Hackman, Morgan Freeman, Richard Harris, Jaimz Woolvett, Saul Rubinek, and Frances Fisher.

Every Clint Eastwood Western, Ranked Worst To Best

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Now, Eastwood’s Best Picture-winning Western is getting a new streaming home to start the New Year. According to Collider, Unforgiven is coming to Prime Video on January 1, 2025. The movie is currently available to stream on Max.

Why You Should Watch Unforgiven On Prime Video

It Won 4 Academy Awards

In Unforgiven, Clint Eastwood’s last traditional Western, the director and star peels back decades of Hollywood’s glamorization of the Wild West. For its powerful and unflinching commentary on the true nature of violence, the film won four Academy Awards, including Best Picture and Best Director for Eastwood and Best Supporting Actor for Gene Hackman. Unforgiven is a must-watch for its genre-subverting story, stellar performances, and powerful exploration of morality. Eastwood delivers a masterclass in filmmaking, making it simultaneously one of the best modern Westerns ever made and a timeless gem of the genre.

Source: Collider