Clint Eastwood ▲

Apex — Sudden Impact (1983)

25,470 feet (Camp III)

35th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Dirty Harry.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

FilmographyAltitudeYear

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Sudden Impact ▲ apex	1983	25,474 ft
	Dirty Harry	1971	25,132 ft
	The Good, the Bad and the Ugly	1966	25,069 ft
	Magnum Force	1973	25,044 ft
	Million Dollar Baby	2004	24,767 ft
	Gran Torino	2008	24,626 ft
	Unforgiven	1992	24,537 ft
	For a Few Dollars More	1965	24,149 ft
	Firefox	1982	24,149 ft
	Pale Rider	1985	24,120 ft
	High Plains Drifter	1973	24,110 ft
	Every Which Way but Loose	1978	24,055 ft
	Heartbreak Ridge	1986	24,042 ft
	In the Line of Fire	1993	23,999 ft
	Escape from Alcatraz	1979	23,976 ft
	The Enforcer	1976	23,966 ft
	The Outlaw Josey Wales	1976	23,931 ft
	Tightrope	1984	23,777 ft
	Space Cowboys	2000	23,655 ft
	Play Misty for Me	1971	23,627 ft
	Kelly's Heroes	1970	23,591 ft
	Any Which Way You Can	1980	23,506 ft
	The Gauntlet	1977	23,495 ft
	Hang 'em High	1968	23,477 ft
	Joe Kidd	1972	23,298 ft
	Blood Work	2002	23,225 ft
	The Beguiled	1971	23,202 ft
	Bronco Billy	1980	23,185 ft
	The Eiger Sanction	1975	23,169 ft
	The Rookie	1990	23,135 ft
	True Crime	1999	23,074 ft
	Coogan's Bluff	1968	23,057 ft
	Honkytonk Man	1982	22,939 ft
	White Hunter, Black Heart	1990	22,912 ft
	The Dead Pool	1988	22,759 ft
	The Mule	2018	22,728 ft
	Thunderbolt and Lightfoot	1974	22,685 ft
	Paint Your Wagon	1969	22,528 ft
	Cry Macho	2021	22,507 ft
	Where Eagles Dare	1968	22,411 ft
	Trouble with the Curve	2012	22,362 ft
	City Heat	1984	22,340 ft
	Absolute Power	1997	22,260 ft
	Two Mules for Sister Sara	1970	22,002 ft
	Pink Cadillac	1989	21,987 ft
	The Bridges of Madison County	1995	21,895 ft
	A Perfect World	1993	21,826 ft
	Directed by John Ford	1971	21,589 ft
	Reel Injun	2010	20,920 ft
	Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America	2022	20,325 ft
	Tab Hunter Confidential	2015	20,260 ft
	Django & Django: Sergio Corbucci Unchained	2021	20,237 ft
	A Decade Under the Influence	2003	20,146 ft
	Sad Hill Unearthed	2018	20,144 ft
	Milius	2013	20,143 ft
	The Witches	1967	20,139 ft
	Breezy	1973	20,139 ft
	Casper	1995	20,139 ft
	One Hundred and One Nights	1995	20,139 ft
	Casting By	2012	20,139 ft
	American Sniper	2014	20,139 ft
	Ennio	2022	20,139 ft