I love a good western, so whenever I get the chance to pitch one for movie night with friends or family, I take it.

Recently, I rewatched The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, starring Clint Eastwood, and it got me thinking about some of Eastwood’s other iconic westerns films, including A Fistful of Dollars.

Directed by Sergio Leone and released in 1964, A Fistful of Dollars stars Eastwood as the Man with No Name, a mysterious drifter who arrives in a small border town divided by two rival crime families. He cleverly manipulates both sides against each other for his own gain, but as the violence escalates, he risks his life to protect an innocent family and restore some measure of justice.

A Fistful of Dollars is the first film in Sergio Leone’s Dollars Trilogy, followed by For a Few Dollars More (1965) and The Good, the Bad and the Ugly (1966). Although all three films feature Eastwood as the Man with No Name, they tell standalone stories rather than a single continuous narrative, making A Fistful of Dollars a great place to start if you’ve never seen the trilogy.

And fortunately, if you want to watch A Fistful of Dollars, now’s the perfect time, as it’s just arrived on this free streaming service.

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A Fistful of Dollars is now available on Pluto TV

This legendary western is free to stream with ads

As part of its celebration of America’s 250th birthday, Pluto TV added 250 free movies to its streaming library on June 29, and A Fistful of Dollars is one of them.

That means you can stream the entire movie for free, with the only catch being that you’ll have to sit through a few ads, as Pluto TV is a free, ad-supported streaming service.

If you’d prefer an ad-free experience, A Fistful of Dollars is also available to stream in 4K on Prime Video with an MGM+ subscription. Or, if you’d rather add it to your physical media collection, you can pick up the 4K Ultra HD edition from Amazon.

What else can you watch on Pluto TV?

There are plenty of blockbusters to stream for free

There are plenty of other great westerns to watch on Pluto TV this month, too, including For a Few Dollars More, the follow-up to A Fistful of Dollars, as well as classics like Gunfight at the O.K. Corral, Once Upon a Time in the West, and High Noon.

If westerns aren’t your thing, Pluto TV is also streaming several blockbuster movies for free this month, including Top Gun, Top Gun: Maverick, The Expendables, and Saving Private Ryan.

A Fistful of Dollars

Release Date

January 18, 1964

Runtime

99minutes

Director

Sergio Leone, Monte Hellman

Writers

Ryûzô Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa, A. Bonzzoni, Víctor Andrés Catena, Sergio Leone, Jaime Comas Gil