Steve McQueen films, ranked by your taste
Actor and director · 13 films on Boxlist
Known for Man on the Run, The Great Escape and Bullitt.
See which ones match your tasteStarring Steve McQueen
Man on the Run
2026 · Film
7.4/10 · TMDBPaul McCartney forms new band Wings after Beatles breakup. Archival home footage shows his life with Linda, who influenced his music. The film follows Wings from formation through the 1970s, during which McCartney wrote hit songs.
The Great Escape
1963 · Film
8.0/10 · TMDBThe Nazis, exasperated at the number of escapes from their prison camps by a relatively small number of Allied prisoners, relocate them to a high-security 'escape-proof' camp to sit out the remainder of the war. Undaunted, the prisoners...
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Bullitt
1968 · Film
7.2/10 · TMDBSenator Walter Chalmers is aiming to take down mob boss Pete Ross with the help of testimony from the criminal's hothead brother Johnny, who is in protective custody in San Francisco under the watch of police lieutenant Frank Bullitt. When...
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The Magnificent Seven
1960 · Film
7.6/10 · TMDBAn oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.
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Hell Is for Heroes
1962 · Film
6.6/10 · TMDBWorld War II drama where the action centers around a single maneuver by a squad of GIs in retaliation against the force of the German Siegfried line. Reese joins a group of weary GIs unexpectedly ordered back into the line when on their...
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Papillon
1973 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBA man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
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The Towering Inferno
1974 · Film
7.0/10 · TMDBAt the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—office building, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.
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The Blob
1958 · Film
6.3/10 · TMDBA drive-in favorite, this sci-fi classic follows teenagers Steve and his best girl, Jane, as they try to protect their hometown from a gelatinous alien life form that engulfs everything it touches. The first to discover the substance and...
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Nevada Smith
1966 · Film
6.9/10 · TMDBNevada Smith is the young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, Nevada sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. The gun merchant shows him how to...
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Directed by Steve McQueen
12 Years a Slave
2013 · Film
7.9/10 · TMDBIn the pre-Civil War United States, Solomon Northup, a free black man from upstate New York, is abducted and sold into slavery. Facing cruelty as well as unexpected kindnesses Solomon struggles not only to stay alive, but to retain his...
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Hunger
2008 · Film
7.3/10 · TMDBThe story of Bobby Sands, the IRA member who led the 1981 hunger strike during The Troubles in which Irish Republican prisoners tried to win political status.
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Widows
2018 · Film
6.5/10 · TMDBA police shootout leaves four thieves dead during an explosive armed robbery attempt in Chicago. Their widows have nothing in common except a debt left behind by their spouses' criminal activities. Hoping to forge a future on their own...
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Blitz
2024 · Film
5.8/10 · TMDBIn World War II London, nine-year-old George is evacuated to the countryside by his mother, Rita, to escape the bombings. Defiant and determined to return to his family, George embarks on an epic, perilous journey back home as Rita...
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