Cast: Steve McQueen

Top movies, series, and documentaries starring Steve McQueen. Uncover the most acclaimed works, loved by fans and praised by critics.


The Great Escape

1963 · Movie · 168 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Steve McQueen · James Garner · Charles Bronson · Richard Attenborough

Synopsis The Great Escape (1963) follows a group of Allied prisoners of war during World War II who are transferred to a high-security German camp designed to hold escape-prone captives. Determined to break free, the prisoners devise an elaborate plan to...

8.2

66K votes

8.2

66K votes

Somebody Up There Likes Me

1956 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Paul Newman · Pier Angeli · Everett Sloane · Eileen Heckart

Synopsis Robert Wise, who directed the classic boxing noir The Set-Up in 1948, also made this 1956 biopic about the life of Rocky Graziano, a one-time juvenile delinquent from New York's back streets who became World Middleweight Champion. Paul Newman, though...

7.7

4K votes

7.7

4K votes

Papillon

1973 · Movie · 150 min. · United States

Direction Franklin J. Schaffner

Cast Steve McQueen · Dustin Hoffman · Victor Jory · Don Gordon

Synopsis Papillon (1973) follows the harrowing journey of Henri "Papillon" Charrière, a French convict wrongly imprisoned for murder. Sentenced to life in a brutal penal colony in French Guiana, Papillon is determined to escape and regain his freedom. Despite enduring inhumane...

7.7

23K votes

7.7

23K votes

Direction Norman Lloyd

Cast Steve McQueen · Peter Lorre · Neile Adams · Katherine Squire

Synopsis In a Las Vegas casino, an unpleasant little man hopes to use a young man's wish to impress the young woman he has just met to pressure the young fellow into accepting a macabre bet.

7.6

366 votes

7.6

366 votes

An Enemy of the People

1978 · Movie · 90 min. · United States

Direction George Schaefer

Cast Steve McQueen · Bibi Andersson · Charles Durning · Richard Dysart

Synopsis A scientist stands against an entire town when he discovers their medicinal spa is polluted.

7.4

345 votes

7.4

345 votes

The Getaway

1972 · Movie · 122 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast Steve McQueen · Ali MacGraw · Ben Johnson · Sally Struthers

Synopsis The Getaway (1972) follows Carter "Doc" McCoy, a convicted robber who is released from prison after his wife arranges a deal with a corrupt official. To secure his freedom, Doc agrees to pull off a high-stakes bank heist. However, the...

7.4

10K votes

7.4

10K votes

The Magnificent Seven

1960 · Movie · 126 min. · United States

Direction John Sturges

Cast Yul Brynner · Steve McQueen · Charles Bronson · Eli Wallach

Synopsis In The Magnificent Seven (1960), a small Mexican village is repeatedly terrorized by a group of bandits. Desperate for protection, the villagers hire seven skilled gunmen to defend them. Each of these men has their own reasons for taking on...

7.4

26K votes

7.4

26K votes

Bullitt

1968 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Peter Yates

Cast Steve McQueen · Jacqueline Bisset · Robert Vaughn · Don Gordon

Synopsis Bullitt (1968) follows San Francisco police detective Frank Bullitt, tasked with protecting a key witness in a high-profile organized crime case. When the witness is unexpectedly targeted, Bullitt finds himself in a deadly game of cat and mouse. As he...

7.2

19K votes

7.2

19K votes

The Cincinnati Kid

1965 · Movie · 113 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Steve McQueen · Edward G. Robinson · Karl Malden · Tuesday Weld

Synopsis A rising cardshark challenges a veteran player for the chance to be known as "The Man." Set in the swampy hedonism of New Orleans during the Great Depression, the card game is a gritty exploration of the manly sport of...

7.2

5K votes

7.2

5K votes

Living the Light: Robby Müller

2018 · Documentary · 86 min. · Netherlands

Direction M. Claire Pijman

Cast Jim Jarmusch · Steve McQueen · Robby Müller · Lars von Trier

Synopsis DoP Robby Müller has inspired generations with his ground-breaking camerawork. Director Claire Pijman had access to his personal archive to create an extraordinary film essay that intertwines archival material with excerpts of his oeuvre.

7.1

50 votes

7.1

50 votes

On Any Sunday

1971 · Documentary · 96 min. · United States

Direction Bruce Brown

Cast Steve McQueen · Bruce Brown · David Evans · Mert Lawwill

Synopsis Documentary on motorcycle racing featuring stars of the sport, including film star Steve McQueen, a racer in his own right.

7.0

98 votes

7.0

98 votes

Junior Bonner

1972 · Movie · 103 min. · United States

Direction Sam Peckinpah

Cast Steve McQueen · Robert Preston · Ida Lupino · Joe Don Baker

Synopsis A week with Junior Bonner, a rodeo pro on the wrong side of 40, broke, bruised, and headed into Prescott, his home town, for the annual 4th of July Frontier Days. His dad, Ace, is a dissolute dreamer fixed on...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

The Sand Pebbles

1966 · Movie · 179 min. · United States

Direction Robert Wise

Cast Steve McQueen · Richard Attenborough · Candice Bergen · Richard Crenna

Synopsis Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat U.S.S. San Pablo, assigned to patrol a tributary of the Yangtze in the middle of exploited and revolution-torn 1926 China. His iconoclasm and cynical nature soon clash with the "rice-bowl" system which runs...

6.8

2K votes

6.8

2K votes

The Towering Inferno

1974 · Movie · 165 min. · United States

Direction John Guillermin · Irwin Allen

Cast Steve McQueen · Paul Newman · William Holden · Faye Dunaway

Synopsis The Towering Inferno (1974) is a gripping disaster film set in a state-of-the-art skyscraper, the tallest in the world. During its grand opening celebration, a catastrophic electrical fire erupts, trapping guests and staff on the upper floors. As the flames...

6.8

16K votes

6.8

16K votes

Never Love a Stranger

1958 · Movie · 91 min. · United States

Direction Robert Stevens

Cast John Drew Barrymore · Lita Milan · Robert Bray · Steve McQueen

Synopsis Frankie Kane is brought up in a Catholic orphanage and befriends Martin Cabell, a Jewish law student whose sister Julie becomes Frankie's sweetheart. At sixteen, Frankie learns that he is himself Jewish and therefore has to be moved to a...

6.6

39 votes

6.6

39 votes

Nevada Smith

1966 · Movie · 128 min. · United States

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Love with the Proper Stranger

1963 · Movie · 100 min. · United States

Direction Robert Mulligan

Cast Natalie Wood · Steve McQueen · Edie Adams · Herschel Bernardi

Synopsis When Angie Rossini finds out she's pregnant, she tracks down Rocky Papasano the musician with whom she had a one night stand. Angie works a sales clerk in a department store and comes from a close knit Italian family where...

6.6

745 votes

6.6

745 votes

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968 · Movie · 102 min. · United States

Direction Norman Jewison

Cast Steve McQueen · Faye Dunaway · Paul Burke · Jack Weston

Synopsis Four men pull off a daring daytime robbery at a bank, dump the money in a trash can and go their separate ways. Thomas Crown (McQueen), a successful, wealthy businessman pulls up in his Rolls and collects it. Vickie Anderson...

6.5

3K votes

6.5

3K votes

Bruce Lee, the Legend

1984 · Documentary · 88 min. · Hong Kong

Direction Leonard Ho Productions

Cast Bruce Lee · Raymond Chow · Robert Clouse · James Coburn

Synopsis The Official Golden Harvest tribute to the Master of the Martial Arts Film, Bruce Lee.

6.5

411 votes

6.5

411 votes

Wanted: Dead or Alive (TV Series)

1958 · Series · 30 min. · United States

Direction Thomas Carr · Don McDougall · George Blair · Murray Golden

Cast Steve McQueen · James Coburn · Jack Tornek · Michael Landon

Synopsis TV Series (1958-1961). Wanted: Dead or Alive was an American Western television show which ran for three seasons from 1958 to 1961, starred unconventional-looking leading man Steve McQueen, and was a spin-off of Trackdown (1957), a western TV series featuring...

6.4

70 votes

6.4

70 votes