Steve McQueen Movies

Steve McQueen in 1968's Bullitt
Steve McQueen in 1968’s Bullitt

Want to know the best Steve McQueen movies?  How about the worst Steve McQueen movies?  Curious about Steve McQueen’s box office grosses or which Steve McQueen movie picked up the most Oscar® nominations? Need to know which Steve McQueen movie got the best reviews from critics and audiences? Well you have come to the right place….because we have all of that information.

Steve McQueen (1930-1980) became a major star in the early 1960s. During a 14 year time period he made classic movies like The Magnificent Seven, Bullitt, Papillon, The Sand Pebbles, The Towering Inferno and my favorite The Great Escape. By the middle of the 1970s he was no longer making movies.

In 1980 he released his final two movies Tom Horn and The Hunter. However at the age of 50 he passed away after a battle with cancer. Steve McQueen’s role in The Sand Pebbles was the only time he was nominated for an Academy Award®. He did receive 4 Golden Globe® nominations. Those films were Love With The Proper Stranger, Papillon, The Sand Pebbles and The Reivers.

His IMDb page shows 41 acting credits from 1953-1980. This page will rank 26 Steve McQueen movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Cameos, television appearances, straight to DVD movies and shorts were not included in the rankings.

Steve McQueen in 1963's The Great Escape
Steve McQueen in 1963’s The Great Escape…this is easily my favorite Steve McQueen movie.

Steve McQueen Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.

Steve McQueen Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table

The really cool thing about this table is that it is “user-sortable”. Rank the movies anyway you want.

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  • Sort by how many Oscar® nominations and how many Oscar® wins each Steve McQueen movie received.
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Steve McQueen in 1958's The Blob
Steve McQueen in 1958’s The Blob

Famous Steve McQueen miscues.

1. When offered his role in The Blob, he had two choices. (1) Three thousand dollars for his performance or (2) 10% of the profits. McQueen took the three thousand dollars. The Blob was an unexpected hit. Costing McQueen millions of dollars.

2. Turned down the lead male role in Breakfast At Tiffany’s.

3. Turned down the chance to be in Frank Sinatra’s Ocean’s Eleven.

4. Turned down the chance to be the Sundance Kid, in Butch Cassidy and The Sundance Kid. He wanted to be higher billed than Paul Newman.

5. Turned down the lead male role in Apocalypse Now.

6. Turned down the lead male role in Close Encounter of the Third Kind.

7. Turned down the lead male role in The French Connection.

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156 thoughts on “Steve McQueen Movies”

    1. Never understood why he only got one Oscar nomination. He is excellent in so many other movies…Cincy Kid, Bullitt (known for the car chase…but he gives a great performance) and Love With A Proper Stranger come to mind.

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      1. Too many people label him an “action star” but someone could do a very comprehensive study on the amazing economy of style he had, where reams of wordy dialogue were replaced with very subtle, and smart, little physical nuances…

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          1. He made some great movies. Always thought that his performance inTom Horn and indeed the film itself never had the credit that it deserved.

          2. Hey Mike…..pretty sure I read that he was very pleased with how Tom Horn turned out….and was disappointed when it struggled at the box office. I think it is closely related to Unforgiven in terms of tone and the time line of the west.

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