What is the best Steve McQueen movie?
Prison camps, poker tables, rodeos and one very long car chase. Sixteen films, one very consistent squint.
1BullittThe 1968 police thriller built around a ten-minute Mustang chase through San Francisco.1000pts
2The BlobThe 1958 creature feature that gave him his first leading role.794pts
3The Thomas Crown AffairA 1968 heist picture with McQueen as a bored millionaire robbing his own city.681pts
4Junior BonnerA quiet 1972 rodeo film, and the least typical role of his late career.661pts
5Hell Is for HeroesA stark 1962 war film directed by Don Siegel.661pts
6The Magnificent SevenThe 1960 western that turned a supporting role into a career.529pts
7Nevada SmithA 1966 revenge western in which he plays a young man tracking his parents' killers.529pts
8Tom HornA 1980 western, one of the last two films he completed.448pts
9The Great EscapeThe 1963 prisoner-of-war film with the motorcycle jump McQueen is still remembered for.448pts
10The ReiversA 1969 Faulkner adaptation, gentler than anything else on his list.353pts
11The Towering InfernoA 1974 disaster epic that made him one of the highest-paid actors alive.353pts
12The Cincinnati KidA 1965 card drama in which McQueen plays a young stud-poker player chasing the best.353pts
13The Sand PebblesA 1966 gunboat drama that brought McQueen his only Academy Award nomination.241pts
14Le MansA 1971 racing film with almost no dialogue and a great deal of real footage.240pts
15PapillonA 1973 prison drama opposite Dustin Hoffman, and McQueen's most demanding performance.106pts
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