TopTenREVIEWS presents the film career and movie reviews of Steve McQueen.

Steve McQueen
Birthdate: March 24, 1930
Death date: November 7, 1980

Steve McQueen

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CAREER SPAN

Decade
Movie Score
# Movies
1950s
1.5994
4
total ranking of 1.5994
1960s
2.8497
10
total ranking of 2.8497
1970s
2.7093
5
total ranking of 2.7093
1980s
0.6616
2
total ranking of 0.6616
1990s
No Reviews
0
2000s
1.3845
1
total ranking of 1.3845
Ratings and rankings are based on all available critic reviews & awards.
Overall Actor Score: Steve McQueen is ranked overall as 2.7652 of of 4 stars2.7652

Steve McQueen Movie Rankings

1
Steve McQueen starring in Great Escape
Steve McQueen scores a combined 3.5045 out of 4 stars for Great Escape3.5045
A group of Allied POWs devises a plan to escape from a seemingly inescapable Nazi prison camp. After they escape from the camp, the POWs are faced with the daunting task to get out of occupied Europe with their lives. ...more about Great Escape
Actor Awards
  • Laurel Awards - Top Action Performance
2
Steve McQueen starring in Magnificent Seven
Steve McQueen scores a combined 3.2520 out of 4 stars for Magnificent Seven3.2520
Seven men come to a small Mexican village to help repel the bandits that terrorize the villagers every year. ...more about Magnificent Seven
3
Steve McQueen starring in Bullitt
Steve McQueen scores a combined 3.2346 out of 4 stars for Bullitt3.2346
Frank Bullitt is selected by Chalmers, a politician with ambition, to guard a Mafia informant. Bullitt's friend is shot and the witness is left at death's door by two hit men who seem to know exactly where the the witness was hiding. ...more about Bullitt
4
Thomas Crown Affair, The (1968)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.9846 out of 4 stars for Thomas Crown Affair2.9846
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, a successful, wealthy businessman pulls up in his Rolls and collects it. ...more about Thomas Crown Affair
5
Papillon (1973)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.9079 out of 4 stars for Papillon2.9079
Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. ...more about Papillon
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama
6
Towering Inferno, The (1974)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.9056 out of 4 stars for Towering Inferno2.9056
Doug Roberts, Architect, returns from a long vacation to find work nearly completed on his skyscraper. ...more about Towering Inferno
7
Blob, The (1958)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.8432 out of 4 stars for Blob2.8432
A giant, mysterious alien goo-like creature begins to terrorize a small town by consuming everything in its path. ...more about Blob
8
Junior Bonner (1972)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.8205 out of 4 stars for Junior Bonner2.8205
Living from rodeo to rodeo Junior Bonner returns to Arizona to find the solid, loving family he left is falling apart. His parents have separated and his brother has gone into real estate. Junior tries to help, but the most important thing to him is the next rodeo. ...more about Junior Bonner
9
Cincinnati Kid, The (1965)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.8079 out of 4 stars for Cincinnati Kid2.8079
In New Orleans, an up-and-coming poker player takes on a long-time master of the game. Not only is there a small fortune at stake, but also the status of being the top player. But the trusted dealer has been blackmailed into rigging the game. ...more about Cincinnati Kid
10
Dust to Glory (2005)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.7205 out of 4 stars for Dust to Glory2.7205
An action-adventure documentary chronicling the most notorious and dangerous race in the world--the Tecate SCORE Baja 1000. ...more about Dust to Glory
11
Getaway, The (1972)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.7117 out of 4 stars for Getaway2.7117
Doc McCoy has been granted parole. ...more about Getaway
13
Baby the Rain Must Fall (1965)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.6523 out of 4 stars for Baby the Rain Must Fall2.6523
Henry Thomas is out on parole in a small Texan town and, in the evenings, he is the lead singer in a band. He is being pressured by his foster mother to give up his singing and go back to school. ...more about Baby the Rain Must Fall
14
Le Mans (1971)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.4332 out of 4 stars for Le Mans2.4332
Almost in breadth and depth of a documentary, this movie depicts an auto race during the 70s on the world's hardest endurance course: Le Mans in France. The race goes over 24 hours on 14.5 kilometers of cordoned country road. ...more about Le Mans
15
Never So Few (1959)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.4186 out of 4 stars for Never So Few2.4186
Captain Tom Reynolds and his band of skilled O.S.S. operatives are in WWII Burma to train the Kachin natives in modern warfare. ...more about Never So Few
16
War Lover, The (1962)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.3025 out of 4 stars for War Lover2.3025
Buzz Rickson is a dare-devil World War II bomber pilot with a death wish. Failing at everything not involving flying, Rickson lives for the most dangerous missions. ...more about War Lover
17
Nevada Smith (1966)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 2.0706 out of 4 stars for Nevada Smith2.0706
Steve McQueen stars as a young son of an Indian mother and white father. When his father is killed by three men over gold, McQueen sets out to find them and kill them. The boy is taken in by a gun merchant. ...more about Nevada Smith
18
Tom Horn (1980)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 1.9596 out of 4 stars for Tom Horn1.9596
A renowned former army scout is hired by ranchers to hunt down rustlers but finds himself on trial for the murder of a boy when he carries out his job too well. ...more about Tom Horn
19
Reivers, The (1969)
Steve McQueen scores a combined 1.7729 out of 4 stars for Reivers1.7729
An old man looks back 60 years to a road trip from rural Mississippi to Memphis, a horse race, and his own coming of age. Lucius's grandfather gets the first automobile in the area, a bright yellow Winton Flyer. ...more about Reivers
Actor Awards
  • Golden Globes, USA - Best Motion Picture Actor - Musical/Comedy
20
Great St. Louis Bank Robbery, The (1959)
No Reviews Available
A group of three criminals is planning to rob the Southwest Bank in St. Louis. Gino, one of the criminals, has brought along George Fowler, who is to be the driver for the other three. ...more about Great St. Louis Bank Robbery
21
Hunter, The (1980)
No Reviews Available
In order to track down bail jumpers, Ralph 'Papa' Thorson goes on a series of routine and not-so-routine searches. Sometimes he takes down his quarry easily. ...more about Hunter
22
Never Love a Stranger (1958)
No Reviews Available
  • Not Available on DVD