Steve McQueen

The 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 plan one of the most ambitious escape attempts of World War II. Based on a true story.

Dir. John Sturges · With Steve McQueen, James Garner, Richard Attenborough

A 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.

Dir. Franklin J. Schaffner · With Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory

An oppressed Mexican peasant village hires seven gunfighters to help defend their homes.

Dir. John Sturges · With Yul Brynner, Eli Wallach, Steve McQueen

Senator 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 a pair of mob hitmen enter the scene, Bullitt follows their trail through a maze of complications and double-crosses. This thriller includes one of the most famous car chases ever filmed.

Dir. Peter Yates · With Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset

A recently released ex-convict and his loyal wife go on the run after a heist goes wrong.

Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson

At the opening party of a colossal—but poorly constructed—skyscraper, a massive fire breaks out, threatening to destroy the tower and everyone in it.

Dir. John Guillermin · With Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden

Filmed during the annual 24-hour endurance race at Le Mans, Michael Delaney is a Porsche driver haunted by the memory of an accident at the previous year's race in which a competing driver was killed. Delaney also finds himself increasingly infatuated with the man's widow.

Dir. Lee H. Katzin · With Steve McQueen, Siegfried Rauch, Elga Andersen

Engineer Jake Holman arrives aboard the gunboat USS 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 the ship and the uneasy symbiosis between Chinese and foreigner on the river. Hostility towards the gunboat's presence reaches a climax when the boat must crash through a river-boom and rescue missionaries upriver at China Light Mission.

Dir. Robert Wise · With Steve McQueen, Richard Attenborough, Richard Crenna

A 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 live to tell about it, Steve and Jane witness the blob destroying an elderly man, then it growing to a terrifying size. But no one else has seen the goo, and policeman Dave refuses to believe the kids without proof.

Dir. Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr. · With Steve McQueen, Aneta Corsaut, Earl Rowe

An up-and-coming poker player tries to prove himself in a high-stakes match against a long-time master of the game.

Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Edward G. Robinson, Ann-Margret

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes that he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist--until he must match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

Dir. Norman Jewison · With Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke

Nevada Smith is the young son of an Indian American mother and European-American 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 shoot and to shoot on time and correct.

Dir. Henry Hathaway · With Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith

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. Tom Horn finds that the simple skills he knows are of no help in dealing with the ambitions of ranchers and corrupt officials as progress marches over him and the old west.

Dir. William Wiard · With Steve McQueen, Linda Evans, Richard Farnsworth

World 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 way to a rest area. While most of the men withdraw from their positions facing a German pillbox at the far side of a mine-field, half a dozen men are left to protect a wide front. By various ruses, they manage to convince the Germans that a large force is still holding the position. Then Reese leads two of the men in an unauthorized and unsuccessful attack on the pillbox, in which the other two are killed; and when the main platoon returns, he is threatened with court-martial. Rather that face the disgrace, and in an attempt to show he was right, he makes a one-man attack on the pillbox.

Dir. Don Siegel · With Steve McQueen, Bobby Darin, Fess Parker

During his long career, bounty hunter Ralph "Papa" Thorson has caught over 5,000 criminals. Now, while he is working on apprehending fugitives in Illinois, Texas and Nebraska, he himself is being hunted by a psychotic killer.

Dir. Buzz Kulik · With Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold

With his bronco-busting career on its last legs, Junior Bonner heads to his hometown to try his luck in the annual rodeo. But his fond childhood memories are shattered when he finds his family torn apart by his greedy brother and hard-drinking father.

Dir. Sam Peckinpah · With Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino