Sam Peckinpah's films, ranked
The top 3 according to 183 votes from people: The Wild Bunch (1969) · Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973) · Ride the High Country (1962). (Updated Nov 2, 2024.)
The poet of slow-motion violence and the dying West: Peckinpah's films ordered from Ranker, Flickchart and The Penn Moviegoer, with The Wild Bunch on top.
Top 14
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1
The Wild Bunch (1969)
Aging outlaws on the Mexican border; on AFI's 100 greatest list.
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2
Pat Garrett and Billy the Kid (1973)
James Coburn and Kris Kristofferson, music by Bob Dylan.
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3
Ride the High Country (1962)
Randolph Scott and Joel McCrea guarding a gold shipment.
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4
The Getaway (1972)
Steve McQueen and Ali MacGraw on the run.
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5
Convoy (1978)
Kris Kristofferson leads a truckers' revolt.
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6
Straw Dogs (1971)
Dustin Hoffman under siege in a Cornish farmhouse.
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7
Major Dundee (1965)
Charlton Heston leads a punitive expedition into Mexico.
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8
The Ballad of Cable Hogue (1970)
Jason Robards finds water in the desert.
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9
Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia (1974)
Warren Oates on a bounty hunt across Mexico.
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10
Cross of Iron (1977)
German soldiers on the Eastern Front, with James Coburn.
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11
The Osterman Weekend (1983)
Rutger Hauer in a Robert Ludlum spy plot; his last film.
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12
Junior Bonner (1972)
Steve McQueen as an aging rodeo rider.
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13
The Killer Elite (1975)
James Caan and Robert Duvall as rival agents.
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14
The Deadly Companions (1961)
His first feature, with Maureen O'Hara.
How is this ranking ordered? By people's votes: each ▲ adds a point and each ▼ takes one away. Anyone can vote and add what is missing.
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Comments (1)
Ride the High Country over Alfredo Garcia, but The Wild Bunch on top is right.