# The best Steve McQueen movies

The Cooler King, Frank Bullitt and Thomas Crown: the King of Cool's best films according to Screen Rant and Gear Moose.

- 41 votes · 12 items
- Jun 3, 2024 · Katie Hughes
- https://even.best/en/l/4406/the-best-steve-mcqueen-movies

## Top 12

1. **The Magnificent Seven (1960)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — John Sturges. Vin, one of the seven gunmen.
2. **Bullitt (1968)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Peter Yates. The Mustang chase through San Francisco.
3. **The Towering Inferno (1974)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — John Guillermin. Fire chief O'Halloran, with Paul Newman.
4. **The Cincinnati Kid (1965)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Norman Jewison. A young poker player against the master.
5. **The Getaway (1972)** (4 · ▲4 ▼0) — Sam Peckinpah. Doc McCoy on the run with his wife.
6. **Le Mans (1971)** (3 · ▲3 ▼0) — Lee H. Katzin. The 24-hour race, shot for real.
7. **The Sand Pebbles (1966)** (2 · ▲3 ▼1) — Robert Wise. A navy engineer on a gunboat in 1920s China; his only Oscar nomination.
8. **The Blob (1958)** (2 · ▲2 ▼0) — Irvin Yeaworth. A teenager against a creature from space.
9. **The Great Escape (1963)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — John Sturges. Hilts, 'The Cooler King', and the motorcycle jump.
10. **Junior Bonner (1972)** (1 · ▲2 ▼1) — Sam Peckinpah. An ageing rodeo rider comes home.
11. **The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)** (0 · ▲2 ▼2) — Norman Jewison. A bored millionaire planning bank heists.
12. **Papillon (1973)** (0 · ▲1 ▼1) — Franklin J. Schaffner. Escape from Devil's Island.

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