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McQueen upset over Fassbender's Oscars snub -
21 February 2012
-Director Steve McQueen is convinced Michael Fassbender missed out on an Academy Awards nomination for risque film Shame because Americans are "too scared of sex".-Fassbender has won a string of honours for his portrayal of a sex addict in the movie, and was also tippe
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McQueen's Bullitt takes poll position on car chase movie list -
30 March 2009
-Steve McQueen's race through the streets of San Francisco, California in Bullitt has topped another poll to find the Best Car Chase Movie. -
-The late icon's heroics at the wheel turned the 1968 film into an instant classic - and now Bullitt has beaten 1998's Ronin an
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Steve McQueen box set for summer release -
7 April 2005
Warner Home Video has confirmed that it will be releasing an extensive Steve McQueen box set this summer.-Entitled The Essential Steve McQueen Collection, the box set features a number of films from the Hollywood legend's career.-The collection includes a two disc spec
Steve McQueen - what members say
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Peckinpah Classic 28 August 2004
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16 March 2004
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Fantastic Movie 5 August 2004
Steve McQueen - filmography
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Shame - Blu-ray
(2012)
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Nicole Beharie, Michael Fassbender
Director: Steve McQueen
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
An outwardly ordinary man must come to terms with his inner compulsions in this powerful drama from filmmaker Steve McQueen. Brandon (Michael Fassbender) is a successful businessman in his early 30s who lives in New York. To most around him, Brandon seems cool and introverted, but inside Brandon is ..read more »
 
63%
from 450 members
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Shame
on DVD
(2011)
Starring: Carey Mulligan, Nicole Beharie, Michael Fassbender
Director: Steve McQueen
Certificate: 
Watch now: £3.49
Brandon is a 30-something man living in New York who is unable to manage his sex life. After his wayward younger sister moves into his apartment, Brandon's world spirals out of control. From director Steve McQueen (Hunger), Shame is a compelling and timely examination of the nature of need, how we ..read more »
64%
from 1,251 member
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Hunger
on DVD
(2008)
Starring: Michael Fassbender, Stuart Graham, Helena Bereen
Director: Steve McQueen (i), Steve McQueen
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Hunger follows life in the Maze Prison, Northern Ireland with an interpretation of the highly emotive events surrounding the 1981 IRA Hunger Strike, led by Bobby Sands. With an epic eye for detail, the film provides a timely exploration of what happens when body and mind are pushed to the uttermost ..read more »
67%
from 14,716 members
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The Making Of Bullitt
on DVD
(2003)
Starring: Jacqueline Bisset, Steve McQueen
Certificate: 
Host Sean MacLaughlin goes behind the scenes of Steve McQueen's classic 1968 detective film, BULLITT, via rare footage, interviews, and newsreels. Get the insider's scoop on one of the most memorable car chase scenes in cinematic history, how it was structured and carried out to the finished ..read more »
45%
from 93 members
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Tom Horn
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Linda Evans
Director: William Wiard
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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 ..read more »
67%
from 271 members
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The Hunter
on DVD
(1980)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Eli Wallach, Kathryn Harrold
Director: Buzz Kulik
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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. At other times, he's forced to extreme measures which result in the injury or death of a lawbreaker. And then again, there are other moments ..read more »
62%
from 602 members
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The Towering Inferno
on DVD
(1974)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Paul Newman, William Holden
Director: John Guillermin, Irwin Allen
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
THE TOWERING INFERNO follows the rescue efforts of fire fighters as they battle to contain a raging fire that has engulfed the world's tallest skyscraper. As the flames reach ever higher, it's a race against time to save a group of people trapped on the top floor. Special effects-laden thriller ..read more »
64%
from 5,470 members
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Papillon
(1973)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Dustin Hoffman, Victor Jory
Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
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One man sentenced to life in the French prison system refuses to give up trying to escape even when transferred to the prison colony on Devil's Island. Despite years of degradation and horror, the undying spirit of "Papillon" never dies. Academy Award Nominations: Best Original Dramatic Score.
73%
from 7,415 members
Not currently released
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The Getaway - Blu-ray
(1972)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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McQueen and McGraw star as husband and wife bank robbers who do their best to elude the Texas police after a botched heist. Remade in a less compelling version in 1994, Peckinpah keeps this one fast and furious. The story is based on a Jim Thompson novel and features music by Quincy Jones.
67%
from 555 members
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Junior Bonner
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Preston, Ida Lupino
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Certificate: 
Sam Peckinpah eschews his slow-motion bullet ballets for this quiet character study of ex-rodeo cowboy turned drifter Junior Bonner (Steve McQueen), who returns home to Arizona to reconcile with the family he hasn't seen in years. Bonner is shocked to see that the solid family he was hoping to come ..read more »
60%
from 374 members
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The Getaway - HD
(1972)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson
Director: Sam Peckinpah
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McQueen and McGraw star as husband and wife bank robbers who do their best to elude the Texas police after a botched heist. Remade in a less compelling version in 1994, Peckinpah keeps this one fast and furious. The story is based on a Jim Thompson novel and features music by Quincy Jones.
67%
from 106 members
Not currently released
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The Getaway
on DVD
(1972)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Ali MacGraw, Ben Johnson
Director: Sam Peckinpah
Certificate:
In Sam Peckinpah's version of Walter Hill's script, from Jim Thompson's novel, an ex-con and his wife go on the lam after a Texas bank heist. Denied parole after four well-behaved years, Doc McCoy (Steve McQueen) sends his wife Carol (Ali MacGraw) to dirty politician Jack Benyon (Ben Johnson) to ..read more »
66%
from 2,782 members
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Le Mans
(1971)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Elga Andersen, Siegfried Rauch
Director: Lee H. Katzin
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An American race car driver (Steve McQueen) returns to competition a year after an accident leaves him badly injured. As he prepares to face his chief rival in the famous Le Mans race, he also begins a new romance with the wife of a driver who died in the same accident that nearly killed him. Often ..read more »
66%
from 1,473 member
Not currently released
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On Any Sunday
(3 discs)
on DVD
(1971)
Starring: Steve McQueen
Certificate:
Legendary film maker Bruce Brown directs the 70s McQueen-inspired motorcycle racing gem ON ANY SUNDAY. This 3-Disc set follows the fates of racers and enthusiasts alike and features such sports as professional road racing, open desert racing, Motocross etc through sparkling on-bike camera footage.
68%
from 344 members
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Le Mans - Blu-ray
(1971)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Elga Andersen, Siegfried Rauch
Director: Lee H. Katzin
Certificate:
An American race car driver (Steve McQueen) returns to competition a year after an accident leaves him badly injured. As he prepares to face his chief rival in the famous Le Mans race, he also begins a new romance with the wife of a driver who died in the same accident that nearly killed him. Often ..read more »
66%
from 265 members
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Bullitt
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
Director: Peter Yates
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
In one of his most memorable roles, Steve McQueen stars as Detective Frank Bullitt, a hard-driving, tough-as-nails San Francisco cop. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then deliver him to the courtroom ..read more »
69%
from 9,649 members
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The Thomas Crown Affair
on DVD
(1968)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Faye Dunaway, Paul Burke
Director: Norman Jewison
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Thomas Crown (Steve McQueen) is a self-made Boston millionaire who masterminds a bank heist in hopes of leaving it all behind. Tired of being part of the Establishment, he has hopes of pulling off the caper and flying to Rio. Erwin Weaver (Jack Weston) leads the cast of crooks who never actually ..read more »
67%
from 3,644 members
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Bullitt - HD
(1968)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
Director: Peter Yates
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The legendary Steve McQueen (THE TOWERING INFERNO, THE GREAT ESCAPE) stars as hard-as-nails San Francisco cop Frank Bullitt in one of his most memorable roles. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then ..read more »
72%
from 245 members
Not currently released
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Bullitt - Blu-ray
(1968)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset
Director: Peter Yates
Certificate:
Watch now: Unavailable
The legendary Steve McQueen (THE TOWERING INFERNO, THE GREAT ESCAPE) stars as hard-as-nails San Francisco cop Frank Bullitt in one of his most memorable roles. Bullitt has just received what sounds like a routine assignment: keep a star witness out of sight and out of danger for 48 hours, then ..read more »
71%
from 1,499 member
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The Sand Pebbles
on DVD
(1966)
Starring: Simon Oakland, Mako, Steve McQueen
Director: Robert Wise
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One of the most exciting and heart-wrenching epics ever made, THE SAND PEBBLES is a masterpiece of storytelling, with exceptional performances by a stellar cast. The complex tale begins simply enough in 1926 China, where a group of American soldiers are patrolling the Yangtze River on a gunboat ..read more »
68%
from 965 members
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Nevada Smith
on DVD
(1965)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Karl Malden, Brian Keith
Director: Henry Hathaway
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Based on the characters in Harold Robbins' THE CARPETBAGGERS, this is the story of Nevada Smith (Steve McQueen), a half-breed Native American whose parents are viciously murdered by a gang led by Tom Fitch (Karl Malden). Nevada sets out to kill the gang after being taught to use weapons by Jonas ..read more »
64%
from 538 members
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Love with the Proper Stranger
(1963)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Natalie Wood, Edie Adams
Director: Robert Mulligan
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Angie Rossini is an innocent young woman who decides to rebel when she has a one night stand with Rocky, a womanising trumpet player. But when she discovers she is pregnant she tracks Rocky down so he can help her find someone to carry out an abortion. But during their search and wait for the ..read more »
78%
from 11 members
Currently unavailable
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The Great Escape
on DVD
(1963)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Charles Bronson, James Garner
Director: John Sturges
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
Arguably the best World War II adventure film ever made, John Sturges's dramatisation of the true story of a group of British, American, and Canadian POWs who executed a massive escape from Stalag Luft III in Upper Silesia in March 1944, stars Steve McQueen as the rebellious Virgil Hilts. The ..read more »
76%
from 25,537 members
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The War Lover
on DVD
(1962)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Wagner, Shirley Ann Field
Director: Philip Leacock
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Steve McQueen is Buzz Rickson, a daredevil fighter pilot during WWII. Rickson's rebellious nature serves him well in warfare--especially during the B-17 bombing raids on Germany--but he feels out of place and alienated during everyday civilian life. His more mild-mannered copilot Ed Bolland (Robert ..read more »
58%
from 201 members
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The Magnificent Seven
on DVD
(1960)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, James Coburn
Director: John Sturges
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right. A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen, ..read more »
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from 10,282 members
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The Magnificent Seven - Blu-ray
(1960)
Starring: Yul Brynner, Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn
Director: John Sturges
Certificate:
Watch now: £2.49
John Sturges's remake of Akira Kurosawa's classic THE SEVEN SAMURAI has become an influential film in its own right. A small farming Mexican village that makes involuntary donations of its harvest to a gang of bandits led by Calvera (Eli Wallach) decides to hire a group of professional gunmen, ..read more »
76%
from 50 members
Not available for rental
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Never So Few
on DVD
(1959)
Starring: Frank Sinatra, Gina Lollobrigida, Steve McQueen
Director: John Sturges
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Captain Tom Reynolds (Frank Sinatra) and his band of skilled O.S.S. operatives are in World War II Burma to train the Kachin natives in modern warfare. But jungle combat is more gruelling than Reynolds ever imagined, and after Chinese rebels cross the border to loot and murder American soldiers, ..read more »
57%
from 155 members
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The Blob
on DVD
(1958)
Starring: Steve McQueen, Earl Rowe
Director: Irvin S. Yeaworth Jr.
Certificate: 
THE BLOB is one of the quintessential films for lovers of those science-fiction/horror/monster/camp films of the 1950s. A red, gigantic, gooey, gelatinous glob arrives from outer space and proceeds to terrorise a small town. The more it eats, the more it grows. Local teenagers, who have witnessed ..read more »
61%
from 1,394 member
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Hollywood Collection - Leading Men
(4 discs)
on DVD
Starring: Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck
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This collection of documentaries honours four of the greatest leading men in Hollywood history: Cary Grant, Charlton Heston, Gregory Peck and Steve McQueen. Featuring interviews with the likes of Leslie Caron, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr, Deborah Kerr, Eva Marie Saint, Ralph Bellamy, Stanley Donen, ..read more »
18%
from 5 members
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The Hollywood Collection - Steve McQueen...
on DVD
Starring: Steve McQueen
Certificate:
Informative documentary charting the career and tragically short life of the iconic Steve Mcqueen. Includes candid interviews, film clips, archive Newsreel footage and more.
61%
from 38 members
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Steve McQueen facts
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...from the man who directed 'The Wild Bunch'.
Still, the film is a classic and Steve McQueen is excellent as the master of cool.
The film centres around Steve McQueen as...
