Steve McQueen

British film director and video artist (born 1969)

4.86body-of-work score · ranked #223 of 2631 directors · 3 films in our library

A director's score is the sum of their films' composite canon scores — methodology.

Born: October 9, 1969 · London
Nationality: United Kingdom
Work: film director, sculptor, screenwriter, photographer
Movement: contemporary art
Reference: Wikipedia · Wikidata

Films in our library, ranked

Ranked by composite canon score across 20+ authoritative lists, awards and polls — our ordering, with every placement citing its evidence on the film's page.

1
12 Years a Slave Must-See #137
2013 · United Kingdom / United States · drama, biography
Oscar Best Picture winner 2013 · BAFTA Best Film winner 2014 · TIFF People's Choice winner 2013
3.146 citations
2
Hunger
2008 · United Kingdom / Ireland · drama
Cahiers du Cinéma annual top 10 2008 #8 · Rolling Stone 100 Best of the 21st Century #50 · Film Comment year-end poll 2008 #15
1.185 citations
3
Shame
2011 · United Kingdom · drama
Ebert's annual top 10 2011 #2 · Film Comment year-end poll 2011 #21
0.542 citations

Complete filmography

All 12 directorial credits recorded on Wikidata, in chronological order; films in our library link to their canon-score page.

2008Hunger
2011Shame
201312 Years a Slave
2018Widows
2020Alex Wheatle
2020Education
2020Lovers Rock
2020Mangrove
2020Red, White and Blue
2023Grenfell
2023Occupied City
2024Blitz