Steve McQueen Movies

  • 2022
    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    Sunshine State

    02022HD

    Steve McQueen’s first new artwork since his major commission Year 3 at Tate Britain in 2019, Sunshine State is a two-channel video projection...

    Sunshine State
  • 2007
    Gravesend

    Gravesend

    Gravesend

    3.22007HD

    Gravesend uses a documentary approach to focus on the mining of coltan, employed in the manufacture of cell phones, laptops and other high-tech...

    Gravesend
  • 2004
    Charlotte

    Charlotte

    Charlotte

    12004HD

    A close-up fixes on the eye of British actor Charlotte Rampling. McQueen's finger moves around her eye, pulling the skin and momentarily touching her...

    Charlotte
  • 1993
    Bear

    Bear

    Bear

    4.21993HD

    Bear (10 minutes, 35 seconds) was Steve McQueen's first major film. Although not an overtly political work, for many viewers it raises sensitive...

    Bear
  • 2023
    Grenfell

    Grenfell

    Grenfell

    72023HD

    In December 2017 Steve McQueen made an artwork in response to the fire that took place earlier that year on 14 June at Grenfell Tower in North...

    Grenfell
  • 1997
    Deadpan

    Deadpan

    Deadpan

    4.21997HD

    Deadpan is a four-minute installation film in which McQueen re-stages a death-defying Buster Keaton stunt. The side of a house is filmed toppling...

    Deadpan
  • 1970
    Fela

    Fela

    Fela

    01970HD

    A chronicle of the life of Fela Kuti, the Nigerian musician and political force who invented Afro-beat music and introduced it to the world.

    Fela
  • 2024
    The Shadow Scholars

    The Shadow Scholars

    The Shadow Scholars

    8.32024HD

    When Oxford Professor Patricia Kingori travels to Kenya, she uncovers the murky, multi-billion global underworld of essay-writing. Thousands of young...

    The Shadow Scholars
  • 2001
    7th Nov.

    7th Nov.

    7th Nov.

    1.52001HD

    The title refers to the day McQueen's cousin Marcus accidentally shot his brother. On the soundtrack, Marcus tells a story while a single backlit...

    7th Nov.
  • 2009
    Giardini

    Giardini

    Giardini

    02009HD

    Giardini, a visually sumptuous film of 30 minutes, is composed of two projections set side-by-side, which steadily gather a series of evocative...

    Giardini
  • 2001
    Illuminer

    Illuminer

    Illuminer

    12001HD

    McQueen lies in bed in a Paris hotel, watching a dubbed TV programme about American special forces being trained for combat in Afghanistan. Shot...

    Illuminer
  • 1995
    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    Five Easy Pieces

    2.31995HD

    Outlines the themes and artistic strategies that have guided McQueen’s work since he emerged in the mid-1990s. Marked by spatial, temporal, and...

    Five Easy Pieces
  • 1996
    Just Above My Head

    Just Above My Head

    Just Above My Head

    01996HD

    The artist walks with a stride, his camera pointed up from around his stomach. The sky, some trees and occasionally his head pops up in the lower...

    Just Above My Head
  • 2002
    Caribs' Leap

    Caribs' Leap

    Caribs' Leap

    4.22002HD

    Caribs’ Leap / Western Deep comprises two complementary films that are shown together as a three-screen, synchronised colour video projection....

    Caribs' Leap
  • 1970
    End Credits

    End Credits

    End Credits

    01970HD

    video, sequence of digitally scanned files, sound video: 12 hours 54 minutes, continuous projection audio: 67 hours 4 minutes 43 seconds

    End Credits
  • 1998
    Drumroll

    Drumroll

    Drumroll

    01998HD

    Director Steve McQueen attached three cameras to the front and each end of an oil drum and rolled it through the streets of Manhattan. The results...

    Drumroll