Steve McQueen Movies

  • 2014
    Ashes

    Ashes

    Ashes

    42014HD

    Ashes (2002-2015) a double video projection, tells the story of a young Caribbean man known by this name. In 2002 while shooting Caribs' Leap in...

    Ashes
  • 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
  • 1997
    Exodus

    Exodus

    Exodus

    31997HD

    The film documents two men carrying palm trees through the streets of East London. McQueen tracked the men through a bustling Brick Lane market.

    Exodus
  • 2023
    Grenfell

    Grenfell

    Grenfell

    02023HD

    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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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
    Untitled Paul Robeson Project

    Untitled Paul Robeson Project

    Untitled Paul Robeson Project

    01970HD

    A look at the life and work of actor, singer and activist, Paul Robeson.

    Untitled Paul Robeson Project
  • 2001
    Cold Breath

    Cold Breath

    Cold Breath

    12001HD

    Cold Breath depicts the artist stroking, pulling and squeezing his nipple. Through a gesture that appears tender one moment and violent the next, the...

    Cold Breath
  • 1970
    Untitled Tupac Shakur Documentary

    Untitled Tupac Shakur Documentary

    Untitled Tupac Shakur Documentary

    71970HD

    An authorized documentary on the life of Tupac Shakur.

    Untitled Tupac Shakur Documentary
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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