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Sam Peckinpah

Director · 23 credits · 16 in highly-rated films

Best known for The Wild Bunch (1969)

Best Sam Peckinpah movies by genre

Directed movies (18 total, ranked by score)

  1. The Wild Bunch

    1969 · ★ 7.6 (1,363 votes)

    Western

    1

  2. Straw Dogs

    1971 · ★ 7.2 (1,093 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, Crime

    2

  3. The Getaway

    1972 · ★ 7.1 (683 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    3

  4. Cross of Iron

    1977 · ★ 7.1 (496 votes)

    Drama, Action, History

    4

  5. Pat Garrett & Billy the Kid

    1973 · ★ 7.2 (477 votes)

    Western, Drama, History

    5

  6. Bring Me the Head of Alfredo Garcia

    1974 · ★ 7.1 (428 votes)

    Action, Crime, Drama

    6

  7. Ride the High Country

    1962 · ★ 7.0 (251 votes)

    Western, Drama

    7

  8. The Ballad of Cable Hogue

    1970 · ★ 7.0 (226 votes)

    Comedy, Western, Action

    8

  9. Convoy

    1978 · ★ 6.3 (439 votes)

    Action, Comedy, Drama

    9

  10. Major Dundee

    1965 · ★ 6.7 (178 votes)

    Western, War

    10

  11. Junior Bonner

    1972 · ★ 6.1 (119 votes)

    Western, Drama

    11

  12. The Losers

    1963

    Drama, Comedy, TV Movie

    12

  13. The Deadly Companions

    1961 · ★ 5.6 (72 votes)

    Western

    13

  14. Tom Tit Tot

    1958 · ★ 6.8 (2 votes)

    14

  15. The Osterman Weekend

    1983 · ★ 5.6 (204 votes)

    Action, Drama, Thriller

    15

  16. Noon Wine

    1966 · ★ 7.0 (5 votes)

    Western, TV Movie, Drama

    16

  17. The Killer Elite

    1975 · ★ 5.8 (142 votes)

    Crime, Action, Thriller

    17

  18. Portrait of a Madonna

    1952

    18

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.