List of the best Rod Steiger movies: The Pawnbroker(1964), Across the Bridge(1957), No Way to Treat a Lady(1968), Dirty Hands(1975), Al Capone(1959), Lolly Madonna XXX(1973), The Last Four Days(1974), The Sergeant(1968), The Glory Boys(1986), The Illustrated Man(1969), Happy Birthday, Wanda June(1971), American Gothic(1988) ... ...
Drama
USA
1964
116 Minutes
Rod Steiger Geraldine Fitzgerald Brock Peters Jaime Sanchez Thelma Oliver Marketa Kimbrell Baruch Lumet Juano Hernandez John McCurry Eusebia Cosme Warren Finnerty
survivor employee boss neighbor criminal bleak emotional brooding new york city germany pawn shop holocaust grief guilt anti-semitism world war ii survival fall discovery sacrifice
A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
Crime, Drama
UK
1957
103 Minutes
Carl Schaffner
Rod Steiger David Knight Marla Landi Bernard Lee Eric Pohlmann Bill Nagy Ingeborg Wells Alan Gifford
industrialist assassin police chief scotland yard agent wife passenger crafty suspenseful intricate gripping train bridge london new york city mexico motel embezzlement stolen identity murder fugitives
A wealthy businessman attempts to run to Mexico to escape capture for embezzlement. On the way, he switches identities for a visa but that only complicates matters.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1968
108 Minutes
Christopher Gill
Rod Steiger George Segal Lee Remick Eileen Heckart Murray Hamilton Michael Dunn Barbara Baxley Ruth White Doris Roberts David Doyle
serial killer psychopath overbearing parent police detective mother victim suspenseful amusing dark new york city apartment household bedroom serial murders mother/son relationship mental illness investigation mind games police work pursuit
A crafty serial killer plays a game of cat-and-mouse with a harried police detective trying to track him down.
Crime, Drama
France|Italy|West Germany
1975
102 Minutes
Louis Wormser
Rod Steiger Romy Schneider Paolo Giusti
Saint Tropez, 1975. Julie Wormser and her lover, writer and neighbour Jeff Marle, plan the assassination of her wealthy husband Louis, an impotent who drinks a lot. She hits him, and leaves... See full summary »
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
105 Minutes
Al Capone
Rod Steiger Fay Spain James Gregory Martin Balsam Nehemiah Persoff Murvyn Vye
gangster widow police officer henchman crime boss reporter brutal crafty engaging suspenseful chicago illinois store office prison apartment organized crime al capone loyalty murder
A chronicle of the rise and fall of Chicago crime boss Al Capone during the Prohibition era.
Drama
USA
1973
103 Minutes
Laban Feather
Rod Steiger Robert Ryan Jeff Bridges Scott Wilson Katherine Squire Tresa Hughes Timothy Scott Kiel Martin Ed Lauter Joan Goodfellow Season Hubley
In the early 1970s, a young woman passing through rural Tennessee unintentionally gets caught in a feud between two local neighboring clans, the Feathers and the Gutshalls.
Drama, History
Italy
1974
126 Minutes
Benito Mussolini
Rod Steiger Henry Fonda Franco Nero Lisa Gastoni Lino Capolicchio Rodolfo Dal Pra Giacomo Rossi-Stuart Giuseppe Addobbati Bruno Corazzari Manfred Freyberger Franco Balducci
In 1945, the dictator of fascist Italy and Hitler's close ally Benito Mussolini faces defeat. In a desperate attempt to avoid capture, he tries to flee the country with his lover Claretta Petacci, but Italian partisans are on their tail.
Drama, Gay & Lesbian
USA
1968
107 Minutes
MSgt. Albert Callan
Rod Steiger John Phillip Law Ludmila Mikaël Frank Latimore Elliott Sullivan Ronald Rubin Philip Roye Jerry Brouer Memphis Slim
sergeant private military officer girlfriend frenchwoman brooding emotional france military base office military life homosexuality unrequited love jealousy leadership discovery pursuit 1950s
A story of a brilliant master sergeant with a great career behind him and transferred to yet another post, his attraction to a younger man eventually overrides him, to a point where his latent homosexuality, finally emerges.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1986
100 Minutes
Professor David Sokarev
A private detective specializing in missing children is charged with the task of finding a special child whom dark forces want to eliminate.
Sci-Fi
USA
1969
103 Minutes
Carl
Rod Steiger Claire Bloom Robert Drivas Don Dubbins Jason Evers Tim Weldon Christie Matchett
In 1930s, a psychotic drifter who's after the mystery woman who covered his whole body in illustrations that foresee distant future shows three of them (The Veldt, The Long Rain and The Last Night of the World) to a mesmerized traveler.
Comedy
USA
1971
105 Minutes
Harold Ryan
Rod Steiger Susannah York George Grizzard Don Murray William Hickey Steven Paul Pamelyn Ferdin Pamela Saunders C.C. Whitney
A family reacts to the return of the patriarch who abandoned them seven years prior.
Horror
UK|Canada
1988
89 Minutes
Pa
Rod Steiger Yvonne De Carlo Sarah Torgov Terence Kelly Mark Erickson Caroline Barclay
A group of travellers make emergency landing on an island in the Pacific Northwest after their seaplane malfunctioned, and stumble across an isolated and psychopathic family.
Drama
USA
2002
92 Minutes
Charley McCabe
Rod Steiger Matthew Saville Sally Kirkland Michael Paré Al Sapienza Sally Struthers Jamie Farr John Capodice Dee Wallace Corina Marie
The story of a teenage girl who kidnaps her grandfather to keep him from being placed in a nursing home. The getaway turns into a quest to locate a son who vanished many years before.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1991
95 Minutes
Kallin
Rod Steiger Lauren Hutton Heather Graham Lyman Ward Isaac Hayes Zelda Rubinstein Irwin Keyes Michael Beach
A female parole officer discovers a secret death row prison under a meat plant, that's being run by the plant's unhinged vigilante owner and his reverend friend. A politician with a shady past becomes its latest "guest". But is he guilty?
Biography
1976
111 Minutes
W.C. Fields
Rod Steiger Valerie Perrine John Marley Jack Cassidy Bernadette Peters Dana Elcar Paul Stewart Billy Barty Allan Arbus Milt Kamen Louis Zorich
comedian mistress friend studio head actor agent emotional gripping new york city santa monica, calif. wax museum party studio household w.c. fields show business affair drinking filmmaking discovery
The Hollywood comedian's (Rod Steiger) story is told as recalled by Carlotta Monti (Valerie Perrine), his longtime mistress.
Western
1971
139 Minutes
Rod Steiger James Coburn Romolo Valli Maria Monti Rik Battaglia Franco Graziosi Antoine Saint-John Goffredo Pistoni Roy Bosier John Frederick Anthony Vernon
revolutionary bandit bank robber soldier military officer prisoner cool confident mexico small town bank cave revolution robbery political repression transformation pursuit 1910s
A thief and a dynamite-tossing Irish revolutionary inadvertently become embroiled in the Mexican Revolution.
Drama
1962
105 Minutes
Edoardo Nottola
Rod Steiger Salvo Randone Guido Alberti Angelo D'Alessandro Carlo Fermariello Dany Paris Guglielmo Metafora Marallo Cannavale
Crime, Drama
USA
1967
109 Minutes
Bill Gillespie
Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates Quentin Dean James Patterson William Schallert Lee Grant Scott Wilson Matt Clark Anthony James Larry Gates
detective police officer wealthy man widow virgil tibbs cool tense sparta, miss. small town police station diner murder racism abortion mystery transformation 1960s
A black police detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racially hostile southern town.
Drama
USA
1956
109 Minutes
Nick Benko
Humphrey Bogart Rod Steiger Jan Sterling Mike Lane Max Baer Edward Andrews
sportswriter boxer promoter immigrant con artist dark gritty boxing ring new york city boxing corruption deception fixed game rise fall sacrifice 1950s
An ex-sportswriter is hired by a shady fight promoter to promote his latest find, an unknown but easily exploitable rising star from Argentina.
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Germany
2000
90 Minutes
Eric Roberts Rod Steiger Catherine Oxenberg Scott Plank Joan Benedict Ellina McCormick Douglas Sebern Barry Sigismondi
Los Angeles police officer Brian O'Conner must decide where his loyalty really lies when he becomes enamored with the street racing world he has been sent undercover to destroy.
Drama
Italy|France
1966
84 Minutes
A penniless countess falls in love with a cad, unaware that he is also involved on the side with her beautiful daughter.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1958
96 Minutes
James Mason Rod Steiger Inger Stevens Neville Brand Angie Dickinson Kenneth Tobey Jack Klugman Jack Kruschen Carleton Young Barney Phillips Harlan Warde
hostage terrorist wife daughter fbi agent expert thrilling frenetic creative subway new york city greenwich village airplane office terrorism bomb family kidnapping extortion deception
Duped by former army pal Paul Hoplin into building a time-bomb, New York shop owner Jim Molner and his family become hostages of Hoplin who uses bomb-threats to extort money from airlines.
Drama
USA
1978
145 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Rod Steiger Peter Boyle Melinda Dillon David Huffman Tony Lo Bianco Kevin Conway Cassie Yates Peter Donat Henry Wilcoxon John Lehne
union boss blue-collar worker mobster senator intense brooding cleveland warehouse labor union organized crime aspirations justice underdog rise rivalry fall 1930s
A rebellious Cleveland warehouse worker rises through the ranks of a trucking industry union to become union president but his organized crime links cause his eventual downfall.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
USA
1960
102 Minutes
Edward G. Robinson Rod Steiger Joan Collins Eli Wallach Alexander Scourby Michael Dante Berry Kroeger Sebastian Cabot Marcel Hillaire John Beradino Alphonse Martell
thief protégé stripper security guard safecracker professor intricate suspenseful amusing monaco casino party monte carlo, monaco jealousy impersonation heist gambling daunting task money adventure
A motley crew of professional thieves plans the robbery of a Monte Carlo casino vault.
Action
USA
1962
80 Minutes
An aerospace engineer (Ladd) ignores a policeman (Steiger) and hunts down a gang of juvenile delinquents.
Drama
USA
1997
93 Minutes
Michael Moriarty Rod Steiger Blake Heron Scott Wilson Bonnie Bartlett Ann Dowd Tori Wright Shira Roth J. Madison Wright Rachel Winfree Montrose Hagins
young boy dog father hunter mother spirited endearing sad woods house shed hunting cabin pets protection human-animal friendship animal abuse father/son relationship animal attack love growing up
Marty Preston, a small-town Southern boy, must rescue a young beagle from abusive owner and recluse Judd Travers.
Biography, Drama, Crime
USA|France|Italy
1974
110 Minutes
Gian Maria Volonte Rod Steiger Vincent Gardenia Silverio Blasi Charles Cioffi Larry Gates Magda Konopka Jacques Monod
Biopic of Mafia boss Lucky Luciano, covering his life from 1946 to 1962 with occasional flashbacks.
Sci-Fi
USA
1987
90 Minutes
Dr. Phillip Lloyd
Stephen Carpenter David Allen Brooks Rod Steiger Amanda Pays
A geneticist takes his assistants to his old family home to locate the deadly product of his late mother's revolutionary research into rapid human evolution - his monstrous tentacled baby brother - before a mad scientist gets to him first.
Adventure
Canada
1980
106 Minutes
Jeff East Rod Steiger Angie Dickinson Lorne Greene Barry Morse Lisa Langlois
This movie chronicled Jack London's epic journey from San Francisco to the Klondike gold fields in 1898.
Mystery & Thriller
1957
94 Minutes
Diana Dors Rod Steiger Tom Tryon Marie Windsor Beulah Bondi Arthur Franz Luis Van Rooten Joe De Santis
wife winemaker partner mother lover brother dark melodramatic napa valley, calif. jail winery estate cellar household murder frame-up wine infidelity false accusations deception
The wife (Diana Dors) of a California vintner (Rod Steiger) botches his murder with her lover (Tom Tryon), a rodeo rider.
Crime, Drama
1979
103 Minutes
Charles Bronson Rod Steiger Jill Ireland Strother Martin Bradford Dillman Henry Silva Paul Koslo Sam Chew Michael V. Gazzo Val Avery Billy Gray
The FBI sends a loner (Charles Bronson) to kidnap a mobster's (Rod Steiger) mistress (Jill Ireland) in Switzerland.
Mystery & Thriller
1985
103 Minutes
Lieutenant McGreary
Roger Moore Rod Steiger Art Carney Elliott Gould Anne Archer Al Hedison
A Chicago psychiatrist (Roger Moore) hires a private eye (Art Carney) after being linked by a detective (Rod Steiger) to mobsters and murder.
Biography
1995
92 Minutes
Anthony Comstock
The heroic nurse defies 1914 pornography laws by publishing information about birth control. Based on a true story.
Action
1986
148 Minutes
Steven Bauer Rod Steiger Colleen Dewhurst Michael York Robert Joy Laurent Malet Lino Ventura Leslie Hope
commando terrorist israeli assassin leader hostage tense gritty profound suspenseful israel london england office apartment duty terrorism assassination teamwork israeli-palestinian conflict
Israel's secret service assembles a team of commandos to avenge the 1972 murders of Israeli Olympic athletes in Munich.
Musical
USA
1955
145 Minutes
Jud Fry
Gordon MacRae Shirley Jones Rod Steiger Gloria Grahame Gene Nelson Charlotte Greenwood Eddie Albert James Whitmore Barbara Lawrence Jay C. Flippen Roy Barcroft
cowboy aunt farmer peddler young woman friend airy emotional touching oklahoma farm small town dance hall rural life american west romance relationships love discovery 1900s
In Oklahoma, several farmers, cowboys and a traveling salesman compete for the romantic favors of various local ladies.
Drama
USA
2002
94 Minutes
Nick
Chazz Palminteri Rick Schroder Rod Steiger Michael Rosenbaum Alison Eastwood Christopher Walken
A talented pool hustler who has stayed out of the game for years, must go back to his old ways when his little brother gets involved with his enemy, the very man who held him back from greatness.
Drama
USA
1955
111 Minutes
Stanley Shriner Hoff
Jack Palance Ida Lupino Rod Steiger Shelley Winters Wendell Corey Jean Hagen Ilka Chase Everett Sloane Wesley Addy Paul Langton Nick Dennis
actor wife agent tabloid reporter producer gripping frenetic brooding hollywood, calif. movie studio blackmail movies scandal marriage hit and run escape temptation wretched excess rivalry 1950s
Hollywood actor Charles Castle is pressured by his studio boss into a criminal cover-up to protect his valuable career.
Drama
USA
1956
97 Minutes
Vasquel
Robert Ryan Anita Ekberg Rod Steiger Phyllis Kirk Keith Andes Gene Barry Fred Clark Beulah Bondi Cameron Prud'Homme Jesse White Adele Mara
veteran pilot son prostitute stewardess murderer dense moving las vegas airport airplane south america jungle airplane crash cowardice alcoholism gangsters self-sacrifice survival sacrifice
When a commercial plane force-lands in a South-American jungle, the passengers and pilots must patch-up the engines and escape the cannibal-infested area.
Horror
USA
1979
117 Minutes
Father Delaney
James Brolin Margot Kidder Rod Steiger Don Stroud Natasha Ryan K.C. Martel Meeno Peluce Michael Sacks Helen Shaver Val Avery Amy Wright
husband wife child police officer priest spirit melodramatic dark frightening incredible long island, n.y. haunted house basement burial grounds crime scene haunting marriage suburban life supernatural phenomenon murder
Newlyweds and their three kids move into a large house where a mass murder was committed. They start to experience strange, inexplicable manifestations which have strong effects on everyone living or visiting the house.
Comedy
Italy|France
1994
102 Minutes
Benjamin
Thierry Lhermitte Maurizio Nichetti Rod Steiger Marie-France Pisier Molly Ringwald Susan Blakely Nancy Valen
French man in Florida, Dodo has a purpose in life : Don't work. Difficult to implement without the help of some women. Betty is one of them, and a gypsy's bride, who suddenly disappears, changing Dodo's life.
Comedy, Drama
Germany|USA|Netherlands
2001
90 Minutes
Floyd Benson
Tom Berenger Jacqueline Kim Rod Steiger Burt Reynolds Al Sapienza Dominic Keating Eric Bruskotter David Proval Kay E. Kuter Kathleen Gati Roz Witt
Three washed-up actors must deliver the most convincing performances of their lives as part of a dangerous plot designed to finance their triumphant comeback.
War
West Germany
1978
115 Minutes
Gen. Webster
Richard Burton Robert Mitchum Rod Steiger Curt Jurgens Helmut Griem Michael Parks Klaus Löwitsch Véronique Vendell Joachim Hansen
soldier russian general nazi brooding brutal somber shocking germany france war invasion adventure escape pursuit revenge rescue 1940s
In 1944 a German sergeant gets involved in an anti-Hitler conspiracy, and saves the life of an American colonel.
Drama
1989
102 Minutes
Martin
Tom Conti Susan George Rod Steiger Nitzan Sharron Alun Armstrong John Gill John Sharp Geoffrey Whitehead Vanya Drach Miljenko Brlecic
World War II finally reaches a Yugoslavian lake, where a lifeguard (Tom Conti) shelters a refugee (Susan George) and her son.
War, Drama, History
USA
1962
180 Minutes
Destroyer Commander
Andrew Marton John Wayne Robert Mitchum Henry Fonda Rod Steiger Robert Ryan Peter Lawford Richard Burton Richard Beymer Jeffrey Hunter
soldiers sailor general parachutist powerful rousing patriotic spectacular france germany england world war ii adolf hitler armed conflict d-day quest sacrifice rivalry 1940s
The events of D-Day, told on a grand scale from both the Allied and German points of view.
Comedy
USA
1965
116 Minutes
Mr. Joyboy
Robert Morse Jonathan Winters Anjanette Comer Rod Steiger Dana Andrews Milton Berle James Coburn John Gielgud Tab Hunter Margaret Leighton Liberace
poet uncle stylist mortician reverend teen boy madcap dark los angeles cemetery pet cemetery death funeral business love triangle schemes spiritual crisis quest rivalry 1960s
Satire on the funeral business, in which a young British poet goes to work at a Hollywood cemetery.
Drama, History
USA
1955
100 Minutes
Maj. Allan Guillion
Gary Cooper Charles Bickford Ralph Bellamy Rod Steiger Elizabeth Montgomery Fred Clark James Daly Jack Lord Peter Graves Darren McGavin Robert F. Simon
colonel general congressman major lawyer tense inspiring gripping rousing courtroom law office washington, d.c. military base billy mitchell court-martial trial aviation rebellion military incompetence rivalry
A dramatization of the American general and his court martial for publically complaining about High Command's dismissal and neglect of the aerial fighting forces.
Kids & Family, Comedy
USA
1996
92 Minutes
Mr. Hammerman
Tom Arnold David Paymer Rhea Perlman Rod Steiger Kim Coates Rachael Leigh Cook Mikey Kovar Micah Gardener Jordan Warkol Colleen Rennison
robber father teen girl teen boy police detective manager hilarious wild office family home suburb shopping mall van father/son relationship failing business getaway hostage situation robbery family adventure
When his wife falls sick, a father finds himself having to carpool for the neighborhood school children and being taken hostage by a bank robber.
Drama
USA
1954
108 Minutes
Charley
Marlon Brando Eva Marie Saint Karl Malden Lee J. Cobb Rod Steiger Leif Erickson Pat Henning James Westerfield Tony Galento Tami Mauriello John Hamilton
dockworker mobster lawyer priest sister brooding gritty powerful port hoboken, n.j. organized crime corruption justice transformation underdog rivalry 1950s
An ex-prize fighter turned longshoreman struggles to stand up to his corrupt union bosses.
Drama
1995
111 Minutes
Col. Owen Stuart
Don Johnson Craig Sheffer Gabrielle Anwar Bob Gunton Rod Steiger John Dennis Johnston Robert Coleby James Sikking
cavalry sergeant soldier major colonel gen. douglas macarthur lieutenant engaging emotional rousing moving washington, d.c. canada mexico american southwest military base disobeying orders honor military service duty horses
Two U.S. Cavalry officers (Don Johnson, Craig Sheffer) lead a mutiny against Gen. Douglas MacArthur to save 500 horses in 1935.
Romance, War, Drama, History
Italy|UK|USA
1965
197 Minutes
Victor Komarovsky
Omar Sharif Julie Christie Geraldine Chaplin Tom Courtenay Alec Guinness Rod Steiger Siobhan McKenna Ralph Richardson Rita Tushingham Adrienne Corri Geoffrey Keen
doctor brother niece wife politician mistress passionate emotional tender russia moscow siberia world war i russian revolution doomed romance politics marriage poetry forbidden love discovery
The life of a Russian physician and poet who, although married to another, falls in love with a political activist's wife and experiences hardship during World War I and then the October Revolution.