The Best Walter Hill Movies Ranked And Where to Watch them

If you're looking for the best Walter Hill movies of all time then here is a definitive list. We rank every movie directed by Walter Hill based on their popularity score from IMDB from best to worst. Click on the ‘see more’ button to find out where to watch them in Australia covering all streaming services. In April 2024 there are 19 films in this list.

List of the Best Movies Directed by Walter Hill In Order of Popularity

  1. The Warriors
  2. Hard Times
  3. Southern Comfort
  4. 48 Hrs.
  5. The Long Riders
  6. Streets of Fire
  7. Extreme Prejudice
  8. Geronimo: An American Legend
  9. Brewster's Millions
  10. Last Man Standing
  11. Trespass
  12. Red Heat
  13. Undisputed
  14. Johnny Handsome
  15. Another 48 Hrs.
  16. Bullet to the Head
  17. Dead for a Dollar
  18. Supernova
  19. The Assignment

Stream the top 19 Movies directed by Walter Hill

1. The Warriors

Rated: R

7.5/10

Prominent gang leader Cyrus calls a meeting of New York's gangs to set aside their turf wars and take over the city. At the meeting, a rival leader kills Cyrus, but a Coney Island gang called the Warriors is wrongly blamed for Cyrus' death. Before you know it, the cops and every gangbanger in town is hot on the Warriors' trail.

2. Hard Times

Rated: PG

7.2/10

In the depression, Chaney, a strong silent streetfighter, joins with Speed, a promoter of no-holds-barred street boxing bouts. They go to New Orleans where Speed borrows money to set up fights for Chaney, but Speed gambles away any winnings.

3. Southern Comfort

Rated: R

7.1/10

A squad of National Guards on an isolated weekend exercise in the Louisiana swamp must fight for their lives when they anger local Cajuns by stealing their canoes. Without live ammunition and in a strange country, their experience begins to mirror the Vietnam experience.

4. 48 Hrs.

Rated: R

6.9/10

A hard-nosed cop reluctantly teams up with a wise-cracking criminal temporarily paroled to him, in order to track down a killer.

5. The Long Riders

Rated: R

6.9/10

The origins, exploits and the ultimate fate of the James gang is told in a sympathetic portrayal of the bank robbers made up of brothers who begin their legendary bank raids because of revenge.

6. Streets of Fire

Rated: PG

6.7/10

When a beautiful rock singer is kidnapped by a biker gang, her manager hires her former lover to rescue her in an attempt tp save his star act.

7. Extreme Prejudice

Rated: R

6.6/10

A Texas Ranger and a ruthless narcotics kingpin - they were childhood friends, now they are adversaries...

8. Geronimo: An American Legend

Rated: PG-13

6.5/10

The Apache Indians have reluctantly agreed to settle on a US Government approved reservation. Not all the Apaches are able to adapt to the life of corn farmers. One in particular, Geronimo, is restless. Pushed over the edge by broken promises and necessary actions by the government, Geronimo and thirty or so other warriors form an attack team which humiliates the government by evading capture, while reclaiming what is rightfully theirs.

9. Brewster's Millions

Rated: PG

6.5/10

Brewster, an aging minor-league baseball player, stands to inherit 300 million dollars if he can successfully spend 30 million dollars in 30 days without anything to show for it, and without telling anyone what he's up to... A task that's a lot harder than it sounds!

10. Last Man Standing

Rated: R

6.4/10

John Smith is a mysterious stranger who is drawn into a vicious war between two Prohibition-era gangs. In a dangerous game, he switches allegiances from one to another, offering his services to the highest bidder. As the death toll mounts, Smith takes the law into his own hands in a deadly race to stay alive.

11. Trespass

Rated: R18+

6.3/10

An ancient jewel is sought after by criminals & archeologists.

12. Red Heat

Rated: R

6.1/10

A tough Russian policeman is forced to partner up with a cocky Chicago police detective when he is sent to Chicago to apprehend a Georgian drug lord who killed his partner and fled the country.

13. Undisputed

Rated: R

6.1/10

Monroe Hutchens is the heavyweight champion of Sweetwater, a maximum security prison. He was convicted to a life sentence due to a passionate crime. Iceman Chambers is the heavyweight champion, who lost his title due to a rape conviction to ten years in Sweetwater. WHen these two giants collide in the same prison, they fight against each other disputing who is the real champion.

14. Johnny Handsome

Rated: R

6.1/10

A career criminal who has been deformed since birth is given a new face by a kindly doctor and paroled from prison. It appears that he has gone straight, but he is really planning his revenge on the man who killed his mentor and sent him to prison.

15. Another 48 Hrs.

Rated: R

5.9/10

For the past four years, San Francisco cop Jack Cates has been after an unidentified drug kingpin who calls himself the Ice Man. Jack finds a picture that proves that the Ice Man has put a price on the head of Reggie Hammond, who is scheduled to be released from prison on the next day.

16. Bullet to the Head

Rated: R

5.7/10

After his partner is killed, a veteran hit man joins forces with a New Orleans detective against a ruthless real-estate developer.

17. Dead for a Dollar

Rated: MA15+

5.4/10

In 1897, veteran bounty hunter Max Borlund is deep into Mexico where he encounters professional gambler and outlaw Joe Cribbens — a sworn enemy he sent to prison years before. Max is on a mission to find and return Rachel Kidd, the wife of a wealthy businessman, who as the story is told to Max, has been abducted by Buffalo Soldier Elijah Jones. Max is ultimately faced with a showdown to save honor.

18. Supernova

Rated: PG-13

4.8/10

Set in the 22nd century, when a battered salvage ship sends out a distress signal, the seasoned crew of the rescue hospital ship Nova-17 responds. What they find is a black hole--that threatens to destroy both ships--and a mysterious survivor whose body quickly mutates into a monstrous and deadly form.

19. The Assignment

Rated: MA15+

4.7/10

Ace assassin Frank Kitchen is double crossed by gangsters and falls into the hands of rogue surgeon known as The Doctor who turns him into a woman. The hitman, now a hitwoman, sets out for revenge, aided by a nurse named Johnnie who also has secrets.