Denzel Washington ▲

Apex — Training Day (2001)

25,570 feet (Camp III)

32nd highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Man on Fire.

The career, climbed — every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Training Day ▲ apex	2001	25,987 ft
	Man on Fire	2004	24,745 ft
	Malcolm X	1992	24,649 ft
	John Q	2002	24,335 ft
	The Equalizer	2014	24,246 ft
	The Hurricane	1999	24,235 ft
	Flight	2012	24,197 ft
	Unstoppable	2010	23,703 ft
	2 Guns	2013	23,689 ft
	The Equalizer 2	2018	23,663 ft
	Fences	2016	23,655 ft
	The Equalizer 3	2023	23,624 ft
	The Magnificent Seven	2016	23,582 ft
	Out of Time	2003	23,560 ft
	Fallen	1998	23,275 ft
	Antwone Fisher	2002	23,256 ft
	He Got Game	1998	23,150 ft
	Ricochet	1991	23,112 ft
	Roman J. Israel, Esq.	2017	23,097 ft
	American Gangster	2007	23,074 ft
	Déjà Vu	2006	23,021 ft
	Devil in a Blue Dress	1995	23,018 ft
	Inside Man	2006	23,001 ft
	The Mighty Quinn	1989	22,982 ft
	The Preacher's Wife	1996	22,890 ft
	The Manchurian Candidate	2004	22,851 ft
	Remember the Titans	2000	22,832 ft
	Crimson Tide	1995	22,819 ft
	The Bone Collector	1999	22,812 ft
	Mississippi Masala	1991	22,808 ft
	The Little Things	2021	22,751 ft
	The Book of Eli	2010	22,749 ft
	Carbon Copy	1981	22,731 ft
	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	2009	22,624 ft
	Safe House	2012	22,575 ft
	The George McKenna Story	1988	22,513 ft
	Chasing Trane	2017	22,483 ft
	Courage Under Fire	1996	22,474 ft
	Gladiator II	2024	22,474 ft
	The Siege	1998	22,436 ft
	For Queen & Country	1988	22,359 ft
	The Tragedy of Macbeth	2021	22,338 ft
	Cry Freedom	1987	22,266 ft
	Philadelphia	1993	22,224 ft
	Mo' Better Blues	1990	22,161 ft
	Highest 2 Lowest	2025	22,149 ft
	The Pelican Brief	1993	22,090 ft
	Glory	1989	21,997 ft
	Virtuosity	1995	21,893 ft
	The Great Debaters	2007	21,836 ft
	Heart Condition	1990	21,503 ft
	Power	1986	21,055 ft
	Much Ado About Nothing	1993	20,572 ft
	A Soldier's Story	1984	20,529 ft
	License to Kill	1986	20,177 ft
	Sidney	2022	20,141 ft
	Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King	2020	20,139 ft