Gene Hackman

Apex — The Poseidon Adventure (1972)

26,450 feet (The Death Zone)

17th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging The Poseidon Adventure.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	The French Connection	1971	27,188 ft
	The Poseidon Adventure ▲ apex	1972	26,637 ft
	Mississippi Burning	1988	24,082 ft
	Hoosiers	1986	23,713 ft
	Uncommon Valor	1983	23,378 ft
	French Connection II	1975	23,321 ft
	The Royal Tenenbaums	2001	23,195 ft
	Heist	2001	23,190 ft
	The Package	1989	23,049 ft
	Night Moves	1975	23,023 ft
	Narrow Margin	1990	23,011 ft
	Bat★21	1988	22,923 ft
	Unforgiven	1992	22,921 ft
	I Never Sang for My Father	1970	22,850 ft
	Bite the Bullet	1975	22,822 ft
	Class Action	1991	22,776 ft
	Target	1985	22,627 ft
	March or Die	1977	22,592 ft
	The Domino Principle	1977	22,576 ft
	Welcome to Mooseport	2004	22,573 ft
	Zandy's Bride	1974	22,553 ft
	Loose Cannons	1990	22,530 ft
	All Night Long	1981	22,484 ft
	Eureka	1983	22,441 ft
	Company Business	1991	22,415 ft
	The Conversation	1974	22,389 ft
	Twice in a Lifetime	1985	22,368 ft
	Scarecrow	1973	22,364 ft
	Superman	1978	22,336 ft
	Behind Enemy Lines	2001	22,293 ft
	Split Decisions	1988	22,253 ft
	Under Suspicion	2000	22,081 ft
	Enemy of the State	1998	21,855 ft
	Get Shorty	1995	21,843 ft
	Crimson Tide	1995	21,752 ft
	Under Fire	1983	21,685 ft
	Extreme Measures	1996	21,652 ft
	The Birdcage	1996	21,644 ft
	Runaway Jury	2003	21,634 ft
	No Way Out	1987	21,588 ft
	The Firm	1993	21,440 ft
	Absolute Power	1997	21,435 ft
	Bonnie and Clyde	1967	21,393 ft
	The Quick and the Dead	1995	21,379 ft
	The Chamber	1996	21,313 ft
	The Replacements	2000	21,308 ft
	Superman IV: The Quest for Peace	1987	21,303 ft
	Prime Cut	1972	21,265 ft
	Geronimo: An American Legend	1993	21,257 ft
	Downhill Racer	1969	21,189 ft
	Superman II: The Richard Donner Cut	2006	21,082 ft
	The Hunting Party	1971	20,965 ft
	The Gypsy Moths	1969	20,938 ft
	Cisco Pike	1972	20,892 ft
	Wyatt Earp	1994	20,800 ft
	Hawaii	1966	20,779 ft
	Twilight	1998	20,743 ft
	Power	1986	20,719 ft
	Heartbreakers	2001	20,692 ft
	Postcards from the Edge	1990	20,674 ft
	Superman II	1980	20,534 ft
	Another Woman	1988	20,484 ft
	Marooned	1969	20,443 ft
	The Split	1968	20,439 ft
	I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale	2009	20,365 ft
	The Mexican	2001	20,271 ft
	Antz	1998	20,226 ft
	A Bridge Too Far	1977	20,195 ft
	Young Frankenstein	1974	20,139 ft
	Reds	1981	20,139 ft
	Two of a Kind	1983	20,139 ft
	Once Upon a Time: The Super Heroes	2001	20,139 ft
	Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films	2014	20,139 ft
	Breakdown: 1975	2025	20,139 ft