Jodie Foster

Apex — The Silence of the Lambs (1991)

25,220 feet (Camp III)

41st highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Flightplan.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	The Silence of the Lambs ▲ apex	1991	26,683 ft
	Flightplan	2005	25,026 ft
	Sommersby	1993	24,449 ft
	The Accused	1988	24,189 ft
	Nell	1994	24,117 ft
	Anna and the King	1999	23,632 ft
	Panic Room	2002	23,542 ft
	Little Man Tate	1991	23,282 ft
	Freaky Friday	1976	23,277 ft
	The Brave One	2007	23,254 ft
	The Little Girl Who Lives Down the Lane	1976	23,083 ft
	Contact	1997	22,939 ft
	Foxes	1980	22,696 ft
	The Hotel New Hampshire	1984	22,666 ft
	Hotel Artemis	2018	22,648 ft
	Five Corners	1987	22,559 ft
	Carnage	2011	22,450 ft
	Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché	2018	22,380 ft
	A Private Life	2025	22,161 ft
	Bugsy Malone	1976	21,833 ft
	Nim's Island	2008	21,826 ft
	Taxi Driver	1976	21,806 ft
	The Mauritanian	2021	21,708 ft
	Elysium	2013	21,693 ft
	Maverick	1994	21,648 ft
	NYAD	2023	21,592 ft
	Breakdown: 1975	2025	21,504 ft
	Carny	1980	21,499 ft
	Catchfire	1990	21,436 ft
	The Beaver	2011	21,111 ft
	Candleshoe	1977	21,047 ft
	Inside Man	2006	21,041 ft
	Stealing Home	1988	21,017 ft
	Napoleon and Samantha	1972	20,984 ft
	The Cutting Edge: The Magic of Movie Editing	2004	20,496 ft
	Making 'Taxi Driver'	1999	20,473 ft
	The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys	2002	20,458 ft
	Tom Sawyer	1973	20,444 ft
	Shadows and Fog	1991	20,269 ft
	Beach House	1977	20,254 ft
	Siesta	1987	20,239 ft
	Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore	1974	20,236 ft
	A Very Long Engagement	2004	20,190 ft
	Love, Antosha	2019	20,165 ft
	One Little Indian	1973	20,148 ft
	Motherhood	2009	20,146 ft
	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	2012	20,139 ft