John Travolta ▲

Apex — Saturday Night Fever (1977)

24,470 feet (Camp III)

64th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Look Who's Talking.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Saturday Night Fever ▲ apex	1977	27,042 ft
	Look Who's Talking	1989	25,342 ft
	Grease	1978	24,364 ft
	Phenomenon	1996	23,873 ft
	Broken Arrow	1996	23,750 ft
	The General's Daughter	1999	23,723 ft
	Pulp Fiction	1994	23,612 ft
	Blow Out	1981	23,602 ft
	Urban Cowboy	1980	23,534 ft
	Michael	1996	23,329 ft
	Domestic Disturbance	2001	23,209 ft
	A Civil Action	1998	23,207 ft
	Staying Alive	1983	23,190 ft
	From Paris with Love	2010	23,138 ft
	Primary Colors	1998	23,088 ft
	Swordfish	2001	23,024 ft
	Face/Off	1997	22,958 ft
	Perfect	1985	22,848 ft
	Look Who's Talking Too	1990	22,837 ft
	Battlefield Earth	2000	22,790 ft
	Eyes of an Angel	1991	22,737 ft
	Get Shorty	1995	22,735 ft
	Lonely Hearts	2006	22,719 ft
	The Boy in the Plastic Bubble	1976	22,555 ft
	The Forger	2014	22,475 ft
	I Am Wrath	2016	22,474 ft
	Lucky Numbers	2000	22,470 ft
	Shout	1991	22,443 ft
	White Man's Burden	1995	22,432 ft
	Be Cool	2005	22,419 ft
	Life on the Line	2016	22,357 ft
	Basic	2003	22,347 ft
	The Experts	1989	22,342 ft
	Gotti	2018	22,336 ft
	Cash Out	2024	22,306 ft
	High Rollers	2025	22,276 ft
	The Fanatic	2019	22,238 ft
	Chains of Gold	1991	22,237 ft
	Wild Hogs	2007	22,219 ft
	Speed Kills	2018	22,176 ft
	Trading Paint	2019	22,143 ft
	Two of a Kind	1983	22,122 ft
	The Punisher	2004	22,105 ft
	Mob Land	2023	22,048 ft
	Bolt	2008	22,027 ft
	Look Who's Talking Now!	1993	21,988 ft
	A Love Song for Bobby Long	2004	21,979 ft
	Mad City	1997	21,876 ft
	Old Dogs	2009	21,815 ft
	The Poison Rose	2019	21,551 ft
	Hairspray	2007	21,508 ft
	In a Valley of Violence	2016	21,495 ft
	Ladder 49	2004	21,481 ft
	Criminal Activities	2015	21,439 ft
	Die Hart	2023	21,365 ft
	Paradise City	2022	21,346 ft
	The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3	2009	21,310 ft
	Killing Season	2013	20,971 ft
	She's So Lovely	1997	20,956 ft
	Savages	2012	20,748 ft
	Carrie	1976	20,537 ft
	Propeller One-Way Night Coach	2026	20,196 ft
	The Devil’s Rain	1975	20,178 ft
	Bee Gees: One Night Only	1998	20,143 ft
	David Blaine: Beyond Magic	2016	20,140 ft
	The Thin Red Line	1998	20,139 ft
	Austin Powers in Goldmember	2002	20,139 ft
	I'm Still Here	2010	20,139 ft
	Casting By	2012	20,139 ft
	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	2012	20,139 ft
	Studio 54	2018	20,139 ft