Judi Dench

Apex — Philomena (2013)

22,650 feet (Camp II)

106th highest of 108

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Skyfall.

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

FilmographyAltitudeYear

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Skyfall	2012	22,012 ft
	Philomena ▲ apex	2013	21,996 ft
	Notes on a Scandal	2006	21,957 ft
	Mrs. Henderson Presents	2005	21,932 ft
	Victoria & Abdul	2017	21,932 ft
	Ladies in Lavender	2004	21,908 ft
	Mrs Brown	1997	21,901 ft
	Red Joan	2018	21,874 ft
	Chocolat	2000	21,829 ft
	The Angelic Conversation	1987	21,818 ft
	The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2015	21,772 ft
	Iris	2001	21,757 ft
	Tea with Mussolini	1999	21,751 ft
	Cats	2019	21,728 ft
	All Is True	2018	21,719 ft
	Casino Royale	2006	21,700 ft
	Home on the Range	2004	21,687 ft
	84 Charing Cross Road	1987	21,683 ft
	Quantum of Solace	2008	21,682 ft
	Jack & Sarah	1995	21,667 ft
	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	2016	21,663 ft
	The Chronicles of Riddick	2004	21,662 ft
	Roald Dahl's Esio Trot	2015	21,662 ft
	Wetherby	1985	21,658 ft
	The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel	2012	21,645 ft
	The Importance of Being Earnest	2002	21,635 ft
	The Shipping News	2001	21,634 ft
	Shakespeare in Love	1998	21,627 ft
	Tulip Fever	2017	21,625 ft
	Die Another Day	2002	21,616 ft
	Blithe Spirit	2020	21,614 ft
	GoldenEye	1995	21,605 ft
	Belfast	2021	21,603 ft
	The World Is Not Enough	1999	21,602 ft
	Nine	2009	21,597 ft
	A Handful of Dust	1988	21,596 ft
	J. Edgar	2011	21,588 ft
	Murder on the Orient Express	2017	21,583 ft
	Henry V	1989	21,578 ft
	Jane Eyre	2011	21,577 ft
	Allelujah	2023	21,577 ft
	Spectre	2015	21,576 ft
	Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides	2011	21,575 ft
	Six Minutes to Midnight	2020	21,573 ft
	Tomorrow Never Dies	1997	21,571 ft
	Pride & Prejudice	2005	21,571 ft
	A Study in Terror	1965	21,569 ft
	A Room with a View	1986	21,568 ft
	Hamlet	1996	21,567 ft
	My Week with Marilyn	2011	21,567 ft
	Artemis Fowl	2020	21,567 ft
	Spirited	2022	21,566 ft
	Rage	2009	21,565 ft
	The Magic Faraway Tree	2026	21,565 ft