Kevin Costner

Apex — Dances with Wolves (1990)

26,750 feet (The Death Zone)

12th highest of 108

Best Picture and Best Director for a film he also starred in, clear of The Bodyguard.

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

Film	Year	Elevation
Dances with Wolves ▲ apex	1990	24,485 ft
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	1991	23,221 ft
JFK	1991	23,168 ft
The Bodyguard	1992	23,167 ft
Field of Dreams	1989	22,881 ft
A Perfect World	1993	22,793 ft
Waterworld	1995	22,695 ft
The Untouchables	1987	22,662 ft
Open Range	2003	22,661 ft
Bull Durham	1988	22,641 ft
The Guardian	2006	22,566 ft
No Way Out	1987	22,554 ft
Dragonfly	2002	22,549 ft
Mr. Brooks	2007	22,485 ft
Wyatt Earp	1994	22,452 ft
The Art of Racing in the Rain	2019	22,444 ft
Revenge	1990	22,438 ft
McFarland, USA	2015	22,426 ft
Message in a Bottle	1999	22,407 ft
The Postman	1997	22,402 ft
Tin Cup	1996	22,383 ft
Fandango	1985	22,374 ft
Black or White	2015	22,340 ft
The Highwaymen	2019	22,339 ft
Thirteen Days	2000	22,338 ft
Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1	2024	22,338 ft
American Flyers	1985	22,324 ft
3 Days to Kill	2014	22,318 ft
Draft Day	2014	22,315 ft
Criminal	2016	22,299 ft
For Love of the Game	1999	22,296 ft
Swing Vote	2008	22,275 ft
The New Daughter	2009	22,211 ft
Amazing Stories	1986	22,148 ft
Rumor Has It...	2005	22,137 ft
The Upside of Anger	2005	22,075 ft
3000 Miles to Graceland	2001	22,050 ft
Man of Steel	2013	22,013 ft
The War	1994	21,994 ft
Let Him Go	2020	21,989 ft
Hidden Figures	2016	21,971 ft
Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	2014	21,849 ft
Molly's Game	2017	21,846 ft
Silverado	1985	21,792 ft
The Company Men	2010	21,733 ft
Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	2016	21,590 ft
Rapa Nui	1994	21,586 ft
The Big Chill	1983	21,585 ft
Night Shift	1982	21,579 ft
Frances	1982	21,578 ft
Zack Snyder's Justice League	2021	21,578 ft
Testament	1983	21,577 ft
Play It to the Bone	1999	21,571 ft