Kevin Costner

Apex — Dances with Wolves (1990)

28,550 feet (The Summit)

1st highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging The Bodyguard.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Dances with Wolves ▲ apex	1990	29,029 ft
	The Bodyguard	1992	27,269 ft
	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	1991	25,464 ft
	Waterworld	1995	24,446 ft
	JFK	1991	24,407 ft
	Bull Durham	1988	24,313 ft
	The Untouchables	1987	24,026 ft
	Open Range	2003	23,899 ft
	A Perfect World	1993	23,668 ft
	Field of Dreams	1989	23,615 ft
	The Guardian	2006	23,579 ft
	Dragonfly	2002	23,535 ft
	Thirteen Days	2000	23,256 ft
	Revenge	1990	23,197 ft
	McFarland, USA	2015	23,165 ft
	For Love of the Game	1999	23,118 ft
	The Postman	1997	23,071 ft
	The Art of Racing in the Rain	2019	23,068 ft
	3 Days to Kill	2014	23,032 ft
	Draft Day	2014	22,962 ft
	No Way Out	1987	22,917 ft
	Fandango	1985	22,907 ft
	Black or White	2015	22,790 ft
	The Highwaymen	2019	22,753 ft
	American Flyers	1985	22,739 ft
	Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1	2024	22,680 ft
	Swing Vote	2008	22,604 ft
	Mr. Brooks	2007	22,589 ft
	Tin Cup	1996	22,560 ft
	Amazing Stories	1986	22,483 ft
	Message in a Bottle	1999	22,465 ft
	Fastball	2016	22,458 ft
	The New Daughter	2009	22,455 ft
	Wyatt Earp	1994	22,289 ft
	Criminal	2016	22,107 ft
	The Hurt Business	2016	22,102 ft
	Rumor Has It...	2005	22,038 ft
	The Upside of Anger	2005	21,755 ft
	The War	1994	21,664 ft
	Let Him Go	2020	21,560 ft
	3000 Miles to Graceland	2001	21,481 ft
	Jack Ryan: Shadow Recruit	2014	21,244 ft
	Molly's Game	2017	21,153 ft
	The Man Who Saved the World	2014	21,033 ft
	Hidden Figures	2016	20,968 ft
	Silverado	1985	20,878 ft
	The Company Men	2010	20,538 ft
	Whitney	2018	20,325 ft
	Man of Steel	2013	20,197 ft
	Testament	1983	20,156 ft
	Play It to the Bone	1999	20,142 ft
	The Big Chill	1983	20,140 ft
	Frances	1982	20,139 ft
	Night Shift	1982	20,139 ft
	Madonna: Truth or Dare	1991	20,139 ft
	Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice	2016	20,139 ft
	Zack Snyder's Justice League	2021	20,139 ft
	John Candy: I Like Me	2025	20,139 ft