Kurt Russell

Apex — Escape from New York (1981)

24,290 feet (Camp III)

73rd highest of 105

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

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Escape from New York ▲ apex	1981	24,323 ft
	The Thing	1982	23,869 ft
	Sky High	2005	23,842 ft
	Miracle	2004	23,715 ft
	Unlawful Entry	1992	23,563 ft
	Big Trouble in Little China	1986	23,538 ft
	Breakdown	1997	23,408 ft
	Backdraft	1991	23,338 ft
	Death Proof	2007	23,327 ft
	Tombstone	1993	23,176 ft
	Escape from L.A.	1996	23,124 ft
	Used Cars	1980	23,065 ft
	Soldier	1998	23,055 ft
	Dreamer: Inspired By a True Story	2005	22,960 ft
	Dark Blue	2002	22,918 ft
	Elvis	1979	22,906 ft
	Bone Tomahawk	2015	22,899 ft
	Captain Ron	1992	22,898 ft
	The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes	1969	22,734 ft
	The Mean Season	1985	22,712 ft
	Now You See Him, Now You Don't	1972	22,672 ft
	The Strongest Man in the World	1975	22,659 ft
	The Art of the Steal	2013	22,644 ft
	The Battered Bastards of Baseball	2014	22,623 ft
	The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two	2020	22,612 ft
	The Deadly Tower	1975	22,603 ft
	Executive Decision	1996	22,596 ft
	Stargate	1994	22,537 ft
	The Barefoot Executive	1971	22,384 ft
	Winter People	1989	22,321 ft
	Overboard	1987	22,249 ft
	Grindhouse	2007	22,232 ft
	Poseidon	2006	22,082 ft
	Deepwater Horizon	2016	22,017 ft
	3000 Miles to Graceland	2001	21,793 ft
	The Hateful Eight	2015	21,544 ft
	Tango & Cash	1989	21,512 ft
	Touchback	2011	21,503 ft
	Swing Shift	1984	21,451 ft
	Silkwood	1983	21,416 ft
	Tequila Sunrise	1988	21,144 ft
	The Fox and the Hound	1981	21,099 ft
	The Christmas Chronicles	2018	21,036 ft
	The Best of Times	1986	20,866 ft
	Vanilla Sky	2001	20,657 ft
	The Horse in the Gray Flannel Suit	1968	20,633 ft
	Crypto	2019	20,550 ft
	Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2	2017	20,459 ft
	Fools' Parade	1971	20,433 ft
	Follow Me, Boys!	1966	20,325 ft
	The One and Only, Genuine, Original Family Band	1968	20,312 ft
	The Thing: Terror Takes Shape	1998	20,252 ft
	The Fate of the Furious	2017	20,242 ft
	Furious 7	2015	20,215 ft
	F9	2021	20,160 ft
	QT8: The First Eight	2019	20,141 ft
	Indiana Jones: The Search for the Lost Golden Age	2021	20,140 ft
	Smurfs	2025	20,140 ft
	Forrest Gump	1994	20,139 ft
	Interstate 60	2002	20,139 ft
	Jiminy Glick in Lalawood	2005	20,139 ft
	Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood	2019	20,139 ft
	You Cannot Kill David Arquette	2020	20,139 ft