Mel Gibson

Apex — Lethal Weapon 2 (1989)

25,900 feet (Camp III)

29th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Lethal Weapon 2.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Lethal Weapon	1987	26,096 ft
	Lethal Weapon 2 ▲ apex	1989	26,096 ft
	Braveheart	1995	25,022 ft
	What Women Want	2000	24,828 ft
	Lethal Weapon 3	1992	24,823 ft
	Bird on a Wire	1990	24,734 ft
	Signs	2002	24,663 ft
	Forever Young	1992	24,598 ft
	Mad Max	1979	24,461 ft
	We Were Soldiers	2002	24,429 ft
	The Patriot	2000	24,409 ft
	Tequila Sunrise	1988	24,018 ft
	Payback	1999	24,004 ft
	Ransom	1996	23,918 ft
	Mad Max 2	1981	23,890 ft
	Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome	1985	23,780 ft
	Gallipoli	1981	23,543 ft
	The Man Without a Face	1993	23,461 ft
	Lethal Weapon 4	1998	23,364 ft
	Edge of Darkness	2010	23,224 ft
	Maverick	1994	23,002 ft
	Get the Gringo	2012	22,919 ft
	The Professor and the Madman	2019	22,785 ft
	Blood Father	2016	22,700 ft
	The Million Dollar Hotel	2000	22,699 ft
	Dragged Across Concrete	2019	22,657 ft
	Conspiracy Theory	1997	22,651 ft
	Attack Force Z	1982	22,574 ft
	The Bounty	1984	22,567 ft
	Hamlet	1990	22,489 ft
	The River	1984	22,443 ft
	Hunting Season	2025	22,427 ft
	Air America	1990	22,421 ft
	The Year of Living Dangerously	1982	22,413 ft
	On the Line	2022	22,401 ft
	Fatman	2020	22,353 ft
	Monster Summer	2024	22,296 ft
	Force of Nature	2020	22,267 ft
	Boneyard	2024	22,085 ft
	Agent Game	2022	22,078 ft
	The Beaver	2011	21,982 ft
	Boss Level	2021	21,581 ft
	Father Stu	2022	21,577 ft
	Machete Kills	2013	21,565 ft
	Tim	1979	21,558 ft
	The Soul of War: Making 'Hacksaw Ridge'	2017	21,429 ft
	Dangerous	2021	21,399 ft
	Mrs. Soffel	1984	21,378 ft
	Last Looks	2022	21,334 ft
	Panama	2022	21,250 ft
	Hot Seat	2022	21,242 ft
	Chicken Run	2000	21,201 ft
	Who Killed the Electric Car?	2006	21,149 ft
	Pocahontas	1995	20,995 ft
	Daddy's Home 2	2017	20,957 ft
	Bandit	2022	20,894 ft
	Desperation Road	2023	20,874 ft
	Confidential Informant	2023	20,793 ft
	The Singing Detective	2003	20,631 ft
	The Expendables 3	2014	20,423 ft
	The Chain Reaction	1980	20,140 ft
	Casper	1995	20,139 ft
	FairyTale: A True Story	1997	20,139 ft
	Fathers' Day	1997	20,139 ft
	Paparazzi	2004	20,139 ft
	Casting By	2012	20,139 ft
	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	2012	20,139 ft