← Apex Mountain

Meryl Streep ▲

Apex — Out of Africa (1985)
25,820 feet (Camp III)
24th highest of 108

The performance that ended the argument, and her first Best Actress. The Devil Wears Prada is the second summit, twenty-four years on.

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

Summit · 28,000Death Zone · 26,247Camp III · 23,500Camp II · 20,5001975767778791980818283841985868788891990919293941995969798992000010203042005060708092010111213142015161718192020212223242025262728292030

Filmography

FilmYearElevation
Out of Africa ▲ apex198523,508 ft
The Devil Wears Prada200622,923 ft
Death Becomes Her199222,893 ft
The Bridges of Madison County199522,822 ft
Kramer vs. Kramer197922,788 ft
The Hours200222,760 ft
Sophie's Choice198222,677 ft
The Post201722,622 ft
Silkwood198322,618 ft
Julie & Julia200922,570 ft
It's Complicated200922,563 ft
The French Lieutenant's Woman198122,554 ft
The River Wild199422,550 ft
Postcards from the Edge199022,530 ft
The Iron Lady201122,522 ft
Doubt200822,515 ft
August: Osage County201322,515 ft
The Devil Wears Prada 2202622,448 ft
Evil Angels198822,444 ft
The House of the Spirits199322,441 ft
Marvin's Room199622,427 ft
Hope Springs201222,426 ft
Florence Foster Jenkins201622,414 ft
Heartburn198622,406 ft
Music of the Heart199922,389 ft
She-Devil198922,349 ft
One True Thing199822,338 ft
Adaptation.200222,325 ft
Mamma Mia!200822,315 ft
...First Do No Harm199722,310 ft
Ricki and the Flash201522,308 ft
Before and After199622,302 ft
Lions for Lambs200722,257 ft
Into the Woods201422,256 ft
Dancing at Lughnasa199822,251 ft
The Laundromat201922,235 ft
The Prom202022,227 ft
A Prairie Home Companion200622,204 ft
Ironweed198722,197 ft
The Manchurian Candidate200422,184 ft
Plenty198522,175 ft
Let Them All Talk202022,151 ft
The Deer Hunter197822,112 ft
Defending Your Life199122,064 ft
The Giver201422,034 ft
Falling in Love198422,009 ft
Prime200521,980 ft
Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events200421,926 ft
Still of the Night198221,897 ft
Don't Look Up202121,819 ft
The Seduction of Joe Tynan197921,802 ft
Little Women201921,802 ft
Rendition200721,788 ft
Manhattan197921,783 ft
Dark Matter200821,741 ft
Fantastic Mr. Fox200921,738 ft
Suffragette201521,663 ft
The Ant Bully200621,658 ft
A.I. Artificial Intelligence200121,638 ft
Julia197721,632 ft
Project Hail Mary202621,594 ft
Mamma Mia! Here We Go Again201821,585 ft
Mary Poppins Returns201821,583 ft
Stuck on You200321,577 ft
The Homesman201421,574 ft
Evening200721,572 ft
Hoppers202621,572 ft