Morgan Freeman

Apex — Driving Miss Daisy (1989)

24,700 feet (Camp III)

55th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Along Came a Spider.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	Driving Miss Daisy ▲ apex	1989	27,237 ft
	Along Came a Spider	2001	24,112 ft
	Lean On Me	1989	23,887 ft
	Kiss the Girls	1997	23,441 ft
	Se7en	1995	23,427 ft
	The Power of One	1992	23,008 ft
	Hard Rain	1998	22,903 ft
	The Magic of Belle Isle	2012	22,801 ft
	Invictus	2009	22,726 ft
	10 Items or Less	2006	22,716 ft
	The Contract	2006	22,703 ft
	Feast of Love	2007	22,694 ft
	Bruce Almighty	2003	22,672 ft
	Born to Be Wild	2011	22,615 ft
	Edison	2005	22,554 ft
	The Maiden Heist	2009	22,515 ft
	Amistad	1997	22,424 ft
	Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves	1991	22,415 ft
	Going in Style	2017	22,360 ft
	The Shawshank Redemption	1994	22,345 ft
	The C Word	2016	22,337 ft
	The Ritual Killer	2023	22,259 ft
	Guilty by Association	2003	22,213 ft
	Unleashed	2005	22,126 ft
	High Crimes	2002	22,067 ft
	Lucy	2014	22,040 ft
	Evan Almighty	2007	22,004 ft
	Nurse Betty	2000	21,959 ft
	Angel Has Fallen	2019	21,942 ft
	5 Flights Up	2014	21,907 ft
	Thick as Thieves	2009	21,894 ft
	The Sum of All Fears	2002	21,725 ft
	Just Getting Started	2017	21,698 ft
	Last Knights	2015	21,593 ft
	Oblivion	2013	21,587 ft
	Million Dollar Baby	2004	21,553 ft
	Moll Flanders	1996	21,516 ft
	Levity	2003	21,515 ft
	A Good Person	2023	21,487 ft
	March of the Penguins 2: The Next Step	2017	21,433 ft
	Momentum	2015	21,426 ft
	The Bucket List	2007	21,414 ft
	57 Seconds	2023	21,410 ft
	Lucky Number Slevin	2006	21,397 ft
	Last Vegas	2013	21,353 ft
	Unforgiven	1992	21,298 ft
	Vanquish	2021	21,286 ft
	Dreamcatcher	2003	21,258 ft
	Gunner	2024	21,240 ft
	Gone Baby Gone	2007	21,220 ft
	The Big Bounce	2004	21,159 ft
	Chain Reaction	1996	21,113 ft
	Johnny Handsome	1989	21,100 ft
	Outbreak	1995	21,051 ft
	Wanted	2008	21,051 ft
	Clean and Sober	1988	21,050 ft
	Under Suspicion	2000	21,030 ft
	March of the Penguins	2005	20,980 ft
	B.B. King: The Life of Riley	2012	20,977 ft
	The Poison Rose	2019	20,967 ft
	The Comeback Trail	2020	20,943 ft
	RED	2010	20,846 ft
	Paradise Highway	2022	20,840 ft
	London Has Fallen	2016	20,839 ft
	An Unfinished Life	2005	20,795 ft
	The Minute You Wake Up Dead	2022	20,782 ft
	Ben-Hur	2016	20,701 ft
	Deep Impact	1998	20,689 ft
	Glory	1989	20,643 ft
	My Dead Friend Zoe	2024	20,553 ft
	Dolphin Tale	2011	20,510 ft
	The Lego Movie	2014	20,465 ft
	Ted 2	2015	20,429 ft
	Olympus Has Fallen	2013	20,421 ft
	The Nutcracker and the Four Realms	2018	20,375 ft
	Dolphin Tale 2	2014	20,355 ft
	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	2021	20,351 ft
	The Dark Knight	2008	20,345 ft
	The Dark Knight Rises	2012	20,344 ft
	Street Smart	1987	20,338 ft
	Brubaker	1980	20,309 ft
	Now You See Me	2013	20,304 ft
	Now You See Me 2	2016	20,274 ft
	The Bonfire of the Vanities	1990	20,250 ft
	That Was Then... This Is Now	1985	20,239 ft
	Transcendence	2014	20,220 ft
	Harry & Son	1984	20,202 ft
	Now You See Me: Now You Don't	2025	20,172 ft
	Brian Banks	2019	20,164 ft
	Eyewitness	1981	20,157 ft
	Batman Begins	2005	20,156 ft
	Ending the Knight	2012	20,149 ft
	Teachers	1984	20,144 ft
	Sidney	2022	20,141 ft
	Coming 2 America	2021	20,140 ft
	The Pawnbroker	1965	20,139 ft
	War of the Worlds	2005	20,139 ft
	A Raisin in the Sun	2008	20,139 ft
	The Love Guru	2008	20,139 ft
	Breaking the Taboo	2011	20,139 ft
	Conan the Barbarian	2011	20,139 ft