Samuel L. Jackson

Apex — S.W.A.T. (2003)

24,870 feet (Camp III)

50th highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Coach Carter.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	S.W.A.T. ▲ apex	2003	24,881 ft
	Coach Carter	2005	24,148 ft
	The Negotiator	1998	23,503 ft
	The Red Violin	1998	23,119 ft
	One Eight Seven	1997	23,020 ft
	The Hateful Eight	2015	23,007 ft
	The 51st State	2001	22,962 ft
	Unthinkable	2010	22,953 ft
	Snakes on a Plane	2006	22,945 ft
	African Cats	2011	22,928 ft
	Lakeview Terrace	2008	22,884 ft
	The Man	2005	22,838 ft
	Kong: Skull Island	2017	22,838 ft
	Cleaner	2007	22,829 ft
	Shaft	2019	22,779 ft
	Captain America: The Winter Soldier	2014	22,743 ft
	Resurrecting the Champ	2007	22,714 ft
	Soul Men	2008	22,649 ft
	Death to 2020	2020	22,578 ft
	The Caveman's Valentine	2001	22,537 ft
	Reasonable Doubt	2014	22,520 ft
	Big Game	2014	22,506 ft
	Captain Marvel	2019	22,502 ft
	No Good Deed	2002	22,484 ft
	Home of the Brave	2006	22,438 ft
	In My Country	2004	22,419 ft
	Shaft	2000	22,365 ft
	The Samaritan	2012	22,337 ft
	Kite	2014	22,319 ft
	Farce of the Penguins	2006	22,269 ft
	Damaged	2024	22,169 ft
	1408	2007	22,156 ft
	Pulp Fiction	1994	22,132 ft
	The Long Kiss Goodnight	1996	22,068 ft
	Marvel Studios Assembled: The Making of Secret Invasion	2023	21,906 ft
	Rules of Engagement	2000	21,882 ft
	I Am Not Your Negro	2017	21,867 ft
	Freedomland	2006	21,850 ft
	Black Snake Moan	2006	21,775 ft
	Amos & Andrew	1993	21,759 ft
	Spider-Man: Far From Home	2019	21,745 ft
	Twisted	2004	21,742 ft
	The Great White Hype	1996	21,686 ft
	The Sunset Limited	2011	21,674 ft
	Jackie Brown	1997	21,657 ft
	The Banker	2020	21,626 ft
	Unbreakable	2000	21,605 ft
	Spiral: From the Book of Saw	2021	21,542 ft
	The Protégé	2021	21,534 ft
	Against the Wall	1994	21,526 ft
	Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children	2016	21,495 ft
	Unforgivable Blackness: The Rise and Fall of Jack Johnson	2004	21,492 ft
	Unicorn Store	2017	21,468 ft
	The Hitman's Bodyguard	2017	21,448 ft
	xXx: State of the Union	2005	21,446 ft
	Changing Lanes	2002	21,441 ft
	Cell	2016	21,417 ft
	Jumper	2008	21,376 ft
	Meeting Evil	2012	21,369 ft
	Kingsman: The Secret Service	2015	21,347 ft
	The Unholy Trinity	2025	21,345 ft
	National Lampoon's Loaded Weapon 1	1993	21,327 ft
	Afro Samurai: Resurrection	2009	21,320 ft
	Zambezia	2012	21,250 ft
	xXx	2002	21,184 ft
	Hitman's Wife's Bodyguard	2021	21,161 ft
	Die Hard: With a Vengeance	1995	21,125 ft
	Fresh	1994	21,093 ft
	The Legend of Tarzan	2016	21,053 ft
	Eve's Bayou	1997	21,022 ft
	The Garfield Movie	2024	21,014 ft
	A Time to Kill	1996	20,970 ft
	Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith	2005	20,930 ft
	Basic	2003	20,928 ft
	Deep Blue Sea	1999	20,867 ft
	Glass	2019	20,864 ft
	Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones	2002	20,817 ft
	The Piano Lesson	2024	20,792 ft
	The Marvels	2023	20,771 ft
	Sphere	1998	20,765 ft
	Paws of Fury: The Legend of Hank	2022	20,760 ft
	The Spirit	2008	20,718 ft
	The Kill Room	2023	20,687 ft
	Kiss of Death	1995	20,685 ft
	Eddie Murphy Raw	1987	20,661 ft
	Oldboy	2013	20,658 ft
	Barely Lethal	2015	20,616 ft
	An Audience with Adele	2021	20,596 ft
	Arena	2011	20,588 ft
	Def by Temptation	1990	20,585 ft
	Afterburn	2025	20,575 ft
	Hard Eight	1997	20,561 ft
	White Sands	1992	20,559 ft
	Menace II Society	1993	20,558 ft
	Django Unchained	2012	20,541 ft
	Life Itself	2018	20,454 ft
	Mother and Child	2009	20,445 ft
	xXx: Return of Xander Cage	2017	20,436 ft
	The Incredibles	2004	20,415 ft
	Chi-Raq	2015	20,406 ft
	Juice	1992	20,383 ft
	Turbo	2013	20,375 ft
	Strictly Business	1991	20,366 ft
	The Last Full Measure	2020	20,329 ft
	Jungle Fever	1991	20,324 ft
	The Return of Superfly	1990	20,302 ft
	The Search for One-eye Jimmy	1994	20,299 ft
	Avengers: Age of Ultron	2015	20,293 ft
	Iron Man 2	2010	20,282 ft
	Jurassic Park	1993	20,249 ft
	The Other Guys	2010	20,248 ft
	Losing Isaiah	1995	20,241 ft
	Incredibles 2	2018	20,225 ft
	Patriot Games	1992	20,218 ft
	Captain America: The First Avenger	2011	20,197 ft
	True Romance	1993	20,183 ft
	Marvel Studios: Assembling a Universe	2014	20,181 ft
	The Avengers	2012	20,170 ft
	Trees Lounge	1996	20,167 ft
	RoboCop	2014	20,167 ft
	Argylle	2024	20,166 ft
	Coming to America	1988	20,157 ft
	Under the Boardwalk: The Monopoly Story	2010	20,153 ft
	Is That Black Enough for You?!?	2022	20,153 ft
	BaadAsssss Cinema	2002	20,152 ft
	School Daze	1988	20,148 ft
	Mo' Better Blues	1990	20,146 ft
	Gospel Hill	2008	20,146 ft
	Return to Jurassic Park	2011	20,146 ft
	My Date with Drew	2005	20,145 ft
	With Great Power: The Stan Lee Story	2010	20,144 ft
	Astro Boy	2009	20,143 ft
	The New Age	1994	20,142 ft
	Star Wars: The Clone Wars	2008	20,142 ft
	Do the Right Thing	1989	20,141 ft
	Fluke	1995	20,141 ft
	Sea of Love	1989	20,140 ft
	Quincy	2018	20,140 ft
	QT8: The First Eight	2019	20,140 ft
	The Exterminator	1980	20,139 ft
	Ragtime	1981	20,139 ft
	GoodFellas	1990	20,139 ft
	A Shock to the System	1990	20,139 ft
	The Exorcist III	1990	20,139 ft
	Betsy's Wedding	1990	20,139 ft
	Johnny Suede	1991	20,139 ft
	Out of Sight	1998	20,139 ft
	Star Wars: Episode I - The Phantom Menace	1999	20,139 ft
	Kill Bill: Vol. 2	2004	20,139 ft
	Iron Man	2008	20,139 ft
	Inglourious Basterds	2009	20,139 ft
	Thor	2011	20,139 ft
	Kill Bill: The Whole Bloody Affair	2011	20,139 ft
	Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen	2012	20,139 ft
	Avengers: Infinity War	2018	20,139 ft
	Star Wars: The Rise of Skywalker	2019	20,139 ft
	Avengers: Endgame	2019	20,139 ft
	One World: Together at Home	2020	20,139 ft