Sidney Poitier ▲

Apex — To Sir, with Love (1967)

24,760 feet (Camp III)

53rd highest of 105

An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging In the Heat of the Night.

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

Filmography — by elevation

	Film	Year	Elevation
	To Sir, with Love ▲ apex	1967	24,760 ft
	In the Heat of the Night	1967	24,696 ft
	Shoot to Kill	1988	23,661 ft
	A Patch of Blue	1965	23,436 ft
	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	1967	23,112 ft
	The Slender Thread	1965	22,789 ft
	Little Nikita	1988	22,719 ft
	Uptown Saturday Night	1974	22,686 ft
	Buck and the Preacher	1972	22,663 ft
	The Organization	1971	22,651 ft
	They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	1970	22,625 ft
	To Sir, with Love II	1996	22,601 ft
	The Wilby Conspiracy	1975	21,967 ft
	Sneakers	1992	21,767 ft
	Sidney	2022	21,693 ft
	The Bedford Incident	1965	21,673 ft
	Duel at Diablo	1966	21,621 ft
	The Jackal	1997	20,856 ft
	The Greatest Story Ever Told	1965	20,139 ft