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Apex —
The Last Samurai
(2003)
27,320
feet (The Death Zone)
8th highest of 105
An enduring, oft-rewatched summit, edging Minority Report.
The career, climbed
— every film on the shared Everest scale; hover for detail
Summit · 28,000
Death Zone · 26,247
Camp III · 23,500
Camp II · 20,500
1981
2003
2025
Filmography
— by elevation
Film
Year
Elevation
The Last Samurai
▲ apex
2003
27,315
ft
Minority Report
2002
26,542
ft
Cocktail
1988
26,349
ft
War of the Worlds
2005
26,236
ft
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation
2015
26,179
ft
Top Gun
1986
26,139
ft
Mission: Impossible
1996
26,052
ft
Mission: Impossible - Fallout
2018
25,846
ft
Top Gun: Maverick
2022
25,733
ft
Mission: Impossible - Ghost Protocol
2011
25,583
ft
Born on the Fourth of July
1989
25,351
ft
Edge of Tomorrow
2014
25,230
ft
Mission: Impossible - Dead Reckoning Part One
2023
25,009
ft
Mission: Impossible - The Final Reckoning
2025
24,709
ft
A Few Good Men
1992
24,592
ft
Mission: Impossible II
2000
24,411
ft
Risky Business
1983
24,325
ft
The Firm
1993
24,244
ft
Rain Man
1988
24,124
ft
Collateral
2004
24,124
ft
Valkyrie
2008
23,998
ft
Knight and Day
2010
23,938
ft
Jack Reacher
2012
23,877
ft
Space Station 3D
2002
23,847
ft
Jerry Maguire
1996
23,821
ft
Mission: Impossible III
2006
23,797
ft
Vanilla Sky
2001
23,776
ft
Days of Thunder
1990
23,639
ft
Far and Away
1992
23,526
ft
American Made
2017
23,496
ft
Oblivion
2013
23,424
ft
Jack Reacher: Never Go Back
2016
23,408
ft
Legend
1985
23,389
ft
Interview with the Vampire
1994
23,296
ft
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
23,094
ft
Magnolia
1999
23,041
ft
All the Right Moves
1983
23,032
ft
The Mummy
2017
22,728
ft
Losin' It
1983
22,521
ft
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
22,044
ft
The Color of Money
1986
21,809
ft
Lions for Lambs
2007
21,408
ft
Rock of Ages
2012
20,707
ft
Taps
1981
20,571
ft
The Outsiders
1983
20,312
ft
Tropic Thunder
2008
20,217
ft
My Scientology Movie
2016
20,164
ft
Winning: The Racing Life of Paul Newman
2015
20,156
ft
Endless Love
1981
20,140
ft
Final Cut: Ladies and Gentlemen
2012
20,140
ft
Young Guns
1988
20,139
ft
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
20,139
ft
Spielberg
2017
20,139
ft
Kubrick by Kubrick
2020
20,139
ft
The Final: Attack on Wembley
2024
20,139
ft
BRATS
2024
20,139
ft