The Rewatchables
The show has a segment called Apex Mountain, which asks the same question this site does. 457 episodes make the call, 649 times between them. On 114 of them the film under discussion is the highest point of somebody's career, which is the board agreeing.
Apollo 13 1995Ed Harris's apex
Speed 1994
The Italian Job 2003
The Karate Kid Part II 1986Ralph Macchio's apex
Obsession 2026Michael Johnston's apex
Hitch 2005
Ali 2001
Pacific Heights 1990
The Good Son 1993
Domestic Disturbance 2001
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle 1992
Single White Female 1992A Rewatchables Summer Mailbag!no film
2001: A Space Odyssey 1968Keir Dullea's apex
Animal House 1978Boratno film
Tropic Thunder 2008Thereno film
Ghostbusters 1984Bill Murray's apex
Kindergarten Cop 1990
Basic Instinct 1992
Eddie and the Cruisers 1983
L.A. Confidential 1997
The Nice Guys 2016A CR Month Mailbag!no film
To Live and Die in L.A. 1985
Fargo 1996William H. Macy's apex
Sicario 2015
Crazy, Stupid, Love. 2011
GoldenEye 1995
Ace Ventura: Pet Detective 1994
Wild Things 1998
Zodiac 2007
Another 48 Hrs. 1990
Just One of the Guys 1985
What Lies Beneath 2000
F1 2025
The Sure Thing 1985
High Fidelity 2000
Shampoo 1975
Rocky II 1979Sylvester Stallone's apex
Two for the Money 2005
Weird Science 1985
Snake Eyes 1998
The Truman Show 1998Jim Carrey's apex
Halloween II 1981
Quiz Show 1994
Sneakers 1992
Jeremiah Johnson 1972Will Geer's apex
The Sting 1973Robert Redford's apex
Airplane! 1980Robert Hays's apex
Tin Cup 1996
The Legend of Billie Jean 1985
American Gangster 2007
Witness 1985
Sinners 2025Wunmi Mosaku's apex
Rollerball 1975Maud Adams's apex
RoboCop 1987
Brokeback Mountain 2005Jake Gyllenhaal's apex
Species 1995Itno film
Jaws 2 1978Lorraine Gary's apex
After Hours 1985
Die Hard: With a Vengeance 1995
Marathon Man 1976
Working Girl 1988Melanie Griffith's apex
Out for Justice 1991
Heaven Can Wait 1978
Close Encounters of the Third Kind 1977Richard Dreyfuss's apex
Death Wish 2018Star Wars: A New Hopeno film
Someone to Watch Over Me 1987
Minority Report 2002Canno film
The Saint 1997
Good Will Hunting 1997
Blue Chips 1994
Days of Thunder 1990
Best in Show 2000
Rocky 1976Burgess Meredith's apex
Crash 2005Wayneno film
The Blues Brothers 1980John Belushi's apex
Before Sunset 2004
Before Sunrise 1995A 2025 Rewatchables Mailbagno film
Den of Thieves 2018
Friday Night Lights 2004
Home Alone 2: Lost in New York 1992Macaulay Culkin's apex
The Gambler 2014
Disclosure 1994
Running Scared 1986
The Replacements 2000
Meet the Parents 2000Ben Stiller's apex
Body Double 1984Halloween 4no film
Hereditary 2018
The Silence of the Lambs 1991Jodie Foster's apex
Poltergeist 1982JoBeth Williams's apex
The Blair Witch Project 1999
Over the Top 1987
John Wick 2014
The Sixth Sense 1999Bruce Willis's apex
Night Shift 1982Ola Ray's apex
Purple Rain 1984Apollonia Kotero's apex
Rudy 1993Sean Astin's apex
The Grand Budapest Hotel 2014Dodgeballno film
Pulp Fiction 1994Samuel L. Jackson's apex
No Way Out 1987
Notting Hill 1999Hugh Grant's apex
True Lies 1994Jamie Lee Curtis's apex
For Love of the Game 1999
Twister 1996
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me 1999
The Naked Gun 2025
Big Daddy 1999
The Bad News Bears 1976Walter Matthau's apex
The Longest Yard 1974
Breaking Away 1979
Slap Shot 1977
Fast Times at Ridgemont High 1982
Back to the Future Part II 1989Christopher Lloyd's apex
Jerry Maguire 1996Cuba Gooding Jr.'s apex
Along Came Polly 2004
The Running Man 2025
Hardcore 1979
Magnolia 1999
The War of the Roses 1989
Shot Caller 2017
Manchester by the Sea 2016Casey Affleck's apex
Internal Affairs 1990
Risky Business 1983
Road House 2024
Rounders 1998
Creed 2015
Forrest Gump 1994Tom Hanks's apex
The Fugitive 1993Tommy Lee Jones's apex
The Insider 1999
Philadelphia 1993
Silver Linings Playbook 2012
Flight 2012
Searching for Bobby Fischer 1993
Under Siege 1992National Lampoonno film
The Pelican Brief 1993
Sea of Love 1989
American Pie 1999Mr. and Mrs. Smithno film
An Officer and a Gentleman 1982
Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves 1991The Omen’ With Bill Simmons and Chris Ryanno film
In the Line of Fire 1993John Malkovich's apex
So I Married an Axe Murderer 1993
They Live 1988
Toy Soldiers 1991
The Big Chill 1983
A Bronx Tale 1993
Blackhat 2015
Lost in Translation 2003Scarlett Johansson's apex
The Equalizer 2014
Cruel Intentions 1999
Eyes Wide Shut 1999National Lampoonno filmA Few Good (Re)Menno filmThe Devilno film
...And Justice for All 1979
My Cousin Vinny 1992
A Time to Kill 1996
Primal Fear 1996
This Is the End 2013
Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade 1989
Blood Diamond 2006Djimon Hounsou's apex
Dumb and Dumber 1994Jeff Daniels's apex
Casino Royale 2006Daniel Craig's apex
The Last Days of Disco 1998
Trading Places 1983
Chef 2014
Iron Man 2008
Sudden Death 1995
Alien 1979
Indecent Proposal 1993
He Got Game 1998
Cape Fear 1991
Adventureland 2009
Bad Boys 1995
The Purge 2013
Catch Me If You Can 2002
Whiplash 2014J.K. Simmons's apex
Sleepless in Seattle 1993Meg Ryan's apex
The Vanishing 1988
Deliverance 1972
Big 1988
Alive 1993
Sideways 2004Paul Giamatti's apex
Cliffhanger 1993
Mission: Impossible - Fallout 2018
I Am Legend 2007
The Verdict 1982James Mason's apex
Man on Fire 2004
Planes, Trains and Automobiles 1987Steve Martin's apex
Body Heat 1981
Blow Out 1981
Cruising 1980
American Gigolo 1980
The Edge 1997
Pineapple Express 2008
Glengarry Glen Ross 1992
Pitch Perfect 2012
Boogie Nights 1997
Margin Call 2011
Singles 1992
Saving Private Ryan 1998Tom Sizemore's apexTango and Cashno film
Scent of a Woman 1992
Grease 1978John Travolta's apex
School Ties 1992Canno film
Unforgiven 1992Gene Hackman's apex
There Will Be Blood 2007
Top Gun: Maverick 2022
Misery 1990
Project X 2012
The Untouchables 1987
Hard to Kill 1990
Knocked Up 2007
Cop Land 1997The New Categories Selection Showno film
Rocky III 1982
E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial 1982
Beverly Hills Cop II 1987
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery 1997
A League of Their Own 1992
Spider-Man 2002Willem Dafoe's apex
The Player 1992
Die Hard 2 1990
Panic Room 2002
Shooter 2007
Titanic 1997Leonardo DiCaprio's apex
Batman 1989Jack Nicholson's apex
The Ice Storm 1997
Kramer vs. Kramer 1979Dustin Hoffman's apex
Parenthood 1989
Rachel Getting Married 2008
Ordinary People 1980Mary Tyler Moore's apex
Casino 1995Sharon Stone's apex
Miracle 2004
Juice 1992
Rocky IV 1985
The Godfather Part II 1974Al Pacino's apex
GoodFellas 1990Joe Pesci's apex
The Devil Wears Prada 2006Meryl Streep's apex
Superbad 2007Creed With Bill Simmons, Wesley Morris, Sean Fennessey, and K. Austin Collinsno film
The Fugitive 1993Tommy Lee Jones's apex
Limitless 2011
Father of the Bride 1991
The Last Boy Scout 1991
Saturday Night Fever 1977Karen Lynn Gorney's apex
JFK 1991
Hoosiers 1986
Focus 2015
Ransom 1996
Heat 1995
Halloween 1978Donald Pleasence's apex
The Color of Money 1986
Cobra 1986The Re-Departedno film
Trainspotting 1996Ewan McGregor's apex
Warrior 2011Miami Vice: Calderone’s Return (Part 1 + 2)no film
Hardball 2001
Rain Man 1988
Argo 2012Ben Affleck's apexVictoryno film
The Bodyguard 1992
Fight Club 1999
Legally Blonde 2001
Independence Day 1996
Boyz n the Hood 1991
Stripes 1981
City Slickers 1991
Raiders of the Lost Ark 1981
Memento 2000Joe Pantoliano's apex
The Rock 1996
Lethal Weapon 2 1989
What About Bob? 1991
Predator 1987
Mrs. Doubtfire 1993Robin Williams's apex
Manhunter 1986
Lethal Weapon 1987Danny Glover's apex
Thief 1981
Commando 1985
Insidious 2011
Inside Man 2006
New Jack City 1991
The Doors 1991
Neighbors 2014
Coming to America 1988Arsenio Hall's apex
Sleeping with the Enemy 1991Patrick Bergin's apex
Taxi Driver 1976Robert De Niro's apex
Out of Sight 1998
Terminator 2: Judgment Day 1991Arnold Schwarzenegger's apex
The Terminator 1984
First Blood 1982Richard Crenna's apex
The Royal Tenenbaums 2001
Bridesmaids 2011Kristen Wiig's apexMr. Hollandno film
The Bourne Identity 2002
Country Strong 2010
The Program 2015
Wall Street 1987Michael Douglas's apex
8MM 1999
Home Alone 1990Daniel Stern's apex
Toy Story 1995
The American President 1995
The Exorcist 1973Jason Miller's apex
Spotlight 2015Mark Ruffalo's apex
The Martian 2015Matt Damon's apexKicking and Screaming (1995)no film
The Game 1997
Se7en 1995Morgan Freeman's apex
Easy A 2010
Unfaithful 2002Diane Lane's apex
The Usual Suspects 1995
Dangerous Minds 1995
Cocktail 1988Bryan Brown's apex
The 40 Year-Old Virgin 2005
Pump Up the Volume 1990
Caddyshack 1980
Bad Boys 1995
The Last of the Mohicans 1992
Teen Wolf 1985
The Sandlot 1993
Ghost 1990Whoopi Goldberg's apex
The Conjuring 2013
25th Hour 2002
Stand by Me 1986
Swingers 1996St. Elmono film
The Perfect Storm 2000
Fletch 1985
Say Anything... 1989John Cusack's apex
Boomerang 1992
Armageddon 1998
Draft Day 2014
Crimson Tide 1995
Groundhog Day 1993
Gladiator 2000Russell Crowe's apex
While You Were Sleeping 1995
Escape from New York 1981Kurt Russell's apex
Ronin 1998Ferris Buellerno filmLove and Basketballno film
Basic Instinct 1992
Enemy of the State 1998
Total Recall 1990
Tommy Boy 1995
Furious 7 2015Vin Diesel's apex
The Karate Kid 2010
Edge of Tomorrow 2014
Cast Away 2000Oceanno film
Vision Quest 1985
Higher Learning 1995
The Breakfast Club 1985
Once Upon a Time... in Hollywood 2019Brad Pitt's apexThe Re-Heatno film
King of New York 1990
Unstoppable 2010
Dunkirk 2017
The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
Happy Gilmore 1996
The Wolf of Wall Street 2013Jonah Hill's apex
Skyfall 2012
The Holiday 2006
The Shining 1980
Den of Thieves 2018
Mr. Mom 1983
Remember the Titans 2000
The Shawshank Redemption 1994
Beverly Hills Cop 1984Eddie Murphy's apex
Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid 1969Paul Newman's apex
Do the Right Thing 1989
Fatal Attraction 1987
Gone Girl 2014Rosamund Pike's apex
Bloodsport 1988
Collateral 2004Jamie Foxx's apex
The Town 2010Jeremy Renner's apex
Reservoir Dogs 1992
Top Gun 1986
Inglourious Basterds 2009
When Harry Met Sally... 1989
No Country for Old Men 2007Javier Bardem's apex
The Notebook 2004Rachel McAdams's apex
Dead Poets Society 1989
The Hangover 2009
John Wick: Chapter 2 2017
Mean Girls 2004Lindsay Lohan's apex
Field of Dreams 1989Amy Madigan's apex
Major League 1989
Fast Five 2011
Pretty Woman 1990Julia Roberts's apex
The Natural 1984
Broadcast News 1987William Hurt's apex
Forgetting Sarah Marshall 2008
Reality Bites 1994
Dave 1993Kevin Kline's apex
A Star Is Born 2018Bradley Cooper's apex
The Warriors 1979
Proof of Life 2000
The Fast and the Furious 2001
Old School 2003
The Godfather 1972Marlon Brando's apex
Tombstone 1993Val Kilmer's apex
Con Air 1997
The Firm 1993All the Presidentno film
Dazed and Confused 1993
True Romance 1993
Rounders 1998
Taken 2008
Mad Max: Fury Road 2015Charlize Theron's apex
Wedding Crashers 2005My Best Friendno film
Die Hard 1988
Mission: Impossible 1996
Midnight Run 1988John Ashton's apex
Step Brothers 2008John C. Reilly's apex
Jaws 1975Robert Shaw's apex
Forrest Gump 1994Tom Hanks's apex
Jurassic Park 1993Oceanno film
Training Day 2001Denzel Washington's apex
The Social Network 2010Jesse Eisenberg's apex
The Princess Bride 1987
Michael Clayton 2007Tom Wilkinson's apex
Inception 2010
The Big Lebowski 1998
Get Out 2017
Miami Vice 2006
Varsity Blues 1999
Good Will Hunting 1997
Zodiac 2007
48 Hrs. 1982
Friday 1995
The Dark Knight 2008Heath Ledger's apex
Face/Off 1997Nicolas Cage's apex
Scream 1996
Clueless 1995
Titanic 1997Leonardo DiCaprio's apex
Speed 1994
The Silence of the Lambs 1991Jodie Foster's apexYouno film
Point Break 1991
The Departed 2006
A Few Good Men 1992