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Sidney Poitier

Actor · 73 credits · 46 in highly-rated films

Best known for In the Heat of the Night (1967)

Frequent collaborators: Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Diahann Carroll, Richard Widmark, Quincy Jones

Movies (64 total, ranked by score)

  1. All the Young Men

    1960 · ★ 6.7 (10 votes)

    Action, Adventure, Drama

    31

  2. The Long Ships

    1964 · ★ 6.1 (63 votes)

    Adventure, Drama

    32

  3. Little Nikita

    1988 · ★ 6.1 (119 votes)

    Drama, Action, Thriller

    33

  4. Mandela and de Klerk

    1997 · ★ 7.0 (8 votes)

    Drama, History, TV Movie

    34

  5. David and Lisa

    1998 · ★ 6.0 (17 votes)

    Drama, Romance, TV Movie

    35

  6. Virgin Island

    1959 · ★ 5.0 (2 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    36

  7. Cry, the Beloved Country

    1951 · ★ 6.3 (18 votes)

    Drama

    37

  8. Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    2013 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary, TV Movie

    38

  9. Mr. SOUL!

    2018 · ★ 7.0 (3 votes)

    Documentary, Comedy, Music

    39

  10. For Love of Ivy

    1968 · ★ 6.2 (9 votes)

    Comedy, Romance

    40

  11. Brother John

    1971 · ★ 6.5 (16 votes)

    Drama, Science Fiction

    41

  12. Paul Newman: The Restless

    2023 · ★ 7.7 (9 votes)

    Documentary

    42

  13. Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    1979 · ★ 7.2 (17 votes)

    Documentary

    43

  14. Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    2017 · ★ 6.2 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    44

  15. Sing Your Song

    2012 · ★ 6.9 (10 votes)

    Documentary, Music

    45

  16. Go Man Go

    1954 · ★ 5.4 (5 votes)

    Drama

    46

  17. Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

    2013 · ★ 6.7 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    47

  18. The Lost Man

    1969 · ★ 4.3 (6 votes)

    Drama

    48

  19. A Warm December

    1973 · ★ 6.5 (15 votes)

    Drama, Romance

    49

  20. A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

    1965 · ★ 7.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    50

  21. The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    2003 · ★ 7.5 (2 votes)

    Documentary

    51

  22. Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

    2001 · ★ 10.0 (1 votes)

    Documentary

    52

  23. Something of Value

    1957 · ★ 5.4 (21 votes)

    Drama, War

    53

  24. The Strolling '20s

    1966

    Music, Comedy, TV Movie

    54

  25. A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

    1955

    TV Movie

    55

  26. Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

    2000

    Documentary, TV Movie

    56

  27. Afro Promo

    1997

    Documentary

    57

  28. A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

    2022

    Documentary

    58

  29. Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

    2023 · ★ 3.0 (4 votes)

    Documentary

    59

  30. Three Young Americans in Search of Survival

    1969

    Documentary

    60

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.