#1 Deadly Pursuit (1988) 100% #1 Adjusted Score: 60024% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: When a murderous diamond thief escapes with a cache of stolen jewels, grizzled FBI agent Warren Stantin (Sidney Poitier) gives... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley, Clancy Brown Directed By: Roger Spottiswoode #2 In the Heat of the Night (1967) 95% #2 Adjusted Score: 102406% Critics Consensus: Tense, funny, and thought-provoking all at once, and lifted by strong performances from Sydney Poitier and Rod Steiger, director Norman Jewison's look at murder and racism in small-town America continues to resonate today. Synopsis: African-American Philadelphia police detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is arrested on suspicion of murder by Bill Gillespie (Rod Steiger), the... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates, Quentin Dean Directed By: Norman Jewison #3 A Raisin in the Sun (1961) 90% #3 Adjusted Score: 94462% Critics Consensus: Led by a masterful performance from Sidney Poitier, A Raisin in the Sun expertly blends social commentary with pure entertainment. Synopsis: This lauded drama follows the Youngers, an African-American family living together in an apartment in Chicago. Following the death of... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee, Diana Sands Directed By: Daniel Petrie #4 The Defiant Ones (1958) 91% #4 Adjusted Score: 97441% Critics Consensus: An advocacy drama that makes its points without belaboring them, The Defiant Ones relies on its clever concept and brilliant performances to repudiate racial prejudice. Synopsis: In 1950s America, members of a chain gang are being transported through the South when their truck crashes. Two of... [More] Starring: Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel, Charles McGraw Directed By: Stanley Kramer #5 Lilies of the Field (1963) 92% #5 Adjusted Score: 93781% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: When traveling African-American handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) stops by a farm in rural Arizona, he is welcomed by a... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann, Isa Crino Directed By: Ralph Nelson #6 No Way Out (1950) 86% #6 Adjusted Score: 86755% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Robbers Ray Biddle (Richard Widmark) and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are... [More] Starring: Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell, Sidney Poitier, Stephen McNally Directed By: Joseph L. Mankiewicz #7 To Sir, With Love (1967) 90% #7 Adjusted Score: 91771% Critics Consensus: While it's a bit dated and overly schmaltzy, To Sir, With Love remains compelling because of Sidney Poitier's outstanding performance -- and the catchy theme song is a classic. Synopsis: American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work. To make ends meet, he... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall Directed By: James Clavell #8 A Patch of Blue (1965) 89% #8 Adjusted Score: 89388% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: When Selina D'Arcey (Elizabeth Hartman), a blind young white woman, befriends Gordon Ralfe (Sidney Poitier), a black office worker, their... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman, Wallace Ford Directed By: Guy Green #9 Cry, the Beloved Country (1952) 89% #9 Adjusted Score: 57432% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) is a black preacher living in South Africa, circa 1946. When his son is accused of... [More] Starring: Canada Lee, Charles Carson, Sidney Poitier, Geoffrey Keen Directed By: Zoltan Korda #10 Porgy and Bess (1959) 72% #10 Adjusted Score: 76013% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: This musical drama focuses on the poverty-stricken residents struggling to survive in the Charleston tenement of Catfish Row. The sultry... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr., Pearl Bailey Directed By: Otto Preminger, Rouben Mamoulian #11 The Bedford Incident (1965) 85% #11 Adjusted Score: 41099% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Reporter Ben Munceford (Sidney Poitier) is aboard a U.S. Navy ship sailing near the Arctic Circle, on assignment to write... [More] Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Martin Balsam, James MacArthur Directed By: James B. Harris #12 The Slender Thread (1965) 83% #12 Adjusted Score: 76475% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: As a volunteer at a crisis center, Alan Newell (Sidney Poitier) is working the late shift when he hears from... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas, Steven Hill Directed By: Sydney Pollack #13 Separate But Equal (1991) 83% #13 Adjusted Score: 38376% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: ... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley, Cleavon Little Directed By: George Stevens Jr. #14 Sneakers (1992) 80% #14 Adjusted Score: 83771% Critics Consensus: There isn't much to Sneakers plot and that's more than made up for with the film's breezy panache and hi-tech lingo. Synopsis: Computer hacker Martin (Robert Redford) heads a group of specialists who test the security of various San Francisco companies. Martin... [More] Starring: Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Ben Kingsley, Mary McDonnell Directed By: Phil Alden Robinson #15 Blackboard Jungle (1955) 74% #15 Adjusted Score: 76281% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: World War II veteran Richard Dadier (Glenn Ford) takes a teaching position at a rough New York City school for... [More] Starring: Glenn Ford, Vic Morrow, Anne Francis, Louis Calhern Directed By: Richard Brooks #16 Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) 70% #16 Adjusted Score: 72535% Critics Consensus: More well-intentioned than insightful in its approach to interracial marriage, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner succeeds thanks to the fizzy chemistry of its star-studded ensemble. Synopsis: When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel... [More] Starring: Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Katharine Houghton Directed By: Stanley Kramer #17 Paris Blues (1961) 67% #17 Adjusted Score: 67294% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Despite being far from home, American jazz musicians Ram Bowen (Paul Newman) and Eddie Cook (Sidney Poitier) are content living... [More] Starring: Paul Newman, Joanne Woodward, Sidney Poitier, Louis Armstrong Directed By: Martin Ritt #19 The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) 67% #19 Adjusted Score: 16129% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: English engineer Jim Keogh (Michael Caine) and black anti-apartheid activist Shack Twala (Sidney Poitier) go on the run together in... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Prunella Gee Directed By: Ralph Nelson #20 Let's Do It Again (1975) 63% #20 Adjusted Score: 19760% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Milkman Clyde Williams (Sidney Poitier) and his best friend, Billy Foster (Bill Cosby), are members of a fraternal lodge, The... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Jimmie Walker, Calvin Lockhart Directed By: Sidney Poitier #21 They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) 50% #21 Adjusted Score: 12818% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: In this sequel to "In The Heat of the Night," Detective Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) must solve the murder of... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair, David Sheiner Directed By: Gordon Douglas #22 Little Nikita (1988) 53% #22 Adjusted Score: 28600% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Roy Parmenter (Sidney Poitier) is an FBI agent with a long-standing vendetta against a Russian spy named Scuba (Richard Lynch).... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins, Caroline Kava Directed By: Richard Benjamin #23 The Long Ships (1964) 54% #23 Adjusted Score: 26163% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Moorish ruler El Mansuh (Sidney Poitier) is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother... [More] Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Rosanna Schiaffino, Russ Tamblyn Directed By: Jack Cardiff #24 Something of Value (1957) 50% #24 Adjusted Score: 12481% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: In Kenya, Peter (Rock Hudson), the son of a white settler, forms a tight friendship with Kimani (Sidney Poitier), a... [More] Starring: Rock Hudson, Dana Wynter, Sidney Poitier, Wendy Hiller Directed By: Richard Brooks #25 Band of Angels (1957) 40% #25 Adjusted Score: 25044% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: The Civil War separates a New Orleans gentleman (Clark Gable) from his mistress (Yvonne De Carlo) and a slave (Sidney... [More] Starring: Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier, Efrem Zimbalist Jr. Directed By: Raoul Walsh #26 The Organization (1971) 25% #26 Adjusted Score: 8545% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: When an executive and a night watchman are killed in a San Francisco office building, Lt. Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier)... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sheree North Directed By: Don Medford #27 For Love of Ivy (1968) 43% #27 Adjusted Score: 32334% Critics Consensus: No consensus yet. Synopsis: Two Long Island teens force a roving gambler (Sidney Poitier) to date their maid (Abbey Lincoln), to keep her from... [More] Starring: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Leon Bibb Directed By: Daniel Mann #28 The Jackal (1997) 24% #28 Adjusted Score: 25145% Critics Consensus: The Jackal is a relatively simple chase thriller incapable of adding thrills or excitement as the plot chugs along. Synopsis: During an FBI raid on a Moscow nightclub, the brother of Russian gangster Terek Murad (David Hayman) is killed. Murad... [More] Starring: Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Diane Venora Directed By: Michael Caton-Jones
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