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Sidney Poitier

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  • No Way Out (1950)

    1. No Way Out

    19501h 46mApproved
    7.4 (6.7K)
    Two hoodlum brothers are brought into a hospital for gunshot wounds, and when one of them dies the other accuses their black doctor of murder.
    DirectorJoseph L. MankiewiczStarsRichard WidmarkLinda DarnellStephen McNally
  • Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)

    2. Cry, the Beloved Country

    19511h 43m
    6.9 (1.1K)
    Stephen Kumalo journeys to Johannesburg to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a criminal. A South African clergyman helps find his missing son-turned-thief and sister-turned-prostitute.
    DirectorZoltan KordaStarsCanada LeeSidney PoitierCharles Carson
  • Jeff Chandler, Judith Braun, and Charles Drake in Red Ball Express (1952)

    3. Red Ball Express

    19521h 23mApproved
    6.3 (1K)
    Story of the military truck drivers who kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II.
    DirectorBudd BoetticherStarsJeff ChandlerAlex NicolCharles Drake
  • Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, and Margaret Hayes in Blackboard Jungle (1955)

    4. Blackboard Jungle

    19551h 41mApproved67Metascore
    7.4 (10K)
    A new English teacher at a violent, unruly inner-city school is determined to do his job, despite resistance from both students and faculty.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsGlenn FordAnne FrancisLouis Calhern
  • Good-bye, My Lady (1956)

    5. Good-bye, My Lady

    19561h 34mApproved
    7.2 (1.2K)
    An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.
    DirectorWilliam A. WellmanStarsWalter BrennanPhil HarrisBrandon De Wilde
  • "Edge of the City" (Saul Bass Poster) 1957 MGM

    6. Edge of the City

    19571h 25mApproved
    7.2 (3.8K)
    The budding friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repugnant co-worker.
    DirectorMartin RittStarsJohn CassavetesSidney PoitierJack Warden
  • Rock Hudson, Sidney Poitier, and Dana Wynter in Something of Value (1957)

    7. Something of Value

    19571h 53mApproved
    6.5 (1.4K)
    In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides.
    DirectorRichard BrooksStarsRock HudsonDana WynterSidney Poitier
  • Clark Gable and Yvonne De Carlo in Band of Angels (1957)

    8. Band of Angels

    19572h 5mApproved
    6.5 (2.7K)
    Amantha Starr grows up as a privileged Southern belle in the ante-bellum South, but after her father dies broke, her world is destroyed when she discovers that her mother was Black.
    DirectorRaoul WalshStarsClark GableYvonne De CarloSidney Poitier
  • Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in The Defiant Ones (1958)

    9. The Defiant Ones

    19581h 36mApproved69Metascore
    7.6 (19K)
    Two chained-together escaped convicts, one white and one black, must learn to get along in order to elude capture.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsTony CurtisSidney PoitierCara Williams
  • Sidney Poitier, Sammy Davis Jr., and Dorothy Dandridge in Porgy and Bess (1959)

    10. Porgy and Bess

    19592h 18mNot Rated77Metascore
    6.9 (2K)
    A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly - if only everyone else would allow them to.
    DirectorsOtto PremingerRouben MamoulianStarsSidney PoitierDorothy DandridgeSammy Davis Jr.
  • All the Young Men (1960)

    11. All the Young Men

    19601h 27mApproved
    6.2 (710)
    During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced Black sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.
    DirectorHall BartlettStarsAlan LaddSidney PoitierJames Darren
  • A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

    12. A Raisin in the Sun

    19612h 8mApproved87Metascore
    8.0 (10K)
    A substantial insurance payment could mean either financial salvation or personal ruin for a poor black family.
    DirectorDaniel PetrieStarsSidney PoitierClaudia McNeilRuby Dee
  • Paul Newman, Louis Armstrong, and Joanne Woodward in Paris Blues (1961)

    13. Paris Blues

    19611h 38mApproved61Metascore
    6.7 (4.3K)
    During the 1960s, two American expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris meet and fall in love with two American tourist girls.
    DirectorMartin RittStarsPaul NewmanJoanne WoodwardSidney Poitier
  • Sidney Poitier and Bobby Darin in Pressure Point (1962)

    14. Pressure Point

    19621h 31mNot Rated
    7.1 (2.3K)
    A Black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.
    DirectorHubert CornfieldStarsSidney PoitierBobby DarinPeter Falk
  • Lilies of the Field (1963)

    15. Lilies of the Field

    19631h 34mApproved61Metascore
    7.5 (15K)
    A travelling handyman becomes the answer to the prayers of nuns who wish to build a chapel in the desert.
    DirectorRalph NelsonStarsSidney PoitierLilia SkalaLisa Mann
  • The Long Ships (1964)

    16. The Long Ships

    19642h 6mNot Rated
    6.0 (3.3K)
    A vagabond Viking adventurer and a Moor both compete to find "The Mother of All Voices", a legendary golden bell near the Pillars of Hercules.
    DirectorJack CardiffStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierRuss Tamblyn
  • The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

    17. The Greatest Story Ever Told

    19654h 20mG
    6.6 (13K)
    An all-star, large scale epic movie that chronicles the life and ministry of Jesus Christ.
    DirectorGeorge StevensStarsMax von SydowDorothy McGuireCharlton Heston
  • Martin Balsam, Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Wally Cox, James MacArthur, and Eric Portman in The Bedford Incident (1965)

    18. The Bedford Incident

    19651h 42mApproved
    7.3 (6.4K)
    An American destroyer Captain is determined to confront a Soviet submarine caught violating territorial waters. Perhaps too determined.
    DirectorJames B. HarrisStarsRichard WidmarkSidney PoitierJames MacArthur
  • Anne Bancroft and Sidney Poitier in The Slender Thread (1965)

    19. The Slender Thread

    19651h 38mApproved
    7.0 (2.6K)
    College volunteer Alan Newell is working alone at the crisis center one evening when he receives a telephone call from suicidal caller Inga Dyson, who has swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills. Can Alan save her?
    DirectorSydney PollackStarsSidney PoitierAnne BancroftTelly Savalas
  • A Patch of Blue (1965)

    20. A Patch of Blue

    19651h 45mApproved73Metascore
    8.0 (10K)
    A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life by introducing her to the outside world.
    DirectorGuy GreenStarsSidney PoitierShelley WintersElizabeth Hartman
  • Duel at Diablo (1966)

    21. Duel at Diablo

    19661h 43mApproved
    6.5 (4.7K)
    In Apache territory, a supply Army column heads for the next fort, an ex-scout searches for the killer of his Indian wife, and a housewife abandons her husband in order to rejoin her Apache lover's tribe.
    DirectorRalph NelsonStarsJames GarnerSidney PoitierBibi Andersson
  • Sidney Poitier in To Sir, with Love (1967)

    22. To Sir, with Love

    19671h 45mApproved55Metascore
    7.6 (21K)
    Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
    DirectorJames ClavellStarsSidney PoitierJudy GeesonChristian Roberts
  • Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, and Warren Oates in In the Heat of the Night (1967)

    23. In the Heat of the Night

    19671h 50mApproved76Metascore
    7.9 (88K)
    A black Philadelphia police detective is mistakenly suspected of a local murder while passing through a racially hostile Mississippi town, and after being cleared is reluctantly asked by the police chief to investigate the case.
    DirectorNorman JewisonStarsSidney PoitierRod SteigerWarren Oates
  • Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

    24. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    19671h 48mApproved63Metascore
    7.8 (52K)
    A White couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter introduces them to her Black fiancé.
    DirectorStanley KramerStarsSpencer TracySidney PoitierKatharine Hepburn
  • Sidney Poitier in For Love of Ivy (1968)

    25. For Love of Ivy

    19681h 41mG
    6.2 (944)
    Upon learning their maid will be leaving to earn an education, the son of the family decides to set her up with a man.
    DirectorDaniel MannStarsSidney PoitierAbbey LincolnBeau Bridges

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