The best Sidney Poitier movies
The top 3 according to 14 votes from people: In the Heat of the Night (1967) · The Defiant Ones (1958) · Lilies of the Field (1963). (Updated Apr 5, 2019.)
Virgil Tibbs, the fiancé in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner and the teacher in To Sir, with Love: the Sidney Poitier films rated highest on Melhores Filmes and Cinema Clássico.
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Top 13
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1
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Norman Jewison. Detective Virgil Tibbs in Mississippi.
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2
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Stanley Kramer. Two escaped convicts chained together, with Tony Curtis.
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3
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Ralph Nelson. The first Best Actor Oscar for a Black actor.
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4
Sneakers (1992)
Phil Alden Robinson. A team of security experts.
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5
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Stanley Kramer. The fiancé meeting his bride's parents.
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6
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Daniel Petrie. A Black family in Chicago, from Lorraine Hansberry.
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7
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Guy Green. A blind young woman and a stranger in the park.
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8
No Way Out (1950)
Joseph L. Mankiewicz. A doctor and a racist patient; his debut.
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9
To Sir, with Love (1967)
James Clavell. A teacher at a tough London school.
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10
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Richard Brooks. A rebellious pupil in a Bronx school.
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11
Edge of the City (1957)
Martin Ritt. Longshoremen in New York harbour, with John Cassavetes.
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12
The Bedford Incident (1965)
James B. Harris. A journalist aboard a destroyer in the Cold War.
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13
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Otto Preminger. Gershwin's opera.
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No Calor da Noite em primeiro é justíssimo. "They call me MISTER Tibbs!" arrepia até hoje