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Guess Who's Coming To Dinner (1967)
7.8/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are unforgettable as perplexed parents in this landmark 1967 movie about mixed marriage. Joanna (Katharine Houghto... Read more
The Long Ships (1964)
6.1/10
Director: Jack Cardiff
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn
A thrilling seafaring saga in which Viking warrior Richard Widmark and Moorish Chieftain Sidney Poitier race to find a fabled treasure known as the Go... Read more
Guess Who's Coming To Dinner? (Blu-Ray) (1967)
7.8/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy
When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to... Read more
The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn (1999)
7.3/10
Director: Gregg Champion
Starring: Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker, Sidney Poitier
Powerful drama starring Sidney Poitier as a quiet, reclusive farmer and craftsman in a small Georgia town whose sheltered life is thrown into turmoil... Read more
The Defiant Ones (1958)
7.7/10
Director: Stanley Kramer
Starring: Theodore Bikel, Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier
Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones broke new ground by delivering its message of racial toler... Read more
In The Heat Of The Night (1967)
8/10
Director: Norman Jewison
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates
Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture. Rod Steiger stars as a red neck sheriff who grudgingly accepts help from Sidney Poitier, a black big cit... Read more
The Bedford Incident (1965)
7.5/10
Director: James B Harris
Starring: Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Martin Balsam
A battle of wits aboard a US destroyer tracking Soviet submarines off Greenland during the Cold War. Richard Widmark is a skipper with an obsession to... Read more
Little Nikita (1988)
6/10
Director: Richard Benjamin
Starring: Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins
An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son. Read more
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
7.4/10
Director: Richard Brooks
Starring: Glenn Ford, Anne Francis, Vic Morrow, Sidney Poitier
A well-remembered urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Bill Haley's "Rock a... Read more
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
6.1/10
Director: Gordon Douglas
Starring: Anthony Zerbe, Martin Landau, Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair
Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is a veteran homicide detective, investigating the murder of a prostitute. The primary suspect is San Francisco politica... Read more
The Jackal (1997)
6.4/10
Director: Michael Caton-Jones
Starring: Richard Gere, Sidney Poitier, Bruce Willis, Diane Venora
The plot of this suspenser intercuts between the master-of-disguise Jackal (Bruce Willis), as he sets up a hit for some grudge-holding Russian Mafiosi... Read more
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
7.2/10
Director: Zoltan Korda
Starring: Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson, Geoffrey Keen
Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) is a black preacher living in South Africa, circa 1946. When his son is accused of murdering a prominent white man, Kumalo... Read more
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
6.4/10
Director: Sidney Poitier
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee, Cameron Mitchell
An immensely satisfying western that marked Poitier's directing debut and his first screen pairing with Harry Belafonte. Set in the West after The Civ... Read more
The Organization (1971)
6/10
Director: Don Medford
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair, Gerald S O'Loughlin
The third outing for Sidney Poitier's Mr. Tibbs character (following "In the Heat of the Night" and "They Call Me Mister Tibbs!") finds the Philadelph... Read more
To Sir, With Love (1966)
7.7/10
Director: James Clavell
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts, Suzy Kendall, Lulu
Sidney Poitier is Mark Thackery, a no-vice teacher assigned to a slum school in London's East End. Faced with tough opposition from the disinterested... Read more
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
8.1/10
Director: Daniel Petrie
Starring: Louis Gossett Jr, Ruby Dee, Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil
Based on Lorraine Hansberry's play about a 1950s African-American family who get the opportunity (via an insurance pay-out) to improve their lives. Fe... Read more
Duel at Diablo (1965)
6.7/10
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Bibi Andersson, James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bill Travers, Dennis Weaver
Tempers flare and hatreds boil over among the members of an Army caravan making their way through treacherous Apache territory in this graphically vio... Read more
For Love of Ivy (1968)
6.3/10
Director: Daniel Mann
Starring: Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges, Nan Martin, Lauri Peters, Carroll O...
Ivy (Abbey Lincoln) has been housekeeper and loyal confidante to the Austin family for nine years. When she surprises everyone by announcing that she... Read more
Paris Blues (1961)
6.7/10
Director: Martin Ritt
Starring: Joanne Woodward, Louis Armstrong, Paul Newman, Serge Reggiani, Sidney Poitier, D...
From the smoky cellar bistros of Paris' Left Bank comes this tender, bittersweet tale of two American expatriate jazz musicians (Paul Newman, Sidney P... Read more
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
6.5/10
Director: Ralph Nelson
Starring: Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson, Rutger Hauer, Saeed Jaffrey, Sidney Poitier, Pr...
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine deliver powerhouse performances in this provocative thriller set in Apartheid South Africa, where racial tension is a... Read more
Tell Them Who You Are (2005)
6.9/10
Director: Mark S Wexler
Starring: Haskell Wexler, Billy Crystal, Jane Fonda, Dennis Hopper, Paul Newman, Sidney Po...
Director Mark Wexler presents this fascinating documentary focusing on his famed cinematographer father, Haskell. As both men explore their complex re... Read more
Death Proof (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Jordan Ladd, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poitie...
A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more
Death Proof ( Blu-ray ) (2007)
7.1/10
Director: Quentin Tarantino
Starring: Kurt Russell, Rosario Dawson, Vanessa Ferlito, Rose McGowan, Sydney Tamiia Poiti...
A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more
Nine Lives (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Rodrigo Garcia
Starring: LisaGay Hamilton, Glenn Close, Dakota Fanning, Sissy Spacek, Robin Wright, Aidan...
A scorching ensemble comes together for Rodrigo Garcia's impressive episodic drama, featuring the lives of nine women. Each ten minute glimpse into on... Read more