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Sidney Poitier
Director, Actor
Films to Rent
Cry, The Beloved Country (1951)- Dir. Zoltan Korda
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Joyce Carey, Canada Lee… - Deeply felt racial drama has Rev. Sidney Poitier encountering South African–style bigotry as he searches for his son in Johannesburg.
Blackboard Jungle, The (1955)- Dir. Richard Brooks
Feat. Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow - Famously controversial on release and first of the 'Rock–n–roll' films, this lifted the lid on the heated youth tensions in 50s America.…
Defiant Ones, The (1958)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier - That well known image of race–hatred – escaped black and white prisoners unwillingly handcuffed together – originated here, with…
Raisin in the Sun (1961)- Dir. Daniel Petrie
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee… - Rounded drama about the struggles of black family living in Chicago in the 1940s, that was ground–breaking in its day and features several…
Paris Blues (1961)- Dir. Martin Ritt
Feat. Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward… - Undernourished romantic drama has Newman and Poitier as Jazz musicians on holiday in Paris forced to decide whether to stay or return to the U.S. for…
Lilies of the Field (1963)
- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier - Helping to repair a chapel for a convent of German nuns and rewarded with an Oscar for Best Actor, this sees Sidney Poitier giving one of his quieter…
Long Ships, The (1963)- Dir. Jack Cardiff
Feat. Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Russ Tamblyn - Expensively produced Viking epic has the Nordic warrior Widmark clash with Moorish general Poitier over a mythical treasure, the 'Golden Bell of St…
Bedford Incident, The (1965)- Dir. James B. Harris
Feat. Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier - Excellent Cold war navy thriller in which an US captain (Richard Widmark) treads the nuclear tightrope in obsessive pursuit of a Russian sub.
Duel at Diablo (1965)- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier, James Garner - Violent, off–beat Cowboys–and–Indians conflict successfully revives the formula. With Sidney Poitier, and James Garner in a sober…
Patch of Blue, A (1965)- Dir. Guy Green
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Shelley Winters, Elizabeth Hartman - Near flawless film about the friendship between a blind, uneducated girl and a black man she meets in the park, who becomes determined to help her…
To Sir with Love (1966)- Dir. James Clavell
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Lulu - Sidney Poitier instructs a class of cheeky, wayward teenagers in this feel–good classic of British cinema.
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Dir. Norman Jewison
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger - Oscar winning thriller starring Sidney Poitier as an urban black detective brought in to investigate a murder in a racist southern town. Rod Steiger…
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)- Dir. Stanley Kramer
Feat. Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier - Katharine Hepburn and Spencer Tracy become perplexed parents of son–in–law Sidney Poitier, in this agreeable mixed–marriage comedy.
For Love of Ivy (1968)- Dir. Daniel Mann
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Beau Bridges, Carroll O'Connor - A well–heeled black family find their maid is about to leave, so contrive to engineer a romance for her with a local truck–driver.…
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)- Dir. Gordon Douglas
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Juano Hernandez - The first sequel to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT has Sidney Poitier’s detective now settled in San Francisco and investigating a girl’s…
Organization, The (1971)- Dir. Don Medford
Feat. Sidney Poitier - Poitier takes on heroin traffickers in an adept second sequel to IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT.
Buck and the Preacher (1972)- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Cameron Mitchell… - An intriguing 'black' Western set in the aftermath of the American Civil War, with a group of freed slaves setting out across the dangerous…
Let's Do It Again (1975)- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Jimmie Walker - Funny/straight double team Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier strike dividends as working class nobodies who go to New Orleans, and figure they can clean…
Wilby Conspiracy, The (1975)- Dir. Ralph Nelson
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Nicol Williamson… - Activists Poitier and Caine are stalked by a sadistic policeman in this Apartheid–era suspenser, in which thrills take precedence over politics.
Stir Crazy (1980)- Dir. Sidney Poitier
Feat. Richard Pryor, Gene Wilder, Craig T. Nelson - The first and best of the Pryor/Wilder comedies, about a pair of clumsy crooks who land in jail. Plenty of laughs – though fairly predictable…
Sneakers (1992)- Dir. Phil Alden Robinson
Feat. Robert Redford, Ben Kingsley, Sidney Poitier… - This reworks the spy–caper genre to dazzling effect as an endearing team of security crackpots attempt to outwit bad egg Ben Kingsley whose…
To Sir With Love 2 (1996)- Dir. Peter Bogdanovich
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Lulu , Judy Geeson - Sequel to the 1967 classic, with Sidney Poitier returning as the teacher dealing with unruly and disadvantaged students, this time in a…
Mandela and De Klerk (1997)- Dir. Joseph Sargent
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine - The political backdrop to Nelson Madela's release in 1991 from a South African prison is solidly dramatised in this telemovie. Stars Sidney Poitier…
Jackal, The (1998)- Dir. Michael Caton-Jones
Feat. Bruce Willis, Sidney Poitier, Richard Gere - When shadowy assassin and master–of–disguises Bruce Willis lines up a top US government official in his sights, FBI director Sidney…
Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn, The (1999)- Dir. Gregg Champion
Feat. Sidney Poitier, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker… - Poitier excels in this moving story of an enigmatic, elderly carpenter whose peaceful existance is disrupted when he discovers his 35 acres of land…
Nine Lives (2005)- Dir. Rodrigo Garcia
Feat. Robin Wright, Holly Hunter, Sissy Spacek… - Soulful ensemble drama delving into the lives of nine women, portrayed by nine top–notch actresses gifted a single vignette each to portray the…
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