Sidney Poitier
Director, Actor
Filmography (All Films)
- 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…