Search results for "Sidney Poitier"
Wolfgang

Wolfgang

Wolfgang
IMDb: 7
78

An intimate portrait of the life and work of the original “celebrity chef” Wolfgang Puck.

A Patch of Blue

A Patch of Blue

A Patch of Blue
IMDb: 7.6
105

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

Genre: Drama, Romance
The Jackal

The Jackal

The Jackal
IMDb: 6.4
124

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, the perfectionist Jackal proves an elusive target for the men charged…

To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love
IMDb: 7.7
105

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London’s East End.

Genre: Drama
The Organization

The Organization

The Organization
IMDb: 6.0
106

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company’s corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police…

Sneakers

Sneakers

Sneakers
IMDb: 7.1
126

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking ‘black box’ from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a…

Let’s Do It Again

Let’s Do It Again

Let’s Do It Again
IMDb: 6.9
110

Clyde Williams and Billy Foster are a couple of blue-collar workers in Atlanta who have promised to raise funds for their fraternal order, the Brothers and Sisters of Shaka. However,…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Little Nikita

Little Nikita

Little Nikita
IMDb: 6.0
98

Roy Parmenter is an FBI agent in San Diego; 20 years ago his partner was killed by a Soviet spy, nicknamed Scuba, still at large. Scuba is now trying to…

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night
IMDb: 8.0
109

An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night
IMDb: 6.7
104

Sidney Poitier and Bill Cosby team up in this hilarious misadventure as buddies Steve and Wardell, who head uptown to a swanky nightclub. Unfortunately, thieves hit the club and steal…

Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Paris Blues

Paris Blues

Paris Blues
IMDb: 6.7
98

Ram Bowen and Eddie Cook are two expatriate jazz musicians living in Paris where, unlike America at the time, Jazz musicians are celebrated and racism is a non-issue. When they…

Genre: Drama, Music, Romance
Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo
IMDb: 6.7
103

While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg (Garner), rescues Ellen Grange (Andersson) from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange (Weaver). He…

Genre: Action, Western
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner

Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner
IMDb: 7.8
108

Matt and Christina Drayton are a couple whose attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Sing Your Song

Sing Your Song

Sing Your Song
IMDb: 7.5
103

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to…

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread
IMDb: 7.0
98

A college volunteer at the crisis phone gets a call from a suicide caller.

Genre: Drama
Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field
IMDb: 7.7
94

An unemployed construction worker (Homer Smith) heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by…

Genre: Comedy, Drama
The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident
IMDb: 7.4
102

Richard Widmark plays a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. Sidney Poitier is a reporter given permission to interview the captain during a routine patrol….

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
IMDb: 6.1
108

A police detective’s investigation of a prostitute’s murder points to his best friend.

The Long Ships

The Long Ships

The Long Ships
IMDb: 6.1
126

In this elaborately mounted seafaring adventure, Rolfe (Richard Widmark) is a Viking leader with the cunning and devious mind of a pirate. Rolfe tells others sailors of “The Mother of…

To Sir, with Love II

To Sir, with Love II

To Sir, with Love II
IMDb: 6.2
N/A

Mark Thackeray (Poitier) is a West Indian, who in the 1967 film had taken teaching in a London East End school. He spent twenty years teaching and ten in administrative…

Genre: Drama
The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy
IMDb: 6.2
105

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run…

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones
IMDb: 7.6
96

Two convicts, a white racist and an angry black, escape while chained to each other.

Genre: Crime, Drama
No Way Out

No Way Out

No Way Out
IMDb: 7.3
106

The Biddle brothers, shot while robbing a gas station, are taken to the prison ward of the County Hospital; Ray Biddle, a rabid racist, wants no treatment from black resident…

Edge of the City

Edge of the City

Edge of the City
IMDb: 6.6
85

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt union official.

Genre: Drama