Sidney Poitier Movies

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Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Uptown Saturday Night

1974Feature Film

67/100

At Madame Zenobia's illegal nightclub, when Steve Jackson and Wardell Franklin get robbed of their wallets containing a winning lottery ticket, they set out to recover it.

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The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975Feature Film

64/100

A Black anti-apartheid activist and a British engineer are forced to run from South African secret police.

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Porgy and Bess (1959)

Porgy and Bess

1959Feature Film

73/100

A woman whose past is scorned by nearly everyone around her meets a man who'd love her regardlessly- if only everyone else would allow them to.

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Buck and the Preacher (1972)

Buck and the Preacher

1972Feature Film

64/100

A wagon master and a con-man preacher help freed slaves dogged by cheap-labor agents out West.

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The Organization (1971)

The Organization

1971Feature Film

60/100

In San Francisco, Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs helps a group of idealistic vigilantes expose a drug ring controlled by powerful businessmen.

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The Slender Thread (1965)

The Slender Thread

1965Feature Film

71/100

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

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Pressure Point (1962)

Pressure Point

1962Feature Film

71/100

A black prison psychiatrist is assigned the distasteful task of helping a paranoid American Nazi charged with sedition.

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A Piece of the Action (1977)

A Piece of the Action

1977Feature Film

64/100

Dave Anderson and Manny Durrell are two high-class sneak thieves who have never been caught. Joshua Burke is a retired detective who has enough evidence on the both of them to put them ... See full summary »

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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

1999TV Movie

73/100

A 91 year old carpenter (Sidney Poitier), who is still in completely good health, has to fight developers who are trying to force him to sell his land.

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To Sir, with Love II (1996)

To Sir, with Love II

1996TV Movie

62/100

After thirty years teaching in London, Mark Thackeray retires and returns to Chicago. There, however, the challenge of reaching kids in an inner city school proves to be too much to resist.

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For Love of Ivy (1968)

For Love of Ivy

1968Feature Film

63/100

Upon learning their maid will be leaving to earn an education, the son of the family decides to set her up with a man.

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Good-bye, My Lady (1956)

Good-bye, My Lady

1956Feature Film

73/100

An old man and a young boy who live in the southeastern Mississippi swamps are brought together by the love of a dog.

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David and Lisa (1998)

David and Lisa

1998TV Movie

68/100

Lukas Haas portays David, a withdrawn but apparent near genius, who fears being touched. Brittney Murphy plays Lisa, a young woman seemingly suffering from split personalities who speaks ... See full summary »

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Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)

Cry, the Beloved Country

1951Feature Film

71/100

In the back country of South Africa, black minister Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) journeys to the city to search for his missing son, only to find his people living in squalor and his son a ... See full summary »

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Brother John (1971)

Brother John

1971Feature Film

65/100

A man who returns to his hometown for a funeral may have a much larger purpose in life than those around him can see.

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Mandela and de Klerk (1997)

Mandela and de Klerk

1997TV Movie

72/100

On June 12, 1964, Nelson Mandela, along with a number of political detainees, was sentenced to life...

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The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)

The Last Brickmaker in America

2001TV Movie

73/100

A man must cope with the loss of his wife and the obsolescence of his job before finding redemption by becoming a role model to an equally lost 13-year-old.

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All the Young Men (1960)

All the Young Men

1960Feature Film

62/100

During the Korean War, a platoon leader dies, leaving his inexperienced black Sergeant in charge of his squad of belligerent and racist white men.

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A Warm December (1973)

A Warm December

1973Feature Film

60/100

Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter arrive for a month-long visit to London for dirt-bike racing and unexpectedly, a new romance for the widowed Dr. Younger. His new love interest is the ... See full summary »

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Free of Eden (1998)

Free of Eden

1998TV Movie

60/100

A black girl seeks a tutor, hoping a good education will help her escape from poor housing projects.

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