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1. In the Heat of the Night. 1967 1h 50m Approved. 7.9 (84K) Rate. 76 Metascore. Director Stars Sidney Poitier Rod Steiger Warren Oates. 2. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. 1967 1h 48m Approved. 7.8 (49K) Rate. 63 Metascore. Director Stars Spencer Tracy Sidney Poitier Katharine Hepburn. 3. Lilies of the Field. 1963 1h 34m Approved. 7.5 (14K) Rate.
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One of these films, The Defiant Ones (1958), earned Poitier his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Five years later, he won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field (1963), the first African American to win for a leading role. He remained active on stage and screen as well as in the burgeoning Civil Rights movement.
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8. Edge of the City. 19571h 25mApproved. 7.2 (3.6K) Rate. The growing friendship of two NYC longshoremen is threatened by a notably repellent punk. Director Martin Ritt Stars John Cassavetes Sidney Poitier Jack Warden. 9. Something of Value. 19571h 53mApproved.
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- In the Heat of the Night. Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates. 158 votes. In the 1967 drama In the Heat of the Night, Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier), a black police detective from Philadelphia, becomes embroiled in a murder investigation in a racially hostile southern town.
- Lilies of the Field. Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Lisa Mann. 142 votes. When traveling African-American handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) stops by a farm in rural Arizona, he is welcomed by a group of Roman Catholic nuns who have emigrated from Germany.
- To Sir, with Love. Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts. 170 votes. American Mark Thackeray (Sidney Poitier) recently received his degree in engineering, but cannot find work.
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn, Sidney Poitier. 143 votes. When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to San Francisco to meet her parents.
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