The third outing for Sidney Poitier's Mr. Tibbs character (following "In the Heat of the Night" and "They Call Me Mister Tibbs!") finds the Philadelph... Read more
In British Colonial Kenya during the Mau Mau uprising, Peter and Kimani, who grew up together, find themselves on the opposite sides. Read more
Virgil Tibbs (Sidney Poitier) is a veteran homicide detective, investigating the murder of a prostitute. The primary suspect is San Francisco politica... Read more
An F.B.I. Agent works to uncover an All-American family as Soviet sleeper Agents, and gets caught up in friendship with their unaware son. Read more
When Joanna Drayton (Katharine Houghton), a free-thinking white woman, and black doctor John Prentice (Sidney Poitier) become engaged, they travel to... Read more
Stephen Kumalo (Canada Lee) is a black preacher living in South Africa, circa 1946. When his son is accused of murdering a prominent white man, Kumalo... Read more
Powerful drama starring Sidney Poitier as a quiet, reclusive farmer and craftsman in a small Georgia town whose sheltered life is thrown into turmoil... Read more
From the smoky cellar bistros of Paris' Left Bank comes this tender, bittersweet tale of two American expatriate jazz musicians (Paul Newman, Sidney P... Read more
Sidney Poitier and Michael Caine deliver powerhouse performances in this provocative thriller set in Apartheid South Africa, where racial tension is a... Read more
A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more
A scorching ensemble comes together for Rodrigo Garcia's impressive episodic drama, featuring the lives of nine women. Each ten minute glimpse into on... Read more
Tempers flare and hatreds boil over among the members of an Army caravan making their way through treacherous Apache territory in this graphically vio... Read more
Nominated for nine Academy Awards including Best Picture, Stanley Kramer's The Defiant Ones broke new ground by delivering its message of racial toler... Read more
A.K.A. 'Grindhouse: Death Proof'. Tarantino and talented pal Robert Rodriguez had set out to make a nostalgic '70s double-bill (complete with trailers... Read more
Director Mark Wexler presents this fascinating documentary focusing on his famed cinematographer father, Haskell. As both men explore their complex re... Read more
Based on Lorraine Hansberry's play about a 1950s African-American family who get the opportunity (via an insurance pay-out) to improve their lives. Fe... Read more
An immensely satisfying western that marked Poitier's directing debut and his first screen pairing with Harry Belafonte. Set in the West after The Civ... Read more
Ivy (Abbey Lincoln) has been housekeeper and loyal confidante to the Austin family for nine years. When she surprises everyone by announcing that she... Read more
Spencer Tracy and Katharine Hepburn are unforgettable as perplexed parents in this landmark 1967 movie about mixed marriage. Joanna (Katharine Houghto... Read more
A thrilling seafaring saga in which Viking warrior Richard Widmark and Moorish Chieftain Sidney Poitier race to find a fabled treasure known as the Go... Read more
Winner of five Oscars including Best Picture. Rod Steiger stars as a red neck sheriff who grudgingly accepts help from Sidney Poitier, a black big cit... Read more
A battle of wits aboard a US destroyer tracking Soviet submarines off Greenland during the Cold War. Richard Widmark is a skipper with an obsession to... Read more
A well-remembered urban drama about an idealistic teacher in a slum area who fights doggedly to connect with his unruly students. Bill Haley's "Rock a... Read more
The plot of this suspenser intercuts between the master-of-disguise Jackal (Bruce Willis), as he sets up a hit for some grudge-holding Russian Mafiosi... Read more
Sidney Poitier is Mark Thackery, a no-vice teacher assigned to a slum school in London's East End. Faced with tough opposition from the disinterested... Read more