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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

U.S. 1999. Drama by Gregg Champion with Sidney Poitier, Dianne Wiest, Mary-Louise Parker. A greedy developer tries to make a good carpenter look crazy in order to steal the land he refuses to sell.

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David and Lisa

U.S. 1998. Psychological drama by Lloyd Kramer with Lukas Haas, Brittany Murphy, Sidney Poitier. Placed in an institution, two mentally ill teenagers are helped by a compassionate psychiatrist.

Runtime: 89 min.

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The Jackal

U.S. 1997. Thriller by Michael Caton-Jones with Bruce Willis, Richard Gere, Diane Venora.

Runtime: 124 min.

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Mandela and de Klerk

U.S. 1997. History by Joseph Sargent with Sidney Poitier, Michael Caine, Tina Lifford.

Runtime: 114 min.

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To Sir, With Love II

U.S. 1996. Social drama by Peter Bogdanovich with Sidney Poitier, Daniel J. Travanti, Christian Payton.

Runtime: 92 min.

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Children of the Dust

U.S. 1995. Western by David Greene with Sidney Poitier, Michael Moriarty, Joanna Going.

Runtime: 175 min.

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Sneakers

U.S. 1992. Police comedy by Phil Alden Robinson with Robert Redford, Dan Aykroyd, Mary McDonnell. Professional thieves, passionate of electronics, are hired to steal a mysterious black box.

Runtime: 125 min.

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Separate But Equal

U.S. 1991. History by George Stevens Jr. with Sidney Poitier, Burt Lancaster, Richard Kiley. In the 1950s, a New York City lawyer fights in the Supreme Court for the abolition of racial segregation in schools.

Runtime: 190 min.

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Ghost Dad

U.S. 1990. Fantasy comedy by Sidney Poitier with Bill Cosby, Kimberley Russel, Salim Grant. Following a drowning, a widower becomes a spirit waiting for the afterlife and takes advantage of it to solve some financial and romantic problems.

Runtime: 85 min.

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Shoot to Kill

U.S. 1988. Crime drama by Roger Spottiswoode with Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger, Kirstie Alley. With the help of a mountain guide, a police officer goes after a criminal through the Rockies.

Runtime: 111 min.

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Little Nikita

U.S. 1988. Spy drama by Richard Benjamin with Sidney Poitier, River Phoenix, Richard Jenkins. A teenager learns that his parents are Russians with a fictitious identity for espionage purposes.

Runtime: 98 min.

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Fast Forward

U.S. 1985. Musical by Sidney Poitier with John Scott Clough, Don Franklin, Tamara Mark. Eight young people from Ohio who formed a dance group travel to New York in the hope of meeting an impresario.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Hanky Panky

U.S. 1982. Police comedy by Sidney Poitier with Gene Wilder, Gilda Radner, Richard Widmark. Finding himself unwittingly mixed up in a murder plot, a naive architect manages to escape death, thanks to the help of an unknown woman.

Runtime: 105 min.

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Stir Crazy

U.S. 1980. Comedy by Sidney Poitier with Gene Wilder, Richard Pryor, Georg Stanford Brown.

Runtime: 111 min.

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A Piece of the Action

U.S. 1977. Police comedy by Sidney Poitier with Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Denise Nicholas. A retired police officer blackmails two crooks.

Runtime: 134 min.

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Let's Do It Again

U.S. 1975. Comedy by Sidney Poitier with Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, John Amos. Two black workers in Atlanta execute an extravagant plan to replenish the funds of the social club of which they are members.

Runtime: 110 min.

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Uptown Saturday Night

U.S. 1974. Comedy by Sidney Poitier with Sidney Poitier, Bill Cosby, Harry Belafonte. Upon learning that his lottery ticket has won the jackpot, a worker tries to find the thieves who took his wallet.

Runtime: 104 min.

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The Wilby Conspiracy

G.-B. 1974. Social drama by Ralph Nelson with Michael Caine, Sidney Poitier, Nicol Williamson. An English engineer visiting South Africa is forced to escape along with a Black activist.

Runtime: 105 min.

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A Warm December

G.-B. 1972. Sentimental drama by Sidney Poitier with George Baker, Esther Anderson, Yvette Curtis. A romance develops between an American widower visiting England and a young African woman suffering from an incurable disease.

Runtime: 100 min.

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The Organization

U.S. 1971. Crime drama by Don Medford with Sidney Poitier, Gerald S. O'Loughlin, Sheree North. With the help of an underground group, a police officer investigates the murder of a drug dealer.

Runtime: 105 min.

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Brother John

U.S. 1971. Social drama by James Goldstone with Sidney Poitier, Will Geer, Beverly Todd. Upon returning to his hometown in Alabama, a Black man is mistaken for an agitator.

Runtime: 94 min.

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Buck and the Preacher

U.S. 1971. Western by Sidney Poitier with Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, Ruby Dee. After the Civil War, former Black slaves try to make their way to Colorado to settle, in spite of mercenaries.

Runtime: 102 min.

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They Call Me Mister Tibbs

U.S. 1970. Crime drama by Gordon Douglas with Sidney Poitier, Martin Landau, Barbara McNair. A detective investigates the murder of a call girl.

Runtime: 108 min.

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The Lost Man

U.S. 1969. Crime drama by Robert Alan Aurthur with Sidney Poitier, Joanna Shimkus, Al Freeman Jr.. Wounded in a robbery, a Black activist tries to escape the police.

Runtime: 122 min.

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For Love of Ivy

U.S. 1968. Mores comedy by Daniel Mann with Sidney Poitier, Abbey Lincoln, Beau Bridges. Two teenagers try to find a lover for the maid of the house to prevent her from leaving them.

Runtime: 102 min.

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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

U.S. 1967. Mores comedy by Stanley Kramer with Sidney Poitier, Spencer Tracy, Katharine Hepburn. A young woman who wants to marry a Black doctor must convince her father, who, despite his liberal ideas, takes a dim view of the plan.

Runtime: 108 min.

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In the Heat of the Night

U.S. 1967. Crime drama by Norman Jewison with Sidney Poitier, Rod Steiger, Warren Oates. A Black detective helps a Mississippi sheriff solve a murder case.

Runtime: 109 min.

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To Sir, With Love

G.-B. 1966. Social drama by James Clavell with Sidney Poitier, Judy Geeson, Christian Roberts. An improvised teacher manages to tame a class of troublesome students.

Runtime: 104 min.

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A Patch of Blue

U.S. 1965. Sentimental drama by Guy Green with Sidney Poitier, Elizabeth Hartman, Shelley Winters. A Black man takes an interest in a blind girl and helps her get out of her squalid environment.

Runtime: 105 min.

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The Slender Thread

U.S. 1965. Psychological drama by Sydney Pollack with Sidney Poitier, Anne Bancroft, Telly Savalas. Over the phone, a student tries to save a woman who has swallowed a large dose of sleeping pills.

Runtime: 98 min.

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The Bedford Incident

G.-B. 1965. Psychological drama by James B. Harris with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Eric Portman. A destroyer leader on patrol in the Atlantic almost starts a war.

Runtime: 102 min.

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Duel at Diablo

U.S. 1965. Western by Ralph Nelson with James Garner, Sidney Poitier, Bibi Andersson. A cavalry detachment on the march to Fort Concho is attacked by a troop of Apaches.

Runtime: 105 min.

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

U.S. 1965. Biblical drama by George Stevens with Max von Sydow, Dorothy McGuire, Charlton Heston. The main stages of Jesus' life, from the circumstances of his birth to his resurrection, through his preaching and his passion.

Runtime: 195 min.

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The Long Ships

G.-B. 1964. Adventures by Jack Cardiff with Richard Widmark, Sidney Poitier, Beba Loncar. A Viking chieftain and a Moorish sheik team up to find a legendary and enormous golden bell.

Runtime: 126 min.

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Lilies of the Field

U.S. 1963. Dramatic comedy by Ralph Nelson with Sidney Poitier, Lilia Skala, Stanley Adams. In Arizona, an itinerant Black laborer, of a debonair nature, agrees to build a chapel for a community of nuns.

Runtime: 94 min.

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Pressure Point

U.S. 1962. Psychological drama by Hubert Cornfield with Sidney Poitier, Bobby Darin, Peter Falk. In a federal prison, a Black psychiatrist tries to free a racist white man from his complexes.

Runtime: 87 min.

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Paris Blues

U.S. 1961. Musical drama by Martin Ritt with Paul Newman, Sidney Poitier, Joanne Woodward. Two American jazz musicians living in Paris each have a romance with a fellow compatriot.

Runtime: 98 min.

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A Raisin in the Sun

U.S. 1961. Social drama by Daniel Petrie with Sidney Poitier, Claudia McNeil, Ruby Dee. The story of a poor but courageous black family who dream of a better social condition.

Runtime: 125 min.

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All the Young Men

U.S. 1960. War drama by Hall Bartlett with Alan Ladd, Sidney Poitier, James Darren. In Korea, a Black sergeant is brought in to command a company of Marines.

Runtime: 86 min.

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Porgy and Bess

U.S. 1959. Musical by Otto Preminger with Sidney Poitier, Dorothy Dandridge, Sammy Davis Jr.. At the start of the twentieth century, in South Carolina, a physically challenged beggar who has fallen in love with a beautiful woman kills her lover.

Runtime: 146 min.

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Virgin Island

G.-B. 1958. Comedy by Pat Jackson with John Cassavetes, Virginia Maskell, Sidney Poitier. A young couple settles on an uninhabited island in the West Indies.

Runtime: 93 min.

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The Mark of the Hawk

U.S. 1958. Social drama by Michael Audley with Sidney Poitier, John McIntire, Eartha Kitt.

Runtime: 85 min.

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The Defiant Ones

U.S. 1958. Social drama by Stanley Kramer with Tony Curtis, Sidney Poitier, Theodore Bikel. Two inmates who hate each other, one Black, the other white, escape while being riveted to the same chain.

Runtime: 96 min.

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Edge of the City

U.S. 1957. Psychological drama by Martin Ritt with John Cassavetes, Sidney Poitier, Kathleen Maguire. A deserter working as a labourer has a wake-up call when he meets a Black man.

Runtime: 85 min.

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Band of Angels

U.S. 1956. Drama by Raoul Walsh with Clark Gable, Yvonne De Carlo, Sidney Poitier. When her father dies, a young girl learns that she is biracial and is sold into slavery.

Runtime: 127 min.

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Something of Value

U.S. 1956. Social drama by Richard Brooks with Rock Hudson, Sidney Poitier, Dana Wynter. The tormented friendship between a white man and a Black man during the Mau Mau rebellion.

Runtime: 112 min.

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Goodbye My Lady

U.S. 1956. Drama by William A. Wellman with Walter Brennan, Brandon de Wilde, Sidney Poitier. An orphan finds a rare breed of dog and adopts it.

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Blackboard Jungle

U.S. 1955. Social drama by Richard Brooks with Glenn Ford, Sidney Poitier, Vic Morrow. In a neighbourhood school, a young teacher overcomes the opposition of difficult students.

Runtime: 98 min.

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Go, Man, Go!

U.S. 1954. Sports drama by James Wong Howe with Dane Clark, Patricia Breslin, Sidney Poitier. The story of the Harlem Globetrotters a basketball club made up of Black players.

Runtime: 82 min.

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Red Ball Express

U.S. 1952. War drama by Budd Boetticher with Jeff Chandler, Alex Nicol, Sidney Poitier. An officer is in charge of leading a column of supply trucks in France in 1944.

Runtime: 83 min.

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Cry the Beloved Country

G.-B. 1951. Social drama by Zoltan Korda with Canada Lee, Sidney Poitier, Charles Carson. In South Africa, a Black pastor learns that his son has killed a young white man.

Runtime: 96 min.

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No Way Out

U.S. 1950. Social drama by Joseph L. Mankiewicz with Sidney Poitier, Richard Widmark, Linda Darnell. A racist gangster holds a Black doctor responsible for his brother's death.

Runtime: 106 min.