Top 10 Greatest Sidney Poitier Performances
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2024
- This groundbreaking performer may be gone, but he will never be forgotten. For this list, we’ll be looking at the most inspirational, powerful, and iconic performances from this trailblazing actor. Our countdown includes “Shoot to Kill”, “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner”, “In the Heat of the Night”, and more! What’s your favorite Sidney Poitier performance? Let us know in the comments.
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RIP Sidney Poitier, you were a true trailblazer and cinematic icon.
What’s your favorite Sidney Poitier performance? Let us know in the comments.
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First of all, it really is sad that Sidney Poitier died. Second of all, my favorite Sidney Poitier performance is your #1, Virgil Tibbs from In The Heat Of The Night (1967).
Though only an Honorable Mention, Sneakers has always been one of my personal favorites. I especially love the dynamic between Sidney Poitier’s Donald Crease and Dan Aykroyd’s Darren “Mother” Roskow.
Plus who *DOESN’T* love Sidney’s badass delivery of the line:
“Mother fuckers mess with me, I’ll split your your heads!”
To Sir With Love should've been 2 or 1! He was amazing in that! How could you forget his most memorable role ever?
I can't believe she overlooked "To Sir, With Love"
For me personally, it’s never sad when you die in your 90s because it’s such a blessing and privilege to live a long life. Sidney Poitier is an important figure in Hollywood, RIP to this beautiful man!!!
Thank you! You can’t live forever here on earth. He lived his life and did what he wanted!!
True 😊
Sidney Poitier was the first Black man to win an Academy Award for best actor, 🥰🥰🥰🥰a blazer of representational trails that forever reshaped the landscape of American culture. His image exploded the world's notions of whose stories were worthy of attention, whose presence could fill a theater, who could be called a movie star.
It's a shame that he wasn't nominated in 1967 for 3 movies.
Its ridiculous that it took nearly forty years for another black actor to win best actor.
Amen.
Thank you Mojo, for making this. What a legend this man. He lived 94 years of being influential, groundbreaking, and incredible. I feel like more people in my generation should know who this is. RIP to an amazing actor and filmmaker. Thank you Mr. Poitier, you are great.
Words cannot express the legacy this man has left behind. He will be remembered forever.
Sidney Poitier is forever one of the greatest and most influential actors we ever had. I'm glad he won an Academy Award but he deserves more. Especially for In the Heat of the Night, my favorite movie. He will always be an inspiration as he was to Denzel Washington. Thanks for everything, Sidney. You are the Black Panther of cinema.
It's a shame that he was left out in the cold in 1967
@@lexkanyima2195 Yep. I guess the slap scene wasn't ready for the Academy.
@@ryanperez1999 maybe it is too edgy and maybe the reaction will be a civil war of race issues.
@@lexkanyima2195 Yeah. I guess everyone wasn't ready for that scene. Especially around that time. But it helped the movie become iconic and showed that Sidney Poitier is a force to be reckoned with.
@@ryanperez1999 it is iconic and imagine if Poitier would be beat down in real life at that time.
RIP KING
Everyone should check out his performance in A Raisin in the Sun.
Such a great movie everyone involved was Oscar worthy in my point of view.
Most definitely!!! I read A Raisin in the Sun in high school and that’s when I saw the movie. Sydney was just brilliant in it!! He just brought those words to life. The acting between him and Ruby Dee was incredible.
His enunciation of brick by brick still brings chills.
Amen. A very under rated movie. Very powerful and emotional performance by Poitier. Very Oscar worthy performance.
The first thing I saw him in was A Raisin in the Sun. Such a brilliant actor! Even more a groundbreaking artist and activist!! I’m definitely going to go back and watch more of his movies! A true leading man he was, the first black actor to win an Oscar at a time where black people in leading roles in Hollywood was just unheard of but he broke the mold and paved the way for an entire generation of actors of color to follow and succeed. There would be no Denzel Washington, Jamie Foxx, Will Smith, Forrest Whittaker, Lawrence Fishburn, Daniel Kaluuya or Chadwick Boseman without Sidney Poitier! Rest in Power sir, what a lifetime of class, dignity and grace. 🙏🏾🙏🏾🙏🏾
He was also great in "Lillies of the Field" he deserved that Oscar...i also love the scene where he and the Mother Superior discuss his payment and she has him read the scripture about observing the Lillies and how God will provide.
Lilies.
I was disappointed that “To Sir With Love” was only briefly mentioned. Excellent performance by Sidney 🌟✨⚡️
Yes, a movie ahead of its time, as well as a chart topper for Lulu.
@@fbt25 Yes‼️
That was actually my favorite movie of his.
I saw TO SIR WITH LOVE in the theatre in 1967 with my family. The music still holds up today! Sidney's performance, as always, was extraordinary.
Sidney Poitier was such an AMAZING TALENT !!! RIP to a LEGEND.
Just so everyone knows that Sir Sidney is a Bahamian from the Bahamas who was Knighted by the Queen of England as a Bahamian. He later became an American, his parents were Bahamians. We as a county are so proud of him and all he has accomplished. R.I.P.💜🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸
Sidney you are going to be missed by me. I fell in love with you when I started to watch your movies. But I have a list of your movies that I can watch over and over again. These are six of my favorite movies :
1: TO SIR WITH LOVE
2: RAISIN IN THE SUN
3: LILIES OF THE FIELDS
4: GUESS WHO IS COMING TO DINNER
5: IN THE HEAT OF THE NIGHT
6: A PATCH OF BLUE.
There are more that I enjoy watching but these are my favorite. R. I. P Sidney, your work here on Earth is done. Sleep in eternal peace.
I loved To Sir With Love. Such a talented actor, but also a great human being. RIP
What a commanding presence!A true brilliant auteur & gentleman. A person of depth , eloquence, resilience & character both professionally & socially. Peaceful journey Mr. Poitier. To Sir...with LOVE! To all films lovers please take some time & enjoy his excellence.
A terrific actor, he will be missed.
an icon, a hero, a mentor, a fighter, a national treasure,
The "To Sir, with Love" did so unexpectedly well in the States that Columbia Pictures did market research to find out why so many people had gone to see it. Their answer: Sidney Poitier!
it Is a Great Movie...I saw it when I was very young bc my mother loved that movie and watched it with her every time it came on tv...the 1st time I saw it I was only around 5 or 6...and I was Instantly feel in Love with that movie...it's definitely in my top 3 Sidney Poitier movies...and I've seen almost All his movies, by now...honestly is body of work has so much range...it's really kinda hard to narrow down his movies on a top 10 best list...since so Many of them were just that Good...and his performances...OMG...were Brillant...I'm actually Shocked he only has One Oscar...
For those that don't know in the movie "In the heat of the night", Portier only accepted the role if he could slap the plantation owner back. R.I.P to a legend.
Why ?
@@lexkanyima2195🤦🏽♂️
Yep
That I knew, & it was filmed in Sparta Illinois.
@@lexkanyima2195 because he wasn't going to be disrespected.
RIP and long live Sidney Poitier (February 20, 1927 - January 6, 2022), aged 94
You will always be remembered as a legend.
As a person who has literally watched every Poitier for almost 60 years. I think it was a good overall list. I definitely agree with Number 1 - the slap that launch the Golden era of Black film - 1970s. To Sir with Love (1967) is my number 1 movie as it was one of the movies that inspired me to eventually become a teacher. I thought that was a nice theme connect back to Blackboard Jungle which is also one of the movies that inspired me. That is the same theme connect with A Patch of Blue and Guess Who is Coming to Dinner. Other movies that had a tremendous impact in the Black communities were movies like Buck and the Preacher and his Cosby buddy comedies.
There are some particular movies that should never be remade. In The Heat of the Night is one of them.
They got it right the first time.
Rest In Peace Sir. With love.
I just said the last sentence, but thanks for saying it first.
I wish they would leave the old stuff right where they are, trying to remake them just isn't the same!!!
Alright In the Heat of the Night is number #1. It's my favorite Sidney Poitier film. Him and Steiger were absolutely perfect. RIP Sidney Poitier. Gone but not forgotten.
I loved everything he added his name to🤩🤩one of my favorites that always comes to mind is “To Sir With Love!”👌🏽👍🏽💖💖I cry every time Lulu sings the title song!! Beautiful!!💕👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
RIP Sir Sidney Poitier🙏🏾🙏🏾I will always cherish the wonderful memories that u have bestowed upon us!! U were the best of the Best!!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Shoot to Kill was the first movie i saw him in , and he blew me away as a actor , i googles him and realize why he had such conviction as a actor. Ground breaking actor
as a Bahamian, sir Sidney was just...the ultimate goal. he was untouchable. he was effervescent.
I love Lilies of the Field, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, To Sir With Love, and A Patch of Blue. May Sidney Poitier RIP 🙏🏻
Sir Sidney Poitier performances became a real eye opener for me. All I can say, BRAVO! and thank you for all the great work that was done for all the world too see, far and wide beyond the stars to heaven.
Thank you, Sidney Poitier, with all our hearts!
Every Sidney Poitier appearance is a top 10! Man was a class act every second of every day, on film or off!
The greatest actor of his generation. Sir Sidney Poitier opened the door for every serious Black Actor to find a place in Hollywood.
“Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner’ is such an interesting movie, if Netflix add that, then I’ll definitely watch it.
Or you could just rent it
I think criterion has it.
It's on Netflix!
It's on Canadian Netflix.
Watch 'em all. At least watch the 10 on this list. Remember - and this is especially true in 2022 -- latest is not always the greatest. Check the daily listings on TCM and watch a few films (especially after reading up on the film, its actors and its director. If your young enough, I strong suggest you take a film class in order to gain more of an appreciation of what goes into a film's creation. It's an education that will last a lifetime.
One of only a few actors who has brought tears to my eyes and goosebumps 😢. An absolute legend... In the Heat of the Night was perfection 🥰
To Sir With Love should be in the top 10. That was the movie that made me fall in love with him.
My mother would make me and my brothers watch his movies when they were on. She held Sidney Poitier up as a shining example of what a proud black man looked like. Growing up in 1960’s Deep South Mississippi as a child wasn’t easy. l recall my mother talking about “In The Heat Of The Night”, especially the scene in which Sidney slaps the bigoted white plantation owner Endicott after getting slapped first. Unthinkable that a black man would do that in Mississippi and live to tell it. I didn’t understand! All that changed as l got older and experienced racial discrimination firsthand, had fist fights with whites because of my blackness and saw the movie as an adult. “Mama, I fully understand now.” I now remember telling her once. And she knew l got it! Sidney Poitier demanded respect and got it! I’m a fan for life. What a great black man!!!!! Rest well, Sidney….😔🕊
Your comment is 🏆🏆🏆🏆. Aloha 8/10/2024.
Great choices. Can't argue too much with your selections!! Thank you for uplifting this awesome actor and humanitarian!
Sidney Poitier was a great actor and was a great person ❤ 👏 👍 👌 💙 😀 ❤
I love him Lilies of the Field. He did a amazing job and that won him and became the first African actor an Academy Award Oscar. The world will miss a wonderful human being. Thank Mr Poitier for leaving your legacy.
Rest In Peace he was incredible
How on Earth is To Sir With Love only a passing note on #10???
That film was groundbreaking and one of the greatest films of all time discussing everything from racial, gender, immigration, class, and generational concerns are all done with such grace and style! A master class in showing emotional growth in every actor in the film. Your list is sadly lacking the crown gem of Poitier’s illustrious career.
I AGREE!!! I am STUNNED that it is not on this list!! It's MY favorite film of his, followed by "A PATCH OF BLUE" and "GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER". I know more people who have seen "TO SIR WITH LOVE" than have seen his other films.
He inspired me into substitute teaching with To Sir with love. The world needs more teachers like that
Awesome, leader and producer, in our culture from the earliest years.🎥 that made the American people who we are today......Well done!! Sidney Poitier
In the heat of the night was his best work in my opinion. An actor who was second to none. RIP.
A Patch of Blue. Tremendous and Heart wrenching. Poitier and his Co-Star cause Tears Everytime I see its my Favoorite of his movies
Sydney Poitier was an actor who had went through a lot and changed a lot for African Americans. He will be missed.
He's actually a Bahamian
@@travellmcintosh Yes. I remember reading that he lived on a tomato farm in the Bahamas.
@@travellmcintosh He's both. He was actually born in Miami, Florida as a premature infant in 1927 while his parents were visiting the U.S., so he had dual citizenship.
You will not be forgotten, Sidney. Bless you, man.
Gest who coming to dinner is my Favourite I could watch it once per week and never get bored. RIP sir Sidney Poitier 💐💐💐💖🙏
I loved him SO MUCH, I named my 3rd son Sidney. At the time I was criticized for doing it. I'm so glad I named my baby boy after him, and so is he. I will miss him, but he left a great legacy of film for all of us to enjoy. 😘❤️❤️❤️May he RestInPeace 💔🕊️
Another great actor who was a bridge between the golden age of Hollywood and the modern age. He worked with many greats of the past as evident in these clips...Glenn Ford, Richard Widmark (twice), Telly Savalas and many others.
I remembered being a little girl and watching Mr Sidney Poitier on TV. I was fascinated at how fearless and confident he was. It wasn't very much of that I saw in those times. Of course,he was an excellent actor. I am amazed at how long he lived, God Bless you Mr Sidney Poitier ... Long lived the king it's a celebration more than anything❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ ❤ 💐 🌹 🌸 🏵 🌼 💐 🌹 🌸 🏵 🌼 💐 🌹 🌸
I really can't pick just one favorite. I was 9 years old when I saw "Lilies Of The Field" in the theater. That was when I absolutely fell in love with Sidney Poitier. I'm glad that "The Slender Thread" was mentioned in this video, as I found it to be one of the MOST riveting performances I've EVER seen. RIP Mr. Poitier. Thank goodness we have your performances saved for generations to come.
What a true legend; and still inspiring generations more. A true classic man! ✊🏿
Sidney Poitier is a great actor. Although I never met him I was friends with his co- star Elizabeth Hartman in the movie "A Patch of Blue." She was from my hometown of Youngstown, OH. She often spoke fondly of him. Her tragic suicide in 1987 at the age of 43 was very devastating. Family and friends appreciated his support and kind words of sympathy leading up to the funeral. Sidney Poitier has always been a class act his whole life. Biff loved working with him. He will be sadly missed.
Sidney Poitier . . . The most beautiful man that ever graced our screens! Miss him so.❤️
Sidney stood shoulder to shoulder with some of the greatest actors in America. I was always more hopeful and stronger after watching one of his movies. You did well, my brother. RIP.
He was great as Virgil Tibbs from "In the Heat of the Night" and as Tony Curtis' partner in the "Defiant Ones"
One of my favorite actors! RIP 😥
Film actor.
Oscar winner.
Father.
Friend.
Sidney Poitier, everyone you know will miss you.
To Sir with Love. Excellent Film!
i just remember as a child loving his acting skills and thinking how handsome he was. i have never seen a movie with him in it i didnt love
I love watching all the episodes:1,2,4 and 6. They're my favorites movies.
Thanks for sharing.
Sidney Poitier was a great actor. He will be greatly missed.
What a great top ten. Sidney Poitier was one of greatest influence in the industry. If wasn't for Mr. Poitier, there wouldn't be a Samuel L Jackson, Denzel Washington, and more black actors. God bless you Mr . Poitier. RIP🙏🙏🙏
Or Eddie Murphy
And i doubt that
AMEN.
First positive role model I seen on TV as a kid back in 60's in the UK....Rest easy Mr Tibbs
What a groundbreaking career and incredible filmography! Rest In Peace, Sir.
I'm surprised that "To Sir with Love" doesn't make the top 10 or even an honourable mention?
Yea, I agree and showing my age I believe I watched every film that Sidney was in. The picks reminded me. Thank you and thank you Sidney!
We still can’t believe that Mr. Poitier officially gone during the new year…
I can't believe there's no To Sir With Love in the list? It only has a brief mention.
Sidney Poitier was such an example for many including myself. Please don't forget Sidney's comedic side as he played alongside Bill Cosby in "Let's do it again"' and "Which way is up". Truly talented. Thank you for letting me see I can be more. RIP
My favorite movies of Sidneys are To Sir, With Love and A Patch of Blue. Such an amazing actor. RIP Sidney,you'll always be loved and remembered. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
In The Heat Of The Night
To Sir, With Love
And my all time favorite... Guess Who's Coming To Dinner
Thank you, sir
What an amazing actor 🙌🏾
Brilliant 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 👏🏽 😍🙏🏾
Thank y'all for doing this!
Many thanks for posting this! Although Sidney was seemably the most widely recognized and respected trailblazer of color in this industry, his footstep was as equally heavy as a number of groundbreaking entertainers of color who in their own ways paved very definitive paths during those reconstructive years…
Mr. Poitier is a true legend. May he rest in peace.
Definitely one of my favorite actors I love his movies
RIP , God Rest . Mr Poitier was an amazing actor
Dude was the man, amazing actor. 😎🍻🤘
A true legend in cinema.
There’s seriously too many great Poitier performances, but “To Sir With Love” definitely deserved a mention. My absolute favorite of his ❤️
Love this greatly, elegant and classy. Trailblazer, didn't have to play a slave to win a Oscar. My favorite performance: In The Heat Of The Night.❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️💝💝💝💝💝💝🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
Thank God for Sidney Poitier.
I recently saw ''No Way Out'' for the 1st time...and that movie was Extremely Disturbing...it had me on the edge of my seat thru out the Entire movie...the performances were so Incredibly Good...you'd actually think you were viewing something Real...I've seen plenty of movies dealing with racism of all kind...but, that movie honestly would get into the deepest depths of your mind...and soul...Sidney Poitier & Richard Widmark Both Deserved Oscar for this film...they were just That believable...
My favorite performances are A Patch of Blue and A Raisin in the Sun. Two very different roles that really show his amazing range and ability to BECOME a character and express their experince mind, body, and soul. In A Patch of Blue, his gentleness, kindness, the way he totally embodies the character’s old soul and benevelonce is really beautiful to behold. The way he interacts with his costar and simulataneously expresses his deep affection for her while at the same time conveying his fear and reluctance over his longing and love for her, and his deep frustration over the inevitable loss of the relationship-it’s an eloquent push and pull that really examines how dynamic a human can be.
And as for A Rasin in the Sun, good lord I feel the earth MOVE with his performance there. It’s thunder and lightning and an earthquake being contained for too long and erupting in a man’s colossal explosion. It’s so genuine, raw, and unapologetically in-your-face human, yet it’s transcendent at the same time, maybe because he’s showing us parts of ourselves and facets of reality we don’t want to see but deeply know are true-things that are bigger than we are and supreme inthat we feel we can’t control them. He embodies the injustice central to the plot, which is a huge element and overwhelming for someone to absorb in such a way that they then can express it outwardly-and in a way that feels so true and visceral. It binds us all in the human experince.
I love Sidney Poitier and really believe he was an old soul, a beautifully dynamic, complex, and deep human being. I am grateful for experiencing his art and the way it’s impacted me so strongly.
I've only seen a three of these listed, However , he was outstanding in, In The Heat of The Night. "They call me Mr Tibbs", so powerful!
Edge Of The City, 1957, seems to be the forgotten Sidney Poitier film. It's excellent, along with great performances by John Cassavetes and Ruby Dee. Also A Warm December, 1973, which he starred in, and directed
Looking forward to the tribute weekend on TCM of this man's brilliant filmography. The world misses you already, Mr. Tibbs!! 🙏😢👼
I may only 30, but he definitely was my first crush. A powerful man!
R.I.P. Sidney Poitier.
A Patch of Blue is by far his best work.
1 A Patch of Blue, 2. The Defiant Ones, 3. A Raisin in the Sun, 4. No Way Out and 5. In the Heat of the Night or To Sir with Love are his best work
I agree with your ranking as well.
This list should be more like the top 20 greatest Sidney Poitier performances
I always liked Poitier in Duel At Diablo with James Garner. Rest in Peace.
"They call me Mr. Tibbs." Subtle yet commanding much like the man himself.
Spoken with dignity and bold pride, in the face of great opposition.
To SIR with LOVE❤
Sidney Poitier is in Heaven now. What a fantastic actor. 😔🙏🏾✝️
Sidney Poitier, may he rest in peace…
God wants us to rest in peace while we're still alive-- in this stressful, oppressive, afflicting world.
Compare Mat.11:28; Rev.14:12,13
I adore "Lilies of the Fields." Such a beautiful simple movie. He played Homer Smith with complexity and depth. He definitely deserved the Academy Award.
Someone to be very proud of. RIP 🙏 Sidney.