Watch Sidney Poitier Movies and TV Shows in Australia

If you're looking to stream shows or movies starring Sidney Poitier in Australia then here is the definitive list. We show you which streaming providers currently have each of Sidney Poitier's most popular movies and shows available in their catalogue. List updated in November 2024.

List of the Best Movies and Shows Starring Sidney Poitier In Order of Popularity

  1. A Raisin in the Sun
  2. A Patch of Blue
  3. In the Heat of the Night
  4. Sidney
  5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  6. The Defiant Ones
  7. To Sir, with Love
  8. Lilies of the Field
  9. Sing Your Song
  10. No Way Out
  11. The Bedford Incident
  12. The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
  13. Goodbye, My Lady
  14. Edge of the City
  15. Sneakers
  16. The Slender Thread
  17. Wolfgang
  18. Uptown Saturday Night
  19. Duel at Diablo
  20. Band of Angels
  21. Buck and the Preacher
  22. The Jackal
  23. The Wilby Conspiracy
  24. A Piece of the Action
  25. Brother John
  26. To Sir, with Love II
  27. A Warm December
  28. They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
  29. The Long Ships
  30. The Organization

Stream the top 30 Movies and Shows starring Sidney Poitier

1. A Raisin in the Sun

Rated: Approved

8.0/10

Walter Lee Younger is a young man struggling with his station in life. Sharing a tiny apartment with his wife, son, sister and mother, he seems like an imprisoned man. Until, that is, the family gets an unexpected financial windfall.

2. A Patch of Blue

Rated: Unrated

8.0/10

A blind, uneducated white girl is befriended by a black man, who becomes determined to help her escape her impoverished and abusive home life.

3. In the Heat of the Night

Rated: Approved

7.9/10

An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.

4. Sidney

Rated: PG

7.8/10

This revealing documentary honors the legendary Sidney Poitier—iconic actor, filmmaker, and civil rights activist. Featuring interviews with Denzel Washington, Spike Lee, Halle Berry, and more.

5. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Rated: Approved

7.8/10

A couple's attitudes are challenged when their daughter brings home a fiancé who is black.

6. The Defiant Ones

Rated: Approved

7.6/10

Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.

7. To Sir, with Love

Rated: Approved

7.6/10

Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.

8. Lilies of the Field

Rated: G

7.5/10

An unemployed construction worker heading out west stops at a remote farm in the desert to get water when his car overheats. The farm is being worked by a group of East European Catholic nuns, headed by the strict mother superior, who believes the man has been sent by God to build a much needed church in the desert.

9. Sing Your Song

Rated: Not Rated

7.5/10

Most people know the lasting legacy of Harry Belafonte, the entertainer. This film unearths his significant contribution to and his leadership in the civil rights movement in America and to social justice globally.

10. No Way Out

Rated: MA15+

7.4/10

Robbers Ray Biddle and his brother are shot and taken to the local hospital. There, the two are treated by Dr. Brooks, the hospital's only black doctor. The brothers assault Brooks with racist slurs. And, when his brother ends up dying on the operating table, Ray accuses the doctor of murdering him. Blind with rage, Ray works to turn the white community of the city against Brooks, who finds an unlikely ally in the dead man's widow, Edie.

11. The Bedford Incident

Rated: Approved

7.3/10

During a routine patrol, a reporter is given permission to interview a hardened cold-war warrior and captain of the American destroyer USS Bedford. The reporter gets more than he bargained for when the Bedford discovers a Soviet sub and the captain begins a relentless pursuit, pushing his crew to breaking point.

12. The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Rated: PG

7.3/10

In the small Southern community of Twin Pines, GA, lives Noah Dearborn, a master craftsman and farmer who cherishes his solitude almost as much as the local townspeople cherish him — especially restaurant owner Sarah McClellan. But when greedy real estate developers set their sights on Noah's land and he rejects their six-figure offer, this taciturn man is forced to summon all his strength in order to defend not only his property and way of life, but his sanity.

13. Goodbye, My Lady

Rated: G

7.2/10

This 1956 film, adapted from James Street's novel, tells the tale of a young Mississippi boy and his love for his basenji dog. With Brandon de Wilde, Walter Brennan, Sidney Poitier, Phil Harris, Louise Beavers and William Hopper.

14. Edge of the City

Rated: Approved

7.2/10

An army deserter and a black dock worker join forces against a corrupt manager.

15. Sneakers

Rated: PG-13

7.1/10

When shadowy U.S. intelligence agents blackmail a reformed computer hacker and his eccentric team of security experts into stealing a code-breaking 'black box' from a Soviet-funded genius, they uncover a bigger conspiracy. Now, he and his 'sneakers' must save themselves and the world economy by retrieving the box from their blackmailers.

16. The Slender Thread

Rated: Not Rated

7.0/10

Alan is a Seattle college student volunteering at a crisis center. One night when at the clinic alone, a woman calls up the number and tells Alan that she needs to talk to someone. She informs Alan she took a load of pills, and he secretly tries to get help. During this time, he learns more about the woman, her family life, and why she wants to die. Can Alan get the cavalry to save her in time before it's too late?

17. Wolfgang

Rated: TV-PG

6.9/10

An intimate portrait of the life and work of the original "celebrity chef" Wolfgang Puck.

18. Uptown Saturday Night

Rated: PG

6.6/10

Two blue-collar buddies search the underworld for a winning lottery ticket lost in a nightclub holdup.

19. Duel at Diablo

Rated: Approved

6.5/10

While crossing the desert, a frontier scout, Jess Remsberg, rescues Ellen Grange from a pursuing band of Apaches, and returns her to her husband, Willard Grange. He is contracted to act as a scout for an Army cavalry unit. Willard, Ellen, and her infant son are along for the ride, as is horse trader Toller, a veteran of the 10th Cavalry. The party is trapped in a canyon by Chata, an Apache chief and grandfather of Ellen's baby. Willard is captured and tortured. Jess sneaks away and brings reinforcements just in time to save the day. Jess learns that the man he has been hunting is none other than Willard Grange.

20. Band of Angels

Rated: Not Rated

6.5/10

Living in Kentucky prior to the Civil War, Amantha Starr is a privileged young woman. Her widower father, a wealthy plantation owner, dotes on her and he sends her to the best schools. When he dies suddenly however, Amantha's world is turned upside down. She learns that her father had been living on borrowed money and that her mother was actually a slave and her father's mistress. The plantation is to be sold to pay off her father's debts and as the daughter of slave, Amatha is also to be sold as property. She is bought by a Louisiana plantation owner, Hamish Bond and over time she grows to love him until she learns he was a slave-trader. She tries again to become part of white society but realizes that her future lies elsewhere.

21. Buck and the Preacher

Rated: GP

6.5/10

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

22. The Jackal

Rated: R

6.4/10

Hired by a powerful member of the Russian mafia to avenge an FBI sting that left his brother dead, a psychopathic hitman known only as The Jackal proves an elusive target for the people charged with the task of bringing him down: a deputy FBI director, a Russian MVK Major, and a jailed IRA terrorist who can recognize him.

23. The Wilby Conspiracy

Rated: PG

6.4/10

Having spent 10 years in prison for nationalist activities, Shack Twala is finally ordered released by the South African Supreme Court but he finds himself almost immediately on the run after a run-in with the police. Assisted by his lawyer Rina Van Niekirk and visiting British engineer Jim Keogh, he heads for Capetown where he hopes to recover a stash of diamonds, meant to finance revolutionary activities, that he had entrusted to a dentist before his incarceration. Along the way, they are followed by Major Horn of the South African State security bureau and it becomes apparent that he has no intention of arresting them until they reach their final destination

24. A Piece of the Action

Rated: PG

6.4/10

How does retired cop Joshua Burke (James Earl Jones) get two career criminals, Manny Durrell (Sidney Poitier) and Dave Anderson (Bill Cosby), to follow the straight and narrow? Con them into helping juvenile delinquents turn over a new leaf. But how? Burke has never been able to nail the duo, but he uses what he knows of their seedy past to blackmail them into volunteering.

25. Brother John

Rated: PG-13

6.4/10

An enigmatic man (Sidney Poitier) returns to his Alabama hometown as his sister is dying of cancer and incites the suspicion of notable town officials.

26. To Sir, with Love II

Rated: Not Rated

6.3/10

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

27. A Warm December

Rated: PG

6.1/10

Widower Dr. Matt Younger and his daughter go to London for a month of dirt-bike racing. While there, Dr. Younger is surprised by finding himself attracted to Catherine, a charming but elusive woman who seems to have some mysterious men following her. A romance slowly develops between the doctor and Catherine, but there are complications to their happiness.

28. They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Rated: GP

6.1/10

A police detective's investigation of a prostitute's murder points to his best friend.

29. The Long Ships

Rated: Not Rated

6/10

Moorish ruler El Mansuh is determined to locate a massive bell made of gold known as the "Mother of Voices." Viking explorer Rolfe also becomes intent on finding the mythical treasure, and sails with his crew from Scandinavia to Africa to track it down. Reluctantly working together, El Mansuh and Rolfe, along with their men, embark on a quest for the prized object, but only one leader will be able to claim the bell as his own — if it even exists at all.

30. The Organization

Rated: PG-13

6.0/10

After a group of young revolutionaries break into a company's corporate headquarters and steal $5,000,000 worth of heroin to keep it off the street, they call on San Francisco Police Lieutenant Virgil Tibbs for assistance.