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 2025.
List of the Best Movies and Shows Starring Sidney Poitier In Order of Popularity
- In the Heat of the Night
- Sidney
- The Defiant Ones
- To Sir, With Love
- Lilies of the Field
- The Bedford Incident
- Goodbye, My Lady
- Duel at Diablo
- The Jackal
- The Wilby Conspiracy
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Stream the top 11 Movies and Shows starring Sidney Poitier
Rated: Approved
7.9/10
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
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.
Rated: Approved
7.6/10
Two convicts—a white racist and an angry black man—escape while chained to each other.
Rated: PG
7.6/10
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate need of attention and care.
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.
Rated: G
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.
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.
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.
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.
Rated: M
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
11. 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.
