They call me Mr. Tibbs.... and rightfully so!

75. In the Heat of the Night (1967)- I didn't know what to think when my husband and I started watching this movie. I couldn't tell if I was going to love it or hate it. The premise of the movie is that the great Sidney Poitier gets arrested for basically sitting at a train station in the south. Turns out he was arrested for killing some major town figure. In reality he did not kill the man, but he was a homicide detective from the north. He ended up helping with the case against his own will at some times and against the sheriff's at the others. It was an intense movie filled with horrible racist remarks that were perfectly acceptable in the south at that time. It was crazy to me how people thought it their behavior was acceptable. The movie was also filled with some laughs and leaves you feeling content at the end. I am still little unsure how Mr. Tibbs figured out who the real killer was. It might be a watch more than once to understand kind of movie. Which I would definitely do again. If you like To Kill a Mockingbird (also on the AFI list) and A Time to Kill, you would like this movie as well. A Big Thumbs Up from this unprofessional critic.