Movie Database

Movies by Director - Sidney Lumet (51 [Missing: 6])
TitleYearDirectorGenreRatingRuntimeAdded
Before The Devil Knows You're DeadWhen two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother's wife hurtling towards a shattering climax.2007Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Thriller7.3 (101.9K votes)11720211228
Find Me GuiltyIn the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history.2006Sidney LumetBiography, Comedy, Crime, Drama7.0 (34.1K votes)12520211228
Rachel, quand du seigneurNA Not Available
Strip SearchStrip Search follows two parallel stories examining personal freedoms vs. national security in the aftermath of 9/11; one plot involves an American woman detained in China and the other an Arab man detained in New York City.2004Sidney LumetDrama6.2 (1.9K votes)12020240303
GloriaAfter serving three years in prison covering for her gangster boyfriend, Kevin, Gloria returns to New York City for the money she was promised. Inside Kevin's base of operations, she finds 7 year old Nicky, whose family has been kill1999Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Thriller5.2 (5.8K votes)10820211228
Critical CareA hospital resident is put in the middle of a legal battle between two half-sisters on whether to pull their comatose dad's life support. But more seems to be at stake than dad's life - his inheritance.1997Sidney LumetComedy, Drama5.9 (2.2K votes)10720230619
Night Falls on ManhattanA newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.1996Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Thriller6.6 (8.5K votes)11320230728
Guilty as SinA female lawyer takes an accused wife-murderer as a client, but finds herself morally compelled to betray him one way or another.1993Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Thriller5.6 (5.5K votes)10720221116
Stranger Among Us, AEmily, a tough NYPD cop, is sent to an orthodox Jewish community to investigate a missing person plus $720,000 in missing diamonds. To solve what becomes a murder case, she has to join the community.1992Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance5.6 (4.2K votes)11020240303
Q&ADirty cop, Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.1990Sidney Lumetnan6.5 (6.2K votes)13220220711
Family BusinessAn ex professor offers Adam $1,000,000 to "get" some plasma from a high tech company's lab. Adam asks his criminal grandpa for help. Can they convince Adam's now honest dad to join?1989Sidney LumetCrime, Drama5.7 (12.8K votes)11020211228
Running on EmptyThe eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own.1988Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Music, Romance7.6 (17.2K votes)11620230806
Morning After, TheA washed up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?1986Sidney LumetCrime, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.0 (6.6K votes)10320211228
PowerAfter a close friend drops out of politics, a political consultant helping to find a replacement finds a web of corruption and deceit as well.1986Sidney LumetDrama5.7 (3K votes)11120211228
Garbo TalksThe son of a woman dying of a brain tumor tries to fulfill his mother's last wish: to meet Greta Garbo.1984Sidney LumetComedy, Drama6.4 (1.6K votes)10320211228
DanielDaniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s.1983Sidney LumetDrama6.6 (1.3K votes)13020211228
Verdict, TheAn outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.1982Sidney LumetDrama7.7 (38.9K votes)12920211228
DeathtrapA Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play.1982Sidney LumetComedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller7.0 (13.2K votes)11620211228
Prince of the CityA New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he's in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.1981Sidney LumetCrime, Drama7.5 (8.1K votes)16720211228
Just Tell Me What You WantA married, egotistical, middle-aged head of a corporate empire man and his mistress and protegee, who wants a more serious commitment and ends up dating a younger man, are in a casual love/hate relationship and engage in a battle of 1980Sidney LumetComedy, Romance5.5 (673 votes)11220211228
Wiz, TheAn adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience.1978Sidney LumetAdventure, Family, Fantasy, Musical5.5 (14.9K votes)13420211228
EquusA psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy's disturbing obsession with horses.1977Sidney LumetDrama, Mystery7.2 (8K votes)13720211228
NetworkA television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.1976Sidney LumetDrama8.1 (154.7K votes)12120211228
Dog Day AfternoonThree amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does1975Sidney LumetBiography, Crime, Drama, Thriller8.0 (249.5K votes)12520211228
Murder on The Orient ExpressIn December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.1974Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Mystery7.3 (60.4K votes)12820211228
Lovin' MollyAcclaimed director Sidney Lumet brings this marvelous adaptation of a Larry McMurtry novel to life. Blythe Danner and Susasn Sarandon star in this complex yet disarmingly fresh look at love1974Sidney LumetDrama, Romance5.5 (537 votes)9820211228
SerpicoAn honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.1973Sidney LumetBiography, Crime, Drama, Thriller7.7 (119K votes)13020211228
Offence, TheA burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.1973Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Thriller6.9 (6.7K votes)11220211228
Child's PlayAt an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.1972Sidney LumetDrama, Horror, Mystery, Thriller6.2 (1.4K votes)10020211228
Anderson Tapes, TheAfter Duke Anderson is released from prison after ten years for taking the rap for a scion of a Mafia family, he cashes in a debt of honor with the mob to bankroll a caper.1971Sidney LumetAction, Crime, Thriller6.4 (7.8K votes)9920211228
Last of the Mobile Hot Shots, TheAfter winning a game show contest, a newlywed couple travels to New Orleans where the husband seeks to reclaim his ancestral plantation mansion from his biracial stepbrother.1970Sidney LumetDrama5.1 (421 votes)10020240228
Appointment, TheThe lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to believe that his wife Carla in secret is Rome's highest paid prostitute.1969Sidney LumetDrama, Romance5.4 (773 votes)11520211228
Sea Gull, TheAging actress Irina Arkadina pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. On one occasion, she brings along Boris Trigorin, a successful novelist. Nina, a free and innocent gi1968Sidney LumetDrama, Romance7.0 (904 votes)14120211228
Bye, Bye BravermanFour Jewish intellectuals carpool to the funeral of their old friend Leslie Braverman, who died suddenly at age 41.1968Sidney LumetComedy, Drama5.6 (714 votes)9420220414
Deadly Affair, TheA British agent sets out to uncover the hidden facts behind a British government employee's suicide.1967Sidney LumetCrime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller6.8 (3.5K votes)10720211228
Group, TheAfter graduating from a prestigious Eastern university, eight devoted women friends go their separate ways: one leaves for Europe, while the others experience troubled relationships. Sadly, they get to meet one last time as a group.1966Sidney LumetDrama6.5 (1.7K votes)15020211228
Hill, TheIn a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.1965Sidney LumetDrama, War7.9 (13.7K votes)12320211228
Fail-SafeA technical malfunction sends American planes to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?1964Sidney LumetDrama, Thriller8.0 (21.5K votes)11220211228
Pawnbroker, TheA Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.1964Sidney LumetDrama7.7 (9.3K votes)11620211228
Long Day's Journey Into NightAt the end of a long and hot summer day, members of one family gather in a large house. Everyone has something painful and offensive to say, and their silence is even worse.1962Sidney LumetDrama7.6 (5.1K votes)17420211228
View from the Bridge, A [Vu du pont]Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two brothers, illegal immigrants, Marco and Rodolph1961Sidney LumetDrama6.8 (482 votes)11020211228
Iceman Cometh, TheTheodore Hickman, a hardware salesman, makes by-yearly visits to Harry Hope's 1910-era waterfront bar for his periodical drinking binges. But on this visit he has decided to try to save the bar's patrons from their "lying pipe dreams1960Sidney LumetDrama7.9 (337 votes)24020211228
John Brown's RaidNA Not Available
Fugitive Kind, TheValentine "Snakeskin" Xavier, a trouble-prone drifter trying to go straight, wanders into a small Mississippi town looking for a simple and honest life but finds himself embroiled with problem-filled women.1960Sidney LumetDrama, Romance7.1 (6.2K votes)11920211228
That Kind of WomanIn 1944, on a Miami to New York train, two paratroopers on furlough meet and fall in love with two 'kept women' who are on their way to meet their 'sugar-daddies'.1959Sidney LumetDrama, Romance, War6.2 (651 votes)9220211228
All the King's MenNA Not Available
Stage StruckA young woman arrives in New York City determined to become a great theatrical star, but discovers that her goal may not be as easily attainable as she had hoped.1958Sidney LumetDrama, Romance5.9 (715 votes)9520211228
Hans Brinker and the Silver SkatesNA Not Available
Mr. BroadwayNA Not Available
12 Angry MenThe jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.1957Sidney LumetCrime, Drama9.0 (749.3K votes)9620211228
The ChallengeNA Not Available