Frank Pierson

Based on the true story of would-be Brooklyn bank robbers John Wojtowicz and Salvatore Naturile. Sonny and Sal attempt a bank heist which quickly turns sour and escalates into a hostage situation and stand-off with the police. As Sonny's motives for the robbery are slowly revealed and things become more complicated, the heist turns into a media circus.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning

When petty criminal Luke Jackson is sentenced to two years in a Florida prison farm, he doesn't play by the rules of either the sadistic warden or the yard's resident heavy, Dragline, who ends up admiring the new guy's unbreakable will. Luke's bravado, even in the face of repeated stints in the prison's dreaded solitary confinement cell, "the box," make him a rebel hero to his fellow convicts and a thorn in the side of the prison officers.

Dir. Stuart Rosenberg · With Paul Newman, George Kennedy, Luke Askew

At the Wannsee Conference on January 20, 1942, senior Nazi officials meet to determine the manner in which the so-called "Final Solution to the Jewish Question" can be best implemented.

Dir. Frank Pierson · With Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth

Rusty Sabich is a deputy prosecutor engaged in an obsessive affair with a coworker who is murdered. Soon after, he's accused of the crime. And his fight to clear his name becomes a whirlpool of lies and hidden passions.

Dir. Alan J. Pakula · With Harrison Ford, Brian Dennehy, Raúl Juliá

A woman seeking revenge for her murdered father hires a famous gunman, but he's very different from what she expects.

Dir. Elliot Silverstein · With Jane Fonda, Michael Callan, Lee Marvin

Thief Duke Anderson—just released from ten years in jail—takes up with his old girlfriend in her posh apartment block, and makes plans to rob the entire building. What he doesn't know is that his every move is being recorded on audio and video, although he is not the subject of any surveillance.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam

Drunken, has-been rock star John Norman Howard falls in love with unknown singer Esther Hoffman after seeing her perform at a club. He lets her sing a few songs at one of his shows and she becomes the talk of the music industry. Esther's star begins to rise, while John's continues to fall. She tries desperately to get John to sober up and focus on his music, but it may be too late to save him.

Dir. Frank Pierson · With Barbra Streisand, Kris Kristofferson, Gary Busey