Sidney Lumet

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Martin Balsam, John Fiedler, Lee J. Cobb

Because of a technical defect an American bomber team mistakenly orders the destruction of Moscow. The President of the United States has but little time to prevent an atomic catastrophe from occurring.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver

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 veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch

New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe

Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden

North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Harry Andrews, Ian Bannen

The Popes are a family who haven't been able to use their real identity for years. In the late sixties, the parents set a weapons lab afire in an effort to hinder the government's Vietnam war campaign. Ever since then, the Popes have been on the run with the authorities never far behind. Their survival is threatened when their eldest son falls in love with a girl, and announces his wish to live his life on his own terms.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Christine Lahti, River Phoenix, Judd Hirsch

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents' jewelry store, the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that send them and their family hurtling towards a shattering climax.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Philip Seymour Hoffman, Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney

In 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Martin Balsam

Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Marlon Brando, Anna Magnani, Joanne Woodward

A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Rod Steiger, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Brock Peters

A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's script.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon

New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy

A psychiatrist, Martin Dysart, investigates the savage blinding of six horses with a metal spike in a stable in Hampshire, England. The atrocity was committed by an unassuming seventeen-year-old stable boy named Alan Strang, the only son of an opinionated but inwardly-timid father and a genteel, religious mother. As Dysart exposes the truths behind the boy's demons, he finds himself face-to-face with his own.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Richard Burton, Peter Firth, Joan Plowright

Based on the true story of Jack DiNorscio, a mobster who defended himself in court for what would be the longest mafia trial in U.S. history.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Vin Diesel, Alex Rocco, Ron Silver

A burned-out British police detective finally snaps while interrogating a suspected child molester.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant

Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell

Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Jane Fonda, Jeff Bridges, Raúl Juliá

A young district attorney seeking to prove a case against a corrupt police detective encounters a former lover and her new protector, a crime boss who refuses to help him.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante

A newly elected District attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Andy Garcia, Ian Holm, James Gandolfini

Before a criminal lawyer knows what has happened, she is forced to defend a wife killer she knows is guilty.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Rebecca De Mornay, Don Johnson, Stephen Lang

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

After serving a prison term for her boyfriend, a streetwise, middle-aged moll named Gloria stands up against the mobs, which is complicated by a six-year-old urchin with a will of his own, whom she reluctantly takes under her wing after his family has been gunned down.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sharon Stone, Jeremy Northam, Cathy Moriarty

Detective Emily Eden is a tough New York City cop forced to go undercover to solve a puzzling murder. Her search for the truth takes her into a secret world of unwritten law and unspoken power, a world where the only way out is deeper in.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Melanie Griffith, Eric Thal, John Pankow

Jessie is an aging career criminal who has been in more jails, fights, schemes, and lineups than just about anyone else. His son Vito, while currently on the straight and narrow, has had a fairly shady past and is indeed no stranger to illegal activity. They both have great hope for Adam, Vito's son and Jessie's grandson, who is bright, good-looking, and without a criminal past.

Dir. Sidney Lumet · With Sean Connery, Dustin Hoffman, Matthew Broderick