Movies directed by Sidney Lumet

12 Angry Men (1957)

96 mins     Drama      

Some of my favourite movies are those which can be defined as courtroom dramas, the powerful to and thro between lawyers as they try to outwit each other whilst pulling apart each other's case. There have been some terrific c...

Stage Struck (1958)

95 mins     Drama, Romance      

How do you play a part which Katharine Hepburn had already played? That is the problem which presented itself to Susan Strasberg when she was cast as Eva Lovelace in "Stage Struck" a remake of the 1933 movie "Morning Glory". ...

Fail-Safe (1964)

112 mins     Drama, Thriller      

Oh to be an uninformed adult back in 1964, I would imagine watching "Fail-Safe" would have been a horrifying experience with this set up of a possible nuclear war about to occur because a fault in the system prevents the abor...

Dog Day Afternoon (1965)

125 mins     Crime, Drama      

I hate pretentious nonsense and unfortunately over the years I have read plenty of pretentious things which have been written about "Dog Day Afternoon". Now I am not saying any of those things are wrong but when it comes to y...

The Anderson Tapes (1971)

99 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

The Anderson Tapes: Sean Connery stars as Anderson who shortly after being released from prison is planning to rob the apartments where his girlfriend lives...

Serpico (1973)

130 mins     Biography, Comedy, Drama      

Watching "Serpico" now makes you realise two things; firstly is that whilst Al Pacino is still a top actor he often resorts to trademarks, the crazy stare and the shouting roar and secondly Pacino of the 70s wasn't a top acto...

Deathtrap (1982)

116 mins     Comedy, Crime, Mystery      

As a movie reviewer "Deathtrap" is a frustrating movie, not because it is bad, in fact it is darkly funny and quite brilliant. Nope it is frustrating because I can't go into detail about what happens because the joy of "Death...

The Verdict (1982)

129 mins     Drama      

Courtroom dramas are always entertaining, I think it must be the David vs. Goliath aspect of seeing a small time lawyer solve the case to take on the smug bad guys but the best courtroom dramas have more to them than just ple...

Family Business (1989)

110 mins     Comedy, Crime      

You just need to examine the casting and characters to be amused by "Family Business". You have Sean Connery playing Jesse a Scot who having married a Sicilian had a son, Vito played by Dustin Hoffman, if that doesn't make yo...

Q & A (1990)

132 mins     Crime, Drama      

"Q & A" sees director Sidney Lumet return to one of his favourite stomping grounds with a storyline surrounding yet another dirty cop and like his previous movies which deal with the subject this is another thoroughly enterta...

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

117 mins     Crime, Drama, Thriller      

I have tried to keep the detail to that synopsis of "Before the Devil Knows You're Dead" down to a minimum because this is a movie which works on you not knowing things before hand. It not only works on you not knowing things...