In Sidney Lumet’s harrowing portrayal of police brutality, Detective Sergeant Johnson has been with the British Police Force for 20 years. Read More »
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Prince of the City (1981) Sidney Lumet, Treat Williams, Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy
New York City cop Daniel Ciello is involved in some questionable police practices. Read More »
Daniel (1983) Sidney Lumet, Timothy Hutton, Mandy Patinkin, Lindsay Crouse
The fictionalized story of Daniel, the son of Paul and Rochelle Isaacson Read More »
12 Angry Men (1957) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Martin Balsam
The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room Read More »
A View from the Bridge AKA Vu du pont (1962) Sidney Lumet, Raf Vallone, Maureen Stapleton, Carol Lawrence
Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice Read More »
Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) Sidney Lumet, Ali MacGraw, Alan King, Myrna Loy
A TV producer who is the mistress of her boss, tries to have him make their relationship more permanent, and begins a relationship with a younger man. Read More »
The Deadly Affair (1966) Sidney Lumet, James Mason, Maximilian Schell, Simone Signoret
After Charles Dobbs, a security officer, has a friendly chat with Samuel Fennan from the Foreign Office, the man commits suicide. Read More »
Garbo Talks (1984) Sidney Lumet, Anne Bancroft, Ron Silver, Carrie Fisher, Comedy, Drama
Estelle is a one-person protest army: she goes to jail over grocery prices, shames construction workers for catcalls to passing women, and won’t cross a picket line for her son’s wedding. Read More »
The Sea Gull (1968) Sidney Lumet, James Mason, Vanessa Redgrave, Simone Signoret, Drama, Romance
An aging actress named Irina Arkidana pays summer visits to her brother Pjotr Nikolayevich Sorin and her son Konstantin on a country estate. Read More »
The Iceman Cometh (1960) Sidney Lumet, Jason Robards, Myron McCormick, Tom Pedi, Drama
The chilling tale of a high-rolling gambler who changes his ways and is determind to help the drifters, alcoholics and prostitutes who have come to depend on his “generosity”. Read More »
Lovin Molly (1974) Sidney Lumet, Anthony Perkins, Beau Bridges, Blythe Danner, Drama, Romance
Long Day’s Journey Into Night (1962) Sidney Lumet, Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards, Drama
Author Eugene O’Neill gives an autobiographical account of his explosive homelife, fused by a drug-addicted mother, a father who wallows in drink after realizing he is no longer a famous actor and an older brother who is emotionally unstable and a misfit. The family is reflected by the youngest son, who is a sensitive and aspiring writer.
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Murder on the Orient Express (1974) Sidney Lumet, Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Having sorted a matter out in the Middle East, detective Hercule Poirot (Albert Finney) is returning to England aboard the Orient Express. Read More »
Fail Safe (1964) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Walter Matthau, Fritz Weaver, Drama, Thriller
American planes are sent to deliver a nuclear attack on Moscow, but it’s a mistake due to an electrical malfunction. Can all-out war be averted?
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Stage Struck (1958) Sidney Lumet, Henry Fonda, Susan Strasberg, Joan Greenwood, Drama, Romance
The movie tells the story of Eva, a girl who comes to New York in order to become a great actress. Read More »