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The Best Movies Directed by Sidney Lumet

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12 Angry Men 1957, 96 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, Jack Klugman

Based-on-Television • Based-on-Theatre • Courtroom Drama

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Network 1976, 121 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch

Black Comedy • Comedy Drama • Drama

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Dog Day Afternoon 1975, 125 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Al Pacino, John Cazale, Charles Durning

Based-on-a-True-Story • Caper • Crime Drama

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Fail-Safe 1964, 112 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Dan O'Herlihy, Walter Matthau, Frank Overton

Disaster Film • Drama • Political Thriller

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Serpico 1973, 130 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe

Based-on-a-True-Story • Biopic • Crime Drama

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The Verdict 1982, 129 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden

Courtroom Drama • Drama

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Murder on the Orient Express 1974, 128 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Ingrid Bergman, Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall

Based-on-20th-Century-Literature • Crime • Detective Film

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Before the Devil Knows You're Dead 2007, 117 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Ethan Hawke, Albert Finney, Michael Shannon

Caper • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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The Hill 1965, 123 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Harry Andrews, Alfred Lynch, Ossie Davis

Drama • Prison Film • War Drama

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Running on Empty 1988, 116 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch, Martha Plimpton

Coming-of-Age • Drama • Family Drama

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Deathtrap 1982, 116 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Michael Caine, Dyan Cannon, Irene Worth

Based-on-Theatre • Black Comedy • Comedy

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The Pawnbroker 1964, 116 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Brock Peters, Geraldine Fitzgerald, Rod Steiger

Drama • Psychological Drama • Urban Drama

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Prince of the City 1981, 168 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Jerry Orbach, Richard Foronjy, Don Billett

Drama • New Hollywood • Police Drama

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Long Day's Journey Into Night 1962, 174 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Katharine Hepburn, Ralph Richardson, Jason Robards

Addiction Drama • Drama

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The Anderson Tapes 1971, 95 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Sean Connery, Dyan Cannon, Martin Balsam

Caper • Comedy • Crime

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The Fugitive Kind 1960, 119 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Joanne Woodward, Maureen Stapleton, Victor Jory

Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Melodrama

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The Offence 1972, 112 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Sean Connery, Trevor Howard, Vivien Merchant

Crime • Crime Drama • Crime Thriller

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Equus 1977, 137 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Colin Blakely, Harry Andrews, Jenny Agutter

Based-on-Theatre • Drama • Psychological Drama

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Find Me Guilty 2006, 125 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Vin Diesel, Ben Lipitz, Peter Dinklage

Comedy Drama • Crime • Crime Comedy

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Q & A 1990, 132 min.

Sidney Lumet • Starring: Nick Nolte, Timothy Hutton, Armand Assante

Crime • Crime Drama • Drama

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