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Sidney Lumet

Director · 81 credits · 46 in highly-rated films

Best known for 12 Angry Men (1957)

Frequent collaborators: Al Pacino, Martin Bregman

Best Sidney Lumet movies by genre

Directed movies (57 total, ranked by score)

  1. 12 Angry Men

    1957 · ★ 8.6 (10,280 votes)

    Drama

    1

  2. Dog Day Afternoon

    1975 · ★ 7.9 (3,477 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    2

  3. Network

    1976 · ★ 7.8 (2,085 votes)

    Drama

    3

  4. Murder on the Orient Express

    1974 · ★ 7.1 (1,612 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Mystery

    4

  5. The Verdict

    1982 · ★ 7.5 (756 votes)

    Drama

    5

  6. Serpico

    1973 · ★ 7.5 (2,195 votes)

    Crime, Drama, History

    6

  7. Fail Safe

    1964 · ★ 7.8 (468 votes)

    Thriller, Drama, War

    7

  8. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

    2007 · ★ 7.1 (1,765 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    8

  9. Running on Empty

    1988 · ★ 7.5 (364 votes)

    Drama, Romance, Crime

    9

  10. The Hill

    1965 · ★ 7.5 (259 votes)

    Drama, War

    10

  11. Deathtrap

    1982 · ★ 6.7 (317 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    11

  12. The Pawnbroker

    1965 · ★ 7.1 (173 votes)

    Drama

    12

  13. Equus

    1977 · ★ 7.0 (144 votes)

    Drama, Mystery, Thriller

    13

  14. Find Me Guilty

    2006 · ★ 6.5 (561 votes)

    Comedy, Crime, Drama

    14

  15. Prince of the City

    1981 · ★ 7.0 (184 votes)

    Drama, Thriller, Crime

    15

  16. Long Day's Journey Into Night

    1962 · ★ 6.9 (80 votes)

    Drama

    16

  17. The Offence

    1973 · ★ 6.8 (175 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Thriller

    17

  18. The Fugitive Kind

    1960 · ★ 6.9 (116 votes)

    Romance, Drama

    18

  19. The Anderson Tapes

    1971 · ★ 6.1 (186 votes)

    Crime, Thriller, Action

    19

  20. The Wiz

    1978 · ★ 6.2 (320 votes)

    Fantasy, Family, Adventure

    20

  21. Night Falls on Manhattan

    1997 · ★ 6.3 (146 votes)

    Drama, Crime

    21

  22. Q & A

    1990 · ★ 5.9 (201 votes)

    Action, Thriller, Crime

    22

  23. The Morning After

    1986 · ★ 5.9 (132 votes)

    Thriller, Mystery, Romance

    23

  24. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    1970 · ★ 7.1 (11 votes)

    Documentary

    24

  25. Daniel

    1983 · ★ 6.7 (36 votes)

    Drama

    25

  26. The Deadly Affair

    1967 · ★ 6.2 (92 votes)

    Thriller, Mystery, Drama

    26

  27. Family Business

    1989 · ★ 5.7 (287 votes)

    Crime, Drama, Comedy

    27

  28. The Dybbuk

    1960

    Horror, Drama, Fantasy

    28

  29. The Group

    1966 · ★ 5.6 (31 votes)

    Drama

    29

  30. Strip Search

    2004 · ★ 6.2 (45 votes)

    Drama

    30

Credits are ranked using the same weighted score as movie collections. Last updated Aug 29, 2026.