Sidney Lumet
1924–2011 · American director, producer and screenwriter
Sidney Arthur Lumet was an American film director. Lumet started his career in theatre before moving to directing television in 1950, and then directing films from 1957, where he gained a reputation for making realistic and gritty New York dramas that focused on the working class, tackled social injustices, and often questioned authority. He received various accolades including an Academy Honorary Award and a Golden Globe Award as well as nominations for nine British Academy Film Awards and a Primetime Emmy Award.
Sidney Lumet, in order
- 1939 The 400 Million: acted
- 1947–58 Kraft Television Theatre (TV series): directed
- 1948–58 Westinghouse Studio One (TV series): directed
- 1950 Danger (TV series): directed
- 1951 Goodyear Television Playhouse (TV series): directed
- 1952 CBS Television Workshop (TV series): directed
- 1955 The Death Of Socrates (short film): directed
- 1956–60 Playhouse 90 (TV series): directed
- 1956 The Alcoa Hour (TV series): directed
- 1957 12 Angry Men: directed · critics 100%, audiences 97% · streaming on Hulu, fuboTV, MGM+
- 1957 DuPont Show of the Month (TV series): directed
- 1958 Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates (TV movie): directed
- 1958 Stage Struck: directed
- 1959–60 NBC Sunday Showcase (TV series): directed
- 1959–61 Play of the Week (TV series): directed
- 1959 That Kind of Woman: directed · audiences 54%
- 1959 The Fugitive Kind: directed · critics 56%, audiences 63% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
- 1960 The Iceman Cometh (TV movie): directed · streaming on Plex
- 1962 A View from the Bridge: directed · critics 80%, audiences 67% · streaming on Tubi
- 1962 Long Day's Journey into Night: directed · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1964 Fail-Safe: directed, produced · critics 93%, audiences 91% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
- 1964 The Pawnbroker: directed · critics 88%, audiences 87% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1965 The Hill: directed · critics 75%, audiences 92%
- 1966 The Deadly Affair: directed, produced · audiences 64% · streaming on fuboTV
- 1966 The Group: directed · critics 75%, audiences 60% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1968 Bye Bye Braverman: directed, produced · critics 33%, audiences 32%
- 1968 The Sea Gull: directed, produced · audiences 33%
- 1969 The Appointment: directed · audiences 68%
- 1970 King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis: directed · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1970 Last of the Mobile Hot Shots: directed, produced
- 1971 The Anderson Tapes: directed · critics 75%, audiences 53% · streaming on fuboTV, YouTube (free), Plex
- 1972 Child's Play: directed · audiences 52%
- 1973 Serpico: directed · critics 93%, audiences 88% · streaming on Kanopy, Hoopla, YouTube (free)
- 1973 The Offence: directed · critics 73%, audiences 71% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 1974 Lovin' Molly: directed · critics 40%, audiences 25%
- 1974 Murder on the Orient Express: directed · critics 89%, audiences 79% · streaming on fuboTV, Kanopy, Hoopla
- 1975 Dog Day Afternoon: directed · critics 94%, audiences 90% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1976 Network: directed · critics 90%, audiences 93%
- 1977 Equus: directed · critics 70%, audiences 77%
- 1978 The Wiz: directed · critics 38%, audiences 66%
- 1980 Just Tell Me What You Want: directed, produced · audiences 47%
- 1981 Prince of the City: directed, wrote · critics 93%, audiences 81%
- 1982 Deathtrap: directed · critics 75%, audiences 71% · streaming on YouTube (free)
- 1982 The Verdict: directed · critics 88%, audiences 88%
- 1983 Daniel: directed · critics 43%, audiences 52%
- 1984 Garbo Talks: directed · critics 57%, audiences 50% · streaming on Prime Video, fuboTV, MGM+
- 1986 American Masters (TV series): acted
- 1986 Power: directed · critics 50%, audiences 43%
- 1986 The Morning After: directed · critics 61%, audiences 38%
- 1988 Running on Empty: directed · critics 81%, audiences 69%
- 1989 Family Business: directed · critics 35%, audiences 28% · streaming on YouTube (free), Tubi
- 1990 Listen Up: The Lives of Quincy Jones: acted
- 1990 Q & A: directed, wrote · critics 88%, audiences 58% · streaming on YouTube (free), Plex, Tubi
- 1992 A Stranger Among Us: directed · critics 22%, audiences 39%
- 1993 Guilty as Sin: directed · critics 38%, audiences 44% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1996 Night Falls on Manhattan: directed, wrote · critics 71%, audiences 65% · streaming on Hoopla
- 1997 Critical Care: directed · critics 59%, audiences 30% · streaming on Tubi
- 1999 Gloria: directed · critics 14%, audiences 30% · streaming on fuboTV, YouTube (free), Tubi
- 2000 Inside the Making of Dr. Strangelove: acted
- 2001 100 Centre Street (TV series): directed, created
- 2003 A Decade Under the Influence: acted · critics 77%, audiences 83%
- 2004 Imaginary Witness: acted · critics 88%, audiences 83%
- 2004 Strip Search (TV movie): directed · streaming on HBO Max
- 2004 The Manchurian Candidate: acted · critics 79%, audiences 63% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
- 2006 Find Me Guilty: directed, wrote · critics 63%, audiences 63% · streaming on Prime Video, Roku Channel, Hoopla
- 2007 Before the Devil Knows You're Dead: directed · critics 89%, audiences 72% · streaming on Hulu, Prime Video, fuboTV
- 2008 Un gancho al corazón (TV series): directed
- 2009 I Knew It Was You (short film): acted · streaming on Tubi
- 2014 And the Oscar Goes To... (TV movie): acted
- 2016 Michael Jackson's Journey from Motown to Off the Wall: acted · critics 92%, audiences 91%