Sidney Lumet — Director (25)
A View from the Bridge (1962) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Vu du pont
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Raf Vallone / Maureen Stapleton
other title: Uno sguardo dal ponte / Vu du pont
Eddie Carbone, a Brooklyn longshoreman is unhappily married to Beatrice and unconsciously in love with Catherine, the niece that they have raised from childhood. Into his house come two brothers, illegal immigrants, Marco and Rodolpho. Catherine falls in love with Rudolpho; and Eddie, tormented but unable to admit even to himself his quasi-incestuous love, reports the illegal immigrants to the authorities.
The Morning After (1986) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Morning After
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Jane Fonda / Jeff Bridges
other title: Il mattino dopo / Der Morgen danach
Failed actress Alex Sternbergen wakes up hungover one morning in an apartment she does not recognize, unable to remember the previous evening -- and with a dead body in bed next to her. As she tries to piece together the events of the night, Alex cannot totally rely on friends or her estranged husband, Joaquin, for assistance. Only a single ally, loner ex-policeman Turner Kendall, can help her escape her predicament and find the true killer.
The Appointment (1969) [Movie] IMDb WikiData TMDB
The Appointment
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Omar Sharif / Anouk Aimée
other title: La virtù sdraiata / O Rendez Vous
Lawyer Federico Fendi has reasons to suspect that his fashion model wife Carla is secretly one of Rome's highest paid call-girls.
Child's Play (1972) [Movie] TMDB IMDb WikiData
Child's Play
director: Sidney Lumet actor: James Mason / Robert Preston
other title: Spirale d'odio / Les Yeux de Satan
At an exclusive boys' school, a new gym teacher is drawn into a feud between two older instructors, and he discovers that everything at the school is not quite as staid, tranquil and harmless as it seems.
The Deadly Affair (1967) [Movie] WikiData IMDb TMDB
The Deadly Affair
director: Sidney Lumet actor: James Mason / Simone Signoret
other title: Chiamata per il morto / Telefon til afdøde
Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case. So Dobbs hires a retiring inspector, Mendel, to quietly make inquiries. Dobbs isn't at all sure as there are a number of anomalies that simply can't be explained away. Dobbs is also having trouble at home with his errant wife, whom he very much loves, having frequent affairs. He's also pleased to see an old friend, Dieter Frey, who he recruited after the war. With the assistance of a colleague and a retired policeman, Dobbs tries to piece together just who is the spy and who in fact assassinated Fennan.
The Hill (1965) [Movie] IMDb TMDB WikiData NeoDB Douban
The Hill
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Sean Connery / Harry Andrews
other title: La collina del disonore / Højen
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) [Movie] IMDb NeoDB TMDB WikiData
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
director: Sidney Lumet / Joseph L. Mankiewicz actor: Martin Luther King Jr. / Coretta Scott King
other title: Dann war mein Leben nicht umsonst – Martin Luther King / King : De Montgomery à Memphis
A presentation of key events in the life of civil rights activist Martin Luther King Jr. Beginning with the 1955 bus boycott in Montgomery, Alabama, MLK is followed through major steps in his struggle to promote racial equality. Including footage of King's stirring speeches, it is a fitting tribute to his legacy, and features clips narrated by a wide range of celebrities, including Harry Belafonte, Paul Newman Charlton Heston, Ruby Dee, Burt Lancaster, Anthony Quinn, Walter Matthau, Ben Gazzara, Clarence Williams III, Joanne Woodward, and James Earl Jones.
Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) [Movie] TMDB NeoDB IMDb WikiData
Long Day's Journey Into Night
other title: Il lungo viaggio verso la notte / Longa Viagem para a Noite
Over the course of one foggy day in August 1912, a retired Irish theater actor grapples with the morphine addiction of his unbalanced wife, debauchery of his older son, and sickness of the youngest son as past guilts, repressed anger, and deep-seated regrets slowly come boiling out, threatening to destroy the family.
Prince of the City (1981) [Movie] TMDB KevGa-NeoDB WikiData IMDb
Prince of the City
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Treat Williams / Jerry Orbach
other title: Il principe della città / Le Prince de New York
New York City detective Daniel Ciello agrees to help the United States Department of Justice help eliminate corruption in the police department, as long as he will not have to turn in any close friends. In doing so, Ciello uncovers a conspiracy within the force to smuggle drugs to street informants.
The Fugitive Kind (1960) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Fugitive Kind
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Marlon Brando / Anna Magnani
other title: Pelle di serpente / Der Mann in der Schlangenhaut
Val Xavier, a drifter of obscure origins, arrives at a small town and gets a job in a store run by Lady Torrence. Her husband, Jabe M. Torrance, is dying of cancer. Val is pursued by Carol Cutere, the enigmatic local tramp-of-good-family.
The Wiz (1978) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB Douban
The Wiz
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Diana Ross / Michael Jackson
other title: O Mágico Inesquecível / The Wiz - Das Zauberhafte Land
Dorothy Gale, a shy kindergarten teacher, is swept away to the magic land of Oz where she embarks on a quest to return home.
The Pawnbroker (1965) [Movie] TMDB IMDb
The Pawnbroker
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Rod Steiger / Geraldine Fitzgerald
other title: L'uomo del banco dei pegni / Pantelåneren
A Jewish pawnbroker, a victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.
The Verdict (1982) [Movie] NeoDB IMDb TMDB WikiData Douban
The Verdict
director: Sidney Lumet actor: Paul Newman / Charlotte Rampling
other title: Il verdetto / Dommen
Frank Galvin is a down-on-his-luck lawyer and reduced to drinking and ambulance chasing, when a former associate reminds him of his obligations in a medical malpractice suit by serving it to Galvin on a silver platter—all parties are willing to settle out of court. Blundering his way through the preliminaries, Galvin suddenly realizes that the case should actually go to court—to punish the guilty, to get a decent settlement for his clients... and to restore his standing as a lawyer.
Network (1976) [Movie] TMDB IMDb NeoDB WikiData Douban
Network
9.0 (6 ratings) director: Sidney Lumet actor: Faye Dunaway / William Holden
other title: Quinto potere / Escândalo na TV
When veteran anchorman Howard Beale is forced to retire his 25-year post because of his age, he announces to viewers that he will kill himself during his farewell broadcast. Network executives rethink their decision when his fanatical tirade results in a spike in ratings.