My favourite to least favourite Sidney Lumet films

The jury in a New York City murder trial is frustrated by a single member whose skeptical caution forces them to more carefully consider the evidence before jumping to a hasty verdict.

A burnt-out British police detective finally snaps whilst interrogating a suspected child molester.

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor"s ravings and revelations about mass media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.

An outcast, alcoholic Boston lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling.

An honest New York cop named Frank Serpico blows the whistle on rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.

When two brothers organize the robbery of their parents" jewelry store the job goes horribly wrong, triggering a series of events that sends them, their father and one brother"s wife barreling towards a shattering climax.

A struggling playwright invites a young writer to his home to discuss a script, but the meeting spirals into a deadly game of deception and betrayal.

At the end of a long and hot summer day, members of one family gather in a large house. Everyone has something painful and offensive to say, and their silence is even worse.

In a North African military prison during World War II, five new prisoners struggle to survive in the face of brutal punishment and sadistic guards.

A technical malfunction sends American bombers to Moscow to deliver a nuclear attack. Can all-out war be averted?

A psychiatrist attempts to uncover a troubled stable boy"s disturbing obsession with horses.

In December 1935, when his transcontinental luxury train is stranded by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before, with a multitude of suspects.

A Jewish pawnbroker, victim of Nazi persecution, loses all faith in his fellow man until he realizes too late the tragedy of his actions.

The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live his own life.

Dirty cop Mike Brennan thinks he got away with murder. But during a routine Q&A, the righteous assistant DA finds a clue that sets them both on a collision course.

Three amateur robbers plan to hold up a Brooklyn bank. A nice, simple robbery: Walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare as everything that could go wrong does.

Daniel Isaacson attempts to determine the true complicity of his parents Paul and Rochelle Isaacson, who were executed for espionage in the 1950s.

Film adaptation of Anton Chekhov"s story of life in rural Russia during the latter part of the 19th century.

A washed-up, alcoholic actress who is prone to blackouts wakes up next to a murdered man. Did she kill him and, if not, is she in danger?

Eight inseparable college friends become involved in widely differing lifestyles after graduation.

In the late 1980s, a low level gangster named Jackie DiNorscio defends himself in court in what became the longest criminal trial in American judicial history.

A newly elected District Attorney finds himself in the middle of a police corruption investigation that may involve his father and his partner.

Spanning nearly 40 years from 1925 to 1964, two Texas farm boys, straight-arrow Gid and laid-back Johnny, fight over the affections of the beautiful and headstrong Molly Taylor, who consistently refuses to marry either of them.

After winning a game show contest, a newlywed couple travels to New Orleans where the husband seeks to reclaim his ancestral plantation mansion from his biracial stepbrother.

A New York City narcotics detective reluctantly agrees to cooperate with a special commission investigating police corruption, and soon realises he"s in over his head, and nobody can be trusted.