Sidney Lumet: movies and TV shows
Sidney Lumet has 139 credits in the archive: 107 films and 32 TV series, from 1939 to 2025. Highest rated: Spécial cinéma (9.5/10).
Career timeline
1939 – 2025 · busiest year: 1960 (8 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Breakdown: 1975 | Self - Director of Dog day afternoon (archive footage) | Film | 6.8 | 101 |
| 2023 | One Step Further: Becoming Lumet | Self | Film | — | 99 |
| 2015 | By Sidney Lumet | Self | Film | 6.8 | 91 |
| 2010 | Moguls & Movie Stars: A History of Hollywood | Self | TV | 5.4 | 86 |
| 2009 | In Her Skin | Film | 6.0 | 85 | |
| 2009 | I Knew It Was You: Rediscovering John Cazale | Self | Film | 6.9 | 85 |
| 2008 | You Must Remember This: The Warner Bros. Story | Self | Film | 8.5 | 84 |
| 2008 | Directed by Sidney Lumet: How the Devil Was Made | Self | Film | 5.3 | 84 |
| 2008 | Beyond a Reasonable Doubt: Making '12 Angry Men' | Self | Film | — | 84 |
| 2007 | Before the Devil Knows You're Dead | Film | 7.1 | 83 | |
| 2007 | Prince of the City: The Real Story | Self | Film | — | 83 |
| 2006 | Find Me Guilty | Film | 6.6 | 82 | |
| 2006 | Find Me Guilty | Film | 6.6 | 82 | |
| 2006 | Eugene O’Neill: A Documentary Film | Self | Film | — | 82 |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Network' | Self | Film | — | 82 |
| 2006 | The Making of 'Dog Day Afternoon' | Self | Film | 7.8 | 82 |
| 2004 | The Manchurian Candidate | Political Pundit | Film | 6.5 | 80 |
| 2004 | Rachel, When the Lord | Film | 10.0 | 80 | |
| 2004 | Strip Search | Film | 6.2 | 80 | |
| 2004 | Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust | Self | Film | 6.6 | 80 |
| 2004 | Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' | Self | Film | 6.7 | 80 |
| 2003 | A Decade Under the Influence | Self | Film | 7.9 | 79 |
| 2003 | The Education of Gore Vidal | Self | Film | 8.7 | 79 |
| 2003 | The Evolution of an American Filmmaker | Self | Film | 7.3 | 79 |
| 2002 | Dziga and His Brothers | Self | Film | 6.0 | 78 |
| 2002 | New York at the Movies | Self | Film | 9.0 | 78 |
| 2002 | Inside 'Serpico' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 2002 | The Tramp and the Dictator | Self (uncredited) | Film | 7.0 | 78 |
| 2002 | Serpico: From Real to Reel | Self | Film | 8.0 | 78 |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | TV | 8.2 | 77 | |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | TV | 8.2 | 77 | |
| 2001 | 100 Centre Street | TV | 8.2 | 77 | |
| 2000 | Revisiting 'Fail-Safe' | Self | Film | 8.0 | 76 |
| 2000 | Inside: 'Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb' | Self - Director, 'Fail Safe' | Film | 5.9 | 76 |
| 1999 | Gloria | Film | 5.9 | 75 | |
| 1999 | Anthony Perkins: A Life in the Shadows | Self | Film | 8.0 | 75 |
| 1998 | Intimate Portrait: Sean Connery | Self | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 1997 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Film | 6.3 | 73 | |
| 1997 | Night Falls on Manhattan | Film | 6.3 | 73 | |
| 1997 | Critical Care | Film | 6.3 | 73 | |
| 1997 | Critical Care | Film | 6.3 | 73 | |
| 1994 | Inside the Actors Studio | Self | TV | 7.6 | 70 |
| 1993 | Guilty as Sin | Film | 5.7 | 69 | |
| 1992 | A Stranger Among Us | Film | 5.5 | 68 | |
| 1992 | Fonda on Fonda | Self | Film | 7.0 | 68 |
| 1990 | Q & A | Film | 5.9 | 66 | |
| 1990 | Q & A | Film | 5.9 | 66 | |
| 1990 | Night of 100 Stars III | Self | Film | 4.0 | 66 |
| 1989 | Family Business | Film | 5.7 | 65 | |
| 1989 | William Holden: The Golden Boy | Self | Film | — | 65 |
| 1988 | Running on Empty | Film | 7.4 | 64 | |
| 1988 | Funny | Self | Film | 8.0 | 64 |
| 1986 | American Masters | Self | TV | 7.0 | 62 |
| 1986 | The Morning After | Film | 6.0 | 62 | |
| 1986 | Power | Film | 5.8 | 62 | |
| 1984 | Garbo Talks | Film | 6.3 | 60 | |
| 1983 | Daniel | Film | 6.7 | 59 | |
| 1983 | Daniel | Film | 6.7 | 59 | |
| 1982 | The Verdict | Film | 7.5 | 58 | |
| 1982 | Deathtrap | Film | 6.7 | 58 | |
| 1981 | Prince of the City | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 1981 | Prince of the City | Film | 7.0 | 57 | |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want | Film | 4.5 | 56 | |
| 1980 | Just Tell Me What You Want | Film | 4.5 | 56 | |
| 1978 | The Wiz | Film | 6.2 | 54 | |
| 1978 | Wiz on Down the Road | Self - Director | Film | 7.5 | 54 |
| 1977 | Equus | Film | 7.0 | 53 | |
| 1976 | Network | Film | 7.8 | 52 | |
| 1975 | Dog Day Afternoon | Film | 7.8 | 51 | |
| 1974 | Spécial cinéma | Self | TV | 9.5 | 50 |
| 1974 | Murder on the Orient Express | Film | 7.1 | 50 | |
| 1974 | Lovin' Molly | Film | 4.9 | 50 | |
| 1973 | Serpico | Film | 7.5 | 49 | |
| 1973 | The Offence | Film | 6.8 | 49 | |
| 1972 | Child's Play | Film | 6.1 | 48 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 47 |
| 1971 | The Anderson Tapes | Film | 6.1 | 47 | |
| 1970 | Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | Film | 4.6 | 46 | |
| 1970 | Last of the Mobile Hot Shots | Film | 4.6 | 46 | |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Film | 7.3 | 46 | |
| 1969 | The Appointment | Film | 5.9 | 45 | |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 44 |
| 1968 | Bye Bye Braverman | Film | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1968 | Bye Bye Braverman | Film | 6.7 | 44 | |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull | Film | 6.3 | 44 | |
| 1968 | The Sea Gull | Film | 6.3 | 44 | |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1967 | The Deadly Affair | Film | 6.3 | 43 | |
| 1966 | The Group | Film | 5.7 | 42 | |
| 1965 | The Hill | Film | 7.5 | 41 | |
| 1965 | The Pawnbroker | Film | 7.1 | 41 | |
| 1965 | The Sun... the Sand... the Hill | Self | Film | 2.7 | 41 |
| 1964 | Fail Safe | Film | 7.8 | 40 | |
| 1964 | Fail Safe | Film | 7.8 | 40 | |
| 1962 | Long Day's Journey Into Night | Film | 6.9 | 38 | |
| 1962 | A View from the Bridge | Film | 6.3 | 38 | |
| 1960 | John Brown's Raid | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1960 | The Fugitive Kind | Film | 6.9 | 36 | |
| 1960 | Beyond the Time Barrier | Film | 6.0 | 36 | |
| 1960 | Playhouse 90: The Hiding Place | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1960 | The Iceman Cometh | Film | 7.4 | 36 | |
| 1960 | The Iceman Cometh | TV | — | 36 | |
| 1960 | Play of the Week: Rashomon | Film | 8.0 | 36 | |
| 1960 | The Dybbuk | Film | — | 36 | |
| 1959 | Play of the Week | TV | 8.0 | 35 | |
| 1959 | NBC Sunday Showcase | TV | 5.0 | 35 | |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase | Film | — | 35 | |
| 1959 | That Kind of Woman | Film | 6.2 | 35 | |
| 1958 | All the King's Men | Film | 8.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Stage Struck | Film | 6.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates | Film | 9.0 | 34 | |
| 1958 | Three Plays by Tennessee Williams | Film | 5.0 | 34 | |
| 1957 | 12 Angry Men | Film | 8.6 | 33 | |
| 1957 | DuPont Show of the Month | TV | 7.4 | 33 | |
| 1957 | The Seven Lively Arts | TV | — | 33 | |
| 1957 | Mr. Broadway | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1957 | Mr. Broadway | Film | 7.0 | 33 | |
| 1956 | Playhouse 90 | TV | 7.6 | 32 | |
| 1956 | Tragedy in a Temporary Town | Film | 6.6 | 32 | |
| 1955 | Frontier | TV | 7.5 | 31 | |
| 1955 | The Alcoa Hour | TV | 7.0 | 31 | |
| 1955 | Star Stage | TV | — | 31 | |
| 1955 | The Challenge | Film | 4.5 | 31 | |
| 1954 | Producers' Showcase | TV | 6.8 | 30 | |
| 1954 | The Elgin Hour | TV | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1954 | The Best of Broadway | TV | 7.0 | 30 | |
| 1953 | The United States Steel Hour | TV | 6.3 | 29 | |
| 1953 | You Are There | TV | 6.0 | 29 | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 28 | |
| 1952 | CBS Television Workshop | TV | 6.5 | 28 | |
| 1951 | Goodyear Television Playhouse | TV | 6.0 | 27 | |
| 1951 | Hallmark Hall of Fame | TV | 8.8 | 27 | |
| 1951 | Casey, Crime Photographer | TV | 7.0 | 27 | |
| 1950 | Danger | TV | 7.7 | 26 | |
| 1949 | Mama | TV | 7.5 | 25 | |
| 1948 | Studio One | TV | 5.4 | 24 | |
| 1947 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 7.8 | 23 | |
| 1939 | One Third of a Nation | Joey Rogers | Film | 6.2 | 15 |
| 1939 | The 400 Million | Additional Voice (voice) | Film | 6.2 | 15 |