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Directing

Sidney Lumet

Career: Active from 1939 to 2007, busiest in 1960 with 6 main titles.

Average score: 66/100

Highest rated: 12 Angry Men
94/100

What stands out

Compared with the average well-known movie, over 54 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.

Sidney Lumet Catalog average

Rarely in their work

Physical Comedy
1.1, average 2.4
Coming of Age
1.8, average 3.0
Uncanny
1.3, average 2.5
Absurdist Humor
1.0, average 2.0

Main genres

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Recurring tags

Social Commentary 8
Moral Ambiguity 8
Character-Driven 8
Character Study 8
Anthology Series 7
Psychological Drama 6
Moral Dilemma 6
Complex Characters 4
Historical Drama 4
Psychological Thriller 4
Historical Context 4
Golden Age Television 4

Works often with

People in at least two of their main titles.

Movies and TV shows

63

Type

Role

Score

Decade

Genre

Group by

2000s

6 titles · average score 66

In Her Skin

60

Consulting Producer

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead

79

Director

Find Me Guilty

65

Screenplay, Director

Strip Search

56

Director

Rachel, When the Lord

Director

The Manchurian Candidate

71

as Political Pundit

1990s

6 titles · average score 51

Gloria

41

Director

Night Falls on Manhattan

64

Director, Screenplay

Critical Care

54

Director, Producer

Guilty as Sin

45

Director

A Stranger Among Us

36

Director

Q & A

69

Director, Screenplay

1980s

10 titles · average score 60

Family Business

42

Director

Running on Empty

75

Director

The Morning After

59

Director

Power

44

Director

Garbo Talks

58

Director

Daniel

52

Executive Producer, Director

The Verdict

77

Director

Deathtrap

67

Director

Prince of the City

79

Director, Screenplay

Just Tell Me What You Want

49

Director, Producer

1970s

12 titles · average score 67

The Wiz

55

Director

Equus

71

Director

Network

85

Director

Dog Day Afternoon

84

Director

Murder on the Orient Express

74

Director

Lovin' Molly

43

Director

Serpico

83

Director

The Offence

70

Director

Child's Play

58

Director

The Anderson Tapes

64

Director

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

78

Director

Last of the Mobile Hot Shots

46

Director, Producer

1960s

16 titles · average score 66

The Appointment

60

Director

The Sea Gull

54

Producer, Director

Bye Bye Braverman

42

Director, Producer

The Deadly Affair

64

Director, Producer

The Group

68

Director

The Hill

79

Director

The Pawnbroker

78

Director

Fail Safe

83

Director, Executive Producer

Long Day's Journey Into Night

72

Director

A View from the Bridge

73

Director

The Fugitive Kind

61

Director

Play of the Week: Rashomon

Director

1950s

11 titles · average score 70

That Kind of Woman

59

Director

Sunday Showcase

Director

Stage Struck

56

Director

All the King's Men

Director

Hans Brinker or the Silver Skates

Director

Three Plays by Tennessee Williams

Director

The Count of Monte Cristo

Director

12 Angry Men

94

Director

Mr. Broadway

Director, Producer

Tragedy in a Temporary Town

Director

The Challenge

Director

1930s

2 titles · average score 63

The 400 Million

64

as Additional Voice (voice)

One Third of a Nation

62

as Joey Rogers