Best Sidney Lumet Movie

1975 • Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a 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 • Al Pacino, John Cazale, Penelope Allen

1976 • A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit. • Fay Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall

1974 • In December 1935, when his train is stopped by deep snow, detective Hercule Poirot is called on to solve a murder that occurred in his car the night before • Albert Finney, Lauren Bacall, Ingrid Bergman, Martin Balsam

1982 • A Broadway playwright puts murder in his plan to take credit for a student's play • Michael Caine, Christopher Reeve, Dyan Cannon

1973 • 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 • Al Pacino, John Randolph, Jack Kehoe

1982 • A lawyer sees the chance to salvage his career and self-respect by taking a medical malpractice case to trial rather than settling • Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling, Jack Warden

1988 • The eldest son of a fugitive family comes of age and wants to live a life of his own. • River Phoenix, Christine Lahti, Judd Hirsch

1978 • An adaptation of "The Wizard of Oz" that tries to capture the essence of the African-American experience • Diana Ross, Michael Jackson, Nipsey Russell, Ted Ross