Sidney Lumet

Director

Sidney Lumet has a .194 batting average: 6 of 31 films rated 80/100 or higher.

Batting average
.194
Hits
6 of 31 feature films rated 80/100 or higher
Percentile
top 23% of 941 directors, confidence-adjusted (how it works)
Career
1957–2007

Films, ranked by rating

  1. 12 Angry Men (1957) — 99/100 · hit
  2. Network (1976) — 94/100 · hit
  3. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — 84/100 · hit
  4. Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) — 82/100 · hit
  5. Fail Safe (1964) — 81/100 · hit
  6. Serpico (1973) — 81/100 · hit
  7. The Verdict (1982) — 79/100
  8. Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) — 78/100
  9. Prince of the City (1981) — 78/100
  10. The Hill (1965) — 77/100
  11. The Pawnbroker (1965) — 76/100
  12. Running on Empty (1988) — 75/100
  13. Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — 73/100
  14. The Offence (1973) — 70/100
  15. Equus (1977) — 70/100
  16. Q & A (1990) — 68/100
  17. Deathtrap (1982) — 67/100
  18. Find Me Guilty (2006) — 66/100
  19. The Fugitive Kind (1960) — 66/100
  20. The Deadly Affair (1967) — 65/100
  21. The Anderson Tapes (1971) — 65/100
  22. Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) — 65/100
  23. Strip Search (2004) — 62/100
  24. Child's Play (1972) — 62/100
  25. The Morning After (1986) — 60/100
  26. The Wiz (1978) — 54/100
  27. Power (1986) — 54/100
  28. Family Business (1989) — 52/100
  29. Guilty as Sin (1993) — 49/100
  30. A Stranger Among Us (1992) — 42/100
  31. Gloria (1999) — 41/100

Films that qualify under the rating methodology, not a complete filmography.

Best and worst

Highest rated

  1. 12 Angry Men (1957) — 99/100 · hit
  2. Network (1976) — 94/100 · hit
  3. Dog Day Afternoon (1975) — 84/100 · hit

Lowest rated

  1. Gloria (1999) — 41/100
  2. A Stranger Among Us (1992) — 42/100
  3. Guilty as Sin (1993) — 49/100

How these numbers work: Methodology