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Sidney Lumet at 100: The Essential Movies From an American Master

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July 30, 2024 · 1:43:54 · ▶ Listen on Spotify

Hosts: Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins

Chapters

Ranking Sidney Lumet's essential films▶ 41:08
Personal favorites from Lumet's filmography▶ 1:35:08

Lists in this episode

Ranking Sidney Lumet's essential films

Tiered list · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · ▶ 46:01

in the Hall of Fame
  1. ·12 Angry Men (1957) · Amanda Dobbins▶ 46:01
no
  1. ·Stage Struck (1958) · Sean Fennessey▶ 46:51
  2. ·That Kind of Woman (1959) · Sean Fennessey▶ 46:53
not going to go into our list
  1. ·The Fugitive Kind (1960) · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:39
yellow
  1. ·Long Day's Journey Into Night (1962) · Amanda Dobbins▶ 49:22
  2. ·The Hill (1965) · Sean Fennessey▶ 53:45
  3. ·The Offence (1973) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:00:23
  4. ·The Wiz (1978) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:14:48
  5. ·Night Falls in Manhattan · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:35:18
not in essential top 10
  1. ·The Pawnbroker (1964) · Chris Ryan▶ 50:23
in
  1. ·Fail Safe (1964) · Sean Fennessey▶ 50:48
not going in
  1. ·The Anderson Tapes (1971) · Sean Fennessey▶ 58:32
red
  1. ·Lovin' Molly (1974) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:02:31
  2. ·Equus (1977) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:13:11
  3. ·Just Tell Me What You Want (1980) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:15:58
  4. ·A Stranger Among Us · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:31:45
green
  1. ·Murder on the Orient Express (1974) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:02:31
  2. ·Prince of the City (1981) · Chris Ryan▶ 1:16:04
  3. ·Running on Empty (1988) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:24:58
  4. ·Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007) · Chris Ryan▶ 1:38:44
greenest of the greens
  1. ·Dog Day Afternoon (1975) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:04:26
the other greenest green
  1. ·Network (1976) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:08:00
ringer green
  1. ·The Verdict (1982) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:20:18
not in the Hall of Fame
  1. ·Daniel (1983) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:22:29
  2. ·The Morning After (1986) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:24:54
not in
  1. ·Power (1986) · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:23:29

Movies Referenced (35)

Prince of the City (1981)

16 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins▶ 22:42IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Serpico (1973)

10 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 15:41IMDb ↗Lb ↗

12 Angry Men (1957)

8 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 14:03IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Dog Day Afternoon (1975)

6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan▶ 22:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Before the Devil Knows You're Dead (2007)

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan▶ 1:00:22IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Long Day's Journey Into Night (2018)

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 22:25IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Fail Safe (1964)

3 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan▶ 54:27IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Murder on the Orient Express (2017)

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins▶ 1:02:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Child's Play (1988)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 58:45IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Deadpool (2016)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:41:51IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Family Business (1989)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 1:28:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Longlegs (2024)

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 36:47IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Directors Referenced (11)

Sidney Lumet

20 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Before the Devil Knows You're Dead, 12 Angry Men▶ 2:07IMDb ↗Lb ↗

David Fincher

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Se7en, Gone Girl, Zodiac▶ 33:34IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Mike Nichols

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Graduate, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?▶ 9:48IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cécile Carre

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Klaus, Despicable Me 3, The Willoughbys▶ 41:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗

George Clooney

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Ides of March, Good Night, and Good Luck., Michael Clayton▶ 52:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Howard Hawks

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Rio Bravo, Red River, El Dorado▶ 16:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jean Vigo

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Martin Scorsese

1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Taxi Driver, Killers of the Flower Moon, Mean Streets▶ 3:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Curtiz

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Casablanca, The Adventures of Robin Hood, Mildred Pierce▶ 16:57IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Stanley Kubrick

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for 2001: A Space Odyssey, A Clockwork Orange, Barry Lyndon▶ 37:30IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Terrence Malick

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Days of Heaven, The Tree of Life▶ 36:10IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Actors Referenced (50)

Daniel Radcliffe

7 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone▶ 22:19IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Paul Newman

7 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Hustler, Road to Perdition, The Verdict▶ 30:31IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Jane Fonda

6 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Klute, Barbarella, Coming Home▶ 30:50IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Al Pacino

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for Serpico, Dog Day Afternoon, The Godfather▶ 10:17IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Mason

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Lolita, North by Northwest▶ 41:54IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Katharine Hepburn

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins · Known for The Philadelphia Story, The African Queen, The Lion in Winter▶ 20:49IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Marlon Brando

4 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Apocalypse Now, The Godfather, On the Waterfront▶ 47:11IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Sean Connery

4 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for Dr. No, The Untouchables, The Rock▶ 32:39IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Henry Fonda

3 mentions · Amanda Dobbins, Sean Fennessey, Chris Ryan · Known for 12 Angry Men, The Grapes of Wrath▶ 13:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Nishit Broker

3 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey▶ 49:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Andy Garcia

2 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Ocean's Eleven, Geostorm, The Godfather Part III▶ 1:33:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Anna Magnani

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 47:40IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Writers Referenced (7)

Tennessee Williams

5 mentions · Sean Fennessey, Amanda Dobbins, Chris Ryan · Known for A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof▶ 18:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Agatha Christie

4 mentions · Chris Ryan, Sean Fennessey · Known for Witness for the Prosecution▶ 9:37IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Arthur Miller

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 48:59IMDb ↗Lb ↗

E.L. Doctorow

2 mentions · Sean Fennessey▶ 18:32IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Michael Cimino

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Deer Hunter, Silent Running, Heaven's Gate▶ 26:24IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Virginia Woolf

1 mentions · Amanda Dobbins · Known for Orlando▶ 21:18IMDb ↗Lb ↗

William Goldman

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, All the President's Men, The Princess Bride▶ 9:08IMDb ↗Lb ↗

Cinematographers Referenced (2)

Gordon Willis

1 mentions · Chris Ryan · Known for The Godfather Part II, Manhattan▶ 35:56IMDb ↗Lb ↗

James Wong Howe

1 mentions · Sean Fennessey · Known for The Thin Man, Seconds▶ 57:00IMDb ↗Lb ↗