Sidney Lumet

A prisoner (Sean Connery) struggles with a sadistic guard and a hard-nosed RSM in a North African British military prison during World War II.

The Anderson Tapes is a good little heist movie gussied up with a heavy-handed—albeit prescient—indictment of the surveillance state.

The true story of Frank Serpico (Al Pacino), a New York City cop who blew the whistle on rampant graft and corruption in the department, only to become alienated by his fellow officers.

The true story of a man (Al Pacino) whose botched bank robbery turned into a media circus on a hot summer day in New York City circa 1972.

Television executives (Robert Duvall and Faye Dunaway) exploit a mentally unstable anchorman (Peter Finch) over the objections of a seasoned newsman (William Holden).

In this adaptation of Ira Levin’s long-running Broadway hit, Michael Caine plays a once prominent playwright staring down his fourth straight flop. Needing a hit, he hatches a plot to steal a dazzling manuscript from a former student played by Christopher Reeve. Complications ensue and spoilers follow.

Two desperate brothers (Philip Seymour Hoffman and Ethan Hawke) plan a robbery that goes horribly wrong.