Sidney Lumet did not direct the 1978 film "The Boys from Brazil". This is a British-American thriller that was film directed by Franklin J. Schaffner. It stars Gregory Peck and Laurence Olivier, featuring James Mason, Lilli Palmer, Uta Hagen, Anne Meara, Denholm Elliott, and Steve Guttenberg in supporting roles. The movie "The Boys from Brazil" is based on the 1976 novel of the same title by Ira Levin.

Sidney Lumet directed "12 Angry Men", a 1957 American courtroom drama film, adapted from a 1954 teleplay of the same name by Reginald Rose; "Dog Day Afternoon", a 1975 American biographical crime drama, produced by Martin Bregman and Martin Elfand; and "The Verdict", a 1982 American legal drama film, written by David Mamet from Barry Reed's 1980 novel of the same name.

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