Night Falls on Manhattan

Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) is a crime drama by Sidney Lumet you can watch online on iFILM. Andy Garcia plays Sean Casey, a young New York prosecutor who takes the high-profile trial of a major drug lord — the same operation that left his police-officer father critically wounded. Sean wins. The case launches his career.

Then the investigation turns inward. The precinct where his father worked has been on the take for years, collecting drug money as a matter of routine. Ian Holm, James Gandolfini, and Richard Dreyfuss anchor the supporting cast as Sean navigates a system that rewards silence over principle.

Lumet was 73 when he shot this, and it shows his control — no grandstanding, no easy villains. The film asks whether an honest man can survive inside a corrupt institution without becoming it. Stream Night Falls on Manhattan (1997) online on iFILM.