12 Angry Men
1957 | 97 min | Drama
Why it’s a Friday Night Flick
Critics loved it (100%), audiences adore it (8.6/10), people are still talking about it and it drew serious awards attention. Make plans for this one.
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The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsVery strong
100% on Rotten Tomatoes, 97 on Metacritic
- AudiencesVery strong
8.6/10 from 11K viewers
- AwardsStrong
4 wins, 9 other nominations — won Golden Bear; won BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor
- Box office & staying powerSolid
$4 million worldwide on a $398K budget
- Buzz & cultural impactVery strong
406K Wikipedia readers in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Sidney Lumet
- Martin BalsamJuror 1
- John FiedlerJuror 2
- Lee J. CobbJuror 3
- E.G. MarshallJuror 4
- Jack KlugmanJuror 5
- Edward BinnsJuror 6
- Jack WardenJuror 7
- Henry FondaJuror 8
- Joseph SweeneyJuror 9
- Ed BegleyJuror 10