🎬 Movies Like 12 Angry Men

Loved 12 Angry Men (1957)? 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. Here are 23 films with the same DNA — matched on shared themes, tone, people and story elements by CinePick's similarity engine, with the reasons each one made the list. Or explore 12 Angry Men itself.

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   12 Angry Men1997

   7.8 IMDb93% RT critics87% RT audience77% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·87

   Shared talent: writer Reginald Rose; Shared themes: jurors, death penalty, set in manhattan

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   Inherit the Wind1960

   8.1 IMDb93% RT critics91% RT audience77% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·91

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: courtroom drama, courtroom, trial

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   Fail Safe1964

   8.0 IMDb93% RT critics91% RT audience78% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·91

   Shared talent: director Sidney Lumet, Edward Binns; Both are drama films

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   The Naked City1948

   7.5 IMDb86% RT critics79% RT audience72% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Both are crime/drama films

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   Psycho1960

   8.5 IMDb97% RT critics95% RT audience84% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim97·95

   Matching dark, cerebral tone; Same era (1960s)

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   The Fugitive Kind1960

   7.0 IMDb59% RT critics63% RT audience69% TMDB

   Shared talent: director Sidney Lumet; Shared themes: black and white, set in united states

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   The Hill1965

   7.8 IMDb75% RT critics92% RT audience75% TMDB🍿 Crowd-pleaser75·92

   Shared talent: director Sidney Lumet; Matching dark, emotional tone

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   Juror #22024

   7.0 IMDb93% RT critics90% RT audience69% TMDB

   Often recommended together; Shared themes: courtroom drama, set in united states

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   On the Waterfront1954

   8.1 IMDb99% RT critics95% RT audience79% TMDB

   Both are crime/drama films; Matching tense, dark tone

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    Just Mercy2019

    7.6 IMDb85% RT critics99% RT audience78% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: innocence, death penalty, judge

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    Let Him Have It1991

    7.1 IMDb84% RT critics86% RT audience67% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: capital punishment, courtroom drama

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    Judgment at Nuremberg1961

    8.3 IMDb93% RT critics93% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·93

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: courtroom drama, court case, judge

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    Bicycle Thieves1948

    8.2 IMDb99% RT critics94% RT audience82% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim99·94

    Both are drama films; Matching emotional tone

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    Kind Hearts and Coronets1949

    8.0 IMDb100% RT critics93% RT audience76% TMDB

    Both are crime films; Same era (1940s)

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    The 400 Blows1959

    8.0 IMDb99% RT critics94% RT audience80% TMDB

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

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    The Rainmaker1997

    7.2 IMDb82% RT critics78% RT audience70% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: jurors, court case, courtroom

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    To Kill a Mockingbird1962

    8.2 IMDb93% RT critics93% RT audience80% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim93·93

    Shared themes: courtroom drama, court case, trial; Both are crime/drama films

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    Key Largo1948

    7.7 IMDb97% RT critics88% RT audience75% TMDB

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching intense, dark tone

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    Witness for the Prosecution1957

    8.4 IMDb100% RT critics95% RT audience82% TMDB💎 Unanimous acclaim100·95

    Shared themes: courtroom, trial, murder; Both are crime/drama films

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    Cool Hand Luke1967

    8.0 IMDb100% RT critics95% RT audience78% TMDB

    Both are crime/drama films; Matching dark, emotional tone

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    Murder!1930

    6.3 IMDb83% RT critics39% RT audience60% TMDB🎓 Critics' darling83·39

    Often recommended together; Shared plot themes: jury, trial

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    The Pelican Brief1993

    6.6 IMDb56% RT critics61% RT audience66% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: judge, set in united states

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    The Lazarus Project2008

    6.0 IMDb60% RT critics44% RT audience60% TMDB

    Often recommended together; Shared themes: death penalty, set in united states