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Movies like 12 Angry Men (1957)
9 films to watch after 12 Angry Men, ranked by how well they match its tone — not just its genre.
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.
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1Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
Fit 80%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his defense attorney Hans Rolfe, but also from the widow of a Nazi general, an idealistic U.S. Army captain and reluctant witness Irene Wallner.
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2Just Mercy (2019)
Fit 72%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
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3Juror #2 (2024)
Fit 63%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
While serving as a juror in a high profile murder trial, family man Justin Kemp finds himself struggling with a serious moral dilemma…one he could use to sway the jury verdict and potentially convict—or free—the accused killer.
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4Just Cause (1995)
Fit 61%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
A Harvard professor is lured back into the courtroom after twenty-five years to take the case of a young black man condemned to death for the horrific murder of a child.
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5Serpico (1973)
Fit 61%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
New York cop Frank Serpico blows the whistle on the rampant corruption in the force only to have his comrades turn against him.
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6Red Corner (1997)
Fit 51%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.
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7Witness (1985)
Fit 48%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
While protecting an Amish boy—the sole witness to a brutal murder—and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life comes under threat.
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8The Pelican Brief (1993)
Fit 43%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
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9The Sting (1973)
Fit 35%Shares Drama with 12 Angry Men.
A novice con man teams up with an acknowledged master to avenge the murder of a mutual friend by pulling off the ultimate big con and swindling a fortune from a big-time mobster.
