Editing 12 Angry Men (1957 film) (section)

== Legacy ==
The film is viewed as a classic, highly regarded from both a critical and popular viewpoint: [[Roger Ebert]] listed it as one of his "Great Movies".<ref>{{cite news |url=http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20020929/REVIEWS08/209290301/1023 |title=''12 Angry Men'' Movie Reviews, Pictures |work=Chicago Sun-Times |access-date=August 17, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100913153843/http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=%2F20020929%2FREVIEWS08%2F209290301%2F1023 |archive-date=September 13, 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref> The [[American Film Institute]] named Juror 8, played by [[Henry Fonda]], 28th [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains|in a list of the 50 greatest movie heroes of the 20th century]]. [[American Film Institute|AFI]] also named ''12 Angry Men'' the 42nd-[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Cheers|most inspiring film]], the 88th-[[AFI's 100 Years...100 Thrills|most heart-pounding film]] and the 87th-best film of the past [[AFI's 100 Years...100 Movies (10th Anniversary Edition)|hundred years]]. In 2011, the film was one of the top 20 most screened films in secondary schools in the United Kingdom.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16160605 |title=Top movies for schools revealed |publisher=[[BBC News]] |date=December 13, 2011 |access-date=January 4, 2012 |archive-date=January 9, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120109103732/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-16160605 |url-status=live}}</ref> The February 2020 issue of ''[[New York Magazine]]'' lists ''12 Angry Men'' as among "The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars."<ref>{{cite news|title=The Best Movies That Lost Best Picture at the Oscars|url=https://www.vulture.com/article/best-oscar-best-picture-losers.html|magazine=[[New York Magazine]]|access-date=March 17, 2025}}</ref> {{as of|2023|March}}, the film holds a [[List of films with a 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes|100% approval rating]] on [[Rotten Tomatoes]] based on 61 reviews, with a [[weighted arithmetic mean|weighted average]] of 9.10/10. The site's consensus reads: "Sidney Lumet's feature debut is a superbly written, dramatically effective courtroom thriller that rightfully stands as a modern classic".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000013-12_angry_men/ |title=''12 Angry Men'' Movie Reviews, Pictures |website=[[Rotten Tomatoes]] |access-date=September 20, 2021 |archive-date=February 28, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090228173351/http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/1000013-12_angry_men/ |url-status=live}}</ref> {{Metacritic film prose|97|18|access-date=4 March 2025}}<ref>{{Cite web |title=12 Angry Men Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/12-angry-men/ |access-date=2025-03-04 |website=www.metacritic.com |language=en}}</ref>