That is until Juror 8, played by the always great Henry Fonda, begins to question the evidence they have been presented and encourages them all to think deeper. When they all first arrive, it seems like it is going to be a short deliberation. Directed by the late Sidney Lumet from a play by Reginald Rose, it centers around a group of strangers who come together on a jury tasked with coming to a verdict in a murder trial. Okay, well that may mostly describe the 1957 classic 12 Angry Men, but that doesn’t make it any less true. There is nothing quite like a movie with a bunch of characters talking about justice and the heavy task of finding the truth as they reckon with our deeply imperfect legal system. Director: Sidney Lumet | Run Time: 96 min | Genre: DramaĬast: Henry Fonda, Lee J.
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