+16
12 Angry Men is a great film, timeless even though some of the specifics are dated. Seventeenth on my list, and
Rear Window was sixteenth. I wouldn't call
12 Angry Men THE greatest film, but hey, the mob has spoken. I just wish in this voting process there had been a Juror Number Eight to have us walk through logically whether there was really enough evidence to convict this one as the top choice. But so be it.
Again, my full list...
1.
Rashômon (#9)
2.
North by Northwest (#5)
3.
In A Lonely Place (#33)
4.
Paths of Glory (#8)
5.
Singin’ in the Rain (#10)
6.
The Seventh Seal (#13)
7.
The Bridge on the River Kwai (#7)
8.
The 400 Blows (#17)
9.
Ace in the Hole (#44)
10.
Invasion of the Body Snatchers (#36)
11.
Fires on the Plain (DNP)
12.
Seven Samurai (#6)
13.
The Killing (#52)
14.
Harvey (#31)
15.
Ikiru (#16)
16.
Rear Window (#2)
17.
12 Angry Men (#1)
18.
Pickup on South Street (#72)
19.
Sunset Boulevard (#3)
20.
Throne of Blood (#37)
21.
Alice in Wonderland (#27)
22.
Elevator to the Gallows (DNP)
23.
Touch of Evil (#20)
24.
La Strada (#41)
25.
The Big Country (#66)
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