Juror 4 is possibly one of the best antagonist characters ever in cinema, for the simple fact that he is both rational and mostly right. He should be higher than 5th on this list.

Interesting thoughts. My biggest disagreement is re Juror 2, whom I consider to be the most dynamic juror. He is the least classically masculine character in both manner and physique, and seems to be easily pushed around because he really wants to make people happy (breath mints, etc.). But right away he shows that he takes the matter seriously. He's not impressed with Juror 7's early flippant behavior and even asks the foreman to make him stop joking about such a serious matter. Gradually as his conviction of innocence is firmed up, he becomes more forceful and in fact by the end he's more forceful an advocate than Henry Fonda's character ("You can't send a man to the chair on evidence like that!" "You said we could throw out all the other evidence!"). He is a character who seems weak because he's nice, but underneath is made of iron. I would list him in the top 4.

"The Nerdy Guy" was the voice of Piglet in most of the classic Winnie the Pooh specials

Lee J Cobb was an absolute masterclass in acting in 12 Angry men.. The disintegration of the character was amazing

I would rank Juror 4 (who you ranked at 5) at least up to 3. In addition to all you said I would point out that while he doesn't agree with the arguments of others (at least when it comes to their importance) he actively acknowledged them. I am referring to the IMO best quote in the movie: "He was just trying to bait me" - "He did an excellent job".

One of the greatest ensemble casts of all time.If we rate one over another it's mostly because of the roles they were given. A triumph for Sidney Lumet.

love juror #6 since i got to read as him in my english class

I rewatched this movie a couple days ago, it's definitely a great film. The last time I saw it was in high school, when we also read the play in English class; I played the bigoted juror #10, which was incredibly awkward, but I really delved into the role. Most everyone else in class were kinda monotone when they read their parts. I even faked a cold when I read my lines.

The old man (Juror #9) should be #2. Not only did he allow the jury to continue to deliberate by voting not guilty after Henry Fonda let them vote by secret ballot, he was the only one to bring the woman's eyesight into question which sealed the deal in terms of bringing everyone to Not Guilty.

I love that you use Nintendo music for this old movie. It’s pretty funny.

You claim to be a younger person which makes me very happy you're covering this movie and doing a great job at doing it. Keep on trucking, sir! Fun video and good points!

The scene with 6 and 8 in the washroom was IMHO the finest scene in any film ever made. "I'm just a workin man my boss does the supposin but I'll try one. Suppose you talk us out of this and the kid really did knife his father"

I don’t think race or racism was ever mentioned in the movie. It was all about being biased against people from the slums

The old man is NOT a “boomer”! (And neither are the rest of the guys in the room) Boomers are people born in the 40s and 50s. The old guy was born in the 1880s! And most of the other guys in the room were born around 1905 - 1910!

I thought the sequel was much better. "12 Men Down," was the movie about the defendant walking into a neighborhood grocery store two weeks after he was acquitted and shooting up the place.

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Juror #3 isn't an executioner. He has a courier business. The movie just meant he wants to act as executioner as a way of saying the boy is so guilty he deserves death penalty, so him being so for it makes him like his executioner. They would never pick someone that biased that would execute the accused as a juror lol.

Juror 5 is a favorite of mine as well Very sympathetic, you can see how conflicted he was throughout the whole thing, like sure he voted guilty at the beginning but when asked to raise his hand for guilty he was among the jurors that didn’t raise their hand immediately Plus not letting his background alone guide him to his decisions makes him a great man

I recently watched the Film, very compelling

Nice video man!

Great video man! Gotta say I was a little disappointed not to see Juror #4 higher on the list since he's my favorite; but good thoughts indeed!

Really good list, agree with almost all of the reasonings and rankings. Only change i would make would be juror number 4, i thought he was the strongest rational logic based casemaker for the guilty side through the whole film. He providied a good example for what the emotinally charged others who were also very vocal for guilty shoudve aspired to be. I wouldve put him at number 2 or 3.

I would swap jurors 3 and 12 and expand that bottom level to accommodate 12, who deserves to go into the bottom tier of jurors because he has no underlying groundwork of principles. He just sways in the breeze according to how he perceives the mood in the room is going. At least 3 has principles, even if they have been corrupted by his experiences with his son.

I think it's kind of interesting to look at how the lives and occupations of the jurors affect their approach to the trial. 7 and 12 are salesmen and thus deal with the surface of things and are superficial. 8 and 11 are artisans who are accustomed to analyze below the surface. 3 and 10 run their own businesses, which I suppose makes them dyed-in-the-wool cynics that accept common stereotypes. 4 is a stockbroker, which makes him highly analytical, but also prone to distrust the lower classes, which he has no contact with. The system has always worked for him, so he doesn't question at all the case the prosecution has laid out. 5 is from the lower classes, "Don't you ever sweat?" and does question the official line, while 1 and 6 are quintessentially common men who are decent, if not great thinkers. For 2 and 9, both insignificant men in their day to day, the trial is something of an adventure. 2 follows along avidly, and becomes more assertive and perceptive as the deliberations drag on, while 9 is a lonely retiree that has special insight into the two insecure witnesses.

Ranking the Jurors based on them as characters and not their morality: 12. Juror 6 (the average person) 11. Juror 12 (advertising background means he requires incredibly persuasive arguments to be convinced) 10. Juror 1 (the sole source of order, works with teenagers as a coach, may see the kid as one of his athletes) 9. Juror 2 (least masculine. strong sense of justice, but easily overwhelmed. However, very valuable as an evaluator of evidence) 8. Juror 5 (comes from the same background as the kid, but doesn't retaliate against Juror 10 for his bigotry) 7. Juror 11 (the immigrant who values the justice system more than any of the other Jurors. Contrasts Juror 7) 6. Juror 7 (represents apathy towards the system. He's also the only one who wore a hat, showing a lack of true respect. Sees his duty as casual) 5. Juror 10 (the bigot who encapsulates much of what was wrong with the 1950s) 4. Juror 8 (the beacon of moral virtue) 3. Juror 3 (the main antagonist who has the most character development) 2. Juror 4 (the opposition, but speaks objectively. Contrasts the emotion of Juror 3 with his logic. Comes from the opposite background as the kid) 1. Juror 9 (Contrasts Juror 10 as an old man who judges people based on appearence. However, he comes off as wise instead of bigoted. He projects his insecurities onto others such as his insignificance and aging. The old man who gave testimony was the exact same kind of man as him)

Just to let you know, your video was not garbage.

1. Juror 7 2. Juror 4 3. Juror 3 4. Juror 1 5. Juror 10 6. Juror 6 7. Juror 11 8. Juror 8 9. Juror 9 10. Juror 2 11. Juror 5 12. Juror 12

What an outstanding analysis. I mean that. I'm very impressed. 😀

The man who was called the nerd. He always played mild people. In an interview he once said his favorite role was on star trek tos where he played a jack the ripper trype

I would’ve swapped juror number seven with juror number 10

I had to chuckle when you referred to the old man as a “Boomer.” This film was released in 1957 when the oldest Baby Boomer would have been 11 years old! This gentleman was of the pre-World War I generation.

My own ranking: Opinions based: GOAT 1. Juror #8 - Makes excellent points for his arguments to why he voted not guilty. 2. Juror #9 - Unproblematic and doesn't cause unnecessary drama. 3. Juror #6 - He defended #9 against #3 and cares about doing the right thing. 4. Juror #11 - Same reasons with Juror #9. He also called out #7 for picking "not guilty" because he (#7) had "enough" about the arguing. 5. Juror #4 - He was unlikeable little bit when he had a fight with #8 but provides arguments on why he voted guilty. Good but eh, not a fan 6. Juror #5 - Not problematic but that's all I can say. 7. Juror #2 - Same reasons with #5 but he had no problems telling people to stop fooling around (example: telling #7 to knock it off) 8. Juror #1 - Don't know much about him. 9. Juror #12 - Same reasons with Juror #1 but is gullible and goes with the popular vote. The Worst: 10. Juror #7 - He displays some problematic traits and clearly doesn't care about the case but is less problematic than the other jurors that is coming from the rabbit hole. 11. Juror #11 - Very unlikeable, hypocritical person and just plain rude and biased. Also made unnecessary comments towards the boy. 12. Juror #3 - The worst of all. Ofc he has a troubled past with his son but he took it out on the boy and just wants him dead instead of the facts against him.

Juror 12 is #1 because he is the most handsome 😍

Juror 3 was the greatest

Don’t think Juror #7 is a scumbag most of the time despite being the worst juror and when he showed rudeness towards the elderly juror and had a less broad reason why he switched from guilty to not guilty all because he wanted to end this case immediately due to an upcoming baseball game that’s concerning him the most. He should’ve realized that a stormy weather resulted in a game cancellation. Other than that, Jack Warden and many other actors did a great job portraying jurors with their own beliefs on the young man being on a murder trial.

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I would have voted full blown guilty longer than they all did because the alibi with going out to see the movies but can't remember what he saw and more importantly no one in the movie theater could confirm he even was there is highly suspicious and was never properly addressed by the jurors.

Your bottom two are easy to place in those spots. Where I disagree is where you have Juror #3. For me the next worst is number 12. He as no opinions of his own. I'd rank them from best to worst as follows: 1. #4, who is going soley on facts and evidence. 2. #11, who respects the legal system of his adopted country. 3. #6, who respects his elders. 4. #1, who is trying his best to run a jury room in a fair manner. 5. # 5, who knows what it is like to live in a slum. 6. #2, who grows some balls during the film and eventually contradicts his earlier willingness to go along with the pack. 7. #9, who is observant and brings up some important points, but is annoying as all hell. 8. #8, who is preachy, emotional, and breaks the law by bringing non disclosed evidence in the form of a switchblade to the jury room. 9. #3, no different than #8 but with the opposite opinion. He too is based soley on emotion. (#3 and #8 are really tied for me.) 10. #12 who has no real opinion of his own. He goes with the pack and twists in the wind. Very weak character. 11. #10, who is a racist. In today's world that is the worst thing one can be. 12. #7. Values a baseball game more than the life of the accused. BTW I believe that the boy did kill his father, but the obvious reason would be self defense. A violent 6'2" scum bag of a dad was beating his son. The kid had just purchased the knife. The kid struck out suddenly and stabbed his father, then panicked because he heard a woman scream. later he came back hoping to remove the knife from his father's chest. If the defense attorney had gone in that direction from the start the kid would have been declared not guilty. The notion that the woman needed glasses would have been easily cleared up in court. If the defense attorney had pushed back about her eyesight she could have explianed that she had her glasses on when she saw the murder. People who are very near sided sleep with their glasses right by their beds. My brother and sister are both legally blind. They slept like that. Juror #9's observation is BS.

You lost me at 3:12 inserting a photo of Ben Shapiro while talking about racists. 😮 4:37 to seperte me from your statement, I actually see all of the characters as "real humans". Your ranking seems good to me. Maybe I would bump up jurror 6 onr notch. I liked his standing up for the old man. The "lay you out" line is a favorite of mine . This was fun.

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Are you being sarcastic or serious? Either way, don't try to project modern social dilemma and propaganda to this masterpiece of a movie.

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