Sidney Lumets 1957 masterpiece, 12 Angry Men, is still as relevant as ever. Reginald Rose concocted a script so perfect it feels like the backbone for not only cinema, but modern stage plays as well.

In the 1957 classic film “12 Angry Men,” Henry Fonda, as Juror No. 8, methodically persuades the rest of the jury that the case against an 18-year-old boy accused of murdering his father isn ...