Nuremberg

In the aftermath of World War II, an American psychiatrist is sent to a detention center in Germany to assess whether captured Nazi leaders are mentally fit to stand trial. Tasked with evaluating notorious figures, he faces intense, often unsettling conversations that test his clinical detachment and personal morals. The psychiatrist and one of his subjects, a charismatic and defiant senior official, engage in a tense psychological sparring that probes responsibility, truth, and performance. As legal procedures loom, the film keeps its focus on interrogation, conscience, and the uneasy overlap of medicine, law, and spectacle without revealing how those examinations resolve.

Released in 2025, Nuremberg was directed by James Vanderbilt and developed from material associated with Jack El-Hai. The cast includes Russell Crowe as Hermann Goering, Rami Malek as Douglas Kelley, Michael Shannon as Justice Robert H. Jackson, Leo Woodall as Sergeant Howie Triest, and John Slattery as Colonel Burton Andrus.

Critics and audiences gave the movie a generally favorable response, reflected in a 7.3/10 average from 275 votes. Reviewers tended to single out the lead performances and the film's focus on moral complexity, praising the way it stages legal and psychiatric procedures as scenes of psychological confrontation. Some commentary noted its deliberate pacing and the ethical questions it raises about culpability, accountability, and the limits of clinical judgment.

Nuremberg has prompted renewed interest in the historical trial among general viewers and educators, and it has been used in discussions about wartime responsibility and medical ethics. The portrayal of Göring by Crowe and the intense back-and-forth between characters have become talking points in film and history circles, encouraging renewed viewing of source documents and older adaptations.

As of its release, the film had not accumulated major industry awards. It has, however, generated attention in critical circles for its performances and its willingness to put difficult ethical issues at the center of courtroom and interrogation scenes.