NUREMBERG (2025) MOVIE — RELEASE DATE, CAST, TRAILER & SOUNDTRACK

NUREMBERG (2025) is an American historical drama and psychological thriller that brings one of the most consequential moments of the twentieth century to the screen with quiet intensity. Led by Russell Crowe, Rami Malek and Michael Shannon, the film looks at the Nuremberg trials not only through the courtroom, but through the mind of the man asked to judge whether the defendants were fit to stand trial.

Written, co-produced and directed by James Vanderbilt, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025, before opening in cinemas in the United States on November 7, 2025. With an original score by Brian Tyler and a runtime of 148 minutes, it has earned generally positive reviews, with particular praise for Crowe's performance as Hermann Göring.

Image: Sony Pictures Classics — Nuremberg official trailer still.

Nuremberg Movie Facts

Director: James Vanderbilt

Based on: The Nazi and the Psychiatrist (2013), the non-fiction book by Jack El-Hai

Cast: Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring; Rami Malek as Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley; Michael Shannon as Justice Robert H. Jackson; Leo Woodall; John Slattery; Colin Hanks; Richard E. Grant; Wrenn Schmidt; Lotte Verbeek

Release Date: World premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025; US theatrical release on November 7, 2025 (Sony Pictures Classics)

Runtime: 148 minutes

Music: Original score by Brian Tyler

Cinematography: Dariusz Wolski

Editing: Tom Eagles

Production: Sony Pictures Classics

Box Office: $71.1 million worldwide

Nuremberg Story

After World War II, US Army psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley is assigned to assess the mental fitness of Hermann Göring and other high-ranking Nazi officials held before the Nuremberg trials. As Kelley spends time with Göring, the film becomes a tense psychological duel between the two men, with the fate of the trials hanging on what Kelley finds.

Based on a true story, the film stays focused on that premise: the moral pressure on a doctor asked to understand a man accused of terrible crimes, and the effort to hold the defendants to account in a court of law.

Nuremberg Soundtrack & Score

The Nuremberg soundtrack is built around an original score by Brian Tyler. His music underlines the film's tension and restraint, supporting the courtroom drama and the uneasy conversations between Kelley and Göring without overpowering them.

Tyler is known for large-scale film scores, and here his work gives the historical drama a steady, sombre pulse that carries the story from the prison interviews to the trial itself.

If you enjoy thoughtful historical dramas, you may also like Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, Weapons, Sinners and The Housemaid.

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Frequently Asked Questions

When was Nuremberg released?

Nuremberg premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025, and was released in cinemas in the United States on November 7, 2025.

Who plays Hermann Göring in Nuremberg?

Russell Crowe plays Hermann Göring, with Rami Malek as psychiatrist Lt. Col. Douglas Kelley and Michael Shannon as Justice Robert H. Jackson.

Is Nuremberg based on a true story?

Yes. The film is based on the 2013 non-fiction book The Nazi and the Psychiatrist by Jack El-Hai, about psychiatrist Douglas Kelley's assessment of Göring and other Nazi officials before the Nuremberg trials.

Where can I watch Nuremberg now?

Nuremberg is available to rent or buy on PVOD, and it arrives on Netflix in the US on March 7, 2026.