Nuremberg Film Releases in US Theaters November 2025

The historical drama "Nuremberg," directed and written by James Vanderbilt, arrives in U.S. theaters on November 7, 2025, under Sony Pictures Classics, spotlighting the psychological evaluations of Nazi leaders during the postwar trials. Starring Rami Malek as U.S. Army psychiatrist Douglas Kelley and Russell Crowe as Hermann Göring, the film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival on September 7, 2025, and has since drawn acclaim for its lead performances amid a backdrop of the 1945-1946 International Military Tribunal in Germany.

Based on Jack El-Hai's 2013 book "The Nazi and the Psychiatrist," the movie centers on Kelley's assignment to assess the mental fitness of captured Nazi high command members, including Göring, Adolf Hitler's second-in-command, ahead of their prosecution for war crimes. As the trials unfold under U.S. Supreme Court Justice Robert H. Jackson, played by Michael Shannon, Kelley engages in intense sessions with the defendants. The narrative pivots to the tense rapport between Kelley and Göring, whom Crowe portrays as a charismatic yet unrepentant figure refusing accountability for atrocities like the Holocaust. Supporting roles include...