Nuremberg - Is it a GOOD History Movie?

Extremely well said, subbed. Great take on this movie and the actors. Michael Shannon is truly under appreciated, Russel Crowe had one of his all time best performances in this movie.

Thorough review and points well taken on the Hollywood-driven inaccuracies. Perhaps the most important aspect of the film in 2026, though, is that it exposes new generations to the Nuremberg trials. Not a documentary but if it creates awareness of a uniquely important chapter of history I can accept some liberties with the sequence of events and even some details. I’d rather younger generations watched this imperfect effort than another superhero sequel movie.

Only having seen the trailer of this film was enough Hollywood for me. The message of this film was already clear reading Hannah Arend and the eyes of those who still deny the present genocide, which we could and still can see on our cell phones, will also not be opened, seeing this film.

It ís happening again, and this time we see it on our cell phones immediately

The Banality of Evil is a fantastic book and a must read. It gives me chills thinking about how a normal man can order exterminations in the death camps and eat dinner at home with his family being totally unaffected and not even really be “evil”.

I only watched the movie because of Russel Crowe and stayed because of the humanity in the characters. We know how the story ends but the journey is worth the experience.

As a German, I love the fact that they suffered longer than necessary during their execution, stuff like this makes my day each time I come across it

I would like a video of Operation Mincemeat!

I just finished this. Crowe was wonderful. The humanity and micro expressions were next level. It also had the best edit I have seen in ages (last morning of the trial when the attorney puts on his blazer. The end is Malek adjusting his suit). Brilliant. The one thing that took me out of the movie was Malek at the train station “going home”. Dressed in a sweatshirt and dress pants and a trench coat. —-not exactly what a doctor would travel in, in 1947. But hey.

Absolutely excellent review, comprehensive and fair! Just wondering about where is Ben Ferencz? Please do more historical movie reviews 👌

“Emperor” with Tommy Lee Jones, “Battle of the Bulge,” “Enemy at the Gates,” “Flags of our Fathers, “Windtalkers,” and both “Midway” films would be interesting topics for review.

Try “Judgement at Nuremberg”

The psych played by rami malek is the reason the psych field doesn’t use the term ‘evil’. He was trying to work out what was the difference between the Nazis and regular people. At the time it was thought that a decent, likeable man couldn’t commit such atrocities. He was trying to find the ‘evil’ in their personalities. He realised that these men were just men, no significant differences btw them and the general population. He realised that anyone could do such things, given the right situation. So the term ‘evil’ doesn’t get used because it’s unmeasurable. That’s why he became an alcoholic and unalived himself. The truth was too hard to carry for him.

Nice review of this movie; I watched it and thought it had all weaknesses that were pointed out. Good points were brought out about some of the themes of the movie that made the movie interesting.

Really thorough examination, thank you

You mentioned the americanisation but for me that really is the biggest problem with the movie. There is not a single soviet or french caracter. We'e supposed to be showing the first ever international trial but for all intents and purposes it feels like they're being tried in the US and there's one british guy watching. Knowing what a big role the USSR had in the trials and how much they insisted on having a trial in the first place, it feels very biased and red scare coded to not include them.

20:35 In the way this part looked, I like to imagine that it was meant to look like an in world recreation for news or something

Very thoughtful and informative. I felt I learned some things from the film that I didn’t know about Hess and Goering and about Kelly who I knew nothing about. Thanks for pointing out important historical inaccuracies. You seemed to make a lot of the actual date of capture which you said you didn’t mind too much but then mentioned it quite a few times, so perhaps you did mind quite a bit. I don’t like when dates are mentioned inaccurately particularly when done as captions as I somehow feel that betrays a certain amount of trust. However in this case it didn’t make any difference to the story so no biggie. Goering’s character stated that Germany did not attack America which is correct even if Hitler did declare war (they are not the same thing). In the context of the dialog, and I have only watched it once, it didn’t raise any red flags with me, I was surprised at the tone of the movie as being lighter than I expected for such a weighty subject. This made it more entertaining and kept me fully engaged throughout. It was darker in some parts where it needed to be. I had a very positive impression overall and was surprised it didn’t garner more plaudits from the various award organizations. Given some of the things you have pointed out I see perhaps why it was not taken more seriously but I haven’t changed my view of the film markedly. I’d give it 3.5 to 4 out of 5 stars which is more than I would give some of the best film Oscar nominations but I won’t draw fire by saying which ones 😊. Thanks for a great review

I did my college senior thesis on the rise and fall then rise and fall again of the Germans. I watched this movie and thought it was good. It sent me on a rabbit hole that was weirdly nostalgic. The similarities between then and now are scary. The main difference between then and now is the media holds everyone a lot more accountable. It’s a double edged sword, however, propaganda back then was more of secrets with info, vs now where it’s just forced down our throats with bombardment

Around a decade ago I was in an airport and I bought the book the Nazi and Psychiatrist and which is the book that inspired the film. It is well worth a read.