Film Review - Nuremberg (2025)

Nuremberg is a new historical drama that stars Rami Malek as Dr Douglas Kelley, a shrink who is brought in by the US Army to assess the mental health of Herman Goring (Russell Crowe) after he is captured trying to flee Germany after WW2, this would later lead to the famous Nuremberg trials.

Nuremberg is a movie that really affected me and is one of my absolute favourite films of the year, firstly it is a riveting drama that does run a little long at 148 minutes I didn’t really care all that much, the events on screen had me hooked as it told a great historical drama that has a lot of resonance in the times we currently live in.

Secondly there is a lot of great performances, Rami Malek is very good as Dr Kelley even if he goes a little too over the top at times, John Slattery is solid as the head of the Nuremberg prison camp while Michael Shannon and Richard E Grant are very good as the main prosecutors in the Nuremberg trails.

As for Russell Crowe as Goring he is good but at times his German accent sounds a little cartoonish which bothered me a little.

And so that was Nuremberg and this is definitely going to be in my favourite films list of the year, a great drama with a historical truth, great performances and a timely message at its core, I hope this movie finds its way into School Curriculums someday, 4 and a half out of 5.