Not-so-bite-worthy Oscar-bait drama

Nuremberg was the site of Hitler's Nazi Party hosting some of its biggest anti-Jewish, hate-led rallies—and where Hermann Göring, Hitler’s second-in-command and the de facto vice to the Führer, announced the infamous Nuremberg Laws.

- Archita Kashyap

Built like a Roman gladiatorial arena, this massive structure symbolized power and dominance for the Third Reich. Ironically, it later became the stage for the war crimes tribunal against Nazi leadership after World War II.

James Vanderbilt—whose eclectic résumé includes writing David Fincher’s Zodiac, Scream, and The Amazing Spider-Man—both writes and directs this classic-style Hollywood drama about the setup and outcome of this history-making trial. At its core is a psychiatrist tasked with assessing the mental state of Nazi war criminals, particularly Hermann Goring, commander of the Luftwaffe and one of the chief architects of the Holocaust. While the film boasts technical finesse and solid performances, its exploration of the minds of evil men remains surface-level, with a tendency to subtly preach about parallels to present times.