Just Mercy
Every generation has its hero. Meet ours.
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence.Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
- Director
- Destin Daniel Cretton
- Signature
- Craft · Drama · Tension
- Worldwide
- $50M
Who's in it
Cast
The billed ensemble, with character names. Open any performer for their Nutevio filmography.
33 billed performers
The Nutevio profile
Movie DNA
How Just Mercy actually feels to watch, measured on the twelve traits our editors track across every Nutevio title.
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Story overview
What It's About
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The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights tirelessly for Walter with the system stacked against them.
Where to watch
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Why We Recommend It
Why It's Ranked
Just Mercy appears in 2 Nutevio collections. Here is the argument behind each placement.
- Best Courtroom Dramas Ranked #8
Placed at #8 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
- Top 100 Crime Movies Ranked #67
Placed at #67 by the Nutevio ranking model. An editor's written case is on the way.
The numbers
Box Office & Release
Just Mercy returned 2.0× its budget worldwide.
- Budget
- $25M
- Opening weekend
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- Domestic gross
- —
- International gross
- —
- Worldwide gross
- $50M
- Release date
- Dec 25, 2019
- Runtime
- 2h 17m
- MPAA rating
- —
- Language
- English
- Country
- United States of America
Figures from the verified production record. Fields we cannot source are left blank rather than estimated.
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