Some historical dramas arrive with huge explosions and battlefield spectacle. Others walk into a locked room, sit two men across from each other, and let the horror creep in through conversation. This one very much belongs to the second camp. It’s not about the war itself so much as what comes after it, when the world has to look directly at the people responsible and decide what justice is supposed to mean. Light late-night viewing? Not exactly. But apparently, Netflix viewers are leaning in anyway.
Nuremberg is finding new life on Netflix after its theatrical run, with the Russell Crowe-led drama becoming a strong streaming performer. The film has also connected especially well with audiences, earning a 95% audience score on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics have been more measured, but the audience response gives the movie a very clean streaming hook: a serious historical drama with a heavy subject, a major cast, and strong word-of-mouth from viewers.
The film was released theatrically in November 2025 and went on to become a sleeper hit. It grossed more than $55 million worldwide against a reported budget of less than $10 million, making it one of Crowe’s most successful theatrical ventures of the decade.
While critics awarded the film a solid 72% on Rotten Tomatoes, audiences were far more enthusiastic, giving it a near-perfect 95% score — a rare gap that signals strong word-of-mouth support. Crowe himself didn’t hesitate when the role came his way. “I didn’t think twice. I said ‘yes’ straightaway,” said Crowe. “Then the other voice creeps in where I’m a little bit afraid of the character. It’s a gigantic character, you know? His history and his position in history were a great fascination to me.”
Collider Exclusive · Sci-Fi Survival Quiz Which Sci-Fi World Would You Survive? The Matrix · Mad Max · Blade Runner · Dune · Star Wars
Five universes. Five completely different ways the future went wrong — or sideways, or up in flames. Only one of them is the world your instincts were built for. Eight questions will figure out which dystopia, galaxy, or desert wasteland you’d actually make it out of alive.
💊The Matrix
🔥Mad Max
🌧️Blade Runner
🏜️Dune
🚀Star Wars
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You sense something is deeply wrong with the world around you. What do you do? The first instinct is often the truest one.
02
In a world of scarcity, what resource do you guard most fiercely? What we protect reveals what we believe survival actually requires.
03
What kind of threat keeps you up at night? Fear is useful data — if you’re honest about what you’re actually afraid of.
04
How do you deal with authority you don’t trust? Every dystopia has a power structure. Your approach to it determines everything.
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Which environment could you actually endure long-term? Survival isn’t just tactical — it’s physical, psychological, and very much about where you are.
06
Who do you want in your corner when things fall apart? The company you keep is the clearest signal of who you actually are.
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Where do you draw the line — if you draw one at all? Every survivor eventually faces a moment that tests what they’re actually made of.
08
What would actually make survival worth it? Staying alive is one thing. Having a reason to is another.
Your Fate Has Been Calculated You’d Survive In…
Your answers point to the world your instincts were built for. This is the universe your temperament, your survival instincts, and your particular brand of stubbornness were made for.
The Resistance, Zion
The Matrix
You took the red pill a long time ago — probably before anyone offered it to you. You’re a systems thinker who can’t help but notice the seams in things.
You’re drawn to understanding how the system works before figuring out how to break it.
You’d find the Resistance, or it would find you — your instinct for spotting constructed realities is the machines’ worst nightmare.
You function best when you have access to information and the freedom to act on it.
The Matrix built an airtight prison. You’d be the one probing the walls for the door.
The Wasteland
Mad Max
The wasteland doesn’t reward the clever or the well-connected — it rewards those who are hard to kill and harder to break. That’s you.
You don’t need comfort, community, or a cause larger than the next horizon.
You need a vehicle, a clear threat, and enough fuel to outrun it — and you’re good at all three.
You are unsentimental enough to survive that world, and decent enough — just barely — to be something more than another raider.
In the wasteland, that distinction is everything.
Los Angeles, 2049
Blade Runner
You’d survive here because you know how to exist in moral grey areas without losing yourself completely.
You read people accurately, keep your circle small, and ask the questions others prefer not to answer.
In a city where humanity is a legal designation rather than a feeling, you hold onto something that keeps you functional.
You’re not a hero. But you’re not lost, either.
In Blade Runner’s world, that distinction is everything.
Arrakis
Dune
Arrakis is the most hostile environment in the known universe — and you are precisely the kind of person it rewards.
Patience, discipline, and political awareness are your core strengths — and on Arrakis, they’re survival tools.
You understand that the long game matters more than any single victory.
Others come to Dune and are consumed by it. You’d learn its logic and earn its respect.
In time, you wouldn’t just survive Arrakis — you’d begin to reshape it.
A Galaxy Far, Far Away
Star Wars
The galaxy far, far away is vast, loud, and in a constant state of violent political upheaval — and you wouldn’t have it any other way.
You find meaning in being part of something larger than yourself — a cause, a crew, a rebellion.
You’d gravitate toward the Rebellion, or the fringes, or whatever pocket of the galaxy still believes the Empire’s grip can be broken.
You fight — not because you have to, but because standing aside isn’t something you’re capable of.
In Star Wars, that willingness is what makes all the difference.
Who Stars in ‘Nuremberg’?
The film stars Crowe as Hermann Göring, the Nazi leader awaiting trial after World War II, and Rami Malek as Douglas Kelley, the American psychiatrist assigned to evaluate him before the Nuremberg trials. The cast includes Michael Shannon (The Shape of Water, Revolutionary Road) as Robert H. Jackson, Leo Woodall (The White Lotus, One Day), John Slattery (Mad Men, Spotlight), Richard E. Grant (Can You Ever Forgive Me?, Withnail and I), and Colin Hanks (Fargo, King Kong).
