Is ‘Nuremberg’ Based On A True Story?

Photo: Nuremberg Trials. Defendants in their dock, circa 1945-1946. (in front row, from left to right): Hermann Göring, Rudolf Heß, Joachim von Ribbentrop, Wilhelm Keitel (in second row, from left to right): Karl Dönitz, Erich Raeder, Baldur von Schirach, Fritz Sauckel. Photo credit: Office of the United States Counsel for the Prosecution of Axis Criminality via NARA / Wikimedia Commons. Public Domain. Article by Liani Frederick. Decider – March 13, 2026.

Nuremberg seemed well positioned to be a big part of the 2026 Oscars race before it was released in theaters in November 2025. Not only did it star two decorated Best Actor winners (Russell Crowe, Rami Malek), but its subject matter and setting — a World War II tribunal wherein some of history’s most egregious criminals are put on trial — is the kind of thing that the Academy voters have long gravitated towards during awards season. (Case in point: Judgment At Nuremberg, which covers similar ground, won the Oscar for Best Picture back in 1962.)

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