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.
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Cast
58 people
Michael B. Jordan
Bryan Stevenson
Known for
Black Panther
Creed
Brie Larson
Eva Ansley
Known for
Captain Marvel
Room
Jamie Foxx
Walter McMillian
Known for
Django Unchained
Soul
O'Shea Jackson Jr.
Anthony Ray Hinton
Known for
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Straight Outta Compton
Rafe Spall
Tommy Champan
Known for
Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom
The Ritual
Rob Morgan
Herbert Richardson
Known for
Stranger Things
Don't Look Up
Tim Blake Nelson
Ralph Myers
Known for
The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Watchmen
Rhoda Griffis
Judge Pamela Bachab
Known for
HIS & HERS
The Hunger Games
J. Alphonse Nicholson
Henry Davis
Known for
Lanterns
Self Made: Inspired by the Life of Madam C.J. Walker
Karan Kendrick
Minnie McMillian
Known for
Hidden Figures
The Hate U Give
Hayes Mercure
Jeremy Doss
Known for
Days of Our Lives
Siren
Lindsay Ayliffe
Judge Foster
Known for
Ozark
Class of '09
Destin Daniel Cretton Director · Andrew Lanham Screenplay Bryan Stevenson Author
Worldwide gross $50M · Budget $25M · United States release December 25, 2019
Box office
Budget
$25,000,000
Worldwide gross
$50,401,502
Gross vs. budget
2.0×
Production
Netter Productions
Production
Outlier Society
Production
MACRO
Production
One Community
Production
Participant
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
Fifth Season
Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 6, 2019
Premiere · Toronto International Film Festival
United States · December 25, 2019
Limited theatrical
United States
October 3, 2019 · Premiere · Mill Valley Film Festival
January 10, 2020 · Theatrical
Argentina
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
Australia
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
April 1, 2020 · Digital
Austria
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
Belgium
January 22, 2020 · Theatrical
Brazil
December 10, 2019 · Premiere · Rio de Janeiro International Film Festival
February 20, 2020 · Theatrical
Bulgaria
February 21, 2020 · Theatrical
Canada
January 10, 2020 · Theatrical
Chile
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
Colombia
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
Denmark
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
Egypt
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
Finland
January 24, 2020 · Theatrical
France
January 29, 2020 · Theatrical
April 8, 2020 · Digital · VOD
June 3, 2020 · Physical · DVD & Blu-Ray
January 11, 2026 · TV · TF1
Germany
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
June 11, 2020 · Digital
Greece
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
June 19, 2020 · Physical · DVD
Hong Kong SAR China
February 20, 2020 · Theatrical
Iceland
February 28, 2020 · Theatrical
India
January 17, 2020 · Theatrical
Indonesia
January 8, 2020 · Theatrical
Ireland
January 17, 2020 · Theatrical
Israel
October 14, 2020 · Digital
Italy
January 30, 2020 · Theatrical
Japan
February 28, 2020 · Theatrical
Kuwait
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
Lebanon
January 30, 2020 · Theatrical
Lithuania
January 17, 2020 · Theatrical
Mexico
December 25, 2019 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 16, 2020 · Theatrical
New Zealand
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
August 1, 2020 · Digital
Peru
February 20, 2020 · Theatrical
Philippines
January 22, 2020 · Theatrical
Poland
November 7, 2019 · Premiere · American Film Festival
March 6, 2020 · Theatrical
Portugal
January 16, 2020 · Theatrical
Romania
December 25, 2019 · Limited theatrical
Russia
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
April 3, 2020 · Digital
Saudi Arabia
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
Singapore
May 5, 2020 · Physical · DVD
South Africa
February 21, 2020 · Theatrical
South Korea
December 27, 2020 · Digital
Spain
February 28, 2020 · Theatrical
Sweden
January 17, 2020 · Theatrical
Switzerland
January 30, 2020 · Theatrical · Italian
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical · German
February 29, 2020 · Theatrical · French
Taiwan
January 17, 2020 · Theatrical
Thailand
February 28, 2022 · Digital
Türkiye
December 30, 2021 · Digital
Ukraine
January 30, 2020 · Theatrical
United Arab Emirates
January 23, 2020 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 5, 2019 · Premiere · BFI London Film Festival
January 17, 2020 · Theatrical
Uruguay
February 27, 2020 · Theatrical
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