Just Mercy

2019 · 2h17 · Film

Directed by Destin Daniel Cretton

Starring Michael B. Jordan, Brie Larson, Jamie Foxx, O'Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rhoda Griffis, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Karan Kendrick

Ideal when you feel… Sad / low Angry Bored

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.

Original language

English

Screenplay

Destin Daniel Cretton, Andrew Lanham, Bryan Stevenson

Music

Joel P. West

Cinematography

Brett Pawlak

Cast

O'Shea Jackson Jr., Rafe Spall, Rob Morgan, Tim Blake Nelson, Rhoda Griffis, J. Alphonse Nicholson, Karan Kendrick, Hayes Mercure, Lindsay Ayliffe

Updated July 22, 2026

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