

The Judge
Defend your Honor.
A successful lawyer returns to his hometown for his mother's funeral only to discover that his estranged father, the town's judge, is suspected of murder.
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7.3/10
4,604 votes
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- Status
- Released
- Budget
- $40M
- Box office
- $84.4M
- Language
- English
- small town
- indiana, usa
- judge
- parent child relationship
- dysfunctional family
- trial
- family relationships
- lawyer
- courtroom
- courtroom drama
- father son relationship
- legal thriller
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Behind the camera
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Produced in
United States of America
Where to watch
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Release dates
IndiaIN
- Theatrical17 Oct 2014
United StatesUS
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival3 Oct 2014
- TheatricalR10 Oct 2014
United KingdomGB
- Theatrical1517 Oct 2014
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Theatrical16 Oct 2014
AustraliaAU
- TheatricalM9 Oct 2014
CanadaCA
- PremiereToronto International Film Festival4 Sept 2014
- Theatrical14A10 Oct 2014
ArgentinaAR
- Theatrical8 Oct 2014
ArubaAW
- Theatrical9 Oct 2014
AustriaAT
- Theatrical17 Oct 2014
AzerbaijanAZ
- Theatrical16 Oct 2014
BelgiumBE
- Theatrical1817 Oct 2014
BoliviaBO
- Theatrical16 Oct 2014
Frequently asked questions
The Judge was released on 8 October 2014.
Audience reviews
2- N6/10
Narate
11/20/2024
_"It's fine. Innocent people can't afford me."_ This movie came and went and no one really cared so I never checked it out til now. Pity it didn't do well because while the story is ok, the acting is pretty good. RDJ, Robert Duvall, Vera Farmiga, Vincent D'Onofrio, Jeremy Strong, Billy Bob? This thing is packed! Might be a little too long, but the emotional father parts got to me.
- C7/10
CinemaSerf
10/18/2026
"Hank" (Robert Downey Jr) is one of those shrewd and unscrupulous defence lawyers who always manages to get his dodgy clients off - even when he suspects that they are as guilty as sin. He's had a long-term estranged relationship with his dad, the judge of forty-two years (Robert Duvall) which a trip back home for his mother's funeral does little to repair, but shortly after he returns to Chicago he gets a call to ad…
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