A Time to Kill is surging on Netflix almost three a long time after its unique launch. The 1996 movie relies on a novel by John Grisham, the creator of a number of best-selling authorized thrillers which have been tailored into main movement photos by a few of Hollywood’s greatest administrators and stars throughout the Nineteen Nineties, together with The Agency (1991), The Pelican Temporary (1993), and The Rainmaker (1997).
Now, A Time to Kill ranks sixth on Netflix‘s World High 10 motion pictures for the week of November 11–16 with 5.4 million views and 13.4 million hours seen. It ranks under Guillermo del Toro’s Frankenstein in first, A Merry Little Ex-Mas, KPop Demon Hunters, In Your Desires, Being Eddie, and above The Little Issues, A Home of Dynamite, The Marksman, and Shrek Eternally After in tenth.
Regardless of being a High 10 film in 67 international locations this week, A Time to Kill shouldn’t be streaming on Netflix in america, although it’s obtainable to hire or purchase on a number of digital platforms, together with Prime Video from $3.79.
Directed by Joel Schumacher, with a script written by Oscar winner Akiva Goldsman (A Stunning Thoughts) primarily based on John Grisham’s debut novel, A Time to Kill follows a younger lawyer in Mississippi who takes on the case of a Black father who fatally shot the 2 white males who assaulted his younger daughter.
The movie’s star-studded solid consists of Oscar winners Sandra Bullock (The Blind Facet), Matthew McConaughey (Dallas Patrons Membership), Kevin Spacey (The Common Suspects, American Magnificence), Brenda Fricker (My Left Foot), Chris Cooper (Adaptation), and Octavia Spencer (The Assist) in her movie debut. Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (Pulp Fiction) additionally stars.
The supporting solid consists of Emmy winners Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland (24), Charles S. Dutton, and Patrick McGoohan. Emmy nominees Oliver Platt (The West Wing, The Bear) and Ashley Judd additionally star, alongside Beth Grant, Kurtwood Smith, and Joe Seneca.
A Time to Kill acquired combined critiques from critics on the time of launch for working too lengthy and refusing to delve too deeply into its themes, although it nonetheless largely works due to its polished filmmaking and glorious appearing. Nevertheless, like many John Grisham motion pictures, A Time to Kill was a substantial business success, making $152 million on the field workplace in opposition to its $40 million price range.
A Time to Kill is definitely the second John Grisham film directed by Joel Schumacher to look on Netflix’s World High 10 this yr, as The Shopper (1994) additionally discovered renewed success on the streaming service in August 2025.
- Launch Date
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July 24, 1996
- Runtime
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149 minutes
- Director
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Joel Schumacher
- Writers
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John Grisham, Akiva Goldsman