A Time to Kill (1996) poster
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A Time to Kill

CrimeDramaThriller

Directed by Joel Schumacher

A young lawyer defends a black man accused of murdering two white men who raped his 10-year-old daughter, sparking a rebirth of the KKK. From TMDB

178 reactions from 3 sources (Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews) · newest Oct 25, 2026 · last updated Oct 26, 2026 · How this works

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A Time to Kill is a 1996 crime drama thriller film, directed by Joel Schumacher, starring Matthew McConaughey, Sandra Bullock and Samuel L. Jackson.

  • 152 people have posted about this film on Bluesky, Mastodon, TMDB reviews
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  • jamelle @jamellebouie.netBluesky · Apr 30, 2024

    watching A TIME TO KILL for the pod. two thoughts: 1) i continue to think that this movie is a fascinating look into the racial imagination of americans in the 90s. 2) there should have been a whole series of films with matthew mcconaughey as the most southern fried lawyer imaginable

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  • Saeed Jones @theferocity.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 22, 2026

    In the 8th grade, I found my mom’s copy of “A Time To Kill” and read it in a week. My teacher was like 👀. The movie pulls punches tbh.

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  • P E N N Y @pennyclark.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 25, 2025

    Someone in Court in a Movie: A Time To Kill (1996) One of the most memorable lines in film history. #FilmSky #SeptemberMovieChallenge #Day24

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  • feral streep @feralstreeep.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2026

    has anyone ever been sweatier in a movie than Ashley Judd in a Time to Kill?

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  • Je-Ree @jereereviews.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 23, 2025

    A Time to Kill is such a hard watch but a necessary movie #FilmSky

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  • Timothy Burke @bubbaprog.xyzBluesky · Jun 20, 2024

    Donald Sutherland's greatest work is perhaps drawing (alongside a marvelous Stockard Channing) the dramatic performance out of Will Smith that created an entirely new career for him. Though I loved him in A Time To Kill, and he gets credit for being in the Final Fantasy movie somehow

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  • Steven Godfrey @stevengodfrey.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 28, 2026

    Any mention of “A Time To Kill” prompts me to retell the story of seeing this movie in the theater in 1996 (on a date, yikes) and then finding out I was moving to this film’s EXACT LOCATION five weeks later

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  • Zeb Cyrus 🎃👻🙀 @zbcy.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 16, 2026

    Books to film 📚=🎞️ A Time to Kill (1989) by John Grisham was filmed in 1996. The film simplifies including the details of the murder. The final speech is a bigger part of the film as is usually the case with court drams. Social themes in the book don't show up in the film. ⚖️🔪⌚ #filmsky #booksky

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  • Josh Grubbs @joshuagrubbsphd.comBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    It’s cringe, but A Time To Kill Being raised in a conservative, white family in the south, I saw that movie at 16 in a community college psych class and it was probably the first pebble that started the avalanche of reconstructing my entire worldview over the next 7-8 years

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  • Richard A @richardthunderbay.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 3, 2026

    Some very early DVD releases, circa 1997, did not have the complete movie on one side. A Time to Kill and Se7en are examples ones that you had to flip. The data capacity of DVDs increased somewhat as the format developed and most movies then could fit on one side.

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  • Uniongrl ☮️ 🌍🎵🌻🦋 @uniongrl.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 28, 2026

    Closing statements in the movie A Time to Kill. This was so powerful when I first watched this and it still is for me today. Maybe we all need to close our eyes and imagine an atrocity happening to our loved ones in order to understand what others are going through. youtube.com/watch?v=bKN1...

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  • Chris Futrell @cvfutrell.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 5, 2026

    Samuel L Jackson seems an easy answer. You get a lot of Marvel and Tarantino, some Star Wars, the best Die Hard movie, a Time to Kill, Jurassic Park, True Romance, Hard Eight, Juice, Patriot Games, Goodfellas, The Other Guys, The Incredibles, Sphere, Coming to America

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  • P E N N Y @pennyclark.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2025

    Trial In a Movie: A Time To Kill (1996) #FilmSky #JulyMovieChallenge #Day10

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  • Boo-ryan D. Boo-rown @coolmojo.comBluesky · Apr 30, 2024

    There’s a great movie that came out the same year called Lone Star (directed by John Sayles) that also stars Chris Cooper and Matthew McConaughey (albeit in very different roles). Would love to hear your take on that film… it’s an odd companion to A Time To Kill given the actors and the plot…

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  • Ro @boredoftheoldone.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 21, 2026

    Improve a movie title by adding "With Big Naturals" A Time to Kill With Big Naturals

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  • Roknin @roknin.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2025

    Every time the movie “A Time to Kill” played on tv, my grandmother would remind me that a cousin of hers experienced a similar story. That would’ve been within the last 70 years.

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  • 𝚂𝚎𝚌𝚘𝚗𝚍𝚊𝚛𝚢 𝙿𝚛𝚘𝚝𝚘𝚌𝚘𝚕 @2ndaryprotocol.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 26, 2026

    TRIVIA: Author John Grisham did not want to sell the film rights to the 'A Time To Kill' book, but did ultimately sell the rights for a record $6 million. (IMDB) 🖤

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  • Narf16 @narf16.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    #JulyMovieChallenge Day 10. Trial in a movie A Time To Kill (1996) #Moviesky #Filmsky

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  • Scissors @scissors.myatproto.socialBluesky · Sep 29, 2025

    Combine 2 Film Titles 2 make a New Film. A Time To Kill A Mockingbird

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  • Surviving 2026 💙 @disneyinnewengland.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 23, 2025

    This reminded me of a disgusting line from the movie A Time To Kill. 🤮Then Mr Jackson’s famous line popped in my head and I felt safe again.

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  • James Kenney @jfkenney.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 7, 2024

    For Nicolas Cage's 60th birthday: NC in an obscure Italian film, A TIME TO KILL, from 1989, directed by Giuliano Montaldo, who made GRAND SLAM, MACHINE GUN McCAIN & SACCO & VALENTI! NC plays an Italian soldier during their 1930's invasion of Ethiopa! www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGoP...

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  • THEE NWMagpie - I Don't Argue With Ppl John Brown Would've Shot @thenwmagpie.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 17, 2026

    I first saw her in "My Left Foot," an incredible movie. I liked her in "Home Alone 2." But I absolutely loved her in "A Time To Kill." 😞 RIP, Ms. Fricker.

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  • Banned Library @bannedlibrary.comBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    This makes me think of the ending to "A Time to Kill" movie and book where the main white lawyer in his closing statement details the horrific crime against a black girl and the mic drop moment is "now imagine she was white" and the jury nods.

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  • seamiracles @seamiracles.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 27, 2025

    Off the top of my Gen X head: Anti-semitism episode of 90210 Movie "School Ties" Movie "Higher Learning" Movie "A Time to Kill" Sublime's "April 26, 1992" Rage Against the Machine in SNL controversy

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  • 🐖🪩 el día de los hamballs @tikkikki.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 6, 2026

    You want a sweaty movie, I present A Time to Kill. Clearly the 90s were a sweaty time.

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  • Black Unity Over Disagreement (he/him) @audubonballroom.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2026

    Growing list of those born or died on May 25 in any year Octavia Lenora Spencer (born May 25, 1970) is an American actress and author. Spencer made her film debut in the 1996 drama A Time to Kill. Leslie Marian Uggams (born May 25, 1943) is an #blackwomen #blackhistory #blacksky #addtoblacksky

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  • Be Happy, Be Well, May no suffering come your way.✌🏾 @kaptruthbetold.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 27, 2025

    Color them White! ☝🏾of my favorite scenes in the movie A TIme to Kill when the defense atty depicts the ungodly torture the men did to the defendants child…at the end he told the jury whose eyes were closed to imagine if the little girl was WHITE! The defendant who killed the men for that…NOT GUILTY.

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  • Eddie Smith @eddsmitty.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 4, 2025

    The name of the movie was "A Time To Kill".

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  • Sesshomaru's Pupmama @serendipityx6.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 20, 2025

    A Time to Kill is so good. But holy shit the amount of insane talent in this movie is crazy, even the extras o.o

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  • FilmAlicia @filmalicia.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 21, 2026

    I have always found him repulsive. The only movie I ever liked him in was “A Time to Kill.”

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  • omacolt.bsky.social @omacolt.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 27, 2026

    #Edwards2026MovieChallenge Day 27 Any movie/Freebie A Time To Kill (1996) Turning 30. I was all in on Matthew McConaughey. Before this film, I only knew hin from Dazed and Confused and Tricia Yearwood's video Walkaway Joe.

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  • allfrightner @allflicker.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 10, 2026

    Most kids know him from Braveheart or A Time to Kill but he has a long CV of movie villains from Escape From Alcatraz to Silver Streak #ThePrisoner #FlicksForAll #tvsky #Arrival

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  • Siskel and Ebert Bot @siskel-ebert-bot.bsky.socialBluesky · May 26, 2026

    A Time to Kill (1996) Director: Joel Schumacher Cast: Kevin Spacey, Sandra Bullock, Donald Sutherland, Kiefer Sutherland, Samuel L. Jackson Watch Review wp / wd

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  • robertus @robertus.bsky.socialBluesky · Mar 18, 2026

    They gotta get the entire cast of A Time to Kill back for the movie about this trial.

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  • Fit Father @fitfather.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 25, 2026

    This reminds me of the movie "A Time to Kill" when Matthew McConaughey addresses the jury before they go deliberate.

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  • Gary Panton @garypanton.co.ukBluesky · Dec 31, 2025

    Finishing off the year with a re-watch of the sweatiest film of all time. A Time to Kill (1996) on Prime.

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  • Bon Motts @heathcliffgarfield.bsky.socialBluesky · Dec 26, 2025

    A Time to Kill is probably the sweatiest movie I can personally recall.

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  • Pfox @p-fox.bsky.socialBluesky · Aug 27, 2025

    Did you see the movie, "A Time to Kill" Samuel L. Jackson 1996 ? It's one that, stays in your brain cells for a while.

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  • Cmdr_SamVimes @cmdr-samvimes.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 7, 2025

    A Time to Kill. His raw emotion. Unfortunately the film is spoiled by its saccharine ending. So second choice The Negotiator both also starring Kevin Spacey.

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  • 💙the.isabad™🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️🏴‍☠️ @isabad.satan.socialBluesky · Dec 5, 2024

    I figured it worked with the Samuel L Jackson A Time to Kill. One of my favorite movie arguments against finding someone guilty for killing someone who did something horrible to you.

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  • ʟᴇɢꜱ ʙᴇɴᴇᴅɪᴄᴛ ✨ @maybecam.blacksky.appBluesky · Oct 8, 2026

    Pick a movie over two hours: Gangs of New York Good Will Hunting Zodiac Interstellar A Time to Kill

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  • James_Hollaman @jameshollaman.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 18, 2026

    Brenda Fricker (Ethel Twitty), while playing a Southern character in A Time to Kill (1996), is Irish-born. Ethel Twitty was one of her final Hollywood roles, she focused mainly on film/television work in Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. #TheGoreYouKnow #MutantFam @themutantfam.bsky.social

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  • The PyroPM @thepyropm.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    28. A Time to Kill (1996 film) There's some good moments but ultimately I think a director famous for schlock like Joel Schumacher handling this kind of subject matter was never gonna sit right with me. The other people I watched this with enjoyed it, so take that as you will

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  • Viridian: Cinderella Green @viridianjcm.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    64. A Time To Kill Is it a bit corny and cheesy? Yeah. Is it a touch "white savior"-y? Possibly? But goddamn if this movie doesn't hit right, especially nowadays.

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  • Trowzer Snek Plissken @trowzersnek.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 22, 2026

    Watching "A Time To Kill" The beginning of the movie makes me fucking furious, and I love watching Sammy J exterminate some fucking racists.

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  • ColoradoMom @amandaludwig.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 2, 2025

    I’m watching old movies and today I picked “A Time To Kill”. Everyone is so sweaty and glistening in this movie 😅

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  • Michael Hogan @michaelhogan100.bsky.socialBluesky · Sep 1, 2025

    Film-wise: at 6pm, Transformers: Dark of the Moon on Film4. At 9pm, Lethal Weapon on ITV4, Sherlock Holmes on Sky Showcase, The Quick & The Dead on Great TV, Drop Zone on Legend or A Time To Kill on Film4. At 11pm, Ab Fab Movie on BBC3 or The Life & Death Of Peter Sellers on BBC2 #telly

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  • Shanna @shannamh.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 13, 2025

    Also see the McConnaghy/Bullock “A Time to Kill” movie.

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  • 🦇 Arsenal Bat 🦇 @arsenalbat.bsky.socialBluesky · Jun 8, 2025

    So many: A Time to Kill, Die Hard With a Vengeance, Django Unchained, Sphere (bad movie, but he’s great in it)

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  • oud99rose.bsky.social @oud99rose.bsky.socialBluesky · May 24, 2025

    ...they have for our existence prevents them from truly connecting with us on a human level. This attitude and mindset reminds me so much of the court scene in the movie "A Time To Kill". Racism and hatred of a skin color was more important than what two white supremacists did to nine year old...

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  • Judd Greenstein @juddgreenstein.bsky.socialBluesky · May 23, 2025

    A Time to Kill is the wettest movie, but it isn’t a Wet Man film

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  • HJ First of his Name @hansumjay.bsky.socialBluesky · May 2, 2025

    A Time to Kill was a great movie. I could only watch it once though

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  • Tuffy @smtuffy.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 21, 2025

    “The Dark Knight Rises” features 7 Oscar winners (8, if you include Nolan”), btw. This puts ahead of “A Time to Kill” to top the list of the most ridiculous movie to have the most Oscar winners.

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  • Moon @violetmoon.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 7, 2025

    Tonight’s movie is A Time To Kill. I love this movie

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  • greatgenes @greatgenes.bsky.socialBluesky · Feb 3, 2025

    First time watching live Federal Court proceedings & a bit disappointed that it’s not quite A Time to Kill #auspol #moviesky

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  • Joe @isthisshiton.bsky.socialBluesky · Jan 17, 2025

    A Time To Kill was the only time i've been angry in a movie theater for a reason other than wasting my money on some trash.

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  • 🎭 John EGBERT @thereallyrealsunny.bsky.socialBluesky · Oct 25, 2026

    gen if i see some bitch crying about how they got called a “Cracker” ima put on a good movie called A Time To Kill, 42, and all that good stuff while also asking if they have ever worried about walking down the street to get shot, or have to deal with being called slurs on a daily, or -

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  • Conor @ernekid.bsky.socialBluesky · Jul 12, 2026

    Watching the extremely weird Joel Schumacher John Grisham movie A Time to Kill, a movie that's not sure if it's set in 1996 or 1926. Like I know Mississippi isn't the most progressive place but this weirdly out of time in a way thats just confusing

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  • Scout @scoutthechief.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    A Time to Kill This movie is corny, and brother, I was born on the cob.

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  • Springtick380 (Maple Leafs 2-2-1) @springtick.bsky.socialBluesky · Apr 5, 2026

    A Time To Kill: 9/10 Joel Schumacher making this movie in-between Batman Forever and Batman & Robin is the most rent-lowering move a director has ever done

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