Poster for Amistad
Film

Amistad

Dir. Steven Spielberg·1997·2h 35m

In 1839, the slave ship Amistad set sail from Cuba to America. During the long trip, Cinque leads the slaves in an unprecedented uprising. They are then held prisoner in Connecticut, and their release becomes the subject of heated debate. Freed slave Theodore Joadson wants Cinque and the others exonerated and recruits property lawyer Roger Baldwin to help his case. Eventually, John Quincy Adams also becomes an ally.

Risocast
Logged by@user
Amistad

Amistad (1997)

Steven Spielberg

Saved to Library
2h 35m
Cross-source blend ~71/100

At a glance

Countries

United States of America

Ratings

TMDB users

7.0/10

1,416 votes

IMDb

7.3/10

Users

Critics

78%Rotten Tomatoes

64Metacritic

Rating consensus

71/100 blend

Sources: TMDB · IMDb · Rotten Tomatoes · Metacritic

Moderate-to-positive blended read — weighted ~71/100 across 4 rating sources. The listed meters mostly agree.

Cast

Morgan Freeman

Theodore Joadson

Nigel Hawthorne

Martin Van Buren

Anthony Hopkins

John Quincy Adams

Djimon Hounsou

Cinque

Matthew McConaughey

Roger Sherman Baldwin

David Paymer

Secretary John Forsyth

Pete Postlethwaite

Holabird

Stellan Skarsgård

Tappan

Razaaq Adoti

Yamba

Abu Bakaar Fofanah

Fala

Anna Paquin

Queen Isabella

Tomas Milian

Calderon

Community Ledger

No logs yet — yours would be the first on Risocast.

Rating--
Risocast
Logged by@user
Amistad

Amistad (1997)

Steven Spielberg

Saved to Library

Similar films & shows

From TMDB’s similar-title graph — shared genres, tone, cast, or who also watched this.