After a group of Africans takes control of their slave ship, they are captured in American waters and charged with murder after reaching dry land. In a case that challenges the American legal system, Cinque (Djimon Hounsou), the man that lead the revolt, lawyer Roger Baldwin (Matthew McConaughey), abolitionist Theodore Joadson (Morgan Freeman) and ex-president John Quincy Adams (Anthony Hopkins) argue for the freedom and civil rights of the captive Africans. Directed by Steven Spielberg. With Nigel Hawthorne and Stellan Skarsgård. Categories: Drama, History, Mystery. Year: 1997.

Djimon Hounsou in Amistad

Matthew McConaughey in Amistad

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Morgan Freeman in Amistad

Stellan Skarsgård in Amistad

Djimon Hounsou in Amistad

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Nigel Hawthorne in Amistad

David Paymer in Amistad

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Anna Paquin in Amistad

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Anthony Hopkins and Djimon Hounsou in Amistad

Stellan Skarsgård and Morgan Freeman in Amistad

Matthew McConaughey in Amistad

Anthony Hopkins and Morgan Freeman in Amistad

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Morgan Freeman also appeared in Batman Begins, March of the Penguins, Se7en, Million Dollar Baby, The Shawshank Redemption, Unleashed, Evan Almighty, Glory, Lean on Me, Driving Miss Daisy, Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, Unforgiven, 10 Items or Less, Kiss the Girls, The Dark Knight, Feast of Love, The Bucket List, The Contract, Gone Baby Gone, Wanted, Bruce Almighty, The Sum of All Fears, High Crimes, The Big Bounce, and Invictus.
Nigel Hawthorne also appeared in Demolition Man.
Anthony Hopkins also appeared in Mission: Impossible II, Alexander, Legends of the Fall, Dracula, All the King's Men, Beowulf, Fracture, The Silence of the Lambs, Bobby, The Mask of Zorro, The Remains of the Day, and The Wolfman.
Djimon Hounsou also appeared in Constantine, Stargate, Lara Croft Tomb Raider: The Cradle of Life, Gladiator, The Island, Blood Diamond, Eragon, Never Back Down, In America, and Push.
Matthew McConaughey also appeared in A Time to Kill, Contact, Failure to Launch, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days, The Wedding Planner, Fool's Gold, Dazed and Confused, The Ghosts of Girlfriends Past, Sahara, U-571, and Frailty.
David Paymer also appeared in The American President, Ocean's Thirteen, Resurrecting the Champ, The Hurricane, Drag Me to Hell, and Payback.
Pete Postlethwaite also appeared in The Usual Suspects, Dark Water, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, James and the Giant Peach, Aeon Flux, Alien 3, Romeo & Juliet, and Closing the Ring.
Stellan Skarsgård also appeared in Exorcist: The Beginning, King Arthur, Good Will Hunting, The Hunt for Red October, Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, Mamma Mia!, Angels & Demons, and The Unbearable Lightness of Being.
Steven Spielberg also appeared in Saving Private Ryan, War of the Worlds, Catch Me If You Can, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones and the Raiders of the Lost Ark, Indiana Jones and the Temple of Doom, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, Jurassic Park, The Lost World: Jurassic Park, Munich, Jaws, Hook, Schindler's List, Minority Report, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull, and Artificial Intelligence: AI.
Chiwetel Ejiofor also appeared in Children of Men, Inside Man, Four Brothers, American Gangster, Talk to Me, Redbelt, and 2012.
Anna Paquin also appeared in Steamboy, The Squid and the Whale, X-Men: The Last Stand, Almost Famous, and Jane Eyre.