# ‘The Lincoln Lawyer’ Star’s 149-Minute Legal Thriller Officially Leaves Netflix

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/the-lincoln-lawyer-stars-149-minute-legal-thriller-officially-leaves-netflix/
- Published: 2026-10-24T18:00:15+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-24T18:38:13+00:00
- Original publisher: Collider
- Original article: https://collider.com/matthew-mcconaughey-legal-thriller-a-time-to-kill-leaving-netflix-november-2026/
- Topics: Celebrity, Entertainment, TV

## Key points

- *A Time to Kill* leaves UK Netflix on 5 November.
- The 1996 film stars McConaughey, Bullock and Samuel L. Jackson.
- It made over $150 million worldwide on a reported $40 million budget.

## Summary

*A Time to Kill*, the 1996 legal thriller starring Matthew McConaughey and Sandra Bullock, is due to leave Netflix in the UK on 5 November. Its removal comes as John Grisham adaptations are drawing renewed attention, including the recent return of *The Rainmaker*.

Directed by Joel Schumacher, the film follows a young lawyer defending a Black father accused of murdering two men who raped his daughter. It also stars Samuel L. Jackson, Kevin Spacey, Oliver Platt and Donald Sutherland; the film earned more than $150 million worldwide on a reported $40 million budget and has a 66% Rotten Tomatoes score.

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