Judge Dredd is a 1995 action film based on the Judge Dredd strip in the British comic 2000 AD.

Certain elements of the film were altered from the comic series, but it still did not find wide mainstream appeal. Stallone was nominated for the 1995 Golden Raspberry Award for Worst Actor based on his work in this film and Assassins. From the beginning the film was intended to receive a PG-13 rating. Due to excessive violence the MPAA refused to downgrade the initial R rating despite repeated appeals by the studio and Stallone. Mostly because of schedule constraints the film could not be re-cut and was released with an R rating.

Taglines:
"One man is Judge, Jury, AND Executioner."
"In the future, one man is the law."
"When there is crime in society, there is no justice." Plato

Judge Joseph Dredd (Stallone) is a street judge in a violent future world where after the earth is reduced to an inhospitable desert world people have been forced into Megacities rife with crime. Framed by Rico (Assante), the major antagonist of the film and Dredd's clone brother, Dredd is convicted of the murder of a major reporter; aided by a prisoner that he previously helped to convict, Dredd attempts to clear his name. Dredd is also assisted by Judge Fargo (von Sydow) for some time. Eventually Dredd is able to kill the insane Rico before he is able to implement his clone army he has been building, and the film ends with Dredd cleared of charges and back on the mean streets of MegaCity.

The film contains several elements that are at odds with the comic series: the face of Judge Dredd is shown in deference to the film's expensive star; a love interest is allowed to develop between Dredd and Judge Hershey (Diane Lane), something that is strictly forbidden between Judges in the comics, (or between Judges and anyone else for that matter) and the movie is largely missing the ironic humour of the original strip.

Although generally regarded as a bad movie by both fans and critics, it still made US$113.5 million worldwide.

The taxi's used in the future are actually Land Rover 101 Forward Control vehicles (A British Army Gun Tractor from the 1970's & 80's) with a new fibre-glass body shell designed by David Woodhouse. 31 driveable vehicles were built for the film.