Judge Dredd is a 1995 American science fiction action film based on the 2000 AD comics Judge Dredd. It is directed by Danny Cannon and stars Sylvester Stallone as Judge Dredd, a law enforcement officer in the crime-ridden futuristic metropolis of Mega-City One. Armand Assante, Diane Lane, Rob Schneider, Joan Chen, Jürgen Prochnow, and Max von Sydow appear in supporting noroles. It was filmed entirely at Shepperton Studios in the United Kingdom, and released by Buena Vista Pictures on June 30, 1995.

The film is set in the 22nd century and depicts a dystopian world. Following an unspecified disaster that turned Earth into a "cursed" wasteland, the survivors established a corps of Judges whose role combines that of police, judge, jury and executioner. In Judge Dredd, Dredd, one of the most dedicated Street Judges, has been framed for murder by his own half-brother — the psychotic Rico, who plots to take over Mega-City One with an army of superhuman clones. The film was produced by Charles Lippincott and Beau E. L. Marks, with a screenplay by William Wisher Jr. and Steven E. de Souza.

Judge Dredd went into general release on June 30, 1995. It grossed $113.5 million worldwide against a production budget of $85-90 million, and was considered a box-office disappointment at the time. It received negative reviews from critics, and is often considered to be one of Stallone's worst films, but its visual style, effects, music score, stunts and action sequences were praised, and the film was nominated for four Saturn Awards.

In the future, the Earth has become a deadly wasteland called the Cursed Earth. The few survivors live in overcrowded "Mega-Cities" plagued by rampant crime. To combat this, a new order of law enforcement emerged: Judges, officers who act as police, jury, and executioner.

In 2139, in Mega-City One, a crime epidemic threatens to overwhelm the dwindling resources of the Judges. The strict and feared Judge Dredd assists rookie Judge Hershey in violently quelling a block war. In the same raid, Dredd apprehends Fergie, a hacker and recent parolee hiding in a city-owned robot. Dredd sentences him to five more years for property destruction. Hershey criticizes Dredd's unyielding approach to the law and his solitary nature. Dredd, in response, reveals that nine years earlier he judged and ordered the execution of his best friend and fellow Judge, Rico, for committing a massacre.

Meanwhile, Rico, secretly imprisoned at the Aspen Penal Colony, receives a covert message. He escapes and returns to Mega-City One. He retrieves his Judge uniform, Lawgiver gun, and reactivates a decommissioned ABC Warrior, a combat robot, to serve him. Disguised as Dredd, Rico shoots and kills reporter Vartis Hammond, a critic of Dredd and the Judges' violent law enforcement.

Evidence incriminates Dredd, who is put on trial before the Council of Judges, including his mentor Chief Justice Fargo and Judge Griffin. Despite Hershey's defense, Dredd is convicted when DNA from the bullets found in the scene matches his own. Fargo retires to spare Dredd's life, requesting leniency as his last act. Dredd is sentenced to life imprisonment while Fargo embarks on the "Long Walk", the final task of a retired Judge to enforce the law in the Cursed Earth until their death.

On the transport to the penal colony, Dredd is coincidentally seated next to Fergie. Their transport is shot down by the Angel Gang, a group of cannibalistic scavengers. Fargo intervenes to help Dredd escape the gang and the Judges sent after him by Griffin, but is mortally wounded. Before dying, Fargo reveals that Dredd and Rico are clones created by the Janus Project, a genetic engineering program designed to produce perfect Judges using DNA formed from the best traits of the Council, including Fargo. However, following Rico's turn to criminality, the project was abandoned and its existence concealed. Fargo warns Dredd that Griffin conspired to hide Rico's survival, frame Dredd, and force Fargo's retirement to reactivate the Janus Project, urging Dredd to stop him.