Execution Movies

In the 1930s, a sailor, trying to prove that his brother was wrongly executed for murder, finds himself becoming drawn into the occult.

A by-the-books mob execution is thrown off-kilter when the would-be murderers learn that the man they're killing is Jewish, not Catholic.

In a 15th century village, a woman is accused of witchcraft and put to death. Her beautiful older daughter knows the real reason for the execution...

An ex-con uses his street smarts to become a successful photojournalist.

An insane surgeon's obsession with an actress leads him to replace her wounded pianist husband's hands with those of a knife-throwing murderer.

When a prisoner on Death Row is "accidentally" killed just before his execution, a reporter smells something fishy...

A group of scientists is sent to the planet Arkanar to help the local civilization, which is in the Medieval phase of its own history, to find the...

A reporter investigates the story of a young man who may have been wrongly convicted and sentenced to be executed.

A fatally shot female gangleader recounts her sordid life of crime to a police officer just before she dies.

Documentary filmmaker Errol Morris investigates the case of a man who became an authority on capital punishment, but was discredited when he got...

This film is one of the most popular pictures of Slovak cinema and relates the story about the legendary folk hero and brigand Juro...

True story of thirteen totally normal young women that suffered harsh questioning and were put in prison under made up charges of helping the...

The Guillotine examines the fascinating and bizarre history of the "national razor" that started out strictly for execution and then became a source...

Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and...

Black Sun: The Nanking Massacre depicts the brutal events behind the Nanking Massacre committed by the Imperial Japanese army against the Chinese...

A man is executed, and then wakes up.

Set in a Japanese prisoner of war camp during World War II, the film focuses on the brutality and horror that the allied prisoners were exposed to as...

A respected citizen with secret ties to the local mob is faced with revealing his criminal connections to save two innocent people from execution

Jánošík has been topic of many Slovak and Polish legends, books and films. According to the legend, he robbed nobles and gave...

During World War One, a British Army corporal tries to save his young friend from a terrible injustice.