Death Penalty Movies

Scott Mills travels to Uganda where the death penalty could soon be introduced for being gay. The gay Radio 1 DJ finds out what it's like to live in...

Liberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes,...

Today, the ritual of giving the last supper to the condemned person has been detached from its origin, and can be perceived to be as absurd as the...

On June 3, 1973, a man was murdered in a busy intersection of San Francisco’s Chinatown as part of an ongoing gang war. Chol Soo Lee, a...

When a confused eyewitness identifies New York City cabbie Brick Tennant as a killer, he is sentenced to death for a murder that he wasn't involved...

François Toledo, married businessman and father, falls head-over-heels in love with Janine, a work colleague. However, he is soon found out:...

A desperate woman, whose son is on trial for murder, blackmails the judge and kidnaps his wife.

Nine vignettes depict the stages leading to execution for women on death row.

The movie tells the story of a woman who struggles and fights to escape the gas chamber being condemned with capital punishment because of her...

British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who...

A film about convicted drug smuggler Myuran Sukumaran, who became an accomplished artist before he was executed by firing squad in Indonesia in April...

Israel, 1961. Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, responsible for organizing the extermination of European Jews, is sentenced to death.

Three extraordinary people embark on journeys of recovery, discovery and rebellion and find themselves centre stage in the biggest capital punishment...

On 9th of November 1983 two Australians, Kevin Barlow and Geoff Chambers were arrested at Penang Airport in Malaysia carrying 179 grams of Heroin. A...

Nora Moran, a young woman with a difficult and tragic past, is sentenced to die for a murder that she did not commit. She could easily reveal the...

A night club singer who is the daughter of a small-town crook is tried and convicted of murder.

When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned...

Three hours outside of Addis Ababa, a bright 14-year-old girl is on her way home from school when men on horses swoop in and kidnap her. The brave...

A portrait of cabinet intrigues, the false aspirations of the party elite and the grinding reality of the 1960s, or "our little stability." Robert...

This documentary recounts the dysfunctional state of the death penalty in the state of California by revisiting the crimes, arrest, trials and...