Death Row Movies

We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life...

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

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

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning...

A Death Row inmate uses his prison law studies to fight for his life. Based on a true story.

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

The film is based on true events, about the imminent execution of the death row inmates Zheng Ligun in the escort on the way to a sudden earthquake,...

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...

Charlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor....

Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is...

Geraldo Rivera investigates allegations of a widespread Satanic underground in the United States.

In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of...

This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true...

The story of the Filipina domestic helper who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid is chronicled in a film that operates on...

John Gacy was a notorious serial killer who was on death row for 14 years. After lethal injection was administered, it took him far too long to...

The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos....

A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.