Capital Punishment Movies

  • 1952
    We Are All Murderers

    We Are All Murderers

    We Are All Murderers

    6.6041952HD

    Originally titled Nous Sommes Tout des Assassins, We Are All Murderers was directed by Andre Cayette, a former lawyer who detested France's execution...

    We Are All Murderers
  • 1938
    Secrets of a Nurse

    Secrets of a Nurse

    Secrets of a Nurse

    41938HD

    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...

    Secrets of a Nurse
  • 1973
    Coup d'Etat

    Coup d'Etat

    Coup d'Etat

    6.351973HD

    A freestyle biopic of Ikki Kita, the ultranationalist intellectual whose ideas inspired the failed military coup in 1936.

    Coup d'Etat
  • 1998
    Evidence of Blood

    Evidence of Blood

    Evidence of Blood

    6.51998HD

    When a brilliant crime writer investigates a 40-year-old murder, he confronts a small town's worst fears.

    Evidence of Blood
  • 1983
    The Mikado

    The Mikado

    The Mikado

    9.51983HD

    In a small Japanese town, Ko-Ko is appointed to the unenviable position of executioner. Knowing he must successfully perform before the appearance of...

    The Mikado
  • 2004
    Death and Texas

    Death and Texas

    Death and Texas

    62004HD

    Barefoot Bobby Briggs, the legendary running back for the Austin Steers was today sentenced to die for his role in the armed robbery/murder at a...

    Death and Texas
  • 1916
    The People vs. John Doe

    The People vs. John Doe

    The People vs. John Doe

    01916HD

    A farmer is unjustly convicted of a homicide he did not commit.

    The People vs. John Doe
  • 2015
    Seamstress

    Seamstress

    Seamstress

    7.22015HD

    A documentary film about Martta Koskinen, the last executed woman in Finland during the war in 1943. Martta was a Seamstress who lived in Helsinki...

    Seamstress
  • 1948
    A Woman's Vengeance

    A Woman's Vengeance

    A Woman's Vengeance

    6.1581948HD

    A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.

    A Woman's Vengeance
  • 1987
    Dragonard

    Dragonard

    Dragonard

    3.41987HD

    In 1747, a handsome but rebellious Scotsman named Richard Abdee is auctioned off as a slave on a Caribbean island controlled by French and British...

    Dragonard
  • 2011
    Into the Abyss

    Into the Abyss

    Into the Abyss

    6.8852011HD

    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...

    Into the Abyss
  • 2006
    Execution of a Teenage Girl

    Execution of a Teenage Girl

    Execution of a Teenage Girl

    02006HD

    On 15 August 2004, a 16-year-old girl was hanged in a public square in Neka, a small Iranian town by the Caspian Sea. Atefeh Sahaaleh's death...

    Execution of a Teenage Girl
  • 1997
    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row

    01997HD

    Explores the realities of death-row inmates inside Huntsville (Texas) Unit, a prison with the highest number of executions in 1997. Features...

    The Execution Machine: Texas Death Row
  • 1962
    The Quare Fellow

    The Quare Fellow

    The Quare Fellow

    5.351962HD

    Thomas Crimmins is a new warder, or guard, in an Irish prison. He is young, naive, and idealistic, determined to serve his country by his part in...

    The Quare Fellow
  • 1995
    Procedure 769: The Witnesses to an Execution

    Procedure 769: The Witnesses to an Execution

    Procedure 769: The Witnesses to an Execution

    01995HD

    Procedure 769 is the document that lays down how a prisoner is to be executed. For the first time in 25 years the procedure was again followed in...

    Procedure 769: The Witnesses to an Execution
  • 1998
    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?

    61998HD

    Documentary covering the case of Mumia Abu-Jamal, a black nationalist and journalist in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, convicted of killing a...

    Mumia Abu-Jamal: A Case for Reasonable Doubt?
  • 1917
    Who Shall Take My Life?

    Who Shall Take My Life?

    Who Shall Take My Life?

    01917HD

    A man is found guilty of murdering a woman by way of circumstantial evidence, and is executed. Afterwards, it is discovered that his supposed victim...

    Who Shall Take My Life?
  • 1898
    An Execution by Hanging

    An Execution by Hanging

    An Execution by Hanging

    01898HD

    A depiction in the hanging of Edward Heinson, an assumed criminal assault convict in Jacksonville, Florida.

    An Execution by Hanging
  • 1897
    The Hanging of William Carr

    The Hanging of William Carr

    The Hanging of William Carr

    01897HD

    The hanging of child murderer, William Carr

    The Hanging of William Carr
  • 2011
    Give Up Tomorrow

    Give Up Tomorrow

    Give Up Tomorrow

    6.62011HD

    When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the...

    Give Up Tomorrow