Death Penalty Movies

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

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...

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

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

The story of Salvador Puig Antich, one of the last political prisoners to be executed under Franco's Fascist State in 1974.

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

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

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

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

A woman attempts to obtain the consent of the victim's family to release her husband from the death penalty, meanwhile, the husband is suffering from...

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

The documentary, " Death and the Judge", revolves around Iran's most famous criminal judge, Azizmohammadi. He served as a criminal judge for 45 years...

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

After the universal abolition of the death penalty, an executioner is assailed by murderous impulses. He then discovers that against all...

This documentary explores two horrific stories. With haunting interviews with the killers, plus emotional exchanges with the daughters.