Keyword: capital punishment

The Killing Vote

7.2

2023

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In a world where criminals evade justice, citizens vote via text for the death penalty, executed by \Dog Mask\ if over 50% agree.

Into the Abyss

7.3

2011

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Conversations with death row inmate Michael Perry and those affected by his crime serve as an examination of why people - and the state - kill.

Shocker

5.4

1989

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After being sent to the electric chair, a serial killer uses electricity to come back from the dead and carry out his vengeance on the football player who turned him in to the police.

Give Up Tomorrow

7.6

2011

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When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the countrys entire judicial system is put to the test after years of alleged corruption.

Illegal

6.7

1955

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After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.

Evidence of Blood

6.6

1998

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An award winning author of stories of real crimes returns to his hometown where he becomes involved in a 40 year old case of a murdered teenager.

The Quare Fellow

6.5

1962

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In Ireland, a newly hired prison guard has to deal with the realities of prison work and to face the grim issue of death-row executions.

Rampage

6.3

1987

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

The Mikado

8.4

1983

Movie

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In a mythical Japan, Ko-Ko, a cheap tailor, has been appointed Lord High Executioner and must find someone to execute before the arrival of the ruling Mikado. He lights upon Nanki-Poo, a strolling minstrel who loves the beautiful Yum-Yum. But Yum-Yum is also loved by Ko-Ko, and Nanki-Poo, seeing no hope for his love, considers suicide. Ko-Ko offers to solve both their problems by executing Nanki-Poo, and an agreement is reached whereby Ko-Ko will allow Nanki-Poo to marry Yum-Yum for one month, at the end of which Nanki-Poo will be executed, in time for the arrival of the Mikado. But what Ko-Ko doesnt know is that Nanki-Poo is the son of the Mikado and has run away to avoid a betrothal to an old harridan named Katisha. The arrival of the Mikado brings all the threads of the tale together.

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman

7.5

2005

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The life and times of Albert Pierrepoint - Britains most prolific hangman.

The Executioner's Song

7.1

1982

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The story of Gary Gilmore, a convicted murderer who lobbied for his own execution.

Dance with a Stranger

6.8

1985

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A stormy relationship, complicated by the strictures of 1950s social class and gender roles, ends in death. Based on the life of Ruth Ellis, the last woman hanged in Britain.

The Onion Field

6.4

1979

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An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivors guilt.