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24 results for “death penalty drama”

The Meanest Man in Texas

2019 ★ 4.2

Convicted murderer Clyde Thompson receives the death penalty for shooting two men in Texas in 1928. When the governor spares his life, Thompson gains a reputati

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The Fugitive

1963 ★ 7.3

Richard Kimble is falsely convicted of his wife's murder and given the death penalty. En route to death row, Kimble's train derails and crashes, allowing him to

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Charlie Says

2019 ★ 5.9

Three young women were sentenced to death in the infamous Manson murder case, but when the death penalty was lifted, their sentence became life imprisonment. On

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Dead Man Walking

1995 ★ 7.3

A death row inmate turns for spiritual guidance to a local nun in the days leading up to his scheduled execution for the murders of a young couple. Drama dramat

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Terra Nova

2008 ★ 5.8

A story, which takes place in 2013, describes the world overflowing with "dangerous" criminals due to the official termination of death penalty. The UN "blue he

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Somnambulists

1978 ★ 5.1

Ana works side by side with her mother Maria Rosa in the fight to save the anti-Franco militants from the death penalty during the process of Burgos. Ana's moth

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I Want to Live!

1958 ★ 6.9

Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row. I Want to Live! is a 1958 Amer

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The Green Mile

1999 ★ 8.5

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cel

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Bloody Flower

2026 ★ 8.1

A former medical school dropout claiming to be able to cure terminal illnesses is sentenced to death for the murder of 17 people. Is he a monstrous killer, or a

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My Days of Mercy

2018 ★ 7.3

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause. My Days of Mercy is a romantic drama film re

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The Life of David Gale

2003 ★ 7.4

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row. Drama Thriller Crime thriller political dark tense prison j

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The Executioner

1963 ★ 7.6

An undertaker gets married to an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retire

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True Crime

1999 ★ 6.5

Boozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner i

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Trial by Fire

2019 ★ 7.0

The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert tes

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12 Angry Men

1957 ★ 8.6

The defense and the prosecution have rested and the jury is filing into the jury room to decide if a young Spanish-American is guilty or innocent of murdering h

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Just Mercy

2019 ★ 7.9

The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter M

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Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring

2003 ★ 7.8

An isolated lake, where an old monk lives in a small floating temple. The monk has a young boy living with him, learning to become a monk. We watch as seasons a

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Bluebeard

1963 ★ 6.4

Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer

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Return to Paradise

1998 ★ 6.5

Lewis, Sheriff and Tony are three friends vacationing in Malaysia. Sheriff and Tony eventually leave to pursue careers in New York, but Lewis stays behind to wo

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Oxygen

1999 ★ 6.1

When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs out, Madelin

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Sophie Scholl: The Final Days

2005 ★ 7.1

In 1943, as Hitler continues to wage war across Europe, a group of college students mount an underground resistance movement in Munich. Dedicated expressly to t

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Primal Fear

1996 ★ 7.7

Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of b

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The Fall of Ako Castle

1978 ★ 6.7

This is the story of "The Forty-Seven Ronin." Based on historical events in 1701-2, the movie tells the tale of the Asano clan's downfall and the revenge of its

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The Executioner

2009 ★ 6.1

An execution scheduled to be carried out in 12 years creates a hostile and stifling atmosphere among guards in one jail. This has profound effects on the dehuma

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