Movies like Shepherds and Butchers

20 movies like Shepherds and Butchers, ordered by similarity : Woodpeckers(2017), Apprentice(2016), Return to Sender(2004), The Green Mile(1999), In the Fade(2017), The Noose(1928), A Prophet(2009), I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang(1932), The Old Man & the Gun(2018), A Short Film About Killing(1988), The Flor Contemplacion Story(1995), Just Mercy(2019) ...

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Shepherds and Butchers

A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.

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Woodpeckers

Incarcerated in the Dominican Republic, an inmate uses sign language to communicate with his imprisoned girlfriend at an adjacent institution.

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Apprentice

Inevitably, a transfer to a maximum security prison will eventually challenge the integrity and ethics of a young correctional officer on his way to become a chief executioner.

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Return to Sender

While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client.

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The Green Mile

The lives of guards on Death Row are affected by one of their charges: a black man accused of child murder and rape, yet who has a mysterious gift.

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In the Fade

Katja's life collapses after the death of her husband and son in a bomb attack. After a time of mourning and injustice, Katja seeks revenge.

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The Noose

A crook blackmails a governor because of knowing his wife's dark past.

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A Prophet

A young Algerian man is sent to a French prison.

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I Am a Fugitive From a Chain Gang

Wrongly convicted James Allen serves in the intolerable conditions of a southern chain gang, which later comes back to haunt him.

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The Old Man & the Gun

Based on the true story of Forrest Tucker and his audacious escape from San Quentin at the age of 70 to an unprecedented string of heists that confounded authorities and enchanted the public.

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A Short Film About Killing

A young lawyer (Krzysztof Globisz) in Warsaw represents a drifter (Miros?aw Baka) who killed a malicious cabdriver (Jan Tesarz).

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The Flor Contemplacion Story

A Filipno domestic helper is accused of murdering her fellow domestic helper, and her employer's son in singapore.

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Just Mercy

World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.

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Shot in the Heart

The brother of condemned killer Gary Gilmore comes to terms with his brother's crimes and his family's violent legacy.

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South Central

A former gangster fresh out of prison wants to change his life for the better and must save his 10 year old son who has already chosen a gang life.

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Anything for Her

With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.

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The Executioner

An undertaker marries an old executioner's daughter and, although he doesn't like it, must continue the profession of his father-in-law after his retirement.

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Cry of the City

Police Lieut. Candella, longtime friend of the Rome family, walks a tightrope in the case of cop-killer Martin Rome.

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Meri Jung

Two top lawyers battle against each other while the whole city witnesses the battle.

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Shaurya

An army lawyer goes out of his way to defend an army officer charged with the homicide of a decorated officer.

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Papillon

Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.

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