Here we've displayed a list of the best Capital Punishment films : Compulsion(1959), Sarbjit(2016), Monster(2003), Into the Abyss(2011), Beyond a Reasonable Doubt(1956), The Noose(1928), The Quare Fellow(1962), Le Pull-Over Rouge(1979), Rampage: Capital Punishment(2014), Last Dance(1996), The People Against O'Hara(1951), Shot in the Heart(2001) ... ...
Crime, Drama
USA
1959
103 Minutes
Orson Welles Dean Stockwell Bradford Dillman Diane Varsi E.G. Marshall Martin Milner Richard Anderson Robert F. Simon
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Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Drama
India
2016
131 Minutes
Aishwarya Rai Bachchan Randeep Hooda Richa Chadha Darshan Kumar Ankita Shrivastav Shiwani Saini Ankur Bhatia Charanpreet Singh Ram Murti Sharma
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Biopic of Sarabjit Singh, a farmer residing at Bhikiwind, Punjab, near the Indo-Pak border, crossed the border after having a couple of drinks. However, he was mistaken to be an Indian spy and was sentenced with capital punishment.
Gay & Lesbian, Biography, Drama, Crime
USA|Germany
2003
109 Minutes
Charlize Theron Christina Ricci Bruce Dern Scott Wilson Pruitt Taylor Vince Lee Tergesen Annie Corley Marco St. John
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Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.
Documentary, Crime, Drama
USA|UK|Germany
2011
107 Minutes
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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.
Mystery & Thriller
USA
1956
80 Minutes
Dana Andrews Joan Fontaine Sidney Blackmer Philip Bourneuf Shepperd Strudwick Arthur Franz Ed Binns Robin Raymond Barbara Nichols William Leicester Dan Seymour
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A novelist aided by his future father-in-law conspires to frame himself for the murder of a burlesque dancer as part of an effort to ban capital punishment.
Drama
USA
1928
75 Minutes
Richard Barthelmess Montagu Love Robert E. O'Connor Jay Eaton Lina Basquette Thelma Todd Ed Brady Fred Warren William B. Davidson Alice Joyce William Walling
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A crook blackmails a governor because of knowing his wife's dark past.
Drama
UK
1962
85 Minutes
Patrick McGoohan Sylvia Syms Walter Macken Dermot Kelly Jack Cunningham Hilton Edwards Philip O'Flynn Leo McCabe Norman Rodway Marie Kean Pauline Delaney
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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.
Crime, Drama
France
1979
120 Minutes
Serge Avedikian Michelle Marquais Claire Deluca Roland Bertin Roland Blanche Regis Porte Robert Rimbaud
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A film version of author Gilles Perrault's best-selling book about the 1976 trial and execution of Christian Ranucci, the youth who was convicted with extremely inconclusive evidence of ... See full summary »
Action
Canada|Germany
2014
93 Minutes
Brendan Fletcher Lochlyn Munro Mike Dopud Michaela Mann Bruce Blain John Sampson Nathan Lehfeldt Uwe Boll
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A man takes over a TV station and holds a number of hostages as a political platform to awaken humanity, instead of money.
Drama
USA
1996
103 Minutes
Sharon Stone Rob Morrow Randy Quaid Peter Gallagher Jack Thompson Jayne Brook Pamala Tyson Skeet Ulrich Don Harvey Diane Sellers Ken Jenkins
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A lawyer assigned to the clemency case of a woman on death row finds himself forming a deep friendship with her while he tries to prevent her impending execution.
Crime, Drama
1951
101 Minutes
Spencer Tracy Pat O'Brien Diana Lynn John Hodiak Edward Ciannelli James Arness Yvette Duguay Jay C. Flippen
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A former district attorney takes on a murder case that he hopes will salvage his career, but it tests his ethics.
Drama
2001
99 Minutes
Giovanni Ribisi Elias Koteas Amy Madigan Eric Bogosian Lee Tergesen Sam Shepard Terry Beaver Vivienne Shub Tom Quinn Rosemary Knower William Zielenski
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The brother of condemned killer Gary Gilmore comes to terms with his brother's crimes and his family's violent legacy.
Drama
1988
84 Minutes
Miros?aw Baka Krzysztof Globisz Jan Tesarz
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A young lawyer (Krzysztof Globisz) in Warsaw represents a drifter (Miros?aw Baka) who killed a malicious cabdriver (Jan Tesarz).