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12 Angry Men(1957)

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| 1h 37min | Drama
4.3/5 (with 3,899 votes)

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 his father. What begins as an open and shut case soon becomes a mini-drama of each of the jurors' prejudices and preconceptions about the trial, the accused, and each other.

Hang 'em High(1968)

1h 54min | Western
3.5/5 (with 310 votes)

Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and starts dispensing his own brand of Wild West justice.

Monster(2003)

1h 50min | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 1,004 votes)

An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes the United States' first female serial killer.

The Exorcist III(1990)

1h 50min | Horror, Mystery
3.1/5 (with 292 votes)

Fifteen years after the original film, the philosophical Lieutenant William F. Kinderman is investigating a baffling series of murders on Georgetown that all contain the hallmarks of The Gemini, a deceased serial killer. His investigation eventually leads him to a catatonic patient in a psychiatric hospital who has recently started to speak, claiming he is The Gemini and detailing the murders, but bears a striking resemblance to Father Damien Karras.

True Crime(1999)

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| 2h 7min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, Mystery, Action
3.3/5 (with 307 votes)

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 is slated to die at midnight – a man Everett has suddenly realized is innocent.

Red Corner(1997)

2h 2min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 154 votes)

An American attorney on business in China, ends up wrongfully on trial for murder and his only key to innocence is a female defense lawyer from the country.

A Man for All Seasons(1966)

3.7/5 (with 172 votes)

A depiction of the conflict between King Henry VIII of England and his Lord Chancellor, Sir Thomas More, who refuses to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring Henry Supreme Head of the Church in England.

Anna and the King(1999)

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| 2h 28min | Drama, Romance / Love, History
3.4/5 (with 332 votes)

The story of the romance between the King of Siam (now Thailand) and the widowed British school teacher Anna Leonowens during the 1860s. Anna teaches the children and becomes romanced by the King. She convinces him that a man can be loved by just one woman.

The Life of David Gale(2003)

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| 2h 10min | Drama, Thriller, Crime
3.7/5 (with 879 votes)

A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.

Point of No Return(1993)

1h 48min | Crime, Thriller, Action
3.1/5 (with 296 votes)

Hardened criminal Maggie Hayward's consistent violence, even in police custody, ends in the execution chamber. However, top-secret US government agent 'Bob' arranges a staged death, so Maggie can be elaborately trained as a phantom killer and subdued into obedience.

Darkness Falls(2003)

1h 26min | Thriller, Horror
2.8/5 (with 249 votes)

A vengeful spirit has taken the form of the Tooth Fairy to exact vengeance on the town that lynched her 150 years earlier. Her only opposition is the only child, now grown up, who has survived her before.

The Stoning of Soraya M.(2009)

1h 54min | Crime, Drama
3.8/5 (with 96 votes)

A drama set in 1986 Iran and centered on a man, Sahebjam, whose car breaks down in a remote village and enters into a conversation with Zahra, who relays to him the story about her niece, Soraya, whose arranged marriage to an abusive tyrant had a tragic ending.

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12 Angry Men(1997)

1h 57min | Crime, Drama, TV Movie
3.8/5 (with 125 votes)

During the trial of a man accused of his father's murder, a lone juror takes a stand against the guilty verdict handed down by the others as a result of their preconceptions and prejudices.

The Lazarus Project(2008)

1h 39min | Drama, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 153 votes)

After Ben Garvey foolishly turned back to crime, he thought his life was over when he was sentenced to death by lethal injection. But his death sentence isn't quite what it seems, as Ben regains consciousness near an eerie psychiatric ward, where he's told he's been hired as the groundskeeper. With the state of his soul in question, and the love for his wife and daughter all the more real and powerful, Ben must figure out if he's truly cheated death, or if he's become part of something far more sinister.

The Third Murder(2017)

2h 4min | Drama, Mystery, Crime
3.3/5 (with 104 votes)

Shigemori is a lawyer tasked with defending Misumi in a murder trial. Misumi has previous convictions for murder and has confessed to the crime, but evidence in the case leads to Shigemori having doubts about what really happened.

Wrongfully Accused(1998)

1h 27min | Action, Adventure, Comedy
2.9/5 (with 173 votes)

Ryan Harrison, a violin god, superstar and sex symbol does not want to cheat on sexy Lauren Goodhue's husband with her. Mr. Goodhue is found murdered and Ryan suddenly finds himself being the main suspect. After being sentenced to death he manages to flee while being transferred to his execution site. Now, all the world is after him as he stumbles from one unfortunate incident to the next in order to prove himself innocent - by finding a mysterious one-eyed, one-armed, one-legged man...

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days(2005)

1h 57min | Drama, History
3.6/5 (with 183 votes)

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 the downfall of the monolithic Third Reich war machine, they call themselves the White Rose. One of its few female members, Sophie Scholl is captured during a dangerous mission to distribute pamphlets on campus with her brother Hans. Unwavering in her convictions and loyalty to the White Rose, her cross-examination by the Gestapo quickly escalates into a searing test of wills as Scholl delivers a passionate call to freedom and personal responsibility.

Return to Paradise(1998)

3.2/5 (with 129 votes)

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 work with orangutans. Two years later, Sheriff and Tony learn that, because of their past actions, Lewis has been arrested for drug possession. With Lewis facing a death sentence, the friends are left with a difficult decision: return to Malaysia and split Lewis' sentence, or let him die.

Control(2004)

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| 1h 44min | Thriller, Action
3.0/5 (with 64 votes)

Lee Ray Oliver, a death row inmate, is given a second chance at life if he agrees to undergo a new chemical treatment used to modify behavior.

The Executioner(1963)

1h 27min | Comedy, Drama
3.8/5 (with 68 votes)

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 retirement.

Infamous(2006)

1h 50min | Drama, Crime
3.2/5 (with 91 votes)

While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.

There Is No Evil(2020)

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| 2h 31min | Drama
3.8/5 (with 40 votes)

Every country that enforces the death penalty needs people to kill other people. Four men are put in front of an unthinkable but simple choice. Whatever they decide, it will directly or indirectly corrode them selves, their relationships, and their entire lives.

Directed by Mohammad Rasoulof - With Mahtab Servati

Oxygen(1999)

1h 32min | Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
3.1/5 (with 35 votes)

When housewife Frances Hannon is abducted and buried alive, detective Madeline Foster is brought in. With only 24 hours before Frances' oxygen runs out, Madeline pursues the trail laid by a killer calling himself Harry Houdini. After capturing him, Madeline brings Harry back to the police station, but is unable to get him to confess where Frances is buried. As time runs down, Harry gets inside the head of unstable, alcoholic Madeline.

Too Young to Die(1990)

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| 1h 32min | Crime, Drama, TV Movie
2.8/5 (with 44 votes)

An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.

I Want to Live!(1958)

2h | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 40 votes)

Barbara Graham is a woman with dubious moral standards, often a guest in seedy bars. She has been sentenced for some petty crimes. Two men she knows murder an older woman. When they get caught they start to think that Barbara has helped the police arresting them. As a revenge they tell the police that Barbara is the murderer.

The Thin Blue Line(1988)

1h 43min | Crime, Documentary
3.9/5 (with 153 votes)

Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.

Directed by Errol Morris - With Randall Dale Adams, Marianne Leone Cooper

Shepherds and Butchers(2017)

1h 46min | Drama
3.2/5 (with 32 votes)

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

Salvador (Puig Antich)(2006)

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| 2h 17min | Drama, History
3.4/5 (with 26 votes)

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

The Letter Room(2020)

33min | Comedy
3.5/5 (with 29 votes)

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

Apprentice(2016)

1h 36min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 23 votes)

When ambitious young correctional officer Aiman is transferred to the country's highest-security prison, he catches the attention of the seasoned chief executioner Rahim. Aiman's desire to become the hangman's apprentice is not only professional but born of an unspeakable urge to reconnect with a past that haunts him.

Directed by Boo Junfeng
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