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The Green Mile(1999)

R
| 3h 9min | Fantasy, Drama, Crime
4.3/5 (with 8,075 votes)

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 cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Nefarious(2023)

R
| 1h 39min | Horror, Thriller
3.5/5 (with 85 votes)

On the day of his scheduled execution, a convicted serial killer gets a psychiatric evaluation during which he claims he is a demon, and further claims that before their time is over, the psychiatrist will commit three murders of his own.

True Crime(1999)

R
| 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.

The Paperboy(2012)

R
| 1h 47min | Thriller, Drama, Mystery
2.8/5 (with 323 votes)

As investigative reporter Ward Jansen and his partner Yardley Acheman chase a sensational, career-making story with the help of Ward's younger brother Jack and sultry death-row groupie Charlotte Bless, the pair tries to prove violent swamp-dweller Hillary Van Wetter was framed for the murder of a corrupt local sheriff.

The Life of David Gale(2003)

R
| 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.

The Jurassic Games(2018)

2.4/5 (with 70 votes)

In the near future, 10 death row convicts are forced to compete in a virtual reality game that pits them against dinosaurs and each other.

Dead Man Walking(1995)

R
| 2h 2min | Drama
3.7/5 (with 572 votes)

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.

Murder in the First(1995)

R
| 2h 2min | Crime, Drama
3.6/5 (with 258 votes)

Inspired by a true story. A petty criminal sent to Alcatraz in the 1930s is caught attempting to make an escape. As punishment he is put in solitary confinement. The maximum stay is supposed to be 19 days, but Henri spends years alone, cold and in complete darkness, only to emerge a madman and soon to be a murderer. The story follows a rookie lawyer attempting to prove that Alcatraz was to blame.

No Man of God(2021)

NR
| 1h 40min | Crime, Drama, Thriller, History
3.3/5 (with 108 votes)

The complicated relationship that formed between the FBI analyst Bill Hagmaier and serial killer Ted Bundy during Bundy's final years on death row.

My Days of Mercy(2018)

R
| 1h 48min | Romance / Love, Drama
3.7/5 (with 89 votes)

The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.

Clemency(2019)

R
| 1h 52min | Drama
3.3/5 (with 42 votes)

Years of carrying out death row executions have taken a toll on prison warden Bernadine Williams. As she prepares to execute another inmate, Bernadine must confront the psychological and emotional demons her job creates, ultimately connecting her to the man she is sanctioned to kill.

American Violence(2017)

1h 47min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 17 votes)

A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.

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Body Parts(1991)

R
| 1h 28min | Horror, Thriller
3.0/5 (with 49 votes)

A criminal psychologist loses his arm in a car crash, and becomes one of three patients to have their missing limbs replaced by those belonging to an executed serial killer. One of them dies violently, and disturbing occurrences start happening to the surviving two.

I Want to Live!(1958)

NR
| 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 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.

The Fear of 13(2015)

1h 32min | Documentary, Crime
3.8/5 (with 59 votes)

After 23 years on Death Row a convicted murderer petitions the court asking to be executed, but as his story unfolds, it becomes clear that nothing is what it seems.

Directed by David Sington

Man-Made Monster(1941)

3.1/5 (with 13 votes)

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

Directed by George Waggner - With Lon Chaney Jr.

The Executioner's Song(1982)

NR
| 2h 37min | Crime, Drama, TV Movie
2.8/5 (with 11 votes)

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving to Utah. Before long, Gary begins an ill-advised romance with the troubled Nicole Baker, a teenage single mother. As their relationship quickly deteriorates, Gary goes on a murderous rampage, leaving two dead. During his trial, he demands capital punishment; a media circus ensues and outsiders look to profit from his story.

Fatal Charm(1990)

R
| 1h 30min | Thriller, Crime
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

Valerie's (Amanda Peterson) prosecutor mom is trying to put away Adam (Christopher Atkins), an alleged serial killer on trial for murdering six women. But he's so charming that the teenage Valerie just can't believe he really did it, and soon they begin sending each other letters. Adam is caught up in a jailbreak and ends up on the run.

Black Tuesday(1954)

NR
| 1h 20min | Crime
2.9/5 (with 7 votes)

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning – a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning’s robbery to finance their escape from the country.

Convicts 4(1962)

NR
| 1h 45min | Crime, Drama
2.6/5 (with 2 votes)

After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison guard, he becomes a rehabilitated man and a successful painter.

Give Up Tomorrow(2011)

1h 36min | Documentary, Crime
3.4/5 (with 4 votes)

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

20,000 Years in Sing Sing(1932)

NR
| 1h 18min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 17 votes)

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

Lady in the Death House(1944)

NR
| 56min | Crime, Drama
2.7/5 (with 6 votes)

As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.

Directed by Steve Sekely - With Jean Parker

Two Seconds(1932)

NR
| 1h 7min | Drama, Crime
3.2/5 (with 8 votes)

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in flashback, we witness a sleazy dancehall girl (Vivienne Osborne) dupe a high rise riveter (Edward G. Robinson) into marriage so she can live off of him. But when he loses his job and his marbles, she ends up supporting him with money from her side man--and misses no opportunity to rub it in Robinson's face that she's now supporting him in his emasculated state. As the animosity grows and things get more and more unbearable for Robinson, he is eventually driven to desperate measures.

Deathrow Gameshow(1987)

R
| 1h 23min | Crime, Comedy
2.8/5 (with 11 votes)

Chuck Toedan's the host of a gameshow featuring death row convicts competeing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes for their next of kin. Not surprisingly, Chuck has made more than a few enemies, from outraged viewers trying to ban his show, to families of losing contestants looking for revenge. A hitman hired by one such family has shown up at Chuck's office, and he'll need to enlist the help of his most outspoken critic to keep from ending up like most of his contestants.

Directed by Mark Pirro

Bitayin si....Baby Ama!(1976)

1h 51min | Action, Drama
3.4/5 (with 1 vote)

A story depicting the life of executed murderer and gang leader, Marciál "Baby" Ama. Ama, who became a gang leader with his prison mob while serving a sentence for lesser charges, was executed for murder at the age of 16 via electric chair on 4 October 1961.

Beyond the Call(1996)

R
| 1h 41min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is stunned to learn this and does not believe he could commit such a crime. She writes to him much to the dismay of her husband Keith and becomes obsessed with the case, exploring every avenue that may still be open to the doomed man. The trips to the prison take a toll on both her marriage and her family.

Directed by Tony Bill

Live! From Death Row(1992)

1h 34min | Thriller, TV Movie, Drama
4.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and unrepentant, he seems almost mild at first. But Dvorak's real intention is revealed when he takes Powers, her crew and two guards hostage, and demands that the television network broadcast an execution - live.

Cell 2455 Death Row(1955)

NR
| 1h 17min | Crime, Drama
2.9/5 (with 4 votes)

A Death Row inmate uses his prison law studies to fight for his life. Based on a true story.

Directed by Fred F. Sears - With William Campbell
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