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AMC
84
7.8
/340750/
77
/9316/
74
/4579/
3.9
/263489/
96
/84/
89
/6872/
87
/33/
cc age 13+

The Fugitive (1993)
Wrongfully convicted of murdering his wife and sentenced to death, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find the real killer and clear his name.
poster
83
7.9
/24520/
77
/494/
75
/337/
3.9
/15842/
100
/24/
92
/641/

Angels with Dirty Faces (1938)
Childhood chums Rocky Sullivan and Jerry Connelly grow up on opposite sides of the fence: Rocky matures into a prominent gangster, while Jerry becomes a priest, tending to the needs of his old tenement neighborhood.
poster
Criterion Channel
83
7.5
/71005/
73
/1292/
72
/898/
4.0
/122543/
97
/65/
84
/904/
86
/20/
cc age 17+

The Player (1992)
A Hollywood studio executive is being sent death threats by a writer whose script he rejected - but which one?
poster
Kanopy
83
7.9
/27342/
76
/897/
76
/398/
4.1
/43111/
100
/19/
90
/558/
79
/12/

The Thin Blue Line (1988)
Errol Morris's unique documentary dramatically re-enacts the crime scene and investigation of a police officer's murder in Dallas.
poster
MGM Plus
82
7.8
/66928/
76
/1358/
74
/890/
4.0
/104285/
99
/104/
90
/1515/
cc age 12+

His Girl Friday (1940)
Walter Burns is an irresistibly conniving newspaper publisher desperate to woo back his paper’s star reporter, who also happens to be his estranged wife. She’s threatening to quit and settle down with a new beau, but, as Walter knows, she has a weakness: she can’t resist a juicy scoop.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
82
7.5
/107050/
74
/1819/
73
/1435/
3.8
/44006/
97
/60/
86
/1954/
80
/26/
cc age 17+

Dead Man Walking (1995)
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.
poster
Netflix
82
8.6
/1529410/
86
/31554/
85
/18603/
4.3
/1065667/
78
/134/
94
/31674/
61
/36/
cc age 16+

The Green Mile (1999)
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.
poster
82
7.9
/31291/
74
/523/
74
/409/
4.1
/25134/
75
/44/
88
/404/
89
/4/

In Cold Blood (1967)
After a botched robbery results in the brutal murder of a rural family, two drifters elude police, in the end coming to terms with their own mortality and the repercussions of their vile atrocity.
poster
Kanopy
81
7.3
/147795/
71
/2504/
69
/1566/
3.7
/100138/
89
/194/
82
/5260/
88
/40/
cc age 16+

Capote (2005)
A biopic of writer Truman Capote and his assignment for The New Yorker to write the non-fiction book "In Cold Blood".
poster
Kanopy
81
7.5
/7627/
71
/202/
75
/146/
3.8
/14073/
98
/53/
90
/6/
82
/15/

There Is No Evil (2020)
Set against the backdrop of Iran's strict and oppressive legal system, this anthology film tells the stories of four men who each face a moral crisis when having to deal with death penalties.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.9
/7981/
76
/236/
76
/182/
4.0
/15877/
89
/30/

The Executioner (1963)
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.
poster
Criterion Channel
79
7.4
/8266/
70
/143/
68
/171/
3.7
/7373/
85
/13/
82
/106/

Danton (1983)
Danton and Robespierre were close friends and fought together in the French Revolution, but by 1793 Robespierre was France's ruler, determined to wipe out opposition with a series of mass executions that became known as the Reign of Terror. Danton, well known as a spokesman of the people, had been living in relative solitude in the French countryside, but he returned to Paris to challenge Robespierre's violent rule and call for the people to demand their rights. Robespierre, however, could not accept such a challenge, even from a friend and colleague, and he blocked out a plan for the capture and execution of Danton and his allies.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
79
7.7
/17709/
70
/372/
70
/364/
3.7
/19919/
98
/42/
76
/290/
99
/15/

Intolerance: Love's Struggle Throughout the Ages (1916)
The story of a poor young woman, separated by prejudice from her husband and baby, is interwoven with tales of intolerance from throughout history.
poster
80
79
7.6
/7751/
76
/441/
74
/138/
3.7
/3338/
94
/16/
86
/54/

The Fear of 13 (2015)
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.
poster
The Roku Channel
78
7.3
/171163/
73
/4035/
72
/2451/
3.7
/141795/
81
/189/
81
/4288/
74
/40/
cc age 18+

Monster (2003)
An emotionally scarred highway drifter shoots a sadistic trick who rapes her, and ultimately becomes America's first female serial killer.
poster
78
7.9
/122555/
77
/2193/
78
/1914/
4.2
/184527/
69
/120/
91
/4066/
63
/33/

Dancer in the Dark (2000)
Selma, a Czech immigrant on the verge of blindness, struggles to make ends meet for herself and her son, who has inherited the same genetic disorder and will suffer the same fate without an expensive operation. When life gets too difficult, Selma learns to cope through her love of musicals, dreaming up little numbers to the rhythmic beats of her surroundings.
poster
Hoopla
77
7.6
/29583/
75
/507/
71
/442/
3.6
/9758/
87
/94/
88
/930/
76
/30/

Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
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.
poster
Kanopy
76
7.4
/5941/
74
/156/
70
/80/
3.6
/1371/
79
/53/
85
/308/
68
/15/

Pierrepoint: The Last Hangman (2005)
Following in his father's footsteps, Albert Pierrepoint becomes one of Britain's most prolific executioners, hiding his identity as a grocery deliveryman. But when his ambition to be the best inadvertently exposes his gruesome secret, he becomes a minor celebrity & faces a public outcry against the practice of hanging. Based on true events.
poster
Hoopla
77
76
7.7
/26510/
73
/385/
72
/407/
3.9
/27194/
82
/39/
84
/477/
76
/11/
cc age 13+

A Place in the Sun (1951)
A young social climber wins the heart of a beautiful heiress but his former girlfriend's pregnancy stands in the way of his ambition.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
77
76
7.4
/24412/
72
/414/
70
/358/
3.6
/20409/
90
/29/
79
/382/
84
/10/

The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
A married woman and a drifter fall in love, then plot to murder her husband.
poster
76
7.1
/5852/
68
/33/
65
/59/
3.5
/1203/
91
/77/
77
/98/
73
/27/

The Widow of Saint-Pierre (2000)
In 1850, on the isolated French island of Saint-Pierre, a murder shocks the natives. Two fishermen are arrested. One of them, Louis Ollivier, dies in custody. The other, Neel Auguste, is sentenced to death by the guillotine. The island is so small that it has neither a guillotine nor an executioner. While those are sent for Auguste is placed under the supervision of an army Captain.
poster
AMC+ Amazon Channel
76
7.3
/17891/
72
/584/
69
/275/
3.9
/20835/
92
/117/
76
/422/
74
/30/

Into the Abyss (2011)
We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.
poster
76
7.5
/119377/
73
/2114/
75
/1682/
3.9
/85701/
81
/159/
85
/1750/
73
/33/
cc age 16+

The Man Who Wasn't There (2001)
A tale of murder, crime and punishment set in the summer of 1949. Ed Crane, a barber in a small California town, is dissatisfied with his life, but his wife Doris' infidelity and a mysterious opportunity presents him with a chance to change it.
poster
Criterion Channel
75
7.5
/6255/
74
/132/
72
/177/
4.0
/14579/
85
/13/
78
/52/

Story of Women (1988)
France, World War II. In order to somehow make ends meet, the mother of two children, Marie Latour, does underground abortions and rents a room to a familiar prostitute. She doesn't pay any attention to her husband, who returned from the war because of his injury and lives her own life. Abortions gradually begin to bring a good income, and boredom can be easily dispelled by starting a young lover.
poster
77
75
7.1
/11506/
73
/297/
68
/210/
3.9
/46230/
90
/31/
85
/539/

Female Trouble (1974)
Dawn Davenport progresses from a teenage nightmare hell-bent on getting cha-cha heels for Christmas to a fame monster whose egomaniacal impulses land her in the electric chair.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
7.0
/97571/
69
/1587/
67
/1042/
3.3
/32142/
85
/141/
67
/2254/
69
/32/
cc age 18+

Monster's Ball (2001)
A prison guard begins a tentative romance with the unsuspecting widow of a man whose execution he presided over.
poster
Kanopy
74
6.5
/5773/
67
/358/
63
/115/
3.5
/8550/
92
/154/
65
/17/
77
/32/
cc age 17+

Clemency (2019)
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.
poster
The Roku Channel
74
7.1
/7212/
68
/363/
67
/144/
3.5
/8797/
85
/61/
74
/190/
71
/23/

Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.
poster
74
7.7
/273121/
75
/5738/
76
/4365/
3.7
/104736/
61
/207/
82
/11289/
63
/38/
cc age 17+

Changeling (2008)
Los Angeles, 1928. When single mother Christine Collins leaves for work, her son vanishes without a trace. Five months later, the police reunite mother and son. But when Christine suspects that the boy returned to her isn't her child, her quest for truth exposes a world of corruption.
poster
Criterion Channel
74
7.2
/264604/
73
/6577/
70
/3637/
3.6
/272726/
52
/48/
81
/8898/
74
/20/
cc age 18+

Natural Born Killers (1994)
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
poster
Kanopy
73
6.5
/1032/
73
/106/
62
/19/
3.2
/911/
100
/10/
74
/7/

The Phantom (2021)
Carlos DeLuna was arrested in 1993 aged 21 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, and protested his innocence until his execution, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime.
poster
Hoopla
73
6.8
/31638/
68
/587/
63
/397/
3.4
/15402/
81
/52/
76
/625/
66
/19/

Dead Again (1991)
In 1949, composer Roman Strauss is executed for the murder of his wife. In 1990s Los Angeles, a detective comes across a mute amnesiac woman who is somehow linked to the Strauss murder.
poster
78
71
7.5
/8060/
73
/145/
69
/113/
3.7
/4358/
94
/18/
83
/108/

I Want to Live! (1958)
Brazen perpetual offender Barbara Graham tries to go straight but she finds herself implicated in a murder and sent to death row.
poster
Criterion Channel
70
7.6
/167166/
75
/3715/
75
/2829/
4.1
/367191/
69
/62/
87
/3625/
53
/21/
cc age 18+

Lost Highway (1997)
A tormented jazz musician finds himself lost in an enigmatic story involving murder, surveillance, gangsters, doppelgängers, and an impossible transformation inside a prison cell.
poster
Netflix
70
7.3
/287209/
73
/7718/
71
/4159/
3.4
/179709/
63
/168/
75
/6724/
64
/34/
cc age 18+

Identity (2003)
Complete strangers stranded at a remote desert motel during a raging storm soon find themselves the target of a deranged murderer. As their numbers thin out, the travelers begin to turn on each other, as each tries to figure out who the killer is.
poster
69
6.9
/15979/
69
/298/
64
/305/
3.3
/3972/
72
/43/
74
/335/
56
/22/

Return to Paradise (1998)
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.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
6.5
/6648/
69
/368/
72
/242/
3.1
/11423/
90
/21/
71
/27/

My Days of Mercy (2018)
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
73
68
7.1
/7204/
70
/193/
65
/86/
3.6
/8243/
75
/8/
87
/850/

Reefer Madness: The Movie Musical (2006)
From an ominous Lecturer, a small 1930s middle American community learns of the Harper Affair, in which young Jimmy Harper finds his life of promise turn into a life of debauchery and murder thanks to the new drug menace marijuana. Along the way, he receives help from his girlfriend Mary and Jesus Himself, but always finds himself in the arms of the Reefer Man and the rest of the denizens of the Reefer Den.
poster
Kanopy
67
7.0
/18744/
64
/276/
64
/211/
3.4
/5090/
75
/154/
69
/826/
68
/34/
cc age 16+

Infamous (2006)
While researching his book In Cold Blood, writer Truman Capote develops a close relationship with convicted murderers Dick Hickock and Perry Smith.
poster
Kanopy
66
6.8
/18875/
67
/274/
65
/199/
3.7
/15690/
54
/91/
67
/537/
50
/31/

Storytelling (2001)
College and high school serve as the backdrop for two stories about dysfunction and personal turmoil.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
65
6.6
/84163/
67
/3012/
64
/2762/
3.1
/90391/
71
/255/
56
/542/
64
/37/
cc age 13+

Café Society (2016)
The story of a young man who arrives in Hollywood during the 1930s hoping to work in the film industry, falls in love, and finds himself swept up in the vibrant café society that defined the spirit of the age.
poster
Netflix
64
6.1
/3110/
67
/271/
64
/32/
3.2
/8772/
cc age 15+

Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers (2025)
Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
63
6.4
/37532/
65
/2013/
67
/425/
2.6
/43286/
35
/20/
96
/852/
cc age 15+

Nefarious (2023)
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.
poster
71
63
7.2
/5173/
70
/98/
70
/75/
3.4
/3396/
80
/15/
71
/81/

Manhattan Melodrama (1934)
The friendship between two orphans endures even though they grow up on opposite sides of the law and fall in love with the same woman.
poster
79
62
8.4
/9518/
78
/73/
70
/35/
4.2
/9023/

Virumaandi (2004)
Angela, a civil advocate interviewing inmates at the Madras Central Prison for a documentary on the death penalty meets Virumaandi and Kothaala, who are sentenced to death and life respectively for their roles in perpetrating the massacre of 24 people during a brutal clash between feuding villages. As tensions mount within the prison walls, she listens to their conflicting accounts of the same story.
poster
62
7.0
/100460/
71
/3205/
67
/1522/
3.3
/47960/
43
/56/
72
/1938/
52
/28/
cc age 15+

Fallen (1998)
Homicide detective John Hobbes witnesses the execution of serial killer Edgar Reese. Soon after the execution the killings start again, and they are very similar to Reese's style.
poster
67
61
6.8
/6144/
67
/141/
60
/110/
3.4
/3082/
87
/15/
65
/67/
57
/9/

The Onion Field (1979)
An LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is haunted by overwhelming survivor's guilt.
poster
61
5.4
/19887/
63
/1524/
57
/521/
2.6
/38472/
58
/36/
55
/306/
50
/5/

3 from Hell (2019)
After barely surviving a furious shootout with the police, Baby Firefly, Otis Driftwood and Captain Spaulding are behind bars. But pure evil cannot be contained. Teaming up with Otis’ half-brother Winslow, the demented Firefly clan escape to unleash a whole new wave of murder, madness and mayhem.


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