Execution Movies

During World War One, a British Army corporal tries to save his young friend from a terrible injustice.

A by-the-books mob execution is thrown off-kilter when the would-be murderers learn that the man they're killing is Jewish, not Catholic.

During the American Civil War, a Southerner is about to be hanged from a bridge for sabotage when something unexpected happens.

Hoping to become a great singer in Germany, a young dreamer named Ernst Schrämli finds himself drawn into underhand dealings. Determined to...

1959. Guilty of a double murder, a man is guillotined. The dead man's head rolls into a basket, from where it recounts a tale.

Nine vignettes depict the stages leading to execution for women on death row.

Harald Handfaste is a 15th century Swedish Robin Hood, who fights against foreign oppression. He becomes the leader of a band of highwaymen and they...

A Jekyll-and-Hyde colonel toughens up a 17-year-old aristocrat for the Spanish Civil War.

A man is executed, and then wakes up.

A condemned criminal's acquaintances gather at a remote lodge on the eve of his execution to search for hidden money.

Convicted killer Laurence Dvorak grants an exclusive last interview to TV newswoman Alana Powers shortly before his scheduled execution. Urbane and...

An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.

A man awaits his execution by firing squad. His final wish before dying can only be granted by those standing before him: male soldiers.

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...

Two professional executioners accidentally find love in a small factory town.

The Execution of Wanda Jean chronicles the life-and-death battle of Wanda Jean Allen, the first black woman to be put to death in the United States...

The Guillotine examines the fascinating and bizarre history of the "national razor" that started out strictly for execution and then became a source...

In 1927 southern Louisiana, subversive housewife Ada LeBoeuf is put on trial alongside her alleged lover for the grisly murder of her husband in one...

Explores the realities of death-row inmates inside Huntsville (Texas) Unit, a prison with the highest number of executions in 1997. Features...

This movie deals with a television network hoping to draw the biggest ratings ever while televising an execution live into the home of every American...