Public hanging movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant public hanging movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, suspense, captivating and exciting films and TV shows about / with public hanging, hanging, heroes, murder, blood, danger, death, shot to death, rivalry and horse plots mostly in Drama, War and Western genres shot in USA, UK, India and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as public hanging: The Ascent (1977), Hang 'Em High (1968), 1942: A Love Story (1994), The Last Duel (2021), Jojo Rabbit (2019), Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014), True Grit (2010), True Grit (1969), In Tranzit (2008), Long Days of Vengeance (1967).

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 8.2
 10K
The Ascent (1977)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 111 min.
Story: Two Soviet partisans leave their starving band to get supplies from a nearby farm. The Germans have reached the farm first, so the pair must go on a journey deep into occupied territory, a voyage that will also take them deep into their souls.
Style: bleak, depressing, cerebral, sincere, sad ...
Plot: world war two, partisan, cold weather, execution, betrayal, nazi, winter, christian, woman, father, politics, spirituality ...
Time: 1940s, 20th century, year 1977, year 1942
Place: soviet union, ussr, iraq, europe, russia
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 7.0
 43K
Hang 'Em High (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story: 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 ...
Style: spaghetti western, suspenseful, stylized, realistic, retro ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: revenge, judge, court, u.s. marshal, hanging, guilt, justice, vigilante, cowboy, false accusation, wild west, attempted murder ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s
Place: oklahoma, usa
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1942: A Love Story (1994)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 157 min.
Story: In 1942 the British ruled India, a time when people were either working for the British or rallying for underground meetings and protests against them. Amidst this background, Naren Singh, falls in love with Rajeshwari Pathak. But their romance is ...
Style: romantic, patriotic, emotional, touching, realistic ...
Plot: revolution, politics, patriot, independence, struggle, freedom, love story, wartime, revolutionary war, rebellion, bomb, horse riding ...
Time: 1940s
Place: india, england, asia, europe
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 7.4
 180K
The Last Duel (2021)
Genre: Action, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 152 min.
Story: King Charles VI declares that Knight Jean de Carrouges settle his dispute with his squire by challenging him to a duel.
Style: historical drama, suspense, costume drama, cerebral, epic ...
Audience: date night, toddlers, chick flick, boys' night, adult
Plot: duel, medieval, rape, knight, husband wife relationship, showdown, revenge, sword duel, murder, battles, violence, jousting ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, medieval times, 2020s
Place: france, normandy, scotland, paris france
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 7.9
 437K
Jojo Rabbit (2019)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czech Republic, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must ...
Style: sad, dark comedy, black comedy, funny, psychological ...
Audience: kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: world war two, nazi, boy, satire, nazi germany, jewish girl, nazism, first love, hitler, violence, coming of age, hitler youth ...
Time: 1940s, year 1945, 2010s, year 2019, year 1944
Place: germany, los angeles, central europe
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Jacky in the Kingdom of Women (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 87 min.
Story: The film is set in a world, the Popular Democratic Republic of Bubunne, in which women hold the power and men are forced to wear veils and stay at home.
Style: surreal, not serious, humorous, surprise ending, clever ...
Plot: matriarchy, misandry, battle of the sexes, follow your dream, social differences, obsessive quest, society, escapades, disorder, gender, parents and children, political satire ...
Time: 21st century
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 7.6
 356K
True Grit (2010)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Following the murder of her father by hired hand Tom Chaney, 14-year-old farm girl Mattie Ross sets out to capture the killer. To aid her, she hires the toughest U.S. Marshal she can find, a man with "true grit," Reuben J. ...
Style: tense, suspense, rough, suspenseful, scenic ...
Audience: manly, date night, family outing, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: vengeance, old west, revenge, cowboy, bounty hunter, justice, gunfight, texas ranger, determination, teenage girl, death of father, murder ...
Time: 19th century, year 2010, 2010s, 1870s, 1800s ...
Place: texas, arkansas, oklahoma, usa
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 7.4
 51K
True Grit (1969)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 128 min.
Story: The murder of her father sends a teenage tomboy, Mattie Ross (Kim Darby), on a mission of "justice", which involves avenging her father's death. She recruits a tough old marshal, "Rooster" Cogburn (John Wayne), because he ...
Style: stylized, harsh, suspense, exciting, spaghetti western ...
Audience: family outing, manly
Plot: revenge, bounty hunter, murder, manhunt, cowboy, hanging, texas ranger, reward, civil war veteran, teenage girl, alcoholic, justice ...
Time: 19th century, 1880s, 20th century, year 1969
Place: texas, oklahoma, arkansas, austin texas, usa
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 5.7
 3K
In Tranzit (2008)
Genre: Drama, Romance, War
Country: UK, Russia
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Nazi POWs suspected of heinous acts are locked up in a Soviet women's prison run by vengeful female guards. To weed out the guilty, the innocent must pay. Can supposed enemies turn into great loves? Based on a true post-World War II story, this ...
Style: sincere, realistic, captivating, period piece, emotional ...
Audience: date night
Plot: wartime life, soldier, holocaust, captivity, life is a bitch, against humanity, prisoners of war, prison life, genocide, confined, society, heroes ...
Time: 1940s, post world war two
Place: soviet union, russia, st. petersburg russia, europe
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Long Days of Vengeance (1967)
Genre: Western
Country: Italy, Spain, France
Duration: 123 min.
Story: After three years of hard labor in a prison camp, former Sheriff Ted Barnett escapes. He was framed by three men and wrongly convicted of the murder of his father. Now he looks for vengeance.
Style: spaghetti western, euro western, serious, realistic, bleak ...
Plot: revenge, woman with a gun, small town, conspiracy, strong violent content, righting the wronged, tough heroes, frame up, haunted by the past, false accusation, old west, vengeance ...
Time: 19th century
Place: usa, texas
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Season of the Witch (2011)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: A 14th century Crusader returns with his comrade to a homeland devastated by the Black Plague. The Church commands the two knights to transport a witch to a remote abbey, where monks will perform a ritual in hopes of ending the pestilence.
Style: dark fantasy, gothic, gothic horror, dark, suspense ...
Plot: witch, supernatural, knight, medieval, good versus evil, witchcraft, legends and myths, sword and sorcery, monk, inquisition, possessed girl, imaginary ...
Time: middle ages, 14th century, year 2011, year 2000, 2010s ...
Place: seattle, europe
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Salem Witch Trials (2002)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story: The film recounts the sobering tale of how 19 innocent lives were taken in a community experiencing paranoid hysteria regarding the suspected - but unproved - presence of the occult in the small New England town.
Style: realistic, serious, suspenseful, disturbing, historical drama ...
Plot: witch hunt, false accusation, puritan, execution, religions or cults, society, politics, legal, courtroom drama, social decay, life is a bitch, dishonesty ...
Time: 17th century
Place: massachusetts, usa, salem massachusetts
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 6.5
 6K
Bandolero! (1968)
Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story: Posing as a hangman, Mace Bishop arrives in town with the intention of freeing a gang of outlaws, including his brother, from the gallows. Mace urges his younger brother to give up crime. The sheriff chases the brothers to Mexico. They join forces, ...
Style: retro, funny, serious, realistic, suspenseful ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: gang, mexican bandit, civil war, woman with a gun, wild west, cowboy, bandit, brother, outlaw, executioner, desert, escape ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: mexico, texas, latin america, usa
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A Tale of Two Cities (1980)
Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 162 min.
Story: Dissolute barrister Sydney Carton becomes enchanted and then hopelessly in love with the beautiful Lucie Manette. But Lucie loves and marries Charles Darnay, and remains oblivious to Carton's undimmed devotion to her. When Darnay is ensnared in ...
Style: costume drama, sad, serious, realistic, touching ...
Plot: french revolution, charles dickens, revolution, historical event, literary, fall in love, friendship, love triangle, unrequited love, couples, dishonesty, couple relations ...
Time: 18th century, 1790s
Place: paris france, london, england, france, europe
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 6.7
 182K
The Old Guard (2020)
Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Four immortal mercenaries who've secretly protected humanity for centuries become targeted for their mysterious powers just as they discover a new immortal.
Style: visually appealing, action adventure, exciting, captivating, futuristic ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: immortality, strong female lead, immortal, superhero, black ops, female protagonist, female killer, female warrior, gay, tough girl, regeneration, assassination attempt ...
Time: middle ages, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place: afghanistan, hawaii, london, france, morocco ...
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Another Man, Another Chance (1977)
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Romance, Western
Country: France, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Claude Lelouch's Another Man, Another Chance begins in France in 1870. Napoleon III has just lost the war against Prussia and left the country in poverty. Young Jeanne (Genevieve Bujold) falls in love with photographer Francis (Francis ...
Style: serious, realistic, atmospheric, saga, spaghetti western ...
Plot: horseman, wild west, violent content, immigrant, solitary, couples, farm, couple relations, fall in love, on the run, starting over, love and romance ...
Time: 19th century, 1870s, 20th century, 70s
Place: france, usa, new york, philadelphia, paris france
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 5.6
 6K
Damsel (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: The Wild West, circa 1870. Samuel Alabaster, an affluent pioneer, ventures across the American frontier to marry the love of his life, Penelope. As his group traverses the west, the once-simple journey grows treacherous, blurring the lines between ...
Style: exciting, tense, captivating, suspense, absurd ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, alcohol abuse, love, marriage proposal, murder, husband wife relationship, native american, pursuit, chase, money, friendship, old west ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1870s
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 4.6
 206
Frankenstein (1984)
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 73 min.
Story: A scientist who is obsessed with creating life finally does it, with tragic results.
Style: gothic horror
Plot: frankenstein, mad doctor, monster, voice over narration, superpower, playing god, boy, revenge, corpse, father, fire, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 19th century
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Fistful of Brains (2008)
Genre: Horror, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: The town of Shadowhawk is overrun with the undead when it gets caught in the war between two brothers, each leading their own army of the undead. One of the brothers has sold the townsfolk his “magical elixir” promising them immortality. What he ...
Style: spaghetti western, spoof, surprise ending
Plot: zombie, living dead, cowboy, wild west, guts, female protagonist, blood, brother vs brother, disembowelment, flesh eating zombie, eaten alive, decapitation ...
Time: 1870s
Place: north carolina
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Fun2shh... Dudes in the 10th Century (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Vikram (Mohammad Iqbal Khan) and Ajay (Anuj Sawhney), and an accomplice, John D'Souza (Paresh Rawal), become prime suspects, and are on the run. They must apprehend Chindi and recover the crown to absolve themselves of this crime. While being ...
Plot: time travel, time, fish out of water, dual role, time portal, on the run, princess, king, landlady, jungle, invisibility, sorceress ...
Time: 10th century
Place: mumbai india
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 6.2
 3K
The Asphyx (1972)
Genre: Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Hugo is a brilliant turn-of-the-century scientist, loved and respected by his family and friends, admired by his colleagues. But he is a man quickly becoming obsessed with a curious and frightening question... what is the mysterious apparition found ...
Style: scary, disturbing, psychological, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot: afterlife, obsession, mad scientist, ghost, danger, haunted by the past, experiment gone awry, curses spells and rituals, supernatural, immortal, macabre, heavy metal ...
Time: year 1972, 19th century, 1870s, victorian era
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The Rising: Ballad of Mangal Pandey (2005)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: India, UK, USA
Duration: 150 min.
Story: The film begins in 1857, when India was ruled by the British East India Company. Mangal Pandey is a sepoy, a soldier of Indian origin, in the army of the East India Company. Pandey is fighting in the Anglo-Afghan Wars and saves the life of his ...
Style: epic, captivating, emotional, serious, patriotic ...
Plot: rebellion, revolution, betrayal, military life, leadership, fighting the system, rebelliousness, battles, political unrest, culture clash, state affairs, society ...
Time: 19th century, victorian era, 1850s, 1800s
Place: india, britain, asia, afghanistan
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Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (1991)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story: When the dastardly Sheriff of Nottingham murders Robin's father, the legendary archer vows vengeance. To accomplish his mission, Robin joins forces with a band of exiled villagers (and comely Maid Marian), and together they battle to end the ...
Style: period piece, exciting, entertaining, scenic, stylized ...
Audience: chick flick, girls' night, kids, date night, boys' night ...
Plot: knight, robin hood, sword fight, archer, medieval, swashbuckler, chase, justice, folk hero, courage, good versus evil, sword and shield ...
Time: middle ages, medieval times, 19th century, ancient times, 12th century
Place: england, britain, europe, jerusalem, israel ...
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 5.7
 13K
Population 436 (2006)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: A census-taker (Sisto) is sent to investigate why a certain small town has had the same population -- 436 residents -- for the last 100 years.
Style: suspenseful, suspense, scary, twisted, surprise ending ...
Plot: brainwashing, small town life, religions or cults, danger, curses spells and rituals, small town, isolation, religious fundamentalism, electroshock therapy, murder, conspiracy, trap ...
Time: year 2000
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 5.1
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Into the Sun (1991)
Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story: Paul Watkins (Michael Paré) is an American pilot stationed in the Middle East, who is taken away from his normal duties of protecting the skies to show an actor everything he needs to know about being a pilot in the Air Force. The actor, Tom Slade ...
Style: suspense, action comedy, independent film, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: aviation, fighter jet, space, battles, military, soldier, friendship, unrequited love, fighter pilot, friends, quibbling, power relations ...
Time: year 1992, 90s
Place: middle east
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Mary Shelley's Frankenstein (1994)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Japan, UK
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Based on Mary Shelley's novel, "Frankenstein" tells the story of Victor Frankenstein, a promising young doctor who, devastated by the death of his mother during childbirth, becomes obsessed with bringing the dead back to life. His ...
Style: gothic, scary, gothic horror, costume drama, stylized ...
Plot: frankenstein, mad scientist, supernatural, monster, obsession, frankenstein's monster, experiment gone awry, science, macabre, justice, rescue, death ...
Time: 19th century, 90s, georgian era, victorian era, 1900s ...
Place: germany, geneva switzerland, swiss alps
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Roger Corman's Frankenstein Unbound (1990)
Genre: Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 85 min.
Story: The ultimate weapon, claimed to be safe for mankind, produces global side-effects including time slides and disappearances. The scientist behind the project and his car are zapped from the year 2031 to 1817 in Switzerland where he meets Dr. Victor ...
Style: scary, atmospheric, gothic, suspense, enigmatic ...
Plot: time travel, mad scientist, frankenstein, supernatural, destiny, murder, mutant, deadly creature, vengeance, save the world, chaos, disorder ...
Time: future, 90s, 20th century, 19th century, 2030s ...
Place: geneva switzerland, switzerland, los angeles
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The Great Train Robbery (1978)
Genre: Adventure, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 110 min.
Story: In Victorian England, a master criminal makes elaborate plans to steal a shipment of gold from a moving train.
Style: suspense, intense, tense, talky, exciting ...
Plot: train robbery, heist, robbery, british, betrayal, train travel, master criminal, partner, dishonesty, unlikely criminals, cons and scams, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 19th century, 1800s, year 1979, 1850s, victorian era
Place: england, britain, europe, united kingdom, london
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The Dirty Dozen: The Deadly Mission (1987)
Genre: Action, War
Country: USA, Croatia
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Learning of a Nazi plot to attack Washington, D.C. with a deadly nerve gas, Major Wright leads twelve convicts on a suicide mission deep into occupied France to destroy the secret factory where the poison is made.
Style: exciting, realistic, suspenseful, rough, serious ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: world war two, nazi occupation, soldier, military, rescue, danger, heroic mission, heroes, anti hero, world war, french resistance, machine gun ...
Time: 1940s, year 1944
Place: france
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 5.9
 4K
Eichmann (2007)
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Hungary, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel, of his role in Hitler's plan for the final solution.
Style: serious, captivating, tense, sincere, disturbing ...
Plot: nazi, holocaust, legal, nazi war criminal, anti semitism, life is a bitch, prison, genocide, courtroom, confined, society, investigation ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 60s, post world war two, 50s ...
Place: europe, israel, middle east, budapest
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