| Sadayam (1992) | 8.5 | |
| Clemency (2019) | 6.5 | |
| The Condemned (2007) | 6.0 | |
| In Cold Blood (1967) | 7.9 | |
| The Fugitive (1993) | 7.8 |
Death row movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant death row movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out serious, realistic, suspenseful, psychological, bleak and suspense films and TV shows about / with death row, prison, death sentence, death penalty, murder, redemption, prisoner, deadly, execution and confined plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as death row: Clemency (2019), The Life of David Gale (2003), Dead Man Walking (1995), Too Young to Die? (1990), Take (2007), Just Cause (1995), Last Dance (1996), True Crime (1999), A Letter from Death Row (1998), Monster's Ball (2001).
Best films
List of death row movies
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, bleak, compassionate ...
Plot:
death row, lethal injection, prison, death sentence, prison warden, black american, black, retirement, lawyer, teacher, protest, african american ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
Style:
surprise ending, suspense, thought provoking, twist ending, disturbing ...
Plot:
death penalty, suicide, death, death row, death sentence, fighting the system, murder, professor, reporter, activist, investigation, journalism ...
Time:
year 2003, 2000s, 20th century, 90s, year 1994 ...
Place:
texas, austin texas, houston texas, usa, new york ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
A justice drama based on a true story about a man on death row who in his last days forms a strong relationship with a nun who teaches him forgiveness and gives him spirituality as she accompanies him to his execution.
Style:
thought provoking, touching, emotional, sad, depressing ...
Plot:
death row, prison, rape, death sentence, nun, death penalty, violence, prison life, court, murder, redemption, catholic ...
Time:
20th century, year 1995, 90s
Place:
louisiana, new orleans, united kingdom, southern usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An abused 15 year old is charged with a murder that carries the death penalty in this fact-based story.
Style:
emotional, sad, neo noir, teen, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
death row, death penalty, teenage prostitute, murder, revenge, attorney, teenage prostitution, lawyer, teenager, teenage girl, prison, death sentence ...
Time:
80s
Place:
oklahoma
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The lives of two strangers - a struggling mother and a gambling addict - meet in tragedy. Years pass, and they must come to terms with themselves, and one another.
Style:
serious, realistic, emotional, psychological, non-linear ...
Plot:
death row, child in peril, crime gone awry, life is a bitch, family problems, addiction, strange person, hopes, society, clergy, redemption, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Bobby Earl is facing the electric chair for the murder of a young girl. Eight years after the crime he calls in Paul Armstrong, a professor of law, to help prove his innocence. Armstrong quickly uncovers some overlooked evidence to present to the ...
Style:
tense, psychological, entertaining, suspense, rough ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, murder, death row, serial killer, psychopath, legal, swamp, revenge, courtroom, legal investigation, lawyer, fighting the system ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
florida, everglades, harvard university, usa, miami ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
Upon taking a new job, young lawyer Rick Hayes is assigned to the clemency case of Cindy Liggett, a woman convicted of first degree murder and sentenced to death. As Hayes investigates the background for her case, the two begin to form a deep ...
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, tense, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
death penalty, prison, death row, lethal injection, lawyer, dedicated lawyer, death sentence, justice, love story, courtroom drama, prison life, life is a bitch ...
Time:
90s
Place:
india, taj mahal, california, australia, texas ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
psychological, suspense, serious, mysterious, tense ...
Plot:
death row, death penalty, journalism, death sentence, death, lawyer, false accusation, uncover truth, journal, reporter, conspiracy, cupid ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, oakland california, san francisco
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A psychological thriller that takes you through the mind of convicted killer, Michael Raine, and his experiences on death row. Was he guilty of killing his girlfriend or was he a victim of a conspiracy to frame him for a crime he didn't commit? ...
Style:
independent film, tense, realistic, serious, psychological ...
Plot:
death row, execution, murder, injustice, heroes, protagonist as suspect, dishonesty, amateur detective, life is a bitch, manhunt, state affairs, confined ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
tennessee
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Set in the southern USA, a racist white man, Hank, falls in love with a black woman named Leticia. Ironically, Hank is a prison guard working on Death Row who executed Leticia's husband. Hank and Leticia's inter-racial affair leads to ...
Style:
sexy, depressing, realistic, erotic, compassionate ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
racism, sex scene, interracial romance, electric chair, death penalty, prison, interracial sex, prison guard, dysfunctional family, death row, sex, interracial relations ...
Time:
year 2001, 21st century
Place:
usa, louisiana, southern usa, georgia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside ...
Style:
sincere, psychological, serious, realistic, cerebral ...
Plot:
wrongful conviction, ex convict, death row, lawyer, rape, starting over, haunted by the past, innocence, direction and purpose, homecoming, life is a bitch, society ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
syria, georgia, usa, southern usa, europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story:
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 cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, ...
Style:
touching, emotional, heartbreaking, sentimental, sad ...
Audience:
family friendly, date night, chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
death penalty, prison, stephen king, death row, death sentence, convict, supernatural, false accusation, prison life, life philosophy, electric chair, execution ...
Time:
1930s, year 1999, 20th century, 90s, year 1935
Place:
southern usa, usa, louisiana, america, persia
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style:
suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, detective, sexy ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot:
on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, fugitives, death row, manhunt, doctor, murder, uncover truth, corruption ...
Time:
20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Carl Panzram is sent to Leavenworth Prison for burglary. While there, he is brutally beaten by a guard. Neophyte guard Henry Lesser feels sympathy for Panzram, befriends him, and gets him to write his life story. Lesser learns that Panzram's ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, realistic, rough, bleak ...
Plot:
serial killer, death row, prison rape, killer, murder, true crime, prison, drinking, prisoner, chase, rape, violence ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 20th century
Place:
rhode island, minnesota, new jersey, israel, africa ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
twist ending, surprise ending, suspense, neo noir, detective ...
Plot:
serial killer, murder, good versus evil, supernatural, twists and turns, devil, police detective, possession, curse, violence, psychic, demonic possession ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, new york, philadelphia
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Six people tell their stories on a single subject - how they got wrongfully convicted to death penalty, but later got exonerated.
Style:
serious, realistic, disturbing, suspenseful, mockumentary
Plot:
rebellion, death row, false accusation, racism, injustice, courtroom drama, society, hopes, life is a bitch, confined, legal, prison life ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Since the Islamic Revolution in Iran, capital punishment is carried out according to Islamic law, which gives the family of the victim ownership of the offender's life. Day Break - based on a compilation of true stories and shot inside ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, suspenseful, rough, contemplative ...
Plot:
prison, death row, prison life, pardon, legal, life is a bitch, society, injustice, legal action, law enforcement, forgiveness, compassion ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
iran, middle east
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Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Jack Conrad is awaiting the death penalty in a corrupt Central American prison. He is "purchased" by a wealthy television producer and taken to a desolate island where he must fight to the death against nine other condemned killers from ...
Style:
exciting, action packed, intense, harsh, stylized ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
death row, last man standing, island, brutality, website, jungle, vengeance, chase, battles, criminal heroes, prison, revenge ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Drama, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
Redemption tells the story of Stan "Tookie" Williams, founder of the Crips L.A. street gang. Story follows his fall into gang-banging, his prison term, and his work writing children's novels encouraging peace and anti-violence ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, bleak, crime drama ...
Plot:
redemption, death row, prison, gang, gangster, brutality, justice, adaptation, human spirit, hopes, journalism, life is a bitch ...
Time:
20th century, future, 80s
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
The powerful true story of Harvard-educated lawyer Bryan Stevenson, who goes to Alabama to defend the disenfranchised and wrongly condemned — including Walter McMillian, a man sentenced to death despite evidence proving his innocence. Bryan fights ...
Style:
tense, suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, touching ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
courtroom, death penalty, injustice, lawyer, false accusation of murder, defense attorney, perjury, african american, murder, prison, innocence, convict ...
Time:
year 1987, 2010s, 80s, year 2019, year 1993 ...
Place:
alabama
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, clever, gloomy ...
Plot:
death row, vietnam war, redheaded woman, death sentence, friendship, prison, crumbling marriage, love and romance, prison life, lovers reunited, family life, haunted by the past ...
Time:
90s, year 1989, 80s
Place:
asia, vietnam, south carolina
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
The daughter of a man on death row falls in love with a woman on the opposing side of her family's political cause.
Style:
romantic drama, sad, serious, psychological, deep ...
Plot:
lgbt, lesbian, lesbian relationship, lesbian love, lesbian sex, lesbian teen, death penalty, sister sister relationship, death row, lgbtq, sapphic, lesbianism ...
Place:
usa, indiana
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
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.
Style:
captivating, suspenseful, thrilling, psychological, mystical ...
Plot:
demonic possession, demon, psychiatrist, electrocution, atheist, possession, death row, electric chair, prison, multiple personality disorder, abortion, criminal ...
Place:
oklahoma
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Three men are on death row. Jaggu (Jackie Shroff), a lawyer and a poet, is serving a sentence for murdering his wife because she was cheating on him with another man. Nagya (Nagesh Kukunoor), a man angry with the whole world, is arrested for ...
Style:
serious, contemplative, tense, touching, bleak ...
Plot:
prison, introspection, prison life, criminal heroes, hopes, redemption, family problems, twists and turns, murder, death row, prisoner, escaped prisoner ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark, USA, UK
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
While fighting for a woman who sits on death row, a lawyer happens upon new information which brings into question the motives of a man associated with her client
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, sincere, suspense, serious ...
Plot:
uncover truth, dedicated lawyer, death sentence, prison life, redemption, confined, life is a bitch, legal, dishonesty, death row, letter, execution ...
Place:
oklahoma city, texas
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Having survived the hatred and bigotry that was his Klansman grandfather's only legacy, young attorney Adam Hall seeks at the last minute to appeal the old man's death sentence for the murder of two small Jewish boys 30 years before. Only ...
Style:
emotional, thought provoking, suspense, realistic, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
courtroom drama, racism, legal, death sentence, courtroom, ku klux klan, murder, prison, anti semitism, haunted by the past, politics, lawyer ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 60s, year 1967, year 1996
Place:
mississippi, usa
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Set in a prison, a death row inmate has a secret and the warden will go to any lengths to get it. Things dont go as planned as you would expect. A good action film with alot of good fight scenes and an interesting twist at the end.What we have ...
Style:
serious, realistic, suspenseful, sexual, exciting ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
partner, death row, prison, secret lover, criminal heroes, false accusation, life is a bitch, frame up, wrongfully committed, buddies, dishonesty, law enforcement ...
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
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 ...
Style:
compassionate, atmospheric, touching, sincere, intense ...
Plot:
redemption, death row, murder, prison, death sentence, death penalty, tragic love, love, introspection, isolation, destiny, social differences ...
Time:
19th century, year 2000, 1850s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
france, europe, paris france
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.
Style:
disturbing, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
death row, prison visit, police psychologist, death sentence, jail, criminal, prisoner, moral dilemma, interview, war, female psychologist, teacher ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
Greg Powell, a disturbed ex-con, recruits Jimmy Youngblood (Smith) a petty thief, as partner in crime. Powell panics when they two of are pulled over by two cops for tail lights. Powell decides to kidnap the cops and Smith goes along with his crazy ...
Style:
neo noir, atmospheric, psychological, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, closeted homosexual, murder, true crime, police investigation, legal, death sentence, trial, moral ambiguity, manipulation, morality, brutality ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, year 1979, 60s, year 1963
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, las vegas
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