| Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) | 8.0 | |
| Wayward Pines (2015) | 7.3 | |
| Chicago (2002) | 7.2 | |
| Danton (1983) | 7.4 | |
| Red Dawn (1984) | 6.3 |
Public execution movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant public execution movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, serious, captivating, intense, period piece and historical drama films and TV shows about / with public execution, execution, betrayal, female nudity, revenge, murder, violence, brutality, blood and death plots mostly in Drama, Action and History genres shot in USA, UK, Germany and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as public execution: Gunpowder, Treason & Plot (2004), The Holy Mountain (1973), Infinity Pool (2023), Red Dawn (1984), A King for Burning (1993), Last Knights (2015), Laughter (2020), Joan of Arc (2019), Eminence Hill (2019), The Mountain II (2016).
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List of public execution movies
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 101 min.
TV show
Story:
A BBC miniseries based loosely on the lives of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her son James I of England.
Style:
historical drama, period piece, captivating, realistic, serious ...
Plot:
royal family, king, tudors, monarchy, royalty, monarch, intrigue, coronation, execution, renaissance, power, medieval ...
Time:
17th century, 16th century, middle ages, ancient times
Place:
england, britain, london, scotland
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Genre: Drama, Adventure, Horror
Country: West Germany, Switzerland, Portugal
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
16-year-old Maria is forced into Serra D'Aires convent, secretly run by Satanists. Her confessor is in collusion with the Mother Superior. Maria is tortured, forced into sex with men, women, and the horned Devil, and told that it's all a ...
Style:
sexy, erotic, suspense, crying, sensual ...
Plot:
nun, inquisition, sex, nunsploitation, demon rape, satanism, convent, letter, sexploitation, female protagonist, confession, blood ...
Place:
portugal
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Genre: Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
A Mexican master leads a Christ figure and other disciples to a mountain of immortal wise men. The scandal of the 1973 Cannes Film Festival, writer/director Alejandro Jodorowsky's flood of sacrilegious imagery and existential symbolism in The ...
Style:
surreal, psychedelic, avant garde, atmospheric, mind bending ...
Plot:
satire, trippy, alchemist, enlightenment, surrealism, hermaphrodite, sex, spiritual journey, sex scene, absurdism, hippopotamus, lsd ...
Time:
year 1973, 70s, 20th century
Place:
mexico, south america, latin america, peru
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Genre: Crime, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada, Croatia, Hungary, USA, France
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
While staying at an isolated island resort, James and Em are enjoying a perfect vacation of pristine beaches, exceptional staff, and soaking up the sun. But guided by the seductive and mysterious Gabi, they venture outside the resort grounds and ...
Style:
suspenseful, psychological, atmospheric, slasher, cerebral ...
Plot:
vacation, accident, drug trip, writer's block, hedonism, fictional country, breaking the law, swingers, clone, american horror, group sex, police interrogation ...
Place:
fictional island, former yugoslavia, canada
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Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller, War
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
It is the dawn of World War III. In mid-western America, a group of teenagers band together to defend their town, and their country, from invading Soviet forces.
Style:
intense, serious, rough, suspenseful, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
survival, propaganda, cold war, dystopia, politics, anti communist, invasion, betrayal, high school, small town, fictional war, winter ...
Time:
80s, year 1984, 20th century, future, near future
Place:
colorado, soviet union, ussr, china, new mexico ...
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Genre: History
Country: Germany
Duration: 197 min.
TV show
Story:
"King of the Last Days" is a German television miniseries in 1993 about the 16th century Anabaptist rebellion in Münster .
Style:
historical drama, period piece, grim, tense, bleak
Plot:
public execution, medieval, reformation, religious conflict, religious fanaticism, catholic church, martyrdom, moral ambiguity, mass hysteria, prophecy, bloodbath, torture ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, medieval times
Place:
germany
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Genre: Action, Drama
Country: UK, USA, South Korea, Czech Republic
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
When an evil emperor executes their leader, his band of knights – bound by duty and honour – embarks on a journey of vengeance that will not come to an end until they've destroyed their mortal foe.
Style:
exciting, serious, epic, visually appealing, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
medieval, sword fight, warrior, vengeance, coup d'etat, revenge, knight, king arthur, happy ending, honor, emperor, corrupt ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, year 2015, 18th century, future
Is relevant?
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Genre: Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
As a civil war shakes the Quebec province of Canada, Valerie is the sole survivor of a mass execution where her boyfriend is killed. Years later, she’s in a close relationship with her new partner, Gabriel. At the Long Term Care Center where she ...
Style:
captivating, serious, thought provoking, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
grief, civil war, love, male nudity, female nudity, loss, trauma, survivor, couple relations, time, male female relationship, public execution ...
Place:
quebec, canada
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Genre: Drama, History, War
Country: France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
Dumont's sequel to Jeannette picks up where the previous film left off, with Jeanne's military victories, her capture, trial, and ultimate execution.
Style:
psychological, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot:
female warrior, religious persecution, female protagonist, burned alive, joan of arc, death sentence, religious fanatic, religions or cults, historical figure, religious hypocrisy, religious conflict, religious cult ...
Time:
15th century, middle ages
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A trail of revenge leads a notorious killer and a lawman to a town of fanatics.
Style:
breathtaking, period piece, suspense, intense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
sex scene, female nudity, revenge, false accusation, puzzle, tough guy, journey, public execution, chases and races, lawlessness, small town, criminal gang ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, War
Country: Turkey
Duration: 135 min.
Story:
In a desolate war zone where screams of the innocent echo, on the very line between disaster and valor, 7 Maroon Berets will dance with death.
Style:
exciting, disturbing, tense, captivating, suspense
Plot:
terrorist, special forces, swat team, isis, military, islam, behind enemy lines, criminal, dangerous mission, danger, journalism, rescue ...
Place:
turkey
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Poland
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In the 21st century, prisoners aboard penitentiary space ships explore unknown worlds. Scope, one of the prisoners is sent on a planet though to be lifeless, until he found "Humans" on it.
Style:
bleak, futuristic, black comedy, surreal, apocalyptic ...
Plot:
post apocalypse, post-apocalyptic future, distopia, exploitation, dystopia, public execution, space exploration, space station, surrealism, social commentary, satire, psychological torment ...
Time:
future, 21st century
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Genre: Action, Drama, History
Country: Hungary
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
Jewish rebellers are fighting against subjection and supressors. Broken people are shouting for a leader. The crowd starts to follow a young man, who is speaking in the name of love. The man's name is: Jesus. His rapidly growing popularity ...
Style:
religious drama, thought provoking, captivating, intense, bleak ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
new testament, jesus, bible, religion, life, society, faith, religious, fighting the system, belief in god, lifestyle, life is a bitch ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Portugal, Brazil
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
The story of Brazilian Antônio José da Silva, a jewish poet, playwright and lawyer living in the 18th Century Lisbon, who managed to avoid Inquisition by converting himself to Catholicism, after being tortured. But his fierce criticism of ...
Style:
historical drama, poignant, tense, melancholic, emotional ...
Plot:
catholic church, torture, religious persecution, martyrdom, anti semitism, political repression, biopic, heresy, power struggle, royal court, class conflict, palace intrigue ...
Time:
18th century
Place:
portugal, lisbon portugal, brazil, israel
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, History, War
Country: UK, Germany, Spain, Morocco, USA, Italy, France
Duration: 144 min.
Story:
After his wife dies, a blacksmith named Balian is thrust into royalty, political intrigue and bloody holy wars during the Crusades.
Style:
epic, serious, costume drama, period piece, exciting ...
Audience:
date night, manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
knight, sword fight, war, medieval, crusade, battles, warrior, siege, muslim, crusader, sword and shield, christianity ...
Time:
middle ages, 12th century, medieval times, ancient times, year 2005 ...
Place:
jerusalem, middle east, palestine, holy land, england ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Imagine the perfect American town... beautiful homes, manicured lawns, children playing safely in the streets. Now imagine never being able to leave. You have no communication with the outside world. You think you're going insane. You must be ...
Style:
tense, mind bending, serious, captivating, mysterious ...
Plot:
small town, small town life, apocalypse, investigation, danger, society, missing person, cryogenics, post-apocalyptic future, beast, sheriff, murder ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, idaho
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, South Africa
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
When his family is murdered, a deaf-mute named Boy escapes to the jungle and is trained by a mysterious shaman to repress his childish imagination and become an instrument of death.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, black comedy, independent film ...
Plot:
deaf mute, revenge, orphan, brother sister relationship, battles, mixed martial arts, warrior, martial arts, master warrior, violence, repression, hate ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
A nobleman with a literary flair, the Marquis de Sade lives in a madhouse where a beautiful laundry maid smuggles his erotic stories to a printer, defying orders from the asylum's resident priest. The titillating passages whip all of France ...
Style:
erotic, period piece, sexy, gothic, sexual ...
Plot:
sexuality, writer's life, rape, priest, sex, perversion, steamy romance, aristocracy, eccentricity, fetish, sexual tension, writers ...
Time:
18th century, 19th century, ancient times, year 2000, georgian era ...
Place:
france, paris france, 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: 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, humorous, not serious, surprise ending, offbeat ...
Plot:
matriarchy, misandry, nothing goes right, gender, political satire, battle of the sexes, follow your dream, social differences, obsessive quest, gay, society, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
As Rebel leaders map their strategy for an all-out attack on the Emperor's newer, bigger Death Star. Han Solo remains frozen in the cavernous desert fortress of Jabba the Hutt, the most loathsome outlaw in the universe, who is also keeping ...
Style:
futuristic, cult classic, action adventure, visually stunning, epic fantasy ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
star wars, space opera, alien, space and aliens, intergalactic, jedi, heroic mission, space station, space wars, space battle, good versus evil, outer space ...
Time:
20th century, future, year 1983, 80s
Place:
space western
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Australia
Story:
The young Arthur runs the back passages of Londonium with his crew, not knowing his royal lineage until he grabs Excalibur. Instantly confronted by the sword's influence, Arthur is forced to make up his mind. He joins the rebellion and a ...
Style:
dark fantasy, exciting, suspense, suspenseful, contemplative ...
Plot:
king arthur, arthurian legend, one against many, medieval, sorcerer, chosen one, excalibur, giant snake, camelot, folklore, prophecy, fortress ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 6th century
Place:
england, london, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Canada, India
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
When the child Arthur’s father is murdered, Vortigern, Arthur’s uncle, seizes the crown. Robbed of his birthright and with no idea who he truly is, Arthur comes up the hard way in the back alleys of the city. But once he pulls the sword ...
Style:
epic, entertaining, visually stunning, costume drama, period piece ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
king arthur, legend, knight, warrior, king, sword fight, medieval, mythology, excalibur, mentor, one against many, throne ...
Time:
middle ages, year 2017, medieval times, 6th century, 18th century
Place:
england, london, europe
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Genre: Horror, Mystery
Country: West Germany
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
In the Olden Tymes, Count Regula is drawn and quartered for killing twelve virgins in his dungeon torture chamber. Thirty-five years later, he comes back to seek revenge on the daughter of his intended thirteenth victim and the son of his prosecutor ...
Style:
gothic, gothic horror, psychotronic, cult horror, classic horror ...
Plot:
torture device, snake, edgar allan poe, torture chamber, vengeance, supernatural, macabre, occult, public execution, fake priest, thief, dead body ...
Time:
year 1967, 19th century, 1810s
Place:
germany
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, Thriller, War
Country: UK, France, Canada, Belgium, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
France, 1940. In the first days of occupation, beautiful Lucile Angellier is trapped in a stifled existence with her controlling mother-in-law as they both await news of her husband: a prisoner of war. Parisian refugees start to pour into their ...
Style:
realistic, emotional, romantic, period piece, costume drama ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
world war two, forbidden love, nazi occupied france, nazi occupation, german officer, german soldier, wartime, fall in love, wartime life, war, occupied france, nazi officer ...
Time:
1940s, ancient times, year 1940, 20th century, 18th century
Place:
france, europe, paris france, germany, england ...
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Genre: Action, Drama, History, Horror, Mystery
Country: Germany, UK
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
As the plague decimates medieval Europe, rumours circulate of a village immune from the plague. There is talk of a necromancer who leads the village and is able to raise the dead. A fearsome knight joined by a cohort of soldiers and a young monk are ...
Style:
gothic, dark, atmospheric, bleak, period piece ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
medieval, plague, witch, knight, sword and sorcery, danger, monk, heroic mission, dealing with death, sword and shield, bubonic plague, pagan ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, year 2010
Place:
england, europe, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Romance
Country: Denmark, Sweden, Czech Republic, Germany
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
A young queen falls in love with her physician, and they start a revolution that changes their nation forever.
Style:
period piece, stylized, costume drama, sexy, historical drama ...
Audience:
date night, teens, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
royal family, love affair, adultery, love triangle, political intrigue, infidelity, queen, royalty, royal court, coup d'etat, aristocracy, marriage ...
Time:
18th century, ancient times, year 2012, victorian era, georgian era ...
Place:
denmark, europe, england, copenhagen, scandinavia ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Italy
Duration: 167 min.
Story:
It's 1863. America was born in the streets. Amsterdam Vallon returns to the Five Points of America to seek vengeance against the psychotic gangland kingpin, Bill the Butcher, who murdered his father years earlier. With an eager pickpocket by ...
Style:
tense, rough, bloody, epic, atmospheric ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
revenge, gang, vengeance, gangster, organized crime, street gang, violence, betrayal, racism, courage, violent, gang war ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1800s, 1860s, 50s ...
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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Genre: Biography, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Enraged at the slaughter of Murron, his new bride and childhood love, Scottish warrior William Wallace slays a platoon of the local English lord's soldiers. This leads the village to revolt and, eventually, the entire country to rise up against ...
Style:
epic, factual, bloody, scenic, breathtaking ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly, chick flick, adult
Plot:
sword fight, war, courage, freedom, medieval, vengeance, tragic hero, battles, military, love story, warrior, beautiful scenery ...
Time:
middle ages, medieval times, 14th century, ancient times, 20th century ...
Place:
scotland, england, europe, scottish highlands, britain ...
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Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Italy, France
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He ...
Style:
perverse, creepy, erotic, slasher, mind bending ...
Plot:
closeted homosexual, eye, serial killer, female serial killer, psychotic, female psychopath, musician, obsession, murder, voyeurism, male homosexuality, gay ...
Time:
year 1971, 70s
Place:
rome italy, europe, italy, germany
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