Death Row Movies

After his death sentence is commuted to life in prison, John Resko is transferred from Sing-Sing to Dannemora where, with the help of a humane prison...

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...

Mad scientist turns a man into an electrically-controlled monster to do his bidding.

A man waits on death row while his son and friend try to prove that he did not kill a grocer with an ax.

A Death Row inmate uses his prison law studies to fight for his life. Based on a true story.

A psychologist interviews a death row inmate to determine whether or not a stay of execution should be granted.

The film chronicles the life and revolutionary times of death row political prisoner Mumia Abu-Jamal.

Richard, a lonely and well-meaning prison officer, is put in charge of reading and censoring the letters received by inmates.

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...

Charlie Chan is sought out by Pamela Gray, a desperate young socialite whose brother Paul awaits execution for the murder of a weapons inventor....

When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the...

In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of...

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

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...

As a woman walks the "last mile" to her execution she remembers back to the incidents that got her framed for murder.

A man condemned to execution tries to convince two women that he is not their son and brother, and that they must get on with their lives.

Russell Gates (David Strahairn) is a Vietnam vet on death row for killing a policeman. His childhood sweetheart, Pam O'Brien (Sissy Spacek), is...

The troubled teenager Owen Whitmore has a sleep disorder and occasionally sleepwalks. Owen is having therapy sessions with Dr. Katherine Ramos....

Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning...

Devil worship? Could it be real? Follow up to Devil Worship: Exposing Satan's Underground.