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Veta
Veta (1986)

Directed by A. Kodanda Rami Reddy
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Kongara Jaggaiah, Sumalatha, Ranganath, Nutan Prasad

Chiranjeevi is a sailor working on a ship during the British rule. He is in love with a wealthy woman Jayaprada and her bava, who works for the British army also wants to marry her.
Nizhalkuthu
Nizhalkuthu (2002)
, 1h30
Directed by Adoor Gopalakrishnan
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Oduvil Unnikrishnan, Sukumari, Murali, Sivakumar, Narain, Shivaji

The plot is set in the 1940s in a village of Travancore, British India. Kaliyappan, the last hangman of Travancore dynasty is dragging his remaining life by consuming alcohol and worshipping the Mother Goddess. The reason for this self-destruction is the remorse born out of the feeling that the last man he hanged was an innocent.
12 Angry Men
12 Angry Men (1957)
, 1h35
Directed by Sidney Lumet
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Assassinat, L'action se déroule en une journée, Théâtre, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays
Actors Henry Fonda, Lee J. Cobb, E. G. Marshall, Martin Balsam, Jack Warden, John Fiedler

The story begins in a New York City courtroom, where an 19-year-old boy from a slum is on trial for allegedly stabbing his father to death. Final closing arguments are presented, and the judge then instructs the jury to decide whether the boy is guilty of murder. The judge further informs them that a guilty verdict will be accompanied by a mandatory death sentence.
88 Minutes
88 Minutes (2007)
, 1h47
Directed by Jon Avnet
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Crime
Themes Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Al Pacino, Alicia Witt, Leelee Sobieski, Deborah Kara Unger, Amy Brenneman, Neal McDonough

Forensic psychiatrist Dr. Jack Gramm (Al Pacino) testifies at the trial of suspected serial murderer Jon Forster (Neal McDonough), dubbed "The Seattle Slayer" by police. Gramm's testimony and expert psychiatric opinion are crucial to help convict Forster of the attempted killing of Janie Cates and the murder of Joanie Cates, who was drugged, hanged upside down, and killed after the killer broke into her home. After receiving his conviction by the jury, Forster taunts Gramm, saying "Tick-tock, Doc."
The 5th Day of Peace
The 5th Day of Peace (1970)
, 1h46
Directed by Giuliano Montaldo
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, War
Themes Politique, Prison films, Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Richard Johnson, Franco Nero, Michael Goodliffe, Bud Spencer, Helmuth Schneider, Rade Šerbedžija

Two German deserters, Ensign Bruno Grauber (Franco Nero) and Corporal Reiner Schultz (Larry Aubrey) are captured by the Canadians at the end of World War II. They are interned in a Canadian-run POW camp where the senior German officer, Colonel Von Bleicher, is a career officer. Their fellow German prisoners of war, led by Von Bleicher, discover that they are deserters. They are put through a formal military court martial organised by Von Bleicher and charged with cowardice. They are sentenced to death and are to be executed on the "fifth day of peace". Von Bleicher pressures the Canadian camp commandant to allow the execution to be carried out and requests rifles and ammunition to carry out the sentence.
Monster's Ball
Monster's Ball (2001)
, 1h51
Directed by Marc Forster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Films about capital punishment
Actors Billy Bob Thornton, Halle Berry, Heath Ledger, Peter Boyle, Sean Combs, Mos Def

Hank Grotowski (Billy Bob Thornton), a widower, and his son, Sonny (Heath Ledger), are corrections officers in a local state prison. They reside in Georgia with Hank's ailing father, Buck (Peter Boyle), a racist whose wife committed suicide.
Absence of Malice
Absence of Malice (1981)
, 1h56
Directed by Sydney Pollack
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Paul Newman, Sally Field, Bob Balaban, Melinda Dillon, Luther Adler, Barry Primus

Miami liquor wholesaler Michael Gallagher (Newman), who is the son of a deceased criminal, awakes one day to find himself a front-page story in the local newspaper, indicating that he is being investigated in the disappearance and presumed murder of a local longshoreman union official, Joey Diaz.
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer (2003)
, 1h29
Directed by Nick Broomfield
Genres Drama, Documentary, Crime
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment, Documentary films about law enforcement
Actors Nick Broomfield

The film focuses on an evidentiary hearing held in Marion County, Florida in February of 2001 which was the site of some but not all of Wuornos' murders for which she was convicted and sentenced to death. It shows the work of the Office of Capital Collateral Regional counsel, led by attorney Joseph T. Hobson who is both interviewed and featured in the film and who seeks to vacate Wuornos' death sentences. It shows Judge Victor Musleh presiding over these proceedings and assistant state attorney, now judge, James McCune who defended the death sentences for the State of Florida. Hobson is shown vigorously cross-examining Wuornos' trial counsel, Steven Glazer, aka "Dr. Legal". Glazer was the unflattering subject of a prior Broomfield documentary on Aileen Wuornos, somewhat the "prequel" to this work, called Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer. It was Hobson's line of attack that the efficacy of his client's (Wuornos') trial strategy was compromised by Glazer's pecuniary and self-promotional aims.
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation
Albert Fish: In Sin He Found Salvation (2007)
, 1h26
Directed by John Borowski
Origin USA
Genres Documentary, Horror, Historical, Crime
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment, Documentary films about law enforcement
Actors Tony Jay

(DVD description) Albert Fish tells the horrific true story of a sadomasochistic cannibal, child molester, and serial killer, who lured children to their deaths in Depression-era New York City. Elderly but still deadly, Fish was inspired by biblical tales as he took the stories of pain, punishment, atonement, and suffering literally as he preyed on victims to torture and sacrifice.