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The Road to Guantanamo (2006)
, 1h35Directed by Michael Winterbottom, Mat Whitecross
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Prison films, Films about terrorism, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Riz Ahmed, Jason Salkey
The film portrays the accounts of Ruhal Ahmed, Asif Iqbal and Shafiq Rasul (the 'Tipton Three'); three young British men from Tipton in the West Midlands, who are of Pakistani and Bangladeshi ancestry. It features both actors and portrayals of actions, historical footage, and interviews with the three men.
In the Name of the Pope King (1977)
, 1h43Directed by Luigi Magni
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Films about religion, Films about capital punishment
Actors Nino Manfredi, Carmen Scarpitta, Carlo Bagno, Ettore Manni, Camillo Milli, Salvo Randone
In October 1867 the papal Rome, led by Pius IX is shaken by a bomb attack carried out in the sewers of the barracks of Palazzo Serristori, which kills twenty-three French pro-papal Zouaves : a countess, mother of secret revolutionary Cesare Costa, accused with friends Giuseppe Monti and Gaetano Tognetti to have organised this massacre, goes to a judge of the Holy See, Bishop of Priverno Colombo, asking him to help her.
, 1h30Directed by Adrian Shergold
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Timothy Spall, Juliet Stevenson, Eddie Marsan, Simon Armstrong, Tim Woodward, Ann Bell
The film loosely follows Britain's most prolific hangman, Albert Pierrepoint (Timothy Spall), from the time he is first trained for the job and accepted onto the list of the country's official hangmen in 1932 until his resignation in 1956.
Anne of the Thousand Days (1969)
, 2h25Directed by Charles Jarrott
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Biography, Historical, Romance
Themes Politique, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Films about royalty
Actors Richard Burton, Geneviève Bujold, Anthony Quayle, John Colicos, Irène Papas, Michael Hordern
The film begins in 1536 when Henry VIII (Richard Burton) considers whether or not he should sign the warrant for the execution of his second wife, Anne Boleyn: then, in a long flashback which takes up virtually the entire film, the whole truth is revealed. Starting in 1527, Henry has a problem: he reveals his dissatisfaction with his wife, Catherine of Aragon (Irene Papas). He is currently enjoying a discreet affair with Mary Boleyn, a daughter of Sir Thomas Boleyn who is one of his courtiers; but the King is bored with her too. At a court ball, he notices Mary's 18-year-old sister Anne (Geneviève Bujold), who has just returned from her education in France. She is engaged to the son of the Earl of Northumberland and they have received their parents' permission to marry. The King, however, is enraptured with Anne's beauty and orders his Lord Chancellor, Cardinal Wolsey, to break up the engagement.
Compulsion (1959)
, 1h43Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Orson Welles, Diane Varsi, Dean Stockwell, Bradford Dillman, E. G. Marshall, Martin Milner
Artie Strauss and Judd Steiner (Bradford Dillman and Dean Stockwell) kill a boy on his way home from school in order to commit the "perfect crime". Strauss tries to cover it up, but they are caught when police find a key piece of evidence — Steiner's glasses, which he inadvertently leaves at the scene of the crime. Famed attorney Jonathan Wilk (Orson Welles) takes their case, saving them from hanging by making an impassioned closing argument against capital punishment.
The Seventh Cross (1944)
, 1h50Directed by Fred Zinnemann, Andrew Marton
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Thriller
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Spencer Tracy, Signe Hasso, Hume Cronyn, Jessica Tandy, Agnes Moorehead, Herbert Rudley
The year is 1936. The film is narrated by Wallau (Ray Collins). Seven prisoners escape from the fictitious Westhofen concentration camp near Worms, Germany near the Rhine. They represent a cross-section of German society: a writer, a circus performer, a schoolmaster, a farmer, a Jewish grocery clerk, and two prisoners who are apparently political activists. One is George Heisler (Tracy) and the other his mentor Wallau (Collins), the leader of the group.
The Count of Monte Cristo (1934)
, 1h53Directed by Rowland V. Lee, Philip Dunne, Edward Small
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Robert Donat, Elissa Landi, Louis Calhern, Sidney Blackmer, Lionel Belmore, William Farnum
In 1815, a French merchant ship stops at the island of Elba. A letter from the exiled Napoleon is given to the ship's captain to deliver to a man in Marseille. Before he dies of a sickness, the captain entrusts the task to his first officer, Edmond Dantès (Donat). However, the city magistrate, Raymond de Villefort, Jr. (Calhern), is tipped off by an informer, the second officer, Danglars (Raymond Walburn), and has both men arrested after the exchange.
The Legend of Lizzie Borden (1975)
, 1h40Directed by Paul Wendkos
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about families, Films about capital punishment
Actors Elizabeth Montgomery, Katherine Helmond, Ed Flanders, Fionnula Flanagan, Don Porter, Fritz Weaver
The film, although based on fact, is a stylized retelling of the events of August 4, 1892 when the father and step-mother of New England spinster Lizzie Andrew Borden were found brutally murdered in their Fall River, Massachusetts home. The subsequent incarceration of the prime suspect (Lizzie herself) as well as the coroner's inquest and trial are largely faithfully depicted, using actual testimony. In what may be seen as deviation from the film's docudrama narrative, as Lizzie hears her verdict, flashbacks are shown of her actually committing the murders in the nude and bathing after each death, thus explaining why no blood was ever found on her or her clothes; however, it is left ambiguous whether Lizzie was actually reminiscing about the crimes or simply fantasizing how she herself would have disposed of her victims. The film ends after Lizzie's acquittal with Lizzie's sister Emma asking her point-blank if she killed their parents; Lizzie does not answer. The epilogue states that the killings of Andrew and Abby Borden remained unsolved.
Maundy Thursday (2006)
, 2hDirected by Song Hae-seong
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about families, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Films about capital punishment
Actors Kang Dong-won, Lee Na-young, Youn Yuh-jung, Oh Jung-se, Jang Hyun-sung, Kang Shin-il
Yu-jeong (Lee Na-young) has now attempted to commit suicide three times. Her disdain for her mother and indifference to the rest of the world, isolates her from any chance for happiness. Yu-jeong's aunt Sister Monica is a nun, and she often goes to the prison to visit death row inmates. Sister Monica meets a new death row inmate who asks if he could meet her niece. Yu-jeong reluctantly agrees.
Hangman's Graveyard (2009)
Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about cities, Films about capital punishment, Documentary films about law enforcement
, 1h38Directed by Damiano Damiani
Origin Italie
Genres Drama, Biography, Comedy, Crime
Themes Prison films, Serial killer films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Nino Manfredi, Gabriele Lavia, Orso Maria Guerrini, Mario Carotenuto, Arturo Dominici, Silvio Bagolini
Le film est inspiré de faits réels; un photographe Gino Girolimoni est faussement accusé du viol et du meurtre de plusieurs fillettes entre 1924 et 1928 à Rome.
Taxi (2015)
, 1h22Directed by Jafar Panahi
Origin Iran
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Transport films, Films about the labor movement, Films about automobiles, Films about capital punishment, Road movies
Actors Jafar Panahi
Le réalisateur Jafar Panahi, se faisant passer pour un chauffeur du nom d'Aghayé Panahi (en persan : آقای پناهی, Mr. Panahi) se trouve au volant d’un taxi partagé dans la capitale iranienne de Téhéran dans lequel il a installé une caméra. Cette caméra filme une succession d’archétypes iraniens variés qui prennent tous place à bord du taxi, les personnages étant plus ou moins conscients du stratagème orchestré par le cinéaste. Hommes ou femmes, jeunes ou vieux, riches ou pauvres, traditionalistes ou modernistes, aussi bien vendeur de vidéos pirates que défenseur des droits de l'homme, tous se retrouvent tour à tour dans le véhicule. Chaque personnage propose un portrait iranien spécifique et est également porteur d’un thème de société. Le film se termine par le vol de la caméra du taxi.
Monster (2004)
, 1h49Directed by Patty Jenkins
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Biography, Crime
Themes Feminist films, Prison films, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, LGBT-related films, Films about prostitution, Serial killer films, Political films, Films about capital punishment, Erotic thriller films, Buddy films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film, Lesbian-related films
Actors Charlize Theron, Christina Ricci, Bruce Dern, Lee Tergesen, Pruitt Taylor Vince, Scott Wilson
After moving from Michigan to Florida, Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute, meets Selby Wall in a gay bar. After initial hostility and declaring that she is not gay, Aileen talks to Selby over beers. Selby takes to Aileen almost immediately, as she likes that she is very protective of her. Selby invites her to spend the night with her. They return to the house where Selby is staying (temporarily exiled by her parents following the accusation from another girl that Selby tried to kiss her). They later agree to meet at a roller skating rink, and they kiss for the first time. Aileen and Selby fall in love, but they have nowhere to go, so Selby goes back to her Aunt's home.
The Front Page (1974)
, 1h45Directed by Billy Wilder, Carey Loftin, Howard Kazanjian
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about writers, Films about journalists, Films about sexuality, Théâtre, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Films about capital punishment, Films based on plays, Erotic thriller films
Actors Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau, Charles Durning, David Wayne, Susan Sarandon, Vincent Gardenia
Chicago Examiner reporter Hildebrand "Hildy" Johnson (Jack Lemmon) has just quit his job in order to marry Peggy Grant (Susan Sarandon) and start a new career, when convict Earl Williams (Austin Pendleton) escapes from death row just prior to his execution. Earl is an impoverished, bumbling leftist whose only offense is stuffing fortune cookies with messages demanding the release of Sacco and Vanzetti, but the yellow press of Chicago has painted him as a dangerous threat from Moscow. As a result the citizenry are anxious to see him put to death.
The Next Three Days (2010)
, 2h10Directed by Paul Haggis
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Crime, Romance
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Russell Crowe, Elizabeth Banks, Brian Dennehy, Olivia Wilde, Liam Neeson, Ty Simpkins
Lara Brennan (Elizabeth Banks) is convicted of murdering her boss and is sentenced to life in prison. The evidence seems impossible to dispute: her car is parked right next to the car of her boss, she is seen leaving the crime scene seconds before the body is discovered, the murder weapon (a fire extinguisher) has her fingerprints on it and she has the victim's blood on the back of her overcoat. Following the failure of her appeal, Lara's husband John Brennan (Russell Crowe), a professor at a community college, becomes obsessed with the idea of breaking her out of jail, while their son Luke ceases to acknowledge her during their prison visits, saddening Lara. One day, she attempts suicide, and tells John that she cannot survive a life in prison. John promises that this will not be her life.