Death Row Movies

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...

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

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

Brash hoodlum Tom Connors enters Sing Sing cocksure of himself and disrespectful toward authority, but his tough but compassionate warden changes him.

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

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

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

Valerie's (Amanda Peterson) prosecutor mom is trying to put away Adam (Christopher Atkins), an alleged serial killer on trial for murdering six...

In this fact-based made-for TV film, Gary Gilmore, an Indiana man who just finished serving a lengthy stay in prison, tries to start anew by moving...

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

Chuck Toedan hosts the most controversial show on TV: Live or Die, where deathrow inmates compete against each other for a chance to beat the...

Locked in her cell, a murderer reflects on the events that have led her to death row.

A condemned murderer, in the process of being executed, relives the events that led to his being sentenced to die in the electric chair. Told in...

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

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 China more people are on death row than the rest of the world combined. The children of the convicts are often left alone, stigmatized and living...

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 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.

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...

A reporter sets out to provide how unreliable circumstantial evidence is by faking a murder and then taking the rap for it. However, the "fake"...