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Ironclads
Ironclads (1991)
, 1h34
Directed by Delbert Mann
Origin USA
Genres War, Historical
Themes Political films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Virginia Madsen, Alex Hyde-White, E. G. Marshall, Fritz Weaver, Philip Casnoff, Reed Diamond

As the Norfolk Naval Shipyard (Gosport Shipyard) fell to Confederate forces, and the Union forces withdrew, Leslie Harmon (Reed Diamond) extinguished a powder trail to destroy a dry dock. Although of military necessity, the act would have caused significant collateral damage to neighboring civilians.
Virumaandi
Virumaandi (2004)
, 2h45
Directed by Kamal Haasan
Genres Drama, Action
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Kamal Haasan, Abhirami, Nassar, Pasupathy, Rohini, Sennalkudi Narayana Thevar Lakshmi

The film starts with Angela Kathamuthu (Rohini) and her cameraman in Central Jail interviewing prisoners serving life imprisonment and awaiting the death sentence. She meets Kothala Thevar (Pasupathy) who is serving a life sentence. He tells his version of the story that led to his conviction. According to him the root cause of the problem is Virumaandi (Kamal Haasan) - the happy go lucky rogue. His support to Kothala Thevar in his clash against Nallama Naicker (Napoleon) brings about a bonding between the two. Annalakshmi (Abhirami), the niece of Thevar falls for Virumaandi. Thevar with an eye on the fertile land owned by Virumaandi does not object to the romance. According to Thevar, Annalakshmi was abducted by Virumaandi and raped. A clash between Virumaandi and Thevar takes places in which 24 innocent people are killed.
Day Break
Day Break (2005)
, 1h24
Origin Iran
Genres Drama
Themes Films about capital punishment
Actors Hossein Yari

Mansour Ziaee (Hossein Yari) is a prison inmate in Iran's capital Tehran, who is awaiting his execution for murder. The film outlines his previous story in brief flashbacks: He is from the small village Zir Ab (probably a fictitious village since the four existing Iranian places of that name are not in the north of Tehran), where his family was farming sheep. Hoping for a better future, he convinced his parents and his wife to move to Tehran, but once there, faced difficulties keeping the job he had counted on. Although the crime he committed and its immediate antecedents are never directly shown, it appears that he killed someone, probably his employer, with a brick stone on a busy street in broad daylight. He is apprehended on the spot and later sentenced to death.
Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday (2006)
, 2h
Directed 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.
On Suffocation
On Suffocation (2013)
, 7minutes
Genres Drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Films about capital punishment, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film

In Iran, two young men are hanged for being homosexual, a sex crime.
The Captain's Paradise
The Captain's Paradise (1953)
, 1h34
Directed by Anthony Kimmins
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Alec Guinness, Yvonne De Carlo, Celia Johnson, Charles Goldner, Miles Malleson, Bill Fraser

Au début des années 1950, au nord du Maroc (alors sous protectorat espagnol), Henry Saint James est amené devant un peloton d'exécution. Alors que les soldats se préparent à tirer, se déroule un long flashback.
L'Abolition
L'Abolition (2008)
, 3h
Directed by Jean-Daniel Verhaeghe
Origin France
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Charles Berling, Didier Bezace, Gérard Depardieu, Edwin Kruger, Alain Fromager, Mathieu Simonet

L'histoire de Robert Badinter qui fut l'artisan majeur de l'abolition de la peine de mort en France.
A Letter from Death Row
A Letter from Death Row (1998)

Directed by Bret Michaels
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Bret Michaels, Martin Sheen, Charlie Sheen

Michael Raine, condamné à mort pour le meurtre de sa petite amie, reçoit la visite de Jessica Foster dans le couloir de la mort. Cette dernière cherche à rédiger un livre sur la vie des prisonniers condamnés à la peine capitale. Raine y voit l’occasion de prouver son innocence. Il décide alors de rassembler tous les éléments de l’enquête afin de démontrer qu’il est victime d’un complot. Mais l’est-il vraiment ? Qui est réellement cette Jessica Foster ? Les jours défilent et la date de son exécution se rapproche à grands pas. Raine trouvera -t-il la pièce manquante du puzzle pour s’en sortir ?
L'apprenti Bourreau
L'apprenti Bourreau (2016)

Directed by Junfeng Boo
Origin Singapore
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment

Le film narre l’histoire d’Aiman, jeune homme honteux d’un père jadis condamné à mort trente ans plus tôt et cherchant depuis lors à s’en distinguer autant que possible.
Mauprat
Mauprat (1926)
, 1h28
Directed by Jean Epstein
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Prison films, Films about capital punishment
Actors Sandra Milowanoff, Maurice Schutz, Nino Constantini, René Ferté, Alex Allin, Luis Buñuel

Deux membres de la famille Mauprat, doivent leur fortune à l'audace de leurs brigandages. Retirés dans le château qui leur sert de quartier général, ils y préparent minutieusement leurs coups, qu'ils exécutent ensuite en toute impunité.
The New Land
The New Land (1972)
, 2h15
Directed by Jan Troell
Origin Suede
Genres Drama, Historical, Western
Themes Films about immigration, Films about capital punishment
Actors Max von Sydow, Liv Ullmann, Eddie Axberg, Monica Zetterlund, Pierre Lindstedt, Allan Edwall

The film begins where the previous film, The Emigrants ended, with Karl Oskar bringing Kristina and their three small children, Johan, Marta and Harald, along with Karl Oskar's brother Robert, Robert's friend Arvid, through the woods to the land he claimed at Lake Ki Chi Saga. Upon their arrival, Karl Oskar leads them to a small shanty he found on the land, telling them it will provide them shelter until he can build them a farmhouse, and he points out to Kristina how fertile the topsoil is. With three small children and Kristina expecting another child, Karl Oskar pours all their resources into building them a house before winter arrives. He begins clearing the land of the tall pine trees, and with the help of Robert, Arvid and some of their Swedish neighbors, construct for them a small farmhouse.