Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "botched-execution"

1. Gladiator (2000)

R | 155 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

A former Roman General sets out to exact vengeance against the corrupt emperor who murdered his family and sent him into slavery.

Director: Ridley Scott | Stars: Russell Crowe, Joaquin Phoenix, Connie Nielsen, Oliver Reed

Votes: 1,626,855 | Gross: $187.71M

2. Law Abiding Citizen (2009)

R | 109 min | Action, Crime, Drama

A frustrated man decides to take justice into his own hands after a plea bargain sets one of his family's killers free.

Director: F. Gary Gray | Stars: Gerard Butler, Jamie Foxx, Leslie Bibb, Colm Meaney

Votes: 320,966 | Gross: $73.34M

3. Law of Tehran (2019)

131 min | Action, Crime, Drama

The police are after a drug lord named Naser Khakzad, but when they finally manage to catch him, he tries whatever he can think of to escape and save his family.

Director: Saeed Roustayi | Stars: Payman Maadi, Navid Mohammadzadeh, Parinaz Izadyar, Farhad Aslani

Votes: 18,744

4. ABCs of Death 2 (2014)

Not Rated | 125 min | Comedy, Horror

Another 26-chapter anthology that showcases death in all its vicious wonder and brutal beauty.

Directors: Rodney Ascher, Julian Barratt, Robert Boocheck, Alejandro Brugués, Kristina Buozyte, Alexandre Bustillo, Larry Fessenden, Julian Gilbey, Jim Hosking, Lancelot Oduwa Imasuen, E.L. Katz, Aharon Keshales, Steven Kostanski, Marvin Kren, Juan Martínez Moreno, Erik Matti, Wolfgang Matzl, Julien Maury, Robert Morgan, Chris Nash, Vincenzo Natali, Hajime Ohata, Navot Papushado, Bill Plympton, Dennison Ramalho, Todd Rohal, Jerome Sable, Bruno Samper, Jen Soska, Sylvia Soska, Sôichi Umezawa | Stars: Eric Jacobus, Andy Nyman, Simon Barrett, Teela LaRoux

Votes: 9,164 | Gross: $0.01M

5. Seed (2006)

Not Rated | 90 min | Horror

After a seemingly undead man is bound and buried alive, he digs himself back to the surface and seeks bloody vengeance on those who caused him his suffering.

Director: Uwe Boll | Stars: Michael Paré, Will Sanderson, Ralf Moeller, Jodelle Ferland

Votes: 7,252

6. The Paleface (1948)

Approved | 91 min | Comedy, Family, Western

Calamity Jane is dispatched to find out who's smuggling rifles to the Indians, and winds up married to a hapless correspondence-school dentist as part of her cover.

Director: Norman Z. McLeod | Stars: Bob Hope, Jane Russell, Robert Armstrong, Iris Adrian

Votes: 4,572

7. Black Tuesday (1954)

Approved | 80 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Gangster Vincent Canelli and bank robber Peter Manning escape from Death Row minutes before their execution by electric chair.

Director: Hugo Fregonese | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Jean Parker, Peter Graves, Milburn Stone

Votes: 681

8. Man Made Monster (1941)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Horror, Romance

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

Director: George Waggner | Stars: Lionel Atwill, Lon Chaney Jr., Anne Nagel, Frank Albertson

Votes: 1,884

9. Unspeakable (2002)

R | 108 min | Horror, Thriller

A woman battles an unspeakable terror.

Director: Thomas J. Wright | Stars: Pavan Grover, Michelle Wolff, Mark Voltura, Marco Rodríguez

Votes: 1,513

10. Love Comes to the Executioner (2006)

R | 89 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

A young man is hired as the executioner at a prison where his brother sits on death row. Things get more surreal when he falls in love with his brother's ex-girlfriend -- who's imprisoned herself.

Director: Kyle Bergersen | Stars: Jonathan Tucker, Jeremy Renner, Ginnifer Goodwin, Christine Ebersole

Votes: 945

11. Last Rites (1998 TV Movie)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A man (Quaid) is executed in the electric chair for having killed several women, but due to lightning striking a transformer at the moment of execution, he survives. As soon as he's well, ... See full summary »

Director: Kevin Dowling | Stars: Randy Quaid, Embeth Davidtz, A Martinez, Clarence Williams III

Votes: 613

12. Two Down (2015)

92 min | Comedy, Crime, Thriller

A young woman's world is turned upside down when an injured hit man takes her hostage at gunpoint in her own home.

Director: Matthew Butler-Hart | Stars: Alex Hassell, Tori Butler-Hart, Emma King, Nick Rhys

Votes: 2,061

13. Squeal of Death (1985)

16 min | Short, Comedy, Crime

Absurd slapstick cartoon-like comedy about Howie, a scrawny kid pushed around by his slob dad and everyone else. He loves cinema and becomes obsessed with a gangster film. This pushes him over the edge into the life of crime. Or does it?

Directors: Tom Stern, Alex Winter | Stars: James Cook, John Henson, Brenda Slaughter, Tom Stern

Votes: 57

14. Get Smart (1965–1970)
Episode: The Day They Raided the Knights (1969)

TV-G | 25 min | Action, Adventure, Comedy

It's budget-cutting time at CONTROL and 99, who has less seniority, is temporarily laid off.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: Don Adams, Barbara Feldon, Edward Platt, John Harding

Votes: 158

15. Oz (1997–2003)
Episode: Capital P (1997)

TV-MA | 57 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Governor Devlin has reinstated capital punishment in the state--and the first Oz prisoner scheduled to die is Jefferson Keane, who killed a Latino in their skirmish. Before he's executed, Keane donates a kidney to his ailing sister.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Ernie Hudson, Terry Kinney, Harold Perrineau, Eamonn Walker

Votes: 2,413

16. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Hurricane Neddy (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

After a hurricane destroys Ned Flanders' house, he suffers a nervous breakdown and is forced to confront repressed problems from his childhood.

Director: Bob Anderson | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,909

17. The Twilight Zone (1959–1964)
Episode: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge (1964)

TV-PG | 25 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

During the American Civil War in 1862, a condemned Confederate prisoner, Peyton Farquhar, is due to be hanged by Union troops.

Director: Robert Enrico | Stars: Roger Jacquet, Anne Cornaly, Anker-Spang Larsen, Stéphane Fey

Votes: 2,725

18. Penn & Teller: Bullshit! (2003–2010)
Episode: The Death Penalty (2006)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy, Documentary

Penn and Teller argue against the death penalty.

Directors: Star Price, Scott Firestone, Chip Selby, David Wechter | Stars: Penn Jillette, Teller, Steven Banks, Alan Gell

Votes: 163

19. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: The Angel Maker (2008)

TV-14 | 42 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

On the anniversary of a serial killer's execution, a murder spree which appears to be connected to him begins and the team must try and understand his mind in order to stop it.

Director: Glenn Kershaw | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Paget Brewster, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler

Votes: 2,243

20. Game of Thrones (2011–2019)
Episode: The Old Gods and the New (2012)

TV-MA | 54 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Theon seizes control of Winterfell. Jon captures a wildling, named Ygritte. The people of King's Landing begin to turn against King Joffrey. Daenerys looks to buy ships to sail for the Seven Kingdoms.

Director: David Nutter | Stars: Peter Dinklage, Lena Headey, Michelle Fairley, Emilia Clarke

Votes: 33,002

21. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: What Happens When Death Row Execution Fails (2022)

14 min | Documentary, Animation

People have been executed for centuries so you'd think we've got it down pat. Not so. Botched executions are pretty common. But if you think that will get you off the hook, not so. Usually ... See full summary »

22. Hunderby (2012–2015)
Episode: Episode #1.7 (2012)

21 min | Comedy

In order to meet the terms of the inheritance, Dorothy tries to speed Helene's pregnancy up - with Biddy as a makeshift midwife. Edmund is distracted by a new companion to replace Geoff.

Director: Tony Dow | Stars: Julia Davis, Alexandra Roach, Alex Macqueen, Rufus Jones

Votes: 22

23. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: The Brutal Execution of the Queen of Scotts (2022)

22 min | Documentary, Animation

A brief account of Mary Queen of Scotts' convoluted efforts to protect her throne.

24. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: Executions That Went Horribly Wrong (2021)

12 min | Documentary, Animation

Over the centuries many many people have been executed. And you can't expect all of them to go exactly as planned. Here are several executions that caused excess discomfort to the executed ... See full summary »

25. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: 50 Insane Execution and Death Penalty Facts That Will Shock You (2020)

12 min | Documentary, Animation

Executions are often seen as a necessary means to remove extremely dangerous people from society. But it has its tragic side when used for oppression or when innocent people are executed or the execution is botched.

26. Homeland (2011–2020)
Episode: Threnody(s) (2020)

TV-MA | 49 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Carrie waits. Wellington makes a discovery.

Director: Michael Klick | Stars: Claire Danes, Maury Sterling, Costa Ronin, Linus Roache

Votes: 1,971