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

1. Terminator 2: Judgment Day (1991)

R | 137 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

A cyborg, identical to the one who failed to kill Sarah Connor, must now protect her ten year old son John from an even more advanced and powerful cyborg.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Linda Hamilton, Edward Furlong, Robert Patrick

Votes: 1,174,593 | Gross: $204.84M

2. Death Note (2006–2007)

TV-14 | 24 min | Animation, Crime, Drama

An intelligent high school student goes on a secret crusade to eliminate criminals from the world after discovering a notebook capable of killing anyone whose name is written into it.

Stars: Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryô Naitô

Votes: 378,798

3. True Lies (1994)

R | 141 min | Action, Comedy, Thriller

A fearless, globe-trotting, terrorist-battling secret agent has his life turned upside down when he discovers his wife might be having an affair with a used-car salesman while terrorists smuggle nuclear war heads into the United States.

Director: James Cameron | Stars: Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jamie Lee Curtis, Tom Arnold, Bill Paxton

Votes: 281,076 | Gross: $146.28M

4. 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: 319,981 | Gross: $73.34M

5. The Fugitive (1993)

PG-13 | 130 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dr. Richard Kimble, unjustly accused of murdering his wife, must find the real killer while being the target of a nationwide manhunt led by a seasoned U.S. Marshal.

Director: Andrew Davis | Stars: Harrison Ford, Tommy Lee Jones, Sela Ward, Julianne Moore

Votes: 318,809 | Gross: $183.88M

6. The Poughkeepsie Tapes (2007)

R | 81 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

In an abandoned house in Poughkeepsie, New York murder investigators uncover hundreds of tapes showing decades of a serial killer's work.

Director: John Erick Dowdle | Stars: Stacy Chbosky, Ben Messmer, Samantha Robson, Ivar Brogger

Votes: 24,751

7. Venom: Let There Be Carnage (2021)

PG-13 | 97 min | Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller

Eddie Brock attempts to reignite his career by interviewing serial killer Cletus Kasady, who becomes the host of the symbiote Carnage and escapes prison after a failed execution.

Director: Andy Serkis | Stars: Tom Hardy, Woody Harrelson, Michelle Williams, Naomie Harris

Votes: 259,136 | Gross: $213.55M

8. Assassin's Creed (2016)

PG-13 | 115 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Callum Lynch explores the memories of his ancestor Aguilar de Nerha and gains the skills of a Master Assassin, before taking on the secret Templar society.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: Michael Fassbender, Marion Cotillard, Jeremy Irons, Brendan Gleeson

Votes: 208,928 | Gross: $54.65M

9. The Glass House (2001)

PG-13 | 106 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

An orphaned teenager is taken in by a Malibu couple but discovers they aren't the caring friends they seemed to be.

Director: Daniel Sackheim | Stars: Diane Lane, Leelee Sobieski, Stellan Skarsgård, Bruce Dern

Votes: 39,851 | Gross: $18.00M

10. Little Dixie (2023)

R | 105 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

Doc, a former special forces operative, facilitates a fragile truce in secrecy between the state governor and a Mexican drug cartel. But when it breaks down, the cartel's hatchet man sets his vengeful sights on Doc's daughter.

Director: John Swab | Stars: Frank Grillo, Eric Dane, Beau Knapp, Annabeth Gish

Votes: 1,590

11. Aileen Wuornos: American Boogeywoman (2021)

R | 85 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The early years of notorious serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who marries a wealthy, older man in 1976, only to inflict mayhem within her new family and Florida's high society.

Director: Daniel Farrands | Stars: Peyton List, Tobin Bell, Lydia Hearst, Nick Vallelonga

Votes: 2,144

12. Josie (2018)

Not Rated | 100 min | Drama, Thriller

Hank, a solitary man living a dull existence in the sleepy, Southern town raises eyebrows when he develops a questionable relationship with Josie, a recently transplanted high school student.

Director: Eric England | Stars: Sophie Turner, Dylan McDermott, Robin Bartlett, Jack Kilmer

Votes: 3,514

13. Dear Mr. Gacy (2010)

R | 103 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

A chronicle of the interaction between college student Jason Moss and the object of his obsession, serial killer John Wayne Gacy.

Director: Svetozar Ristovski | Stars: William Forsythe, Jesse Moss, Emma Lahana, Cole Heppell

Votes: 3,810

14. Bullet (I) (2014)

Not Rated | 87 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A tough cop takes the law into his own hands when his grandson is kidnapped.

Director: Nick Lyon | Stars: Danny Trejo, Jonathan Banks, Julia Dietze, John Savage

Votes: 3,668

15. The Phantom (II) (2021)

82 min | Documentary

Carlos DeLuna was arrested in 1983 aged 21 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, and protested his innocence until his execution, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime.

Director: Patrick Forbes | Stars: Janie Adrian, Richard Anderson, Julie Arsuaga, Kevan Baker

Votes: 983

16. Where Truth Lies (1996)

R | 97 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Driven to drink by his wife's death, a tormented doctor is committed to an experimental rehab.

Director: William H. Molina | Stars: John Savage, Kim Cattrall, Malcolm McDowell, Candice Daly

Votes: 316

17. 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: 2,405

18. Poltergeist: The Legacy (1996–1999)
Episode: Song of the Raven (1999)

TV-14 | 43 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

Investigating bizarre murders in which the victims' eyes are ceremoniously gouged out, the Legacy members note the similarity to murders committed five years earlier by Raymond Corvus, ... See full summary »

Director: Garner Simmons | Stars: Derek de Lint, Martin Cummins, Robbi Chong, Kristin Lehman

Votes: 24

19. The Ren & Stimpy Show (1991–1996)
Episode: Ren's Toothache/Big House Blues (1992)

TV-Y7 | 24 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

Ren learns the benefits of dental hygiene the hard way, as he refuses to listen to Stimpy's advice on brushing your teeth. Then Ren and Stimpy are tossed in the pound, where they discover the true meaning of "going to sleep".

Directors: Kelly Armstrong, Bob Camp, Gregg Vanzo, John Kricfalusi, Bong Hee Han | Stars: Bob Camp, Cheryl Chase, Brian Chin, John Kricfalusi

Votes: 275

20. American Horror Story (2011– )
Episode: Episode 100 (2019)

TV-MA | 40 min | Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi

With the horrors of the night behind them the survivors deal with the fallout of their choices.

Director: Loni Peristere | Stars: Emma Roberts, Billie Lourd, Leslie Grossman, Cody Fern

Votes: 2,702

21. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: Aileen Wuornos: The Highway Killer (2010)

45 min | Documentary, Crime

From 30 November 1989 through 19 November 1990, seven Florida men lie dead when a hitchhiking prostitute starts breaking all the rules.

Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Dawn Botkins, Al Bulling, Henry Frederick

Votes: 21

22. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: Aileen Wuornos: Monster Made Part 2 (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1990, Florida police were on a frantic search for a killer. Seven men were dead, their bodies scattered along state highways. Terrorized motorists heard of the bullet-ridden victims of ... See full summary »

Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Taylor David, Mike Reynolds, Jack Kassewitz

Votes: 37

23. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: John Wayne Gacy: Evil Secret Part 2 (2019)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

This is the shocking and gruesome mystery of John Wayne Gacy, a popular Chicago businessman and part-time clown who was leading a double life in the 1970s. By day, Gacy was a community ... See full summary »

Director: Renee Cullen | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Eugenia Godzik, Alan Duke, Danny Broderick

Votes: 48

24. Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode: Lady Serial Killers (2019)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Crime

We look at female serial killers that targeted victims across the US including Jolly Jane Toppan, black widow Betty Lou Beets, and death nurse Genene Jones who murdered over 60 infants and children.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Katherine Ramsland, Eric Hickey, Steven A. Egger, Frederic Reamer

Votes: 16

25. Becoming Evil: Sisterhood of Murder (2019– )
Episode: 21st Century Serial Killers (2019)

TV-14 | 54 min | Documentary, Crime

The crimes of American spree killer Andrew Cunanan whose victims included Gianni Versace, the Beltway snipers who terrorised the Washington DC area, and the Milwaukee Cannibal Jeffrey Dahmer.

Director: Ron Meyer | Stars: Eric Hickey, Katherine Ramsland, Dirk Duran-Gibson, Steven A. Egger

Votes: 12

26. Saving Grace (2007–2010)
Episode: I Believe in Angels (2009)

TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy

Rhetta and Grace's shared dream shocks them both and puts them on the trail of an unknown woman, the team tries to determine if an old woman's story of self defense is true, and Leon doubts the strength of his faith.

Director: Artie Mandelberg | Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase

Votes: 113

27. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Collar and Leash Killer (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

A string of women are found dead by the side of the road with a unique ligature. Detectives are stumped until a 17-year-old girl manages an escape from a vicious kidnapper, leading police to a serial killer.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Cindy Brown, Stephen Cribb, J.T. Hunter, John Marsicano

Votes: 14

28. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Smell of Death (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

A rash of young men go missing around Chicago during the 1970's. When bodies start washing up in the river a pattern emerges.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: William Kunkle, Rachael Bell, Pat Berry, Greg Bedoe

Votes: 12

29. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )
Episode: Aileen Wuornos (2020)

60 min | Documentary, Crime

A look at the life and crimes of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, who murdered 7 men in Florida by shooting them at point-blank range. She was executed by lethal injection in 2002.

Stars: Aileen Wuornos, Geoffrey Wansell, Elizabeth Yardley, Taylor David

Votes: 22

30. Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)
Episode: Aileen Wuornos (2020)

TV-14 | 83 min | Documentary, Crime

America's first female serial killer wrote down her darkest secrets for her best friend while on Florida's death row. Now, for the first time, those secrets are revealed in detail as the ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Brisley | Stars: Aileen Wuornos, Taylor David, Brian Jarvis, Dawn Botkins

Votes: 90

31. Numb3rs (2005–2010)
Episode: 12:01 AM (2009)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Charlie is distracted from applying math to his first basketball-coaching job when a doctor claims to have evidence that clears a death-row inmate, leaving him and the team very little time to be sure real justice occurs.

Director: Ralph Hemecker | Stars: Rob Morrow, David Krumholtz, Judd Hirsch, Alimi Ballard

Votes: 241

32. Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode: Predators (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

Insatiable greed turns a young woman into a systematic killer, the friendly lady next door has a backyard full of bodies and a lone woman stalks random victims on the highways of Florida.

Director: John Mavety | Stars: Janis Amatuzio, Dawn Botkins, John Cabrera, Merle Cannonball

Votes: 35

33. Deadly Women (2008– )
Episode: Twisted Minds (2008)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime

When a deranged mind snaps, there's no telling when the killing will stop. A young woman opens fire in a shopping mall, a nurse develops a deadly desire for attention and a mother driven by despair does the unthinkable.

Director: John Mavety | Stars: Janis Amatuzio, Dan Balcaban, Bruce Bartlett, Candice DeLong

Votes: 40

34. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The I 40 Killer (2021)

Documentary, Crime

A killer is murdering and mutilating young women along the Route 40 corridor in Delaware. But when investigators set up an undercover operation, the hunter soon becomes the hunted.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Joseph Swiski, Kathleen Jennings, Nancy Miller, Nancy Reneé Seward

Votes: 19

35. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The I-95 Killer (2021)

Documentary, Crime

After multiple men are discovered brutally murdered, investigators determine that each victim was last seen with a stranger they met in a bar. Police ask the public for help in tracking down a dangerous drifter before he kills again.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: John Best, Dennis Regan, Pat Lalama, Bernie de la Rionda

Votes: 14

36. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Tourniquet Killer (2021)

Documentary, Crime

A Houston killer taunts the media and authorities as he uses homemade ligatures to murder his victims.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Arturo Mejia, Brian Rogers, Hal Kennedy, Dan Billingsley

Votes: 11

37. Mayor of Kingstown (2021– )
Episode: The End Begins (2021)

TV-MA | 50 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Local gang leader, Bunny is upset when one of his guys gets taken off the yard. Mike brokers a deal, and is later visited by two FBI agents whom Mitch worked for. Milo has instructions for Josef on how to get closer to Mike.

Director: Ben Richardson | Stars: Jeremy Renner, Dianne Wiest, Hugh Dillon, Tobi Bamtefa

Votes: 1,469

38. Law & Order: Criminal Intent (2001–2011)
Episode: Disciple (2010)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A confessed killer claims he is innocent of the murder he is about to be executed for, and more doubt is soon cast on the situation when a copycat killer begins to strike.

Director: Christine Moore | Stars: Jeff Goldblum, Saffron Burrows, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Ryan O'Nan

Votes: 231

39. Crime Stories (1998– )
Episode: The Roaming Rapist (2007)

46 min | Documentary, Crime

For three weeks in May of 1984, a brutal killer had a nation on edge. A bloody spree of rapes, kidnappings, and murders resulted in the deaths of six Oklahoma residents, including a local ... See full summary »

Director: Steve Allen | Stars: Bill Courage, Misty Doak, Misty Doak, Stanley Glanz

Votes: 9

40. Dual Suspects (2010– )
Episode: Gainesville Ripper (2011)

Drama

A serial killer goes on a rampage in the college town of Gainesville, Florida in 1990,and after five murders have been committed, a troubled 18-year-old freshman becomes the number one ... See full summary »

Director: Marcus Valentin | Stars: Jacqueline Bynon, Bruce Pringle, Danny Rolling, Dave Edwards

41. 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 »

42. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Aileen Wuornos: The Damsel of Death (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

In 1989, Richard Mallory is found shot dead in the brush off the side of a Florida highway, just the first of seven murdered men found in a similar setting. Their predator is Aileen Wuornos... See full summary »

Director: David Bispham | Stars: Taylor David, Brian Jarvis, David Damore, Dawn Botkins

Votes: 11

43. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: Death Row: Japan vs United States - What's the Difference? (2020)

12 min | Documentary, Animation

The United States and Japan are the only first world countries that still execute criminals. Their methods and legal systems vary considerably but both have been called into question.

44. Be Amazed (2015– )
Episode: Comparing Death Rows Around the World (2021)

Documentary

If you have trouble controlling your temper and tend to run amok there are quite a number of countries that may decide to put you out of their misery with a trip to death row. Here's what to expect when you're caught.

45. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: China's Mobile Execution Vans - Worst Punishments in the History of Mankind (2020)

7 min | Documentary, Animation

China's mobile execution vans were introduced in 2006 featuring convenience, low-cost, humane execution by lethal injection and, perhaps, some political persuasion to local residents to stay on the straight and narrow.

46. 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.

47. The Infographics Show (2011– )
Episode: Evil Torture Methods Designed to be Worse Than Death (2022)

18 min | Documentary, Animation

You've got to wonder about people that dream up excruciating ways to torture or punish others. Unfortunately they are a creative bunch with no shortage of gruesome ideas.

48. Criminal Minds (2005– )
Episode: Burn (2014)

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

The team heads to Seattle to hunt for a murderer whose MO appears to change at random.

Director: Karen Gaviola | Stars: Joe Mantegna, Shemar Moore, Matthew Gray Gubler, A.J. Cook

Votes: 2,347

49. Born to Kill? (2005– )
Episode: John Wayne Gacy: The Killer Clown (2011)

43 min | Documentary, Crime

Community pillar John Wayne Gacy, one of the most prolific killers in American history, targeted teenage boys and young men for sexual assault, torture and murder.

Director: Neil Edwards | Stars: Christopher Slade, Donald W. Black, Ray Cornell, Robert Egan

Votes: 35