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1. My Cousin Vinny (1992)
R | 120 min | Comedy, Crime
Two New Yorkers accused of murder in rural Alabama while on their way back to college call in the help of one of their cousins, a loudmouth lawyer with no trial experience.
Director: Jonathan Lynn | Stars: Joe Pesci, Marisa Tomei, Ralph Macchio, Mitchell Whitfield
Votes: 140,675 | Gross: $52.93M
2. Compulsion (1959)
Approved | 103 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
Two wealthy law-school students go on trial for murder in this version of the Leopold-Loeb case.
Director: Richard Fleischer | Stars: Orson Welles, Dean Stockwell, Diane Varsi, Bradford Dillman
Votes: 7,508
3. Why Must I Die? (1960)
86 min | Crime, Drama
Dottie Manson commits a murder for which club singer Lois King is arrested, tried, and condemned to die. The story line wanders through the trial and Miss King's final hours on Death Row. ... See full summary »
Director: Roy Del Ruth | Stars: Terry Moore, Debra Paget, Bert Freed, Juli Reding
Votes: 150
4. Death and Texas (2004)
77 min | Comedy
Football superstar "Barefoot" Bobby Briggs of the Austin Steers has been convicted of murder. Will he be allowed to play with his team on Megabowl Sunday before he is executed? That is what this mockumentary explores.
Director: Kevin DiNovis | Stars: Charles Durning, Steve Harris, Corbin Bernsen, Jello Biafra
Votes: 130
5. We Are All Murderers (1952)
115 min | Crime, Drama
The problem of the reasonableness of capital punishment.
Director: André Cayatte | Stars: Marcel Mouloudji, Raymond Pellegrin, Antoine Balpêtré, Julien Verdier
Votes: 404
6. Women on Death Row (2017)
52 min | Documentary, Crime, Drama
60 women are waiting for their execution on death row. Who are they? We decided to follow five of them. Dive in these women's lives full of horror, hope, death, and love, in one of the most terrible places in the USA, death row.
Director: Sabrina Van Tassel | Stars: Kay Bess, Christian Ackerley, Linda Carty, Oliver E. Diaz
Votes: 46
7.
The Mary Tyler Moore Show (1970–1977)
Episode:
Keep Your Guard Up
(1970)
TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy
Mary helps out a luckless former pro-football player who wants to be WJM's new sportscaster.
Director: Alan Rafkin | Stars: Mary Tyler Moore, Edward Asner, Valerie Harper, Gavin MacLeod
Votes: 281
8.
Miami Vice (1984–1989)
Episode:
Honor Among Thieves?
(1988)
TV-14 | 47 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A twisted serial killer with a fetish for mini dolls preys on underage girls. Since he uses pure cocaine to kill them, the police puts pressure on the cartels. "Burnett and Cooper" end up in the team the drug lords send to find him.
Director: Jim Johnston | Stars: Don Johnson, Philip Michael Thomas, Saundra Santiago, Michael Talbott
Votes: 337
9.
The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode:
A Stitch in Time
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
At least 17 men have been executed in the last two decades without a clear motive, with the same gun. FBI Special Agent Jamie Pratt has to find how some of those murders were carried out when the gun had not yet been made.
Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Amanda Plummer, Andrew Airlie, Michelle Forbes, Brian Arnold
Votes: 726
10.
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