Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "execution-of-an-innocent-man"

1. Witchfinder General (1968)

Unrated | 86 min | Drama, Horror

A young soldier seeks to put an end to the evils caused by a vicious witch-hunter when the latter terrorizes his fiancée and kills her uncle.

Director: Michael Reeves | Stars: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Patrick Wymark

Votes: 12,206

2. The Strange Love of Martha Ivers (1946)

Unrated | 116 min | Drama, Film-Noir, Romance

A man is reunited with his childhood friend and her husband who believes he knows the truth about the death of her rich aunt years earlier.

Director: Lewis Milestone | Stars: Barbara Stanwyck, Van Heflin, Lizabeth Scott, Kirk Douglas

Votes: 11,081

3. 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: 9,142 | Gross: $0.01M

4. The Man from Colorado (1948)

Approved | 100 min | Romance, Western

At the end of the Civil War, two friends return home to Colorado and one of them has changed and is violent and erratic.

Director: Henry Levin | Stars: Glenn Ford, William Holden, Ellen Drew, Ray Collins

Votes: 1,980

5. The Naked Street (1955)

Passed | 84 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

A mobster (Quinn) springs a condemned murderer (Granger) because he got his sister (Bancroft) pregnant.

Director: Maxwell Shane | Stars: Farley Granger, Anthony Quinn, Anne Bancroft, Peter Graves

Votes: 1,313

6. The Haunted Strangler (1958)

Approved | 78 min | Crime, Mystery, Horror

A researcher investigating a notorious serial killer who was hanged 20 years earlier seemingly becomes possessed by the long-dead strangler.

Director: Robert Day | Stars: Boris Karloff, Anthony Dawson, Derek Birch, Dorothy Gordon

Votes: 2,040

7. Strangler of the Swamp (1945)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

A number of swamp land men have died by strangulation and the inhabitants believe that an innocent man they hanged is seeking revenge on all of the male descendants of those responsible for... See full summary »

Director: Frank Wisbar | Stars: Rosemary La Planche, Robert Barrat, Blake Edwards, Charles Middleton

Votes: 701

8. The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

Passed | 76 min | Drama

Assistant District Attorney Stephen Forbes, an impressive orator with a long list of convictions, resigns when an innocent boy is convicted and the real murderer confesses too late. He ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess

Votes: 293

9. Fantômas (1980)
Episode: L'échafaud magique (1980)

TV-14 | 94 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

The Magic Scaffold - Inspector Juve is scorned for his belief that a criminal, Fantômas, is the offender in a series of murders and thefts. Juve accompanies a friend with a winning lottery ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Helmut Berger, Jacques Dufilho, Pierre Malet, Gayle Hunnicutt

Votes: 64

10. Masters of Science Fiction (2007)
Episode: Little Brother (2007)

44 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In the future, courtrooms exist without human judges or juries, and automated justice is the law of the land.

Director: Darnell Martin | Stars: Stephen Hawking, Clifton Collins Jr., Jorge Vargas, Lorena Gale

Votes: 232

11. Batwoman (2019–2022)
Episode: I'll Be Judge, I'll Be Jury (2019)

TV-14 | 41 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

A disturbing death has Gotham reeling and the city reaches out for their new vigilante hero. Luke confides in Kate, while Sophie asks Jacob for a special assignment. Alice continues her ... See full summary »

Director: Scott Peters | Stars: Ruby Rose, Rachel Skarsten, Meagan Tandy, Nicole Kang

Votes: 2,011

12. TED-Ed (2012– )
Episode: What really happened during the Salem Witch Trials - Brian A. Pavlac (2020)

6 min | Documentary, Animation

Here is a brief summary of the Salem Witch Trials of 1692-1693. It is a partial chronicle focusing instead on the judicial rules and religious dogma that ensured the trials would be unfair.... See full summary »

Star: Susan Zimmerman