Films like The Life of David Gale
A man against capital punishment is accused of murdering a fellow activist and is sent to death row.
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True Crime
Film · 1999 · also crime and dramaBoozer, skirt chaser, careless father. You could create your own list of reporter Steve Everett's faults but there's no time. A San Quentin Death Row prisoner is slated t...
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Rampage
Film · 1987 · also crime and dramaLiberal district attorney decides to seek the death penalty for a man who slaughtered a family at Christmastime, then drank their blood. He escapes, though, and starts ki...
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True Story
Film · 2015 · also crime and dramaA drama centered on the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Fi...
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Nothing But the Truth
Film · 2008 · also drama and thrillerWhen reporter Rachel Armstrong writes a story that reveals the identity of a covert CIA operative, the government demands that Rachel reveal her source. She defies the sp...
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John Doe: Vigilante
Film · 2014 · also crime and thrillerWhen John Doe is convicted of being a vigilante serial killer, a vigilante group named 'Speak for the Dead' emerges in support of John's cause—elevating the debate about...
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The Onion Field
Film · 1979 · also crime and dramaAn LA police officer is murdered in the onion fields outside of Bakersfield. However, legal loopholes could keep his kidnappers from receiving justice, and his partner is...
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Walking Tall: Lone Justice
Film · 2007 · also crime and dramaIn Dallas, witnesses against a drug-lord are murdered in a safe-house.The testimony of FBI agents becomes the only chance to keep him in prison. They are lodged in anothe...
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A Dry White Season
Film · 1989 · also drama and thrillerDuring the 1976 Soweto uprising, a white school teacher's life and values are threatened when he asks questions about the death of a young black boy who died in police cu...
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Bordertown
Film · 2007 · also crime and dramaAmerican corporations are using the North American Free Trade Agreement by opening large maquiladoras right across the United States–Mexico border. The maquiladoras hire...
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The United States of Leland
Film · 2003 · also crime and dramaA withdrawn young man, Leland Fitzgerald is imprisoned for the murder of a mentally disabled boy, who also happened to be the brother of his girlfriend, Becky. As the com...
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