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

1. Infinity Pool (2023)

R | 117 min | Crime, Horror, Mystery

James and Em Foster are enjoying an all-inclusive beach vacation in the fictional island of La Tolqa, when a fatal accident exposes the resort's perverse subculture of hedonistic tourism, reckless violence and surreal horrors.

Director: Brandon Cronenberg | Stars: Alexander Skarsgård, Mia Goth, Cleopatra Coleman, Dunja Sepcic

Votes: 56,364

2. The Eagle Has Landed (1976)

PG | 123 min | Adventure, Drama, Thriller

A German plot to kidnap Sir Winston Churchill unfolds at the height of World War II.

Director: John Sturges | Stars: Michael Caine, Donald Sutherland, Robert Duvall, Jenny Agutter

Votes: 24,480

3. GomBurZa (2023)

112 min | Action, Biography, Drama

Mariano Gomes, José Burgos, and Jacinto Zamora are three brave Filipino Catholic priests whose narrative is told in this stirring and inspirational historical drama.

Director: Pepe Diokno | Stars: Dante Rivero, Cedrick Juan, Enchong Dee, Piolo Pascual

Votes: 326

4. The Kerala Story (2023)

138 min | Drama

A converted Muslim woman Fatima Ba narrates her ordeal of how she once wanted to become a nurse but was abducted from her home and manipulated by religious vanguards, turned into an ISIS terrorist and landed in Afghanistan jail.

Directors: Sudipto Sen, Vipul Amrutlal Shah | Stars: Adah Sharma, Yogita Bihani, Sonia Balani, Siddhi Idnani

Votes: 71,653

5. Fortress (2021)

R | 99 min | Action, Thriller

A group of criminals led by Robert's former nemesis - Balzary who hellbent on revenge, forces a retired CIA Agent and his estranged son into a high-tech bunker. Will the thick walls and defenses be powerful enough against Balzary's forces.

Director: James Cullen Bressack | Stars: Jesse Metcalfe, Bruce Willis, Chad Michael Murray, Kelly Greyson

Votes: 5,441

6. Killer Legends (2014)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Stephen Winick, James Presley

Votes: 3,531

7. Tearmoon Empire (2023)

TV-14 | Animation, Comedy, Drama

A selfish princess wakes up back in time after her own execution and gets a second chance to rebuild her empire and prevent her own death.

Stars: Sumire Uesaka, Tomori Kusunoki, Ken Narita, Rena Hasegawa

Votes: 258

8. The Russian Revolution (2017)

TV-14 | 47 min | Documentary, History

A brief yet comprehensive documentary overview of the downfall of the Romanov dynasty and the evolution of Lenin's Ulyanov family, from the terrible acts and subsequent hanging of his brother to his own hunger for a revolution.

Director: Cal Seville | Stars: Daniel Beer, Helen Rappaport, Donald Rayfield, Victor Sebestyen

Votes: 713

9. Dillinger and Capone (1995 Video)

R | 95 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Dillinger survived assassination and is living a quiet farm life with his family in 1940, but Al Capone, recently freed from prison, need his help for one last score.

Director: Jon Purdy | Stars: Martin Sheen, F. Murray Abraham, Stephen Davies, Catherine Hicks

Votes: 689

10. Zombies of the Stratosphere (1952)

Passed | 167 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

The invaders come to Earth to create an H-bomb to blast Earth out of orbit so that Mars can take its place.

Director: Fred C. Brannon | Stars: Judd Holdren, Aline Towne, Wilson Wood, Lane Bradford

Votes: 480

11. Two Half-Times in Hell (1961)

140 min | Drama, Sport, War

On Hitler's birthday, the Germans decide to organize a soccer match between prisoners of war and Germans.

Director: Zoltán Fábri | Stars: Imre Sinkovits, Dezsö Garas, László Márkus, Tibor Molnár

Votes: 1,476

12. The Case of Sergeant Grischa (1930)

Passed | 91 min | Drama, History, Romance

Sergeant Gischa Patrotkin (Chester Morris), a simple-minded Russian soldier, escapes from a German prisoner-of-war camp. He hides out for awhile with a peasant girl named Babka (Betty ... See full summary »

Director: Herbert Brenon | Stars: Chester Morris, Betty Compson, Alec B. Francis, Gustav von Seyffertitz

Votes: 62

13. The Most Courageous Raid of WWII (2011 TV Movie)

49 min | Documentary, History, War

The story of the Cockleshell Heroes, who raided Nazi-occupied Bordeaux in 1942.

Director: Francis Whately | Stars: Paddy Ashdown, M.R.D. Foot, Norman Colley, Jeanne Baudray

Votes: 28

14. Romania: Death of a Dictator (1990 TV Special)

58 min | Documentary, Drama

The story of the events that led up to the revolt against, overthrow and eventual execution of murderous longtime Romanian dictator Nicolae Ceaucescu.

Director: Ted Koppel | Stars: Ted Koppel, Silviu Brucan, Elena Ceausescu, Nicolae Ceausescu

Votes: 30

15. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.8 (2020)

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

Litten faces a setback in appealing Greta's conviction. Wendt talks economics with Gen. Seegers's daughter. An unconscious Weintraub is forced to talk.

Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 613

16. 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

17. 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

18. Drunk History (2013–2019)
Episode: Behind Enemy Lines (2019)

TV-MA | 21 min | Comedy, History

Marina Raskova forms an all-women Air Force regiment to fight Nazis in World War II; smuggler James J. Andrews hijacks a Confederate train for the Union.

Director: Derek Waters | Stars: Derek Waters, Jessica McKenna, Jon Gabrus, Emily Deschanel

Votes: 65

19. 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

20. Vikings: Valhalla (2022– )
Episode: The Greenlanders (2022)

TV-MA | 56 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Plotting to avenge a massacre in England, Viking armies converge in Kattegat - but siblings Leif and Freydis exact a different kind of retribution.

Director: Niels Arden Oplev | Stars: Sam Corlett, Frida Gustavsson, Leo Suter, Bradley Freegard

Votes: 2,738

21. 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

22. Secret Life of... (2012– )
Episode: Marie Antoinette (2012)

Documentary, Biography, History

We all remember her four famous words, "Let them eat cake," however, Marie Antoinette did not actually say these words, but her image as the Queen of Wretched Excess has endured. Welcome to the Secret Life of Marie Antoinette.

Director: Michelle Métivier | Stars: Leslie Carroll, Lisa Hilton, Suzannah Lipscomb, Guy O'Sullivan

23. Saga (2020)
Episode: Seriya 3 (2020)

45 min | Drama

The brothers compete for Maryana's love while several suitors pursue Bohdana. Her fiance is arrested by the KGB. As the Nazis invade, the Kozaks come to the aid of a Jewish family.

Stars: Aleksandra Liutaya, Liliya Tsvelikova, Hryhorii Baklanov, Oleksandr Sokolov

24. Saga (2020)
Episode: Seriya 4 (2020)

Drama

While their family tries to survive the Nazi occupation, Sasha and Sergeii experience far different fates as Soviet soldiers.

Stars: Aleksandra Liutaya, Liliya Tsvelikova, Hryhorii Baklanov, Oleksandr Sokolov

25. American Justice (1992– )
Episode: John Wayne Gacy: Buried Secrets (1992)

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

The case of John Wayne Gacy Jr., who was convicted in 1980 of murdering 33 young men and boys and who was executed by the state of Illinois in 1994.

Stars: Robert Motta Sr., Harlan Mendenhall, Sam Amirante, Charles Hill

26. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: Barbarossa (2022)

Documentary, History

At the peak of his power, Hitler now faces fellow ruthless dictator Stalin. He tries to deceive Stalin with a plan to invade Britain, all while preparing an attack on the Soviet Union.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Garry Kasparov, John Scarlett, Alexandra Richie

Votes: 62

27. Rise of the Nazis (2019–2023)
Episode: The Home Front (2022)

Documentary, History

Facing defeat on the Eastern Front, Hitler retreats. Deep rifts emerge, and his inner circle vies for power. The resistance gets a student voice, and an enemy within plots to kill Hitler.

Director: Julian Jones | Stars: Richard John Evans, Pablo de Orellana, Afua Hirsch, Christian Goeschel

Votes: 64

28. 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

29. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Danny Rolling: The Gainesville Ripper (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

Daniel Rolling, known as The Gainesville Ripper, who murdered five students in Gainesville, Florida, over four days in late August 1990. But his first murders were in his hometown of Shreveport, Louisiana.

Director: David Bispham | Stars: John Snell, Mark E. Safarik, Harry Krop, Cindy Dobbins Juracich

Votes: 8

30. Outlaw Empires (2012– )
Episode: Crips (2012)

TV-14 | 44 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Sons of Anarchy creator Kurt Sutter explores the complete story of an iconic American outlaw dynasty: the Crips. Insiders tell a story of escalating turf battles, danger, violence, and ... See full summary »

Director: Tiller Russell | Stars: Kershaun Scott, Kurt Sutter, Jeffery Bacot, Rayford Miles

Votes: 19

31. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: The Fall of the Berlin Wall - 1989 (2023)

Documentary, History

In 1989, the Berlin Wall was knocked down. The Soviet Union begins to come apart.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Paul Maddrell, Adam Roberts, Richard John Evans, Hope M. Harrison

32. Exploring History (2015– )
Episode: How North Korean Hacking Actually Works | The WannaCry Attack (2019)

History, Documentary

Unlike the vast majority of governments in the world with officials that engage in various levels of criminal activity, i.e. corruption, the business of North Korea is criminal activity.

Stars: Reged Ahmad, Patrick Foote, William Fox

33. Walking Through History (2013– )
Episode: The Tudor Way (2013)

47 min | Documentary

Tony Robinson has quite a lengthy walk ahead of him as it takes four days of vigorous hiking to get from Penshurst in the Weald to Lewes on the South Downs. He's visiting places with a ... See full summary »

Director: Owen Rodd | Stars: Tony Robinson, Tracy Borman, Chris Butler, Arthur Franklin

Votes: 20

34. The Cuba Libre Story (2015–2016)
Episode: Secrets and Sacrifices (2016)

TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, History

Cuba's survival depends on its Communist allies. The end of the Cold War means the end of foreign aid to the island - and pushes Cuba to the brink of famine.

Directors: Emmanuel Amara, Kai Christiansen, Florian Dedio | Stars: Ken Eaken, Dariel Alarcón Ramirez, Juan Juan Almeida, Leonid Brezhnev

Votes: 79

35. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: The Fall of Rohm (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

The financial crisis in the USA makes the Nazis look good. But in order to keep their new supporters they need to cleanse the party.

Director: Matthew Hinchcliffe | Stars: Guy Walters, Richard Overy, Toby Thacker, Michael Lynch

Votes: 214

36. Hitler's Circle of Evil (2018)
Episode: Meltdown (2018)

TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, History

Exit strategies are put into action by the members of the inner circle when the Allies surround the capitol and Hitler perishes by his own hand.

Director: Vicky Matthews | Stars: Robert Gerwarth, Sönke Neitzel, Guy Walters, Emma Craigie

Votes: 139

37. Elizabeth I's Secret Agents (2017)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2017)

TV-PG | 54 min | Documentary, History

England is on her own - a Protestant nation in a predominantly Catholic Europe. 12 years into her reign, the pope declares Elizabeth a heretic, rousing the nation's Catholics against her.

Directors: Chris Durlacher, Julian Jones | Stars: Colin Tierney, Lisa Hilton, Jerry Brotton, Onyeka Nubia

Votes: 51

38. Wartime Crime (2017– )
Episode: The Blackout Killers (2017)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime

During the WW2 blackouts in Berlin and London, police race to catch serial killers who use the darkness as cover.

Director: Alec Lindsell | Stars: Mike Bodie, Julian Boon, Angus Kennedy, Lucy Moorhouse

Votes: 13

39. Pennyworth (2019–2022)
Episode: Sandie Shaw (2019)

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

While Lord Harwood returns to take control of the Raven Society, Alfred, Dave Boy and Bazza form an unlikely alliance with the Sykes Sisters.

Director: Jon East | Stars: Jack Bannon, Ben Aldridge, Emma Paetz, Hainsley Lloyd Bennett

Votes: 646