Movies and TvShows featuring "death-by-hanging" theme.

In Chicago in the 1920s, two death-row murderesses, Roxie Hart and Velma Kelly, develop a fierce rivalry as they compete for publicity, celebrity, and the attention of a sleazy lawyer. Through manipulation, lies, and media spectacle, Roxie becomes a celebrity herself, while Velma desperately tries to get back in the limelight. The two murderesses engage in a rivalry to outshine each other until they eventually join forces for a successful stage career.

Two men face off in a savage, deserted world. Bounty hunter Red Bill is on the hunt for a particular outlaw and is collecting the heads of other wanted individuals as he searches. His investigations take him to the town of Greenvale where he falls foul of the local sheriff Arthur McCoy who sees him as infringing on his territory. The sheriff is also not above using his position to enrich himself. In addition there is the gold-obsessed Thompson who is trying to acquire all the land in and around Greenvale by any means possible.

In the 1850s, a criminal mastermind and his team plan to rob a train and steal a strongbox filled with gold. Based on a true story, the film explores the historical figure's elaborate scheme and the challenges they face in executing the heist. As tensions rise and the authorities close in, the criminals must use their wit and deception to outsmart their pursuers.

1911, A graduate of the Institute of Noble Maidens, Sasha Meshcherskaya returns to a small provincial town. The well-being of her family is based on her relationship with her loving uncle, the owner of the arms factory Nikolai Shumilov. Sashenka's parents: Prince Ivan Sergeevich Meshchersky and Maria Ilyinichna dream of their daughter's early marriage, and she herself dreams of a brilliant career as an architect. Wanting to please her parents, Sasha makes new acquaintances and instantly plunges into a whirlpool of intrigue, where political interests are at stake above personal passions. Cold-blooded murders and blackmail, intricacies of conspiracies, daring provocateurs eluding detection - all this captivates the enthusiastic schoolgirl, who experiences mortal melancholy from the paucity of life prospects. Without noticing it, Sasha becomes an ideal target for terrorist hypnosis.

A 3 part drama series about the notorious powerful Borgia family who took power in Italy in the 15th/16th centuries.

When a wealthy philanthropist is killed, his adopted son is wrongly convicted of the crime. Two years later, a scientist claims to have a alibi for the son, throwing the case into turmoil as the family's dark secrets are exposed.

Yield to the Night is a British noir film that tells the story of a woman sentenced to death for murder and her struggle to come to terms with her impending execution. Manipulative and possessive, she gets entangled in romantic rivalry and ultimately faces the consequences of her actions.

During the American Civil War, a man is condemned to be hanged from Owl Creek Bridge for attempting to sabotage a railroad. As he is being prepared for execution, he reflects on his life and tries to escape. The events that follow are a combination of reality and hallucination.

A movie producer living in Toronto finds himself entangled in a series of murders involving burned alive victims and child murders. As the death toll rises, he must navigate through drug abuse, bad parenting, and a mysterious killer.

The story of the International Military Tribunal for the Far East, known as the Tokyo Trial, which, just after the Second World War, was established in Japan as a special jurisdiction in 1946 (it was closed in 1948) to judge the war crimes of the Japanese leaders; and how and why officials in Washington prevented Emperor Hirohito to be seen sat on the bench.

A New York radio personality travels to the small town of Fernville to oversee a contest to identify retired safecracker Jimmy Valentine, believed to be living there under an assumed name. The close-knit town of upstanding citizens is understandably upset by this venture, all the moreso when some of its citizens begin to be murdered. The radio personality and the local newspaper's young daughter collaborate on solving the murders while revealing Valentine, who has become one of the suspects.

In 1927 southern Louisiana, subversive housewife Ada LeBoeuf is put on trial alongside her alleged lover for the grisly murder of her husband in one of the most explosive sex-murder trials ever reported.

An 18th-century true story about a rebel and his lover's attempt to overthrow the Italian monarchy.