Highest-Rated Movies about 'Electric Chair'

The Green Mile (1999), Sin City (2005), Angels with Dirty Faces (1938), Shadow of a Doubt (1943), Scarlet Street (1945), A Place in the Sun (1951), South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999), Pickup on South Street (1953) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Electric Chair movies.

#16. Constantine (2005)

Storyline: John Constantine is approached by Det. Angela Dodson who needs his help to prove that her twin sister Isabel's death was not a suicide. The dead woman was a devout Catholic and Angela refuses to accept she would have taken her own life. She's asked Constantine for help because he has a reputation for dealing with the mystical. In fact, he is a demon hunter whose sole purpose on Earth is to send demons back to the nether regions. John himself has been to Hell and knows that he is destined to return there on his death - but hopes his good deeds may find him a place in Heaven. As he looks into Isabel's death, he realizes demons are trying to break through to the human world, and his battles lead him into a direct conflict with Satan.

Plot Keywords: hell, demon, twin sister, salvation, catholic church, california, los angeles california ...

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#17. Beyond a Reasonable Doubt (1956)

Storyline: Tom Garrett's a reporter on leave from his job. As Tom's having difficulty writing the book, his boss, publisher Austin Spencer, suggests he write a non-fiction book on capital punishment, The pair set out to frame Tom for a murder he didn't commit in order to eradicate capital punishment.—Huggo

Plot Keywords: surprise ending, phonograph, fiance, ex boyfriend, broken engagement, jealousy, camera ...

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#18. Bully (2001)

Storyline: After finding himself at the constant abuse of his best friend, Bobby, Marty has become fed up with his friend's twisted ways. His girlfriend, a victim of Bobby's often cruel ways, couldn't agree more and they strategize murdering Bobby, with a group of willing and unwilling participants in a small Florida town. In the midst of their plotting, they find themselves contemplating with the possible aftermath of what could happen.

Plot Keywords: cruelty, male frontal nudity, male nudity, blow job, oral sex in a car, based on true story, revenge ...

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#19. Clear and Present Danger (1994)

Storyline: Jack Ryan is back and this time the bad guys are in his own government. When Admiral James Greer becomes sick with cancer, Ryan is appointed acting CIA Deputy Director of Intelligence. Almost before he can draw a breath in his new position, one of the president's closest friends and his family are murdered in their sleep by what appears to by drug cartels. Ryan is called in to investigate, but unknown to him the CIA has already sent a secret field operative to lead an illegal paramilitary force in Colombia against cartels. Things get even more complicated when his team is set up and he loses an agent in the field and a friend of his wife's, who was the murdered agent's secretary, is murdered that same day. Ryan must then risk not only his career, but his life to expose the truth behind the mystery.

Plot Keywords: semiautomatic pistol, corrupt politician, rogue agent, shot to death, organized crime, torture, strangulation ...

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#20. Two Seconds (1932)

Storyline: Allen claims he his being executed for the wrong murder. Flashbacks show him working with Clark as a riveter. When he makes a killing on the horses he meets Shirley and gets married. When Clark tells him Shirley is unfaithful they fight and Clark falls to his death. Later he finds that Clark was telling the truth.—Ed Stephan <stephan@cc.wwu.edu>

Plot Keywords: prison guard, murder trial, manhattan new york city, justice of the peace, blind date, bookie, dance hall ...

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#21. A Series of Unfortunate Events (2004)

Storyline: Three children - Violet (Emily Browning), Klaus (Liam Aiken), and Sunny Baudelaire (Kara and Shelby Hoffman) - are left orphaned when their house burns down, with their parents in it, in mysterious circumstances. They are left in the custody of a distant relative, Count Olaf (Jim Carrey). It is soon apparent that Count Olaf only cares about the children for their large inheritance.

Plot Keywords: uncle niece relationship, package, ribbon, ruin, walkie talkie, gothic, black comedy ...

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#22. Something Wicked This Way Comes (1983)

Storyline: In Green Town, Illinois, the twelve year-old boys Will Halloway and Jim Nightshade are neighbors and best friends. Will's father Charles Halloway is an old man and the local librarian while Jim and his mother wait for the return of the return of their father and husband that will never occur. The boys know everyone in town, including their school teacher Miss Foley that misses her beauty and youth; the lonely barber Mr. Crosetti that has no girlfriend or wife; the greedy owner of a cigar store Mr. Tetley that is obsessed with money; and the bartender Ed that has severed arm and leg and dreams on being a football hero. One day, Jim buys a lightning rod from the salesman Tom Fury that tells that a storm is coming. During the night, the boys overhear a mysterious train and they run through the woods to see the arrival but they do not see a living soul. However, they find the Mr. Dark's Pandemonium Carnival ready to be enjoyed and they snoop around. Soon they realize that frustrated and greedy people are vanishing in town and the evil Mr. Dark and the Dust Witch make their dreams come true. In return, Mr. Dark seizes their souls. Now Mr. Dark is seeking them out but Charles Halloway has a journal from his father about the autumn carnival that might be their last chance to defeat the evil.—Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Plot Keywords: spider, vandalism, transformation, reading out loud, reading a book, reference to god, poem ...

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#23. Stranger on the Third Floor (1940)

Storyline: Rising reporter Michael Ward is the key witness in the murder trial of young Joe Briggs, who is convicted on circumstantial evidence while swearing innocence. Michael's girl Jane believes in Joe and blames Michael, who (in a remarkable sequence) dreams he is himself convicted of murdering his nosy neighbor. Will his dream come true before Jane can find the real murderer?—Rod Crawford <puffinus@u.washington.edu>

Plot Keywords: psychotronic film, drugstore, newspaper headline, guilty conscience, grocery store, landlady, dutch angle ...

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#24. Castle on the Hudson (1940)

Storyline: Mobster Tommy Gordon isn't worried about being sentenced to Sing Sing prison because his political pals have promised him a quick parole. A troublesome prisoner, he finally concedes that his friends have deserted him, and he makes an effort to reform. When his girlfriend Kay is injured in an accident, Warden Long gives Tommy a pass to go see her. But trouble erupts when Tommy encounters the man responsible for his imprisonment.—Jim Beaver <jumblejim@prodigy.net>

Plot Keywords: based on book, self defense, convict, suicide, murder, priest, new york city ...

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#25. Addams Family Values (1993)

Storyline: When an adorable baby boy is added to the Addams household, Wednesday and Pugsley do not hate him, they just aren't necessarily excited about his existence. OK...yeah, they do hate him. So they plot to get rid of him one way or another. Meanwhile, their parents hire a nanny for him and she charms Fester, but has evil intentions for him. The Addamses must stop her, but how?

Plot Keywords: baby boy, jealousy, baby born, allergy, murder attempt, 1990s, husband wife relationship ...

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#26. Dial 1119 (1950)

Storyline: A young mentally-ill killer, Gunther Wyckoff, escapes from a mental institution, murders a bus driver and, then, takes six hostages in a bar. The gun in Wyckoff's hand kills without emotion or pity, wielded by a man bare of emotion. It begins as a moral question whether an insane killer should or should not be sent to the electric chair, but goes elsewhere before it ends.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: psychopath, hysteria, drugstore, doctor patient relationship, radio station, reporter, typewriter ...

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#27. Cry-Baby (1990)

Storyline: Allison is a "square" good girl who has decided she wants to be bad and falls hard for Cry-Baby Walker, a Greaser (or "Drape" in John Waters parlance). Spoofing Elvis movies and Juvenile Delinquency scare films of the '50s, this movie follows the adventures of Cry-Baby who, though he is sent to juvie, is determined to cross class (and taste) boundaries to get Allison back.

Plot Keywords: 1950s, forbidden love, dysfunctional family, juvenile delinquent, wrong side of the tracks, teen movie, greaser ...

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#28. The Detective (1968)

Storyline: Police detective Joe Leland investigates the murder of a homosexual man. While investigating, he discovers links to official corruption in New York City in this drama that delves into a world of sex and drugs.—Regis M. Donovan <regis@apocalypse.org>

Plot Keywords: neo noir, police corruption, homophobia, murder investigation, homosexuality, bisexual, death penalty ...

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#29. Black Tuesday (1955)

Storyline: Vicious gangster Vincent Canelli pulls off a daring prison escape just moments before going to the electric chair, taking with him Peter Manning - a bank robber and cop killer who was to die right after him. Taking several hostages along, they try to get their hands on the loot from Manning's robbery to finance their escape from the country.—scgary66

Plot Keywords: prison, newspaper, murder, moll, loss of father, last rites, kidnapping ...

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#30. Flight From Destiny (1941)

Storyline: After philosophy Professor Todhunter is told he has 6 months left to live, he is barred from teaching by his college so there won't be a scandal if he drops dead in class. Discussing a hypothetical man with 6 months to live with a group of friends, Todhunter asks each what he'd do in his last 6 months. One says he'd commit a "social murder" kill someone who is not a criminal but without whom society would be better off. The professor obsesses on the idea and actually comes across a situation involving two of his friends where he thinks it would be a good idea to act on his obsession.—Ron Kerrigan <mvg@whidbey.com>

Plot Keywords: murder, infidelity, judge, psychiatrist, trial, district attorney, insanity ...

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