Billy vs Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 7/10 for Billy). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 47m. Billy is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Billy
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment| Billy | Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.0/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2024 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Lawrence Côté-Collins | Steve Lawson |
| Main cast | Lawrence Côté-Collins, Billy-Denis Poulin, Alexandre L'Heureux | Richard Felix, Mark Topping |
Synopsis
Billy
Billy is a film buff who films himself non-stop. During a film shoot, he meets Lawrence Côté-Collins and the two become friends. One night, he assaults her. Years later, in prison for the deaths of two people, Billy is diagnosed with schizophrenia. With the help of the filmmaker, his only remaining relationship apart from his family, his personal archives become an invaluable resource for understanding his illness. A formal deconstruction of…
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
From ancient practices such as death by a thousand cuts and hanging, drawing and quartering to the modern scientific era of lethal injection, we ask the question: do the most horrific crimes deserve the most horrific of punishments?
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