Blackfish 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 7.8/10 for Blackfish). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 23m. Blackfish is the older of the two (2013 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Blackfish
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment| Blackfish | Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.8/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2013 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 23m | 1h |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | – | United Kingdom |
| Director | Gabriela Cowperthwaite | Steve Lawson |
| Main cast | Dean Gomersall, Samantha Berg, John Jett, John Hargrove, Carol Ray | Richard Felix, Mark Topping |
Synopsis
Blackfish
Notorious killer whale Tilikum is responsible for the deaths of three individuals, including a top killer whale trainer. Blackfish shows the sometimes devastating consequences of keeping such intelligent and sentient creatures in captivity.
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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