Castro's Spies 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 9.2/10 for Castro's Spies). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 43m. Castro's Spies is the older of the two (2020 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Castro's Spies
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment| Castro's Spies | Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 9.2/10 | ★ 10.0/10 |
| Year | 2020 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 43m | 1h |
| Genres | Documentary, Thriller | Documentary |
| Country | US | United Kingdom |
| Director | Gary Lennon, Ollie Aslin | Steve Lawson |
| Main cast | Ramsey Clark, Bill Clinton, Charlie Kranz | Richard Felix, Mark Topping |
Synopsis
Castro's Spies
The thrilling story of an elite group of Cuban spies sent undercover to the US in the 1990s. From their recruitment, training and eventual capture on US soil; this film peers into a secret world of false identities, love affairs and betrayal. Using never seen before footage from the Cuban Film Institute’s archive and first-hand testimony from the people at the heart of this story, Castro’s Spies gives a rare glimpse into the shadowy world of a…
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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