Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Penguins: Meet the Family
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 8.2/10 for Penguins: Meet the Family). Penguins: Meet the Family is the shorter watch at 59m compared with 1h . Penguins: Meet the Family is the older of the two (2020 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment
Penguins: Meet the Family| Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment | Penguins: Meet the Family | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 10.0/10 | ★ 8.2/10 |
| Year | 2025 | 2020 |
| Length | 1h | 59m |
| Genres | Documentary | Documentary |
| Country | United Kingdom | – |
| Director | Steve Lawson | Lara Bickerton |
| Main cast | Richard Felix, Mark Topping | Liz Bonnin |
Synopsis
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?
Penguins: Meet the Family
A unique celebration of one of Earth's most iconic birds, featuring all 18 species in footage from New Zealand, Cape Town, the Galapagos Islands and Antarctica.
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