Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment vs Welcome to Babel

Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment has the higher audience score (10/10 against 9/10 for Welcome to Babel). Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment is the shorter watch at 1h compared with 1h 35m. Welcome to Babel is the older of the two (2024 against 2025). Both are documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.

Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment posterExecutions: The Rise and Fall of Capital Punishment2025 VS Welcome to Babel posterWelcome to Babel2024
Executions: The Rise and Fall of Capital PunishmentWelcome to Babel
Audience score★ 10.0/10★ 9.0/10
Year20252024
Length1h 1h 35m
GenresDocumentaryDocumentary
CountryUnited Kingdom–
DirectorSteve LawsonJames Bradley
Main castRichard Felix, Mark ToppingJiawei Shen, Lan Wang

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?

Welcome to Babel

Chinese-Australian artist Jiawei Shen's plans to create an epic work depicting his homeland's tumultuous recent history.

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