Dead Man Walking (1995)

Cast

Sean Penn
as Matthew Poncelet
Jack Black
as Craig Poncelet
Susan Sarandon
as Sister Helen Prejean
Eva Amurri Martino
as 9-Year-Old Helen

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Genres & Description

Action Crime Drama

7.5 / 10

A convicted murderer on Death Row and the nun who befriends him. Through the portrayal of finely drawn characters and their interactions as the days, hours, and minutes tick down to the condemned man's execution, powerful emotions are unleashed. While Matthew Poncelet and Sister Prejean desperately try to gain a stay of execution from the governor or the courts, scenes are intercut from the brutal crime, gradually revealing the truth about the events that transpired. In addition to her temporal help, the nun also tries to reach out spiritually and assist as a guide to salvation.

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Comments on this trailer
Comments may include spoiler!

Jake Lane

Brilliant movie, amazing acting. I didn't see it as liberal agenda. Both 'sides', if you will, were represented. I met the real Sister Prejean while I was a Criminology major, the year this movie was released. The scene at the end (where the boy and his girlfriend were brutally murdered) in the woods, confirmed my unwavering approval of the death penalty. - @Monday, October 22, 2018 12:58 AM

SCORPION FIRE

vvvvvv Spoilers down Below vvvvvv - @Thursday, September 27, 2018 3:30 PM

splinterbyrd

I don't know if it ever has been, but this script would make a very good stage play - @Sunday, September 16, 2018 12:33 PM

Rob Sampson

I'm writing to 3 people on deathrow very realistic - @Sunday, August 26, 2018 7:18 PM

michela derry

people keep doing spoilers. Not good - @Wednesday, May 24, 2017 5:26 PM

WILLIE DANIELS

Susan Sara my love - @Tuesday, January 10, 2017 9:33 PM

Maryous bidros

very bad movie of all time - @Thursday, December 15, 2016 9:59 AM

Contakum

This movie requires a lot of empathy for both the killer and his victim's families to be truly appreciated. If you see life in black and white this is a good film to challenge how you look at the world. He had no sympathy when he helped kill an innocent teenage couple, now the state will have no sympathy when they execute him. In the middle of it all is a nun that has sympathy for both the killer and the victims. - @Tuesday, November 8, 2016 3:58 PM

Leana Jo

I believe this was loosely based on the Robert Willie case. They changed all the names & characters. - @Saturday, October 8, 2016 9:20 PM

nono dheya

what surprised me the most is that i did not cry watching this movie and i'm big crier - @Thursday, September 15, 2016 6:11 PM

Peter David Documentaries

Typical liberal drivel...but what do you expect given that three idiots that made it. - @Wednesday, July 6, 2016 2:28 AM

SassyTableCloth

Awful movie which promotes murder and rape apologia, no matter how you try to spin it. - @Wednesday, June 29, 2016 6:06 AM

Peter Webb

What's with the Powaqqatsi soundtrack? - @Saturday, March 26, 2016 11:24 AM

Jessica Ernst

I've seen the movie in english and german and I must say the movie in english is better than in german😅 Matthew in the movie is hot😍😱 - @Sunday, March 13, 2016 9:36 PM

Gabrielle Williams

It's like the same thing, he favors Edward Norton in American History X, bad parts and the scary thing is they look alot alike - @Sunday, June 21, 2015 9:45 AM

Gabrielle Williams

Damn, Sean Penn got that handsome Jesus look, but ugghh, why do the sexy ones always have to be the bad boys, grrr! Fine as hell though😍😎 - @Sunday, June 21, 2015 9:38 AM

stephanie mandy mandy

tres tres tres bon film à voir - @Thursday, June 4, 2015 3:36 AM

TheCaesar2011

You have to watch the movie multiple times to get all backgrounds and thoughts... Great movie and a must watch! After it you will deny excecutions! - @Sunday, December 7, 2014 5:05 PM

Marjan K

Whats the name off the group that sings when he is going to the excecutionroom Dead Man Walking please if anyone knows tell me thanx - @Tuesday, November 25, 2014 11:40 PM

Vishal Goswami

i cried a lot while watching this movie - @Monday, November 24, 2014 4:35 PM

Ali

i need it for projection in class...plz where can i download it in french version. - @Sunday, October 26, 2014 10:47 PM

Sanna H

HERSHEL - @Saturday, September 6, 2014 5:29 PM

Uchiha Madara

Great movie, started to fell in love with Sean, got very much disturbed after seeing this. Fabulous acting by Sean and Susan........... - @Monday, August 11, 2014 7:24 PM

Kidrahulnr2

00:26 Wait? Isn't? Isn't that Herschel from The Walking Dead? :o - @Wednesday, July 30, 2014 7:55 PM

Vaketha McMillin

Oh my goodness!! This movie was the best movie!! I really believed that he did not do the crime. But he had a very powerful ending. I was in tears after he confessed. I was very devastated. Wow!! I would not want her job ever. - @Tuesday, July 29, 2014 4:24 PM

Zanelti Croes

Sean Penn is so sexy ... WHOOOH!! - @Tuesday, July 15, 2014 7:55 PM

Liliana Goetz

This movie is so great! We watched it at school because we had this issue in a subject about death row etc.. and at the end I cried so damn hard..I felt so queasy that I couldn't even watch the scene in which he dies... I just sat there staring in the opposite direction and cried, cried and cried....great movie! Unforgettable! Shivering.. - @Wednesday, July 2, 2014 6:42 PM

MeGusta Mitzkes

Dead man walking -greaves LOL- - @Thursday, June 5, 2014 10:00 PM

Filme - wahre Begebenheiten

great movie !! - @Friday, May 9, 2014 2:05 PM

David Woods

RIP Hal Douglas - @Saturday, March 15, 2014 4:26 PM

Nicolas Rayment

Anybody else notice its the same music played on the "Philadelphia" trailer? - @Tuesday, March 11, 2014 8:58 PM

Koulla Theoharous

I know this is irrevelant but the background music is from "the Truman Show - Anthem Part 2" - @Sunday, March 9, 2014 2:16 PM

Erik9996

When you right click a zombie in runescape and click Examine you see a text that says "Dead Man Walking" wich is a reference to this movie :D - @Friday, January 10, 2014 7:55 PM

rockston11

:06 = Rhett Mclaughlin - @Tuesday, December 3, 2013 5:39 AM

Rs Abracadabra

He idd commit the crme Mordeco T and he dies at the end - @Thursday, November 21, 2013 1:36 PM

Holly Jo

Some people read the comments to see if the film is worth watching, not for some cocky asshole to spoil the whole movie for everyone - @Monday, October 28, 2013 4:54 PM

João Estrela

thank you, I will look for another movie now. - @Friday, October 4, 2013 9:32 AM

Windows 98

you find out he did shoot the guy at the end of it - @Thursday, October 3, 2013 3:44 PM

Autistic Hope

There's spoilers everywhere here, maybe you shouldn't read the comments then, faggot. - @Thursday, October 3, 2013 6:38 AM

Autistic Hope

Damn. This movie is on tv right now but I don't want to watch it if he ends up dying for a fuckin' crime he didn't commit. - @Friday, September 27, 2013 12:45 PM

G.I Jew

day 126 still looking for the original comment - @Tuesday, September 24, 2013 11:08 AM

ShredOnBread

that's the truth though. - @Tuesday, September 3, 2013 2:07 AM

Luís Morna

puta que pariu esta publicidade idiota - @Sunday, July 14, 2013 6:09 PM

Brit Mullard

I watched this today in school in RE I cried so much! :( they shouldn't show what he actually did :'( - @Thursday, July 4, 2013 6:08 PM

folu Olakunri

So the plot of the movie is to see whether he gets executed or not - @Sunday, June 23, 2013 8:52 AM

nacho

Ojo por ojo y el mundo acabará tuerto. - @Saturday, June 15, 2013 9:47 PM

SuperGlenfinnan

tres beau film intense......les années 90 quoi.... - @Friday, June 14, 2013 10:18 AM

Alexander Bazzi

their* and a bunch of commas, periods/semi-colons. Don't get me wrong, though, it was a very nice, inspirational comment, but I just hate bad ortography. - @Sunday, June 9, 2013 11:32 PM

David Ekstrom

Robert Prosky is in quite a few movies about execution, he's in this movie, as well as The Green Mile and The Chamber. - @Saturday, June 8, 2013 12:43 AM

PrincessA

I agree! - @Friday, June 7, 2013 10:05 PM