the green mile

A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cell block's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, he tries desperately to help stave off the condemned man's execution.

Fantasy ꞏ Drama ꞏ Crime ꞏ mentally disabled ꞏ based on novel or book ꞏ southern usa ꞏ psychopath ꞏ death row ꞏ jail guard ꞏ supernatural ꞏ great depression ꞏ prison guard ꞏ jail ꞏ electric chair ꞏ torture ꞏ magic realism ꞏ healing ꞏ shocking ꞏ hopeless ꞏ grim ꞏ 1930s ꞏ abuse of power ꞏ authoritarian ꞏ demeaning ꞏ mean spirited ꞏ pessimistic