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Movies: Best "wrongful conviction" Movies


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Gamer(2009)

2.9/5 (with 1,034 votes)

Mind-control technology has taken society by a storm, a multiplayer on-line game called "Slayers" allows players to control human prisoners in mass-scale. Simon controls Kable, the online champion of the game. Kable's ultimate challenge becomes regaining his identity and independence by defeating the game's mastermind.

99 Homes(2015)

R
| 1h 52min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 325 votes)

After his family is evicted from their home, proud and desperate construction worker Dennis Nash tries to win his home back by striking a deal with the devil and working for Rick Carver, the corrupt real estate broker who evicted him.

Amanda Knox(2016)

1h 32min | Documentary, Crime
3.3/5 (with 248 votes)

This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.

Call Northside 777(1948)

NR
| 1h 51min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 62 votes)

In 1932, a cop is killed and Frank Wiecek sentenced to life. Eleven years later, a newspaper ad by Frank's mother leads Chicago reporter P.J. O'Neal to look into the case. For some time, O'Neal continues to believe Frank guilty. But when he starts to change his mind, he meets increased resistance from authorities unwilling to be proved wrong.

You Only Live Once(1937)

NR
| 1h 26min | Crime, Drama, Romance / Love
3.7/5 (with 69 votes)

Based partially on the story of Bonnie and Clyde, Eddie Taylor is an ex-convict who cannot get a break after being released from prison. When he is framed for murder, Taylor is forced to flee with his wife Joan Graham and baby. While escaping prison after being sentenced to death, Taylor becomes a real murderer, condemning himself and Joan to a life of crime and death on the road.

The Walking Dead(1936)

3.2/5 (with 33 votes)

Down-on-his-luck John Ellman is framed for a judge's murder. After he's convicted and sentenced to death, witnesses come forth and prove his innocence. But it was too late for a stay to be granted and Ellman is executed. A doctor uses an experimental procedure to restore him to life, though the full outcome is other than expected.

Norte, The End of History(2013)

4h 10min | Crime, Drama
3.7/5 (with 24 votes)

A man is wrongly jailed for murder while the real killer roams free. The murderer is an intellectual frustrated with his country’s never-ending cycle of betrayal and apathy. The convict is a simple man who finds life in prison more tolerable, when something mysterious and strange starts happening to him.

Crown Heights(2017)

1h 36min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 29 votes)

When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.

Stranger on the Third Floor(1940)

3.3/5 (with 39 votes)

Newspaper reporter Michael Ward plunges into a nightmare of guilt, fearing that his "evidence" has sentenced the wrong man to death.

The Proud Rebel(1958)

PG
| 1h 43min | Western
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

Searching for a doctor who can help him get his son to speak again--the boy hadn't uttered a word since he saw his mother die in the fire that burned down the family home--a Confederate veteran finds himself facing a 30-day jail sentence when he's unfairly accused of starting a brawl in a small town. A local woman pays his fine, providing that he works it off on her ranch. He soon finds himself involved in the woman's struggle to keep her ranch from a local landowner who wants it--and whose sons were responsible for the man being framed for the fight.

The Siege of Pinchgut(1959)

1h 40min | Action, Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 6 votes)

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

Baazi(1951)

2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Madan comes from a poor family background. Unable to find employment, he takes to gambling in order to pay for his sister's medical expenses. Soon, he forms a bond with Leena, a dancer, and is falsely accused of her murder.

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State of Alabama vs. Brittany Smith(2022)

3.1/5 (with 7 votes)

The harrowing story of a woman trying to use Alabama's Stand Your Ground law after killing a man she says brutally attacked her.

A Haunting at Silver Falls(2013)

NR
| 1h 24min | Horror, Thriller
2.4/5 (with 31 votes)

A small town is haunted by the twin daughters of a wrongfully convicted man. Young Jordan is sent down the path to who the real killer is only to find the killer is very close to her.

Minnesota Clay(1964)

NR
| 1h 30min | Romance / Love, Action, War, Western
3.0/5 (with 14 votes)

Wrongfully imprisoned for a crime he didn't commit, Minnesota Clay seeks revenge on the man who withheld evidence at his trial. There is a problem however, he is going blind.

Girls in Prison(1994)

R
| 1h 23min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.3/5 (with 5 votes)

Framed for the murder of a record company president in 1952 Hollywood, young, aspiring singer Aggie O'Hanlon is sentenced to life in prison and tries to adjust to her life life behind bars in a hellish womens prison where she is befriended by other "lifer" inmates who help her out when Aggie finds herself marked for murder by an unknown source who thinks she knows more about the murder than she does.

Directed by John McNaughton - With Ione Skye

21 Days(1940)

NR
| 1h 12min | Drama, Romance / Love
3.1/5 (with 12 votes)

After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up or let an innocent man go to the gallows.

Convict's Code(1939)

1h 2min | Crime, Drama
3.5/5 (with 1 vote)

On parole after three years in prison, a football player (Robert Kent) encounters the man (Sidney Blackmer) who framed him.

Directed by Lambert Hillyer

Murder in Reverse?(1945)

1h 20min | Thriller, Drama
3.0/5 (with 1 vote)

Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.

Woman Wanted(1935)

NR
| 1h 7min | Comedy, Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 2 votes)

Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another car. Ann escapes and ends up in lawyer Tony Baxter's car. Tony realizes Ann is innocent, so he vows to help her prove it, risking his neck in the process. Tony and Ann are pursued by the police and by Smiley Gordon, a mob boss who engineered Ann's escape thinking that she can lead him to a $250,000 stash.

Directed by George B. Seitz

Road Gang(1936)

1h 1min | Crime, Drama
3.3/5 (with 1 vote)

A crusading young reporter planning a series of articles about a corrupt politician is framed for a crime and sentenced to serve five years at a prison farm.

Directed by Louis King - With Donald Woods, Kay Linaker

Munnariyippu(2014)

1h 55min | Drama, Thriller
3.8/5 (with 11 votes)

Raghavan, a simple and lonely man, comes out of jail. His life changes after he meets Anjali, a journalist who wants to prove herself professionally.

Directed by Venu - With Mammootty

6,000 Enemies(1939)

NR
| 1h 2min | Romance / Love, Crime, Drama
3.0/5 (with 2 votes)

A tough prosecutor who has sent dozens of criminals to prison finds himself framed on a bribery charge and winds up in prison himself.

It Could Happen to You(1939)

1h 10min | Comedy, Mystery
0.8/5 (with 1 vote)

In this comedy/mystery a milquetoast ad man finds his good ideas constantly copped by ambitious coworkers. His boss doesn't even seem to see him. The ad man's wife pushes her husband into confronting his boss during a party. Unfortunately, the timid fellow finds himself accused of murder after a corpse is found in the trunk of his car. He is quickly incarcerated for the crime. Meanwhile his wife begins investigating in an attempt to prove his innocence.

Paper Bullets(1941)

NR
| 1h 12min | Crime, Drama, Thriller
2.5/5 (with 3 votes)

Circumstances force naive Rita Adams into serving an unjust prison term, but she emerges from it a cynical criminal who rises to power in the local crime organization.

Directed by Phil Rosen - With Jack Archer, Alan Ladd, Gavin Gordon, Bryant Washburn

Teen-Age Crime Wave(1955)

NR
| 1h 17min | Crime, Drama
2.3/5 (with 3 votes)

A delinquent girl involves an innocent friend in an armed robbery followed by a jail-break and hostage-taking with her equally delinquent boyfriend.

Directed by Fred F. Sears - With Tommy Cook

The Missing Juror(1944)

NR
| 1h 6min | Mystery
2.9/5 (with 3 votes)

A newsman tracks down a phantom killer of murder-trial jurors.

Mr. District Attorney in the Carter Case(1941)

1h 7min | Mystery, Crime, Drama

Like the first entry, this one is played mostly for laughs, with Radio's Mister District Attorney. James Ellison replacing Dennis O'Keefe as feckless assistant DA P. Cadwallader Jones. The publisher of a tony fashion magazine is murdered, requiring Jones to sift through a colorful array of suspects. He is helped (?) along by snoopy girl reporter Terry Parker (Virginia Gilmore), who by default is the brightest character in the picture.

Directed by Bernard Vorhaus - With James Ellison

Convicted Woman(1940)

1h 5min | Crime, Drama
2.0/5 (with 1 vote)

A reporter and a lawyer investigate a women's prison and help an inmate who does not belong there.

Guilty of Innocence: The Lenell Geter Story(1987)

1h 40min | Drama, TV Movie

This is the story of Lenell Geter, an engineer who was accused and convicted of armed robbery. Because he had such faith in the system, he thought that he would eventually be released. But he was in jail for 18 months until a lawyer from the NAACP was brought to assist in his case.

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