20 movies like The Wrong Man, ordered by similarity : The Concrete Jungle(1960), Papillon(2017), Hell Is a City(1960), The Desperate Hours(1955), The Big House(1930), Heartlock(2018), Anatomy of a Murder(1959), Inside the Walls of Folsom Prison(1951), The Unknown Man(1951), Eddie Macon's Run(1983), The Philly Kid(2012), The Lady From Shanghai(1948) ...
7.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1956
105 Minutes
Henry Fonda Vera Miles Anthony Quayle Harold J. Stone Esther Minciotti Charles Cooper Nehemiah Persoff Laurinda Barrett Norma Connolly Doreen Lang Lola D'Annunzio
musician wife attorney judge criminal suspenseful disturbing thrilling engaging new york city prison courtroom mistaken identity robbery coincidence trial mental breakdown money escape quest
In 1953, an innocent man named Christopher Emmanuel "Manny" Balestrero is arrested after being mistaken for an armed robber.
Crime, Drama
1960
97 Minutes
Stanley Baker Sam Wanamaker Margit Saad Gregoire Aslan Jill Bennett Laurence Naismith Edward Judd Patrick Magee
criminal mastermind gang member traitor ex-convict girlfriend bleak engaging gripping intense suspenseful prison crime scene city robbery imprisonment torture kidnapping blackmail money
The mastermind (Stanley Baker) of a racetrack robbery escapes from prison to the loot and is double-crossed by his gang.
7.2/10
Adventure, History, Biography, Drama
USA|Czech Republic|Spain
2017
133 Minutes
Charlie Hunnam Rami Malek Roland Møller Nina Senicar Tommy J. Flanagan Eve Hewson Christopher Fairbank Brian Vernel
convict innocent man prison guard prisoner escape artist friend tense bleak thrilling suspenseful incredible intricate prison island prison cell paris french guiana apartment prison prison break
Wrongfully convicted for murder, Henri Charriere forms an unlikely relationship with fellow inmate and quirky convicted counterfeiter Louis Dega, in an attempt to escape from the notorious penal colony on Devil's Island.
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
UK
1960
98 Minutes
Stanley Baker John Crawford Donald Pleasence Billie Whitelaw
inspector escaped convict murderer detective gang leader criminal gripping thrilling suspenseful tense intense engaging manchester, england jailbreak on the run mission criminals murder investigation money discovery
In Britain, a Manchester police inspector becomes obsessed with capturing a criminal who escapes from prison.
7.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1955
112 Minutes
Humphrey Bogart Fredric March Martha Scott Arthur Kennedy Dewey Martin Gig Young Mary Murphy Richard Eyer Robert Middleton Alan Reed Bert Freed
criminal prisoner father mother son daughter tense thrilling emotional indianapolis house home invasion escaped criminals hostages family stand-off escape love 1950s
Three escaped convicts move in on and terrorize a suburban household.
7.1/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1930
87 Minutes
Wallace Beery Chester Morris Robert Montgomery Lewis Stone Leila Hyams George F. Marion J.C. Nugent Karl Dane DeWitt Jennings Matthew Betz Claire McDowell
prisoner prison official guard warden criminal gritty thrilling bleak prison prison life prison break drunk driving corruption crime escape revenge 1930s
A convict falls in love with his new cellmate's sister, only to become embroiled in a planned break-out which is certain to have lethal consequences.
5.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
2018
96 Minutes
Alexander Dreymon Lesley-Ann Brandt Erik LaRay Harvey Cedric Young Wayne David Parker Jacqueline Williams Javon Anderson Jerilynd Bartys Michael Alexander Phillip Edward Van Lear Anton Bassey
inmate prison guard enemy prisoner lover suspenseful engaging striking prison new york city united states jail love forbidden love prison life escape risk unlikely allies unlikely romance escape
A rogue love story centered on a female correctional officer whose life is turned upside down by the fleeting affections of her lover - a male convict whose charm is only as genuine as his desire to be free.
8.0/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1959
160 Minutes
James Stewart Lee Remick Ben Gazzara Arthur O'Connell Eve Arden Kathryn Grant Joseph N. Welch Brooks West George C. Scott Murray Hamilton Orson Bean
attorney soldier prosecutor wife business partner district attorney gripping intense courtroom michigan small town hotel murder trial rape secret anger fear mystery quest
In a murder trial, the defendant says he suffered temporary insanity after the victim raped his wife. What is the truth, and will he win his case?
6.6/10
Drama
USA
1951
87 Minutes
Steve Cochran David Brian Philip Carey Ted de Corsia Scott Forbes Michael Tolan Dick Wesson Paul Picerni William Campbell
warden prison guard prisoner prison official sergeant inmate brooding intense engaging emotional brutal bleak folsom state prison reformation prison life prison riot prison break humanity human rights escape
At California's Folsom Prison, escape attempts and riots are on the rise due to the old-school sadistic style of management of a brutal warden.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
86 Minutes
defense attorney wife district attorney defendant murderer shop owner engaging intricate tense melodramatic united states courtroom prison murder case double jeopardy deception extortion law ethics discovery
An attorney successfully defends a young hoodlum charged with murder but later has doubts about his client's innocence and starts investigating his background and associations.
5.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1983
95 Minutes
Kirk Douglas John Schneider Lee Purcell Leah Ayres Lisa Dunsheath Tom Noonan John Goodman
fugitive police officer wife son beautiful woman suspenseful engaging texas prison mexico prison break chase injustice family escape quest pursuit 1980s
A young man, harshly sentenced for a few minor infractions, escapes from a prison in Huntsville Texas and flees to Laredo, Texas, where he hopes to cross into Mexico for a reunion with his wife and small son.
5.7/10
Action, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
94 Minutes
Wes Chatham Devon Sawa Sarah Butler Neal McDonough Lucky Johnson Chris Browning Adam Mervis Bernard Hocke Ava Bogle Eric Scott Woods Michael Jai White
best friend young man robber police officer prisoner murderer bleak brutal disturbing engaging gripping suspenseful louisiana prison baton rouge, la. cage friendship relationships prison fighting
A former NCAA champion wrestler, paroled after ten years in prison, agrees to a series of cage fights to save a friend's life and is asked to do the impossible - lose.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
1948
87 Minutes
Rita Hayworth Orson Welles Everett Sloane Glenn Anders Ted de Corsia Erskine Sanford Gus Schilling Carl Frank Louis Merrill Evelyn Ellis Harry Shannon
seaman wife attorney investigator cop femme fatale dark engaging suspenseful new york city yacht san francisco courtroom theater fun house murder deception betrayal love mystery
Fascinated by gorgeous Mrs. Bannister, seaman Michael O'Hara joins a bizarre yachting cruise, and ends up mired in a complex murder plot.
Crime, Drama
2002
154 Minutes
Amitabh Bachchan Sanjay Dutt Sunil Shetty Kumar Gaurav Mahesh Manjrekar Lucky Ali Malaika Arora
detective wife army major criminal drug dealer undercover cop thrilling tense suspenseful engaging los angeles united states house police station warehouse bank robbery robbery attempt deception death of spouse betrayal
Gathered in a warehouse after a bank robbery, six criminals (Amitabh Bachchan, Sanjay Dutt, Sunil Shetty) start to turn against one another.
7.1/10
Crime, Romance, Mystery & Thriller, Drama
France|Spain
2008
96 Minutes
Vincent Lindon Diane Kruger Lancelot Roch Olivier Marchal Hammou Graïa Liliane Rovère Olivier Perrier Moussa Maaskri Rémi Martin Thierry Godard Slimane Hadjar
wife husband son police officer judge counterfeiter brash suspenseful emotional france prison house courtroom suburbia family wrongful conviction desperation jailbreak husband/wife relationship murder case
With no legal means left to him, a high school teacher devises a daring plan to rescue his wrongfully imprisoned wife from jail.
4.7/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1976
120 Minutes
Jean-Paul Belmondo Marie-France Pisier Bernard Blier Claude Brosset Daniel Ivernel
prisoner innocent man murderer criminal murder suspect emotional thrilling suspenseful engaging brutal melodramatic prison life after prison prison life innocence fight for justice framed for murder revenge mystery pursuit
A reporter for a gossip magazine stays at a beach house near that of a movie star to investigate reports that he had had a sex change operation.
7.5/10
Action, Crime, Drama
Hungary
2017
126 Minutes
Zoltán Schneider Bence Szalay Piroska Móga Viktor Klem György Gazsó Mark Ember
criminal thief robber police officer hungarian suspenseful gripping engaging hungary bank city crime violence true crime heist robbery police pursuit escape pursuit 1990s
Viszkis was one of the most famous bank robbers in Hungary. He drunk whiskey before every robbing. This is his story.
7.3/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2017
120 Minutes
Nikolaj Coster-Waldau Lake Bell Jon Bernthal Emory Cohen Jeffrey Donovan Benjamin Bratt Jessy Schram Evan Jones
stockbroker gang leader gang member husband inmate white supremacist brooding brutal dark gripping tense thrilling california chino state prison prison street city criminal underworld gang war gangs
A newly released prisoner is forced by the leaders of his gang to orchestrate a major crime with a brutal rival gang on the streets of Southern California.
6.8/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1939
66 Minutes
prisoner fiancé friend district attorney police detective witness bleak uneasy new york city theater jail court false accusations prison life murder case mistaken identity disillusionment race against time quest discovery
Two innocent men are wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to death. The fiance of one of them convinces a police detective of their innocence, and together they try to find the real ... See full summary »
6.6/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1951
81 Minutes
Barry Sullivan Arlene Dahl Jean Hagen George Murphy Richard Anderson Moroni Olsen Dan Dayton Dick Simmons Howard Petrie William Reynolds Mauritz Hugo
lawyer boss fiancée girlfriend detective gangster suspenseful gritty intricate thrilling new york city hotel apartment nightclub courtroom betrayal frame-ups mob law second chance
An insurance lawyer unhappy with his rate of company advancement becomes a middleman in deals to recover stolen property from the Mob, thus earning a nice living. But his actions attract police attention and set him up for a double-cross.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1942
67 Minutes
reformed criminal police officer convict dancer clown musician suspenseful gripping spirited stage new york city broadway theater backstage prison christmas prison break performance amateur detectives murder false accusations
Blackie tracks down a wrongly convicted prisoner who escapes during a Christmas magic show.
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