Here we've displayed a list of the best Wrongful Conviction films : West of Memphis(2012), Down by Law(1986), Just Mercy(2019), Lady Vengeance(2005), Brian Banks(2018), Anything for Her(2008), If Beale Street Could Talk(2018), The Devil Doll(1936), Frisco Jenny(1933), The Proud Rebel(1958), The Running Man(1987), The Sin of Madelon Claudet(1931) ... ...
7.9/10
Documentary, Crime, Drama
New Zealand|USA
2012
150 Minutes
Michael Baden Jason Baldwin John Mark Byers Lorri Davis Johnny Depp
filmmaker convict friend suspect family member bleak shocking arkansas rural community prison wrongful conviction murder prison life justice west memphis three discovery underdog 2010s
An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
7.8/10
Comedy
USA|West Germany
1986
106 Minutes
Tom Waits John Lurie Roberto Benigni Ellen Barkin Billie Neal Rockets Redglare Vernel Bagneris Nicoletta Braschi
pimp disc jockey italian charming bayou prison break wrongful conviction male bonding escape 1980s
Two men are framed and sent to jail, where they meet a murderer who helps them escape and leave the state.
7.6/10
Drama
USA
2019
136 Minutes
Michael B. Jordan Jamie Foxx Brie Larson Rob Morgan Tim Blake Nelson Rafe Spall O'Shea Jackson Jr. Karan Kendrick Drew Scheid Steve Coulter Mary Kraft
defense attorney death row inmate wrongly accused emotional disheartening passionate powerful alabama courtroom prison death row wrongful conviction murder case racism politics rescue quest underdog fall discovery
World-renowned civil rights defense attorney Bryan Stevenson works to free a wrongly condemned death row prisoner.
7.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy, Drama
South Korea
2005
114 Minutes
Lee Yeong-ae Min-sik Choi Nam Il-woo Kim Byeong-ok Kim Bu-seon Mi-ran Ra
murderer thief daughter teacher police officer criminal striking emotional gutsy prison bakery cell house korea wrongful conviction murder retribution justice revenge discovery
After being wrongfully imprisoned for thirteen years and having her child taken away from her, a woman seeks revenge through increasingly brutal means.
7.2/10
Biography, Drama
USA
2018
99 Minutes
Aldis Hodge Greg Kinnear Sherri Shepherd Melanie Liburd Tiffany Dupont Gino Vento Xosha Roquemore Mystie Smith Jose Miguel Vasquez Dorian Missick Monique Grant
football player convict wrongly accused police officer assistant district attorney family member inspiring emotional confident moving football field house prison courtroom law office wrongfully accused shattered dreams wrongful conviction imprisonment self-confidence
A football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is wrongly convicted and sent to prison. Years later, he fights to clear his name within an unjust system.
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.
7.1/10
Romance, Crime, Drama
USA
2018
119 Minutes
Kiki Layne Stephan James Regina King Colman Domingo Teyonah Parris Michael Beach Aunjanue Ellis Dave Franco Diego Luna Pedro Pascal Emily Rios
daughter fiancé wrongly accused mother pregnant woman emotional gritty tense tender powerful harlem, n.y. prison apartment street subway family wrongful conviction love relationships parenthood
A young woman embraces her pregnancy while she and her family set out to prove her childhood friend and lover innocent of a crime he didn't commit.
7.0/10
Horror
USA
1936
79 Minutes
Lionel Barrymore Maureen O'Sullivan Frank Lawton Robert Greig Lucy Beaumont Henry B. Walthall
innocent man scientist widow daughter son-in-law assistant creepy eerie outlandish paris prison laboratory shrinking wrongful conviction prison break father/daughter relationship science gone awry accidental death sacrifice revenge
An escaped convict uses miniaturized humans to wreak vengeance on those that framed him.
6.9/10
Drama
USA
1933
70 Minutes
Ruth Chatterton Donald Cook James Murray Louis Calhern Helen Jerome Eddy Hallam Cooley Pat O'Malley Harold Huber J. Carrol Naish
young woman son prostitute district attorney lawyer madam incredible melodramatic unrestrained san francisco brothel foster home chinatown ruins prison mother/son relationship prostitution crime poverty murder
Frisco Jenny was orphaned by the 1906 earthquake and fire and has become the madame of a prosperous bawdy house. She puts her son up for adoption and he rises to prominence as district ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Western
USA
1958
103 Minutes
Alan Ladd Olivia de Havilland Dean Jagger David Ladd Cecil Kellaway Henry Hull
father son doctor dog farmer sheriff suspenseful melodramatic heartwarming illinois doctor's office farm wild west general store forest father/son relationship grief disability new town wrongful conviction
A Confederate veteran living in the Yankee North struggles with his son's shock induced muteness and the hate of the Northerners.
6.7/10
Sci-Fi, Action
USA
1987
101 Minutes
Arnold Schwarzenegger Maria Conchita Alonso Richard Dawson Yaphet Kotto Jim Brown Jesse Ventura Mick Fleetwood Dweezil Zappa Charlie Phillips Gus Rethwisch
cop contestant host prisoner stalker killer thrilling intense dark bleak amusing outlandish los angeles labor camp shantytown apartment television studio abandoned building wrongful conviction massacre
In a dystopian America, a falsely convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he must forcibly participate in a TV game show where convicts, runners, must battle killers for their freedom.
6.7/10
Drama
USA
1931
73 Minutes
Helen Hayes Lewis Stone Neil Hamilton Robert Young Cliff Edwards Jean Hersholt Marie Prevost Karen Morley Charles Winninger Alan Hale Halliwell Hobbes
doctor single mother artist jewel thief prostitute farmer melodramatic bleak profound paris france farm prison apartment city abandonment betrayal motherhood wrongful conviction patriarchy
Out of jail for a crime she did not commit, Madelon turns to prostitution and thievery to send her illegitimate son to medical school.
6.6/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
USA
2012
102 Minutes
Sam Worthington Elizabeth Banks Jamie Bell Anthony Mackie Genesis Rodriguez Ed Harris Titus Welliver Ed Burns Kyra Sedgwick
ex-cop psychologist police officer news reporter wealthy man suspenseful intricate thrilling new york city roosevelt hotel ledge funeral prison hotel room heist suicide attempt wrongful conviction set-up negotiation mystery
As a police psychologist works to talk down an ex-con who is threatening to jump from a Manhattan hotel rooftop, the biggest diamond heist ever committed is in motion.
6.5/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1935
70 Minutes
innocent woman lawyer mob boss fiancée police officer henchman engaging suspenseful crafty tense new york city car apartment road restaurant waterfront wrongful conviction fugitives mobsters frame-up
Just after a jury finds Ann Grey guilty of murder, the car carrying her to prison crashes into another auto. Ann escapes and ends up in the vehicle of Tony Baxter, a lawyer who has eyes for her.
6.4/10
Adventure
USA
1984
94 Minutes
Tommy Lee Jones Martha Plimpton Brian Dennehy Nancy Lea Owen Shawn Smith Norman Bennett Tony Frank Angie Bolling Roger Copeland Tommy Burlison Tamara Hartley
ex-convict daughter psychiatrist sheriff young boy innocent man suspenseful emotional spirited mississippi river memphis, tenn. boat cemetery wrongful conviction blackmail robbery father/daughter relationship teamwork boats love
After serving time for a theft he didn't commit, all Billy wants to do is to reconnect with his daughter. However, some loose ends, like the whereabouts of the stolen loot, just won't let him go.
6.4/10
Western
USA
1953
87 Minutes
prisoner union soldier prison guard confederate soldier cellmate prison official bleak brutal gritty prison new mexico cell prison life wrongful conviction civil war reconstruction discovery transformation sacrifice 1860s
A man is framed and sent to toughest prison in the territory.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1989
104 Minutes
Sylvester Stallone Kurt Russell Teri Hatcher Jack Palance Brion James James Hong Marc Alaimo Philip Tan Michael J. Pollard
cop partner warden exotic dancer drug lord criminal thrilling engaging gritty playful los angeles parking garage police station strip club prison courtroom drug cartel frame-up unlikely allies wrongful conviction
Framed by their ruthless arch-nemesis, a mismatched LAPD crime-fighting duo has to put its differences aside to even the score with the evil kingpin who put them behind bars once and for all.
6.4/10
Crime, Drama
USA
1950
68 Minutes
Gig Young Lynne Roberts Mary Anderson Willard Parker Carla Balenda Gerald Mohr James Anderson John Kellogg Harry Shannon Cleo Moore
public defender suspect witness woman man brooding intricate suspenseful california bar prison courtroom police station wrongful conviction investigation cold case mystery disappearance media circus discovery
The suspect in a 12-year-old murder case is finally caught and tried, but the witnesses are a bit hard to track down...
6.4/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA|Canada
1987
97 Minutes
Christopher Reeve Morgan Freeman Kathy Baker Mimi Rogers Jay Patterson Andre Gregory Anna Maria Horsford Erik King
magazine reporter pimp police officer prostitute dark engaging gritty suspenseful new york city jail prostitution journalism scandal wrongful conviction imprisonment crime temptation quest pursuit rise
A New York journalist lies when his fake story about a pimp describes a real pimp up for murder.
6.3/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1970
102 Minutes
Max von Sydow Liv Ullmann Trevor Howard Per Oscarsson Rupert Davies Andrew Keir Jim Kennedy
mental patient doctor sister brother wife dark chilling tense creepy sweden mental institution house frame-ups serial murders wrongful conviction family mental illness institutionalization escape revenge
The dreary existence of middle-aged spinster Maura Prince takes an unexpected turn with the arrival of young handyman Billy Jarvis, but there is more to Billy than meets the eye.
6.2/10
Mystery & Thriller
USA|UK|France
2015
103 Minutes
Charlize Theron Nicholas Hoult Chloë Grace Moretz Tye Sheridan Sterling Jerins Corey Stoll Christina Hendricks Drea de Matteo Sean Bridgers Andrea Roth
murderer suspect brother sister investigator orphan bleak creepy dark gripping intense sad prison united states crime scene home kansas farmhouse murder family
Libby Day was only eight years old when her family was brutally murdered in their rural Kansas farmhouse. Almost thirty years later, she reluctantly agrees to revisit the crime and uncovers the wrenching truths that led up to that tragic night.
6.2/10
Drama
USA
1936
78 Minutes
Burgess Meredith Margo Edward Ciannelli John Carradine Edward Ellis Paul Guilfoyle Maurice Moscovich Stanley Ridges Willard Robertson Mischa Auer Myron McCormick
gangster son italian immigrant innocent man police officer gripping inspiring rousing household courtroom college new york state murder legacy wrongful conviction corruption father/son relationship quest revenge
Immigrant radical Bartolomeo Romagna is falsely condemned and executed for a payroll robbery. Years later, his son Mio sets out to find the truth of the crime and to bring to account the ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Western
USA
1943
55 Minutes
Buster Crabbe Al St. John Iris Meredith I. Stanford Jolley Ted Adams Charles King James Mason Edward Piel Sr. Glenn Strange Carl Hackett
billy the kid friend banker gunman outlaw suspenseful spirited confident texas jail new mexico saloon frame-up wrongful conviction cattle rustling land grab justice reputation quest revenge
Billy breaks jail in Texas and travels to Sundown at the request of his friend Fuzzy. There he runs into Mort Slade who is after a mortgage held by banker Ainsley. Slade's men rob the bank ... See full summary »
6.1/10
Mystery & Thriller
UK|USA
2019
99 Minutes
Jai Courtney Nat Wolff Finn Wittrock Beau Knapp Arturo Castro Leighton Meester Rachel Hendrix Wayne Péré Ashton Leigh Sylvia Grace Crim Lance E. Nichols
cop prisoner half brother love interest friend frenetic gripping intense prison home small town wrongful conviction loyalty family love prison break escape rescue sacrifice 2010s
A police officer who serves in the Marine Corps Reserves is faced with an ethical dilemma when it comes to helping his brother in prison.
6.1/10
Action, Sci-Fi, Mystery & Thriller
France|USA
2012
95 Minutes
Guy Pearce Stephen Saint-Leger Maggie Grace Vincent Regan Joseph Gilgun Lennie James Peter Stormare Jacky Ido Tim Plester Mark Tankersley Anne-Solenne Hatte
daughter president prisoner agent thrilling intense outer space prison earth space travel prison break wrongful conviction hostage situation race against time rescue escape future
A man wrongly convicted of conspiracy to commit espionage against the U.S. is offered his freedom if he can rescue the president's daughter from an outer space prison taken over by violent inmates.
6.0/10
Comedy
USA
2006
89 Minutes
Dax Shepard Will Arnett Chi McBride Dylan Baker David Koechner Michael Shannon Miguel Nino Jay Whittaker Amy Hill David Darlow Joseph Marcus
inmate son judge gang leader convict criminal hysterical frenetic tense courtroom prison pharmacy cell prison life crime wrongful conviction vengeance schemes marijuana revenge
When a career criminal's plan for revenge is thwarted by unlikely circumstances, he puts his intended victim's son in his place by putting him in prison...and then joining him.
6.0/10
Comedy
UK
1965
112 Minutes
Charlie Drake George Sanders Dennis Price Nyree Dawn Porter Eddie Byrne Finlay Currie Percy Herbert Geoffrey Keen George A. Cooper Christopher Rhodes Norman Bird
con artist locksmith wrongly accused burglar police officer gangster amusing engaging madcap offbeat crime scene prison safe wrongful conviction manipulation imprisonment escape crime deception adventure
A short, kind, very innocent and efficient locksmith is cheated by a burglar in order to rob a car and to open a safe strongbox. The police catch him and is sent to jail. Once there, some ... See full summary »
5.9/10
Comedy, Action
USA
1994
88 Minutes
Charlie Sheen Kristy Swanson Henry Rollins Josh Mostel Wayne Grace Rocky Carroll Miles Dougal Ray Wise Marshall Bell
prisoner heiress cop partner wealthy man tv reporter madcap thrilling fiery cheeky highway gas station prison california chase wrongful conviction unlikely romance kidnapping media circus police pursuit
Escaped convict Jack Hammond takes a woman hostage and sets off for the Mexican border with the police hot on his tail.
5.7/10
Drama
USA
1979
99 Minutes
Leon Isaac Kennedy Thommy Pollard Hazel Spears Badja Djola Glorya De Lani Chuck Mitchell
innocent man prostitute cellmate friend trainer prison guard gritty brutal unrestrained rousing california prison prison life wrongful conviction boxing gangs determination escape underdog 1970s
A hitchhiker named Martel Gordone gets in a fight with two bikers over a prostitute, and one of the bikers is killed. Gordone is arrested and sent to prison, where he joins the prison's ... See full summary »
5.7/10
Western
USA
1934
58 Minutes
Reb Russell Fred Kohler Ann Darcy George "Gabby" Hayes Jack Rockwell Charles French Murdock MacQuarrie Charles Whitaker
parolee mayor fugitive murderer banker girlfriend thrilling suspenseful confident american west mine jail small town extortion frame-up mining kidnapping wrongful conviction false identity love
A cowboy recently released from prison is determined to go straight, but he winds up in a tough western town where he finds trouble everywhere.
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