Wrongful Conviction Movies

Years after his mother left him and remarried, Ramana is asked to sign documents denying any relations with his mother, but he refuses and demands...

An escaped prisoner is trying to clear his name.

The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who...

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...

A cocky prizefighter on his way to the bigtime in New York comes crashing down when his sister is involved in a murder and he takes the blame.

Harsha, a multi-millionaire guy who has everything but there is something else he's looking for and in the process he adopts a complete village...

In 1983, author Ta-Nehisi Coates learned that a 14-year-old boy was murdered in his Baltimore middle school. Upon revisiting the case, he uncovers...

Outwardly, Monsieur Victor would appear to be the model citizen. A respectable Toulon shopkeeper, he has a devoted wife and is courteous and...

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...

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...

Philadelphia, 1976. The city of Brotherly Love is waging a successful war against crime led by its tough-talking mayor, Frank Rizzo. But a maverick...

This Universal programmer was based on a Collier's Magazine story by journalist Quentin Reynolds. This story in turn was ostensibly based on a true...

This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007...

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

When a woman accidentally kills her detested husband, a selfless young man takes the blame and goes to prison. Complications ensue when he is...

A psychotic killer is on the prowl, who continues to slaughter young women while an innocent man is wrongly accused and sentenced for crimes he could...

Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an...

Duke Berne, former big shot but now a three-time loser, fears returning to crime because a fourth conviction will mean a life sentence. Finally,...

In this story of stolen cars, stolen guns, and stolen thrills, a delinquent girl lures middle-aged, would-be Romeos into a setup, and waits for her...

The story of the Filipina domestic helper who was hanged in Singapore for allegedly killing her fellow maid is chronicled in a film that operates on...