Wrongful Conviction Movies

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...

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...

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...

Egor, a Ukrainian MMA fighter, is wrongly convicted of the murder of his trainer, and upon release from prison he sets out to find those truly...

When a teenager from a political family in the Philippines is accused of a double murder, the country’s entire judicial system is put to the...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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.

Shopgirl Mary Turner, sentenced to prison for someone else's theft, is released and takes revenge upon those who wronged her in powerful but lawful...

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

Five friends are picked up as suspects in a political murder, and the cops detain one among them to save face in front of the media. To save him, the...

On parole after three years in prison, a football player encounters the man who framed him.

A woman convicted of fraud aims to take her revenge on the man who put her inside after being released on parole.

A man is given the choice between having fabulous wealth or saving an innocent man from the death penalty.

In Dark Places is the gripping story of an innocent man, imprisoned for two decades for a crime he did not commit, and an ex-cop's heroic battle to...

Supreme Court plaintiff Kuntrell Jackson reflects on his adolescence before and after being sentenced to life-without-parole for a murder he...

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