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List of false accusation movies
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A troublemaking student at a girl's school accuses two teachers of being lesbians.
Style:
sad, emotional, lgbt cinema, controversial, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
lesbian, gender, unrequited love, bigotry, false accusation, girls' school, gay, evil child, tragedy, bullying, prejudice, closeted lesbian ...
Time:
year 1961, 20th century, 60s, 1930s
Place:
california
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Poland
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
In Stalinist Poland, cabaret singer Tonia decides to spend the evening drinking with a group of friends. The next morning, she awakes to find that, for reasons unknown to her, she has been jailed as a political prisoner. As prison officials ...
Style:
realistic, bleak, disturbing, thinking, controversial ...
Plot:
prison, communism, false accusation, anti communist, cell, humiliation, hopelessness, forced confession, injustice, society, life is a bitch, confined ...
Time:
1950s, post world war two, year 1982, 80s
Place:
poland, eastern europe, europe, central europe
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Genre: Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Nancy and her faithful sidekicks Bess and George just entered River Heights University, where she tackles the mystery of a football star's drug-induced coma.
Style:
realistic, exciting, suspense, teen, lighthearted ...
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
amateur detective, investigation, young heroes, false accusation, best friend, youth, female protagonist, female detective, college life, friendship, young adult, crime solving ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
An African American detective is asked to investigate a murder in a racist southern town.
Style:
suspenseful, thought provoking, suspense, detective, intense ...
Plot:
racism, small town, prejudice, african american, murder mystery, racial tension, police officer, police procedural, civil rights, false accusation, police, murder ...
Time:
20th century, year 1967, 60s, 1930s
Place:
mississippi, southern usa, usa, north carolina, america ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
1986 Gyunggi Province. The body of a young woman is found brutally raped and murdered. Two months later, a series of rapes and murders commences under similar circumstances. And in a country that had never known such crimes, the dark whispers about ...
Style:
neo noir, detective, realistic, enigmatic, cerebral ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, police, murder mystery, rape, police investigation, twists and turns, unsolved crime, police detective, murder investigation, murderer, suspicion, investigation ...
Time:
year 2003, 80s, year 1986, y2k, 20th century ...
Place:
south korea, east asia, korea, asia
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14K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Kim Moon Ho is a successful reporter at a mainstream news station, but when he stumbles upon a 10-year-old mystery, he's forced to dive into a subversive underground news agency. On his journey to break open the case, Moon Ho teams up with Chae ...
Style:
exciting, dorama, romantic, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
reporter, hidden identity, investigation, hacker, false accusation, masked hero, dating, rescue, lost child, protective male, tragic event, parkour ...
Place:
thailand, seoul, korea
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Genre: Drama
Country: Kazakhstan, Russia, Estonia, Finland, Belarus
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Anya, a young academic raised in an orphanage, is on the cusp of success when she’s accused of drug possession. While in limbo hiding from the police, she hits the road with Kristina, another orphan several years Anya’s junior, in search of her ...
Style:
touching, sincere, road movie, serious, fairy tale ...
Plot:
orphan, teenage life, odd couple, friends, false accusation, obsessive quest, escapades, friendship, young girl, kids in trouble, car accident, little girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
eastern europe, europe, russia, kazakhstan
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
Edmond Dantes becomes the target of a sinister plot and is arrested on his wedding day for a crime he did not commit. After 14 years in the island prison of Château d’If, he manages a daring escape. Now rich beyond his dreams, he assumes the ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, captivating, period piece, suspenseful ...
Plot:
revenge, false accusation, betrayal, escape, prison escape, island, treasure, duel, disguise, vengeance, runaway, earl ...
Time:
19th century, 1830s, 1800s, 1810s
Place:
marseille, europe
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676
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Helen Stephens is wrongly sentenced to 12 years in prison for murdering her boss Eric Bridges, the managing director of Entirely Tiles. Although she is sure that it will only be a matter of time before this mistake is rectified, everyone around her ...
Style:
sitcom, dark comedy, not serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison, false accusation, life turned upside down, fish out of water, prison life, murder, disorder, silly humor, confined, misfit, warden, strong female presence ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england
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145K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A man befriends a fellow criminal as the two of them begin serving their sentence on a dreadful prison island, which inspires the man to plot his escape.
Style:
inspirational, psychological, visually stunning, grim, mind twisting ...
Plot:
prison escape, prison, life philosophy, escape, prison break, runaway, prison life, jail, protector, human spirit, escape attempt, escape plan ...
Time:
year 1973, 1940s, 20th century, 1930s, 70s
Place:
south america, persia, guyana, latin america, atlantic ocean
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325K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, War
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
As a 13-year-old, fledgling writer Briony Tallis irrevocably changes the course of several lives when she accuses her older sister's lover of a crime he did not commit.
Style:
touching, emotional, period piece, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience:
girls' night, chick flick, teens, adult
Plot:
world war two, wartime, redemption, tragic love, injustice, love story, unfulfilled love, sex scene, forbidden love, love and romance, false accusation, innocence ...
Time:
1930s, victorian era, 1940s, year 2007, 2000s ...
Place:
england, london, dunkirk, britain, europe ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Cathy Coulter is looking forward to a bright future with new husband Riley and her son Billy. Settled in their new home, Cathy becomes disheartened with Riley's frequent work trips and her intuition tells her something is amiss. When Riley ...
Style:
realistic, tense, suspense, suspenseful, serious ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, frame up, stalking, family in danger, danger, couples, betrayal, psychopath, deception, female protagonist, protective parent ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 2150 min.
TV show
Story:
Straightline Productions: All or Nothing. Presented by Transworld Snowboarding (2009)
Style:
tense, suspense, grim, bleak, intense ...
Plot:
jail, false accusation, prison gang, prison, prison life, prisoner, confined, jailed, corruption, wrongful imprisonment, prison warden, confinement indoors ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
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440
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Raders are a normal middle-class American family on the run hiding from the legal system that unjustly accused Paul Rader of a terrible and violent crime. Adding to the danger, the real killer is now threatening the lives of the Rader children.
Style:
captivating, tense, psychological, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
false accusation, on the run, family relations, secret hideout, injustice, frame up, middle class, family life, mistaken identity, dishonesty, investigation, danger ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, iowa
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658K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
Due to a political conspiracy, an innocent man is sent to death row and his only hope is his brother, who makes it his mission to deliberately get himself sent to the same prison in order to break the both of them out, from the inside out.
Style:
exciting, tense, suspenseful, serious, realistic ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
prison, fugitives, escape, prison life, scheme, prison escape, conspiracy, determination, fbi, confined, siblings relations, brother ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
south america, chicago, texas, california, usa
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30K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Set up to take the blame for corporate fraud, young Macarena Ferreiro is locked up in a high-security women's prison surrounded by tough, ruthless criminals in this tense, provocative Spanish thriller.
Style:
psychological, suspense, disturbing, rough, captivating ...
Plot:
women's prison, prison guard, lesbian, women in prison, female prisoner, corruption, prison, female homosexuality, lgbtq, dishonesty, jail, brutality ...
Place:
new mexico
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Sweden, Germany, Denmark
Duration: 129 min.
Story:
Mikael Blomkvist, publisher of Millennium magazine, has made his living exposing the crooked and corrupt practices of establishment Swedish figures. So when a young journalist approaches him with a meticulously researched thesis about sex ...
Style:
suspense, sexy, gothic, exciting, captivating ...
Plot:
investigation, murder, journalism, hacker, murder mystery, secret service, strong female lead, conspiracy, amateur detective, dishonesty, sex, twists and turns ...
Time:
2000s, year 2009, year 2010, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, stockholm sweden, europe, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Janet Gregory, a single mother with a haunting past, is a paralegal struggling to overcome doubts about Calvin Willis, an African-American husband and father wrongfully accused of raping a neighborhood girl. Eventually convinced of his innocence, ...
Style:
emotional, realistic, serious, captivating, bleak ...
Plot:
african american, false accusation, hopes, court, injustice, society, courtroom drama, legal, dishonesty, uncover truth, moral dilemma, dignity ...
Time:
21st century
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23K
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
An attorney is terrorized by the criminal he put away years ago when he was a cop.
Style:
exciting, serious, rough, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
psychopath, on the run, law enforcement, frame up, murder, false accusation, friendship, criminal's revenge, rivalry, haunted by the past, career, dishonesty ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, year 1983
Place:
los angeles, south central los angeles, california
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
Style:
suspense, captivating, detective, epic, twisted ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
legal, criminal justice, social injustice, black, black cast, social issues, black lives matter, racial injustice, black history, suspect, false accusation, falsely accused ...
Time:
year 1989, 80s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s ...
Place:
new york
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95K
Genre: Adventure, Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Czech Republic, Spain
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Henri "Papillon" Charrière is convicted in Paris for a murder he did not commit. Sentenced to life imprisonment in the penal colony of French Guiana, he becomes obsessed with escaping. After planning and executing a series of treacherous ...
Style:
suspense, factual, homoerotic, psychological, art house ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prison escape, prison, island prison, friendship, wrongful conviction, life sentence, escape, jail, escape plan, male friendship, solitary, survival ...
Time:
year 2017, year 1931, 1930s, year 1969, 20th century ...
Place:
south america, colombia, france, former yugoslavia, venezuela ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
An artist, framed for the murder of a woman, is drawn into a web of corruption, blackmail and deceit.
Style:
neo noir, tense, serious, realistic, stylized ...
Plot:
false accusation, murder, frame up, uncover truth, injustice, betrayal, dishonesty, law enforcement, manipulation, couples, couple relations, life is a bitch ...
Time:
80s, year 1987
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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Genre: Action, Thriller
Country: China, USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
Jack Reacher must uncover the truth behind a major government conspiracy in order to clear his name. On the run as a fugitive from the law, Reacher uncovers a potential secret from his past that could change his life forever.
Style:
intense, perverse, exciting, saga, action adventure ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
vigilante, chase, fight, assassination, hitman, tough girl, military, corruption, lone hero, military police, female soldier, prison escape ...
Time:
2010s, year 2016
Place:
afghanistan, new orleans, north america, alabama, washington d.c.
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Sandra is the manager at a fast-food restaurant, and Becky is her teenaged counter girl who really needs the job. One stressful day, a police officer telephones and accuses Becky of stealing money from a customer’s purse, which Becky vehemently ...
Style:
psychological, sexy, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
psychology, manipulation, twists and turns, fast food restaurant, police investigation, sexual humiliation, blonde, true crime, human nature, moral dilemma, power relations, telephone call ...
Time:
year 2012, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, canada, new jersey, seattle
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of Kat Stanton (Kidman), an Australian woman searching for her father who, whilst travelling back from London to Australia via Thailand, makes friends with Arkie Ragan (Ehlers), a photographer. Kat is tricked into carrying some luggage ...
Style:
serious, realistic, rough, detective, disturbing ...
Plot:
prison, escape, heroin, injustice, interracial relations, fighting the system, women in prison, prison guard, smuggling, false accusation, betrayal, destiny ...
Time:
80s
Place:
thailand, asia, australia, london, bangkok thailand ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, India
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Rachel Watson, devastated by her recent divorce, spends her daily commute fantasizing about the seemingly perfect couple who live in a house that her train passes every day, until one morning she sees something shocking happen there and becomes ...
Style:
suspense, twist ending, psychological, suspenseful, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
train, murder mystery, obsession, infidelity, police investigation, adultery, psychopath, investigation, missing person, female protagonist, flashback, learning the truth ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, america, usa, london
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1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A young lion cub named Simba can't wait to be king. But his uncle craves the title for himself and will stop at nothing to get it.
Style:
touching, sentimental, visually stunning, inspirational, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, toddlers, teens ...
Plot:
friendship, lion, jungle, betrayal, tragedy, pride and honor, good versus evil, uncle, murder, hyena, exile, meerkat ...
Time:
90s, year 1994, 20th century
Place:
africa, south africa
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Genre: Drama, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
Marshall Jed Cooper survives a hanging, vowing revenge on the lynch mob that left him dangling. To carry out his oath for vengeance, he returns to his former job as a lawman. Before long, he's caught up with the nine men on his hit list and ...
Style:
spaghetti western, stylized, suspenseful, realistic, epic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
judge, revenge, u.s. marshal, court, vigilante, guilt, justice, hanging, wild west, false accusation, cowboy, death sentence ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s
Place:
oklahoma, usa, california
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3K
Genre: Drama
Country: France, Italy, Belgium, Japan
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Three sisters share a connection to a violent incident from their childhood reunite to for the chance to come to terms with their past.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, erotic, touching ...
Plot:
childhood trauma, false accusation, sister sister relationship, haunted by the past, family problems, estrangement, family relations, parents and children, disability, mother daughter relationship, male female relationship, wrongful conviction ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
paris france, europe, france
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.
Style:
realistic, serious, touching, captivating
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, small town, false accusation, diner, witch hunt, haunted by the past, bigotry, starting over, life turned upside down, social relations, injustice, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new hampshire, new england, usa
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