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List of false accusation movies
Genre: Drama
Country: Romania
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
The personal story of the young student Felix Goldschmidt, who finds himself arrested for a crime he does not understand, like his fellow prisoners, he believes at first that he the victim of a mistake. But Red Gloves is also a political story, ...
Style:
captivating, psychological, grim, dramatic, melancholic ...
Plot:
false accusation, wrongful imprisonment, prison, jail, political intrigue, prisoner, accusation, confined, framed for a crime, totalitarianism, injustice, oppression ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After their teacher fails them, two high school students decide to teach the imperious, demanding instructor a lesson by falsely accusing her of the murder of a missing student.
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Plot:
false accusation, satire, friendship, school, prank, social media, framed for murder, false accusation of murder, problem, falsely accused, moral ambiguity, high school ...
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
A corrupt detective infiltrates a gang and tries to save his daughter. One day he finds out the heart his daughter would receive as a transplant is from a magician he falsely accused.
Style:
crime drama, captivating, intense, emotional, tense ...
Plot:
corruption, organ transplant, father daughter relationship, false accusation, police corruption, corrupt cop, falsely accused, transplant, criminal, heart transplant, bandit, salvation ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Story:
Prabhakar and Bhavani are deeply in love with each other. However, lovers turn enemies when Prabhakar's father is falsely accused of killing Bhavani's father.
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, suspenseful, emotional ...
Plot:
false accusation, star crossed lovers, conflict, family relations, social problems, male female relationship, love affair, relationship problems, fall in love, accusation, framed for murder, in love ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
india
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Russia
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Soviet youngster Alexey communicates with a fellow radiofan from France and makes big plans for his future. His hardworking blue-collar father Ivan is getting ready to join The Communist Party. Everything changes when Ivan's girlfriend is ...
Style:
tense, historical drama, captivating, bleak, period piece ...
Plot:
false accusation, father son relationship, love, robbery, family drama, male female relationship, framed for a crime, criminal, social problems, accusation, life is a bitch, relationships ...
Time:
1950s
Place:
ussr, soviet union
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
After her fiance is falsely imprisoned, a pregnant African-American woman sets out to clear his name and prove his innocence.
Style:
inspirational, social, captivating, realistic, touching ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
sex scene, african american, racism, prison, love story, love, dating, pregnant woman, injustice, black american, wrongful conviction, pregnancy ...
Time:
2010s, 70s
Place:
puerto rico, new york, harlem, manhattan new york city, harlem, new york city
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story:
In a broken city rife with injustice, ex-cop Billy Taggart seeks redemption and revenge after being double-crossed and then framed by its most powerful figure, the mayor. Billy's relentless pursuit of justice, matched only by his streetwise ...
Style:
neo noir, suspenseful, rough, political, intense ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revenge, private detective, conspiracy, twists and turns, betrayal, politics, infidelity, mayor, political corruption, corruption, haunted by the past, private investigator ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, brooklyn new york city, usa, new jersey ...
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Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Avery (Jones) returns to college as a competitive swimmer after getting his life back on track. But his life takes another unexpected turn when he and his two friends (Bonds, Casseus) are wrongly accused of murder and end up in prison.
Style:
disturbing, realistic, serious, hood, crime drama ...
Plot:
prison life, gang, prison riot, life is a bitch, family life, vengeance, dishonesty, false accusation, ghetto, wrongful conviction, murder, criminal heroes ...
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107K
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 146 min.
Story:
The story of Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, a boxer wrongly imprisoned for murder, and the people who aided in his fight to prove his innocence.
Style:
touching, inspirational, factual, thought provoking, sociological ...
Plot:
boxing, prison, prison life, racism, courtroom, legal, injustice, death penalty, african american, discrimination, justice, lawyer ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 60s, 70s, 1940s ...
Place:
new jersey, africa, canada, toronto ontario canada
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Genre: Action
Country: India
Duration: 172 min.
Story:
Young Amrita Goutham's parents bring home a poor and homeless boy from the streets of Hyderabad, and adopt him. Shortly thereafter her life is shattered when her parents are killed by this boy and she goes to live with her brother, and his ...
Style:
suspenseful, touching, serious, suspense
Plot:
murder, false accusation, orphan, double life, revenge, psychopath, love affair, male female relationship, exploitation, adoption, imprisonment, survival ...
Place:
india, delhi
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Genre: Adventure, Crime, Family, Thriller
Country: Germany, Tunisia
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The famous five George, Julian, Dick, Anne and Timmy the dog are spending holidays together. But when they are invited by Berhard, father of Julian, Dick and Anne, to visit an egyptian exhibition they see a burglar. They have a look at the mummy the ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, pickpocket, false accusation, amateur sleuth, tough girl, disguise, abduction, dog, teenage detective, adolescence, mummy, kidnapping ...
Place:
cairo egypt
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3K
Genre: Action, Crime, Thriller
Country: Netherlands
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Based on a book about an infamous real scandal in the Dutch crime scene, the film aims at exposing the horrors caused by corruption on both sides of the law. A rookie policeman is coerced into obtaining secret information from a childhood friend ...
Style:
exciting, tense, rough, suspenseful, serious ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
drug dealing, police detective, false accusation, criminal gang, police corruption, investigation, danger, dishonesty, betrayal, law enforcement, rivalry, corrupt law enforcer ...
Place:
amsterdam, holland, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
When David Greene receives a football scholarship to a prestigious prep school in the 1950s, he feels pressure to hide the fact that he is Jewish from his classmates and teachers, fearing that they may be anti-Semitic. He quickly becomes the big man ...
Style:
emotional, talky, intense, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
high school, coming of age, friendship, preparatory school, anti semitism, american football, justice, boarding school life, prejudice, judaism, working class, youth ...
Time:
1950s, 50s, 20th century, year 1992, 80s
Place:
israel, massachusetts, harvard university, usa, boston
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Genre: Biography, Comedy, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK, USA, France
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
A 1920s English seaside town bears witness to a dark and absurd scandal in this riotous mystery comedy. Based on a stranger than fiction true story, the film follows two neighbours: deeply conservative local Edith Swan and rowdy Irish migrant Rose ...
Style:
period piece, captivating, entertaining, funny, exciting ...
Plot:
letter, neighbor, seaside town, female police officer, anonymous letter, abusive father, false accusation, single mother, police, women, town, female protagonist ...
Time:
1920s, 20th century
Place:
england
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Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Mina's life is turned upside down when she learns that her husband was innocent of the crime for which he was executed, so she starts a silent battle against a cynical system for her own and her daughter's sake.
Style:
independent film
Plot:
false accusation, judge, mother daughter relationship, deaf, death penalty, prison, female protagonist, widow, death of husband, loss of husband, single mother, sign language ...
Place:
iran, middle east
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A snobbish investor and a wily street con-artist find their positions reversed as part of a bet by two callous millionaires.
Style:
funny, cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
prostitute, stock market, revenge, fish out of water, rags to riches, social satire, manipulation, wrongful arrest, beggar, wager, poverty, christmas ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1983
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, manhattan new york city, bronx new york city, arizona ...
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112K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 125 min.
Story:
Young lovers Sailor and Lula run from the variety of weirdos that Lula's mom has hired to kill Sailor.
Style:
surreal, sexy, road movie, black comedy, psychedelic ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
road trip, murder, surrealism, violence, sex scene, forbidden love, rape, domineering mother, haunted by the past, dark humor, psychopath, female nudity ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, 20th century, 80s
Place:
texas, new orleans, southern usa, austin texas, california ...
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371K
Genre: Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 126 min.
Story:
After a violent storm, a dense cloud of mist envelops a small Maine town, trapping artist David Drayton and his five-year-old son in a local grocery store with other people. They soon discover that the mist conceals deadly horrors that threaten ...
Style:
twist ending, psychological, bad ending, atmospheric, scary ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
survival, monster, apocalypse, stephen king, creature, fear, trapped, twists and turns, survival horror, cosmic horror, chaos and mayhem, death ...
Time:
year 2007, 2000s, distant future, year 2000, 21st century
Place:
usa, maine
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Genre: Drama
Country: Philippines
Duration: 226 min.
Story:
After spending the last 30 years in prison, Horacia is immediately released when someone else confessed to the crime. Still overwhelmed by her new freedom, she comes to the painful realization that her aristocratic former lover had set her up. As ...
Style:
psychological thriller, black and white, slow cinema
Plot:
false accusation, revenge, sex worker, released from prison, female protagonist, transvestite, lawyer, night, gays and lesbians, underground, love letter, prison ...
Time:
year 1997
Place:
the philippines
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Genre: Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A Sardinian peasant is implicated in the murder of a policeman and, although innocent, he doesn’t give himself up, lacking faith in the judicial system and fearing that he may lose his sheep while awaiting trial. He leaves for the mountains with ...
Style:
neorealism, bleak, black and white, spiritual
Plot:
fugitive, false accusation, bandit, mountain, italian neorealism, sheep, village life, desperation, loss, poverty, social injustice, island ...
Time:
60s
Place:
sardinia, italy
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Ireland, Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and justifiable suspicion.
Style:
historical drama, captivating, stylized, sexy, soap opera ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
intrigue, tudors, queen, power struggle, historical character, royal family, british history, king, royalty, heir, monarchy, british royal family ...
Time:
16th century, middle ages, ancient times, medieval times
Place:
england, britain, ireland, europe
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1.2M
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Led by Woody, Andy's toys live happily in his room until Andy's birthday brings Buzz Lightyear onto the scene. Afraid of losing his place in Andy's heart, Woody plots against Buzz. But when circumstances separate Buzz and Woody from ...
Style:
touching, computer animated, feel good, funny, 3d animation ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly, teens, girls' night ...
Plot:
friendship, toys, childhood, rescue, toy comes to life, toy story, rivalry, wilhelm scream, birthday, loyalty, buddy, birthday present ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1995
Place:
usa, north america, ohio
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273K
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Germany, USA, Poland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as ...
Style:
sexy, melancholic, touching, sexual, inspirational ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, older woman younger man relationship, age difference, coming of age, holocaust, nazi, first love, trial, world war two, older woman younger man sex, sex, unlikely couple ...
Time:
post world war two, year 1966, year 1958, year 2008, 20th century ...
Place:
germany, israel, west berlin west germany, hamburg germany, europe ...
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276K
Genre: Drama
Country: Iran, France, Australia
Duration: 123 min.
Story:
A married couple are faced with a difficult decision - to improve the life of their child by moving to another country or to stay in Iran and look after a deteriorating parent who has Alzheimer's disease.
Style:
emotional, realistic, heartbreaking, crying, talky ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
divorce, muslim, poverty, alzheimer's disease, marriage, court, marital problem, hospital, religion, islam, justice, pregnancy ...
Time:
year 2011, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
iran, persia, nebraska, maghreb, middle east ...
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2.8M
Genre: Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 148 min.
Story:
Cobb, a skilled thief who commits corporate espionage by infiltrating the subconscious of his targets is offered a chance to regain his old life as payment for a task considered to be impossible: "inception", the implantation of another ...
Style:
psychological, mind bending, cerebral, clever, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, teens, adult
Plot:
dream, virtual reality, memory, alternate reality, teamwork, imagination, subconscious, philosophy, twists and turns, fictional reality, existentialism, lucid dream ...
Time:
year 2010, future, 2000s, 2010s, near future
Place:
japan, paris france, los angeles, iran, tokyo ...
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Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 161 min.
Story:
Ignoring threats to his life, Harry returns to Hogwarts to investigate – aided by Ron and Hermione – a mysterious series of attacks.
Style:
fairy tale, saga, entertaining, sexy, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen fantasy, kids, chick flick ...
Plot:
magic, harry potter, witch, magical, boarding school, fantasy world, teacher, friendship, creature, youth, boarding school life, chosen one ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 2002, year 1992, year 1993 ...
Place:
london, england, europe
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123K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
Story:
When a rare phenomenon gives police officer John Sullivan the chance to speak to his father, 30 years in the past, he takes the opportunity to prevent his dad's tragic death. After his actions inadvertently give rise to a series of brutal ...
Style:
psychological, clever, feel good, serious, touching ...
Audience:
kids, boys' night
Plot:
time travel, time, radio, father son relationship, investigation, police detective, parallel universe, altering history, murder mystery, changing the past or future, murder, rescue ...
Time:
future, year 1999, year 1969, year 2000, y2k ...
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A wounded criminal and his dying partner take refuge at a beachfront castle. The owners of the castle, a meek Englishman and his willful French wife, are initially the unwilling hosts to the criminals. Quickly, however, the relationships between the ...
Style:
neo noir, black and white, psychotronic, art house, dark comedy ...
Plot:
gangster, female nudity, infidelity, adultery, coward, castle, hostage, homophobic slur, nudity, death, isolation, farm ...
Time:
year 1966, 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
eastern europe, england, europe, poland
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Genre: Drama, History
Country: USA
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
The movie is centered around the Salem Massachusetts witch trials of 1692. The movie is based on the play "The Crucible" by Arthur Miller. He also wrote the screen play adaptation.
Style:
talky, suspense, costume drama, gothic, period piece ...
Plot:
witch hunt, witch, salem witch trial, curse, courtroom drama, colonial america, politics, spell, twists and turns, vengeance, court, manipulation ...
Time:
17th century, 90s, 50s, 1950s
Place:
massachusetts, salem massachusetts, usa, north america, new england ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A look at the lives of the strong-willed women of the Weston family, whose paths have diverged until a family crisis brings them back to the Midwest house they grew up in, and to the dysfunctional woman who raised them.
Style:
touching, melancholic, black comedy, independent film, depressing ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
suicide, dysfunctional family, cancer, funeral, mother daughter relationship, family secret, family in crisis, incestuous relationship, family drama, suicide of father, pills, addiction ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma, peru, oklahoma city, southern usa, midwest ...
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