Miscarriage of justice movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant miscarriage of justice movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out realistic, serious, tense, suspense, thought provoking and intense films and TV shows about / with miscarriage of justice, court, lawyer, justice, murder, courtroom, investigation, false accusation, police investigation and corruption plots mostly in Drama, Crime and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as miscarriage of justice: True Believer (1989), Crown Heights (2017), Evil Angels (1988), Atonement (2007), Trial by Fire (2018), The Star Chamber (1983), Brian Banks (2018), Execution of Justice (1999), Judge Dredd (1995), Hang 'Em High (1968).

List of miscarriage of justice movies

True Believer (1989)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story: Eddie Dodd is a burnt out former civil rights lawyer who now specializes in defending drug dealers. Roger Baron, newly graduated from law school, has followed Eddie's great cases and now wants to learn at his feet. With Roger's idealistic ...
Style: neo noir, detective, suspenseful, clever, biting ...
Plot: courtroom drama, prison, courtroom, investigation, conspiracy, neo nazi, korean american, framed for murder, marijuana, idealism, miscarriage of justice, district attorney ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa, new york, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city, california
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Crown Heights (2017)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: When Colin Warner was wrongfully convicted of murder, his best friend Carl King devoted his life to proving his innocence.
Style: intense, realistic, serious, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot: miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction, prison, prison life, false accusation, friendship, sex scene, african american, husband wife relationship, lie, injustice, fighting the system ...
Time: year 2017
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city
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 6.9
 12K
Evil Angels (1988)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: Australia, UK, USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: Based on the true story of Lindy Chamberlain: During a camping trip to Ayers Rock in outback Australia, she claims she witnessed a dingo taking her baby daughter, Azaria, from the family tent. Azaria's body is never found. After investigations ...
Style: realistic, emotional, disturbing, thought provoking, suspense ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, legal, trial, prejudice, court, australian outback, religious persecution, injustice, false accusation, investigation, murder ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980
Place: australia, sydney australia, new zealand
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 7.8
 325K
Atonement (2007)
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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 7.1
 16K
Trial by Fire (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: The tragic and controversial story of Cameron Todd Willingham, who was executed in Texas for killing his three children after scientific evidence and expert testimony that bolstered his claims of innocence were suppressed.
Style: depressing, realistic, emotional, factual, compassionate ...
Plot: court, death penalty, lawyer, trial, justice, death sentence, arson, true crime, fighting the system, false accusation, hopes, prison ...
Place: texas
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The Star Chamber (1983)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Disgusted with criminals escaping the judicial system via technicalities, an idealistic young judge investigates an alternative method for punishing the guilty.
Style: exciting, intense, suspense, serious, retro ...
Plot: vigilante, vigilantism, conspiracy, judge, murder, political corruption, legal, vengeance, secret society, justice, lawyer, assassin ...
Time: 80s, year 1983, 20th century
Place: los angeles, california
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 7.2
 11K
Brian Banks (2018)
Genre: Biography, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: An All-American football player's dreams to play in the NFL are halted when he is falsely accused of rape and sent to prison.
Style: factual, realistic, disturbing, thought provoking, emotional ...
Plot: american football, wrongful conviction, nfl, black, prison, lawyer, fighting the system, black history, american football player, miscarriage of justice, freedom, friendship ...
Time: 2000s
Place: los angeles
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Execution of Justice (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: The story of an assassin who killed a mayor in the 1970's in what was known as the "Twinkie Defense".
Style: controversial, thought provoking, serious, realistic, disturbing ...
Plot: gay, murder, lgbt, insanity, miscarriage of justice, injustice, power relations, dishonesty, legal, rise to the top, society, assassination ...
Time: 70s
Place: san francisco, california, usa
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 5.6
 131K
Judge Dredd (1995)
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands, UK
Duration: 96 min.
Story: In a dystopian future, Dredd, the most famous judge (a cop with instant field judiciary powers) is convicted for a crime he did not commit while his murderous counterpart escapes.
Style: suspenseful, futuristic, tech noir, exciting, stylized ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: cyberpunk, police, dystopic future, dystopian future, dystopia, apocalypse, post apocalypse, good versus evil, brutality, superhero, law enforcement, judge ...
Time: future, 22nd century
Place: new york, usa
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 7.0
 48K
Hang 'Em High (1968)
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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 6.4
 6K
Scandal (1989)
Genre: Drama, History
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story: An English bon-vivant osteopath is enchanted with a young exotic dancer and invites her to live with him. He serves as friend and mentor, and through his contacts and parties she and her friend meet and date members of the Conservative Party. ...
Style: sexy, erotic, political, sexual, intense ...
Plot: sex scandal, politics, lust, member of parliament, trial, defamation, swimming pool, miscarriage of justice, seduction, infatuation, marijuana, scapegoat ...
Time: 60s, year 1989, year 1963, year 1961, year 1962 ...
Place: england, scotland yard, europe, london, california
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Promising Young Woman (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: A young woman haunted by a tragedy in her past takes revenge on the predatory men unlucky enough to cross her path.
Style: disturbing, suspenseful, psychological thriller, suspense, dark ...
Audience: adult
Plot: revenge, rape and revenge, rape, violence, feminist, vengeance, murder, double life, death of friend, brutality, sexism, toxic masculinity ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: ohio, nebraska, new york
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 4.1
 693
Tarazu (1997)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 144 min.
Story: Police Inspector Ram Yadav is a honest, handsome, and incorruptible young man. He lives with his sister-in-law, Shakuntala, and elder brother, Raj . A lovely yet petty thief, Pooja admires Ram so much that she moves in to his house in the guise of a ...
Plot: revenge, poisoning, brother in law sister in law relationship, muslim, tough cop, murder of a pregnant woman, tough guy, one man army, coma, hindu, evil man, villain ...
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 6.4
 49K
Lock Up (1989)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 109 min.
Story: Frank Leone is nearing the end of his prison term for a relatively minor crime. Just before he is paroled, however, Warden Drumgoole takes charge. Drumgoole was assigned to a hell-hole prison after his administration was publicly humiliated by ...
Style: suspense, intense, realistic, serious, suspenseful ...
Plot: prison, revenge, prison escape, prison warden, corruption, vengeance, prisoner, prison life, tough guy, electric chair, jail, self sacrifice ...
Time: 80s
Place: new jersey
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Presumed Innocent (1990)
Genre: Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 127 min.
Story: Life takes a nasty twist for D.A. Rusty Sabich when the woman he has been romantically involved with is murdered. He is assigned to investigate the case, but is soon charged with the murder.
Style: surprise ending, neo noir, sexy, suspense, tricky ...
Audience: adult
Plot: courtroom drama, courtroom, lawyer, murder, murder mystery, twists and turns, adultery, legal, court, infidelity, police detective, obsessive love ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: michigan, detroit, illinois
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The Children's Hour (1961)
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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Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)
Genre: Biography, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 53 min.
TV show
Story: One of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history where hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters and postmistresses were wrongly accused of theft, fraud and false accounting due to a defective IT system.
Style: thrilling, captivating
Plot: post office, injustice, miscarriage of justice, wrongful conviction, british, software, problem, judge, legal action, courtroom drama, judiciary, court ...
Time: 2000s, 90s, 2010s, year 2009
Place: britain, wales, england
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 7.6
 29K
Vera Drake (2004)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Abortionist Vera Drake finds her beliefs and practices clash with the mores of 1950s Britain – a conflict that leads to tragedy for her family.
Style: depressing, period piece, compassionate, contemplative, grim ...
Plot: abortion, working class, unwanted pregnancy, injustice, miscarriage, neighbor, rape, double life, character study, mission, understanding, family problems ...
Time: 50s, year 2004, 90s, 2000s, 20th century ...
Place: england, london, europe, melbourne, dunkirk ...
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An Officer and a Spy (2019)
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 132 min.
Story: In 1894, French Captain Alfred Dreyfus is wrongfully convicted of treason and sentenced to life imprisonment at Devil's Island.
Style: costume drama, political, art film, suspense, psychological ...
Plot: spy, lawyer, trial, manipulation, courtroom, miscarriage of justice, french army, espionage, duel, french history, french military, french politics ...
Time: 19th century, 1890s, year 2019, victorian era
Place: paris france, israel, france
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 7.8
 343K
The Fugitive (1993)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story: Wrongfully accused of murdering his wife, Richard Kimble escapes from the law in an attempt to find her killer and clear his name. Pursuing him is a team of U.S. marshals led by Deputy Samuel Gerard, a determined detective who will not rest until ...
Style: suspenseful, suspense, neo noir, detective, sexy ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, boys' night
Plot: on the run, conspiracy, betrayal, escape, framed for murder, fugitives, death row, manhunt, doctor, murder, uncover truth, corruption ...
Time: 20th century, year 1993, 90s
Place: chicago, usa, illinois, washington d.c.
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 8.3
 29K
Rectify (2013)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: After 19 years on Death Row for the rape and murder of his teenage girlfriend, Daniel Holden is going home. His conviction has been vacated due to new DNA evidence. Now he has to return to a world he no longer knows and his reentry into the outside ...
Style: sincere, psychological, serious, realistic, cerebral ...
Plot: wrongful conviction, ex convict, death row, lawyer, rape, starting over, haunted by the past, innocence, direction and purpose, homecoming, life is a bitch, society ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: syria, georgia, usa, southern usa, europe
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Arthur & George (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Arthur & George is a three-part adaptation of Julian Barnes' novel about Sherlock Holmes creator Arthur Conan Doyle as played by actor Martin Clunes. Set in 1906 in Staffordshire, Hampshire and London the drama follows Sir Arthur and his ...
Style: clever, serious, realistic, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot: writers, who done it, false accusation, private detective, writer's life, uncover truth, injustice, prejudice, servant, priest, miscarriage of justice, mother son relationship ...
Time: 1900s, 20th century, 1910s, future, edwardian era ...
Place: england, europe, britain, london
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No One Killed Jessica (2011)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story: A reporter teams up with the sister of a murdered model in order to bring her case justice.
Style: realistic, captivating, suspenseful, serious, psychological thriller ...
Plot: courtroom, courtroom drama, murder, cover up, investigation, uncover truth, fighting the system, model, dishonesty, legal, law enforcement, loss of sibling ...
Time: year 2011, 90s, 20th century
Place: delhi, india, asia, new delhi
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 9.9
 2K
Madham (2026)
Genre: Drama
Country: India
Duration: 128 min.
Story: Set in a remote Indian village, Madham follows the harrowing ordeal of a socially marginalized family wrongfully accused of a crime they did not commit. Arrested and subjected to brutal police treatment, they are silenced under the weight of ...
Style: thought provoking, tense, heartbreaking, bleak, political drama ...
Plot: police brutality, false accusation, village, miscarriage of justice, social realism, resistance, social commentary, defiant, class conflict, human rights, persecution, classism ...
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I Fought the Law (2025)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Ann Ming is distraught when her 22-year-old daughter Julie goes missing. The police suggest that Julie must have fled to London to reunite with Julie's estranged husband, but Ann knows that Julie would never leave 5-year-old Kevin behind.
Style: suspense, dark, tense
Audience: adult
Plot: true crime, miscarriage of justice, murder, missing person, cold case, acquittal, grief, mother daughter relationship, police investigation, haunting, missing child, confession ...
Time: 90s
Place: london
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The Legendary Witch (2014)
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Orphan Moon Soo-in marries Ma Do-hyun, the eldest son of the chaebol family who owns bakery corporation Shinhwa Group. But when Do-hyun dies unexpectedly, the Ma family makes Soo-in take the fall for their illegal business practices and she ends up ...
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot: women, revenge, friendship, food, female friendship, miscarriage of justice, falsely accused, bonding, vengeance, life is a bitch, wrongful conviction, false accusation ...
Time: 2010s
Place: korea
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In Law We Believe (2019)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: China
TV show
Style: serious, suspenseful, sad, suspense, tense ...
Plot: justice, moral dilemma, criminal justice, wrongful conviction, miscarriage of justice, law and order, trial, judge, legal, family drama, family relations, parent child relationship ...
Time: 2010s
Place: china
Is relevant?
 7.0
 140
Ichikei's Crow (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: Michio Iruma is a former lawyer. He now works as a judge in the first criminal court (commonly known as "Ichikei") of the Tokyo District Court. He is an unusual judge. To avoid issuing wrong judgements, Michio Iruma seeks out the truth in ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, thought provoking, realistic ...
Plot: courtroom, investigation, court, courtroom drama, justice, miscarriage of justice, workplace, lawyer, female protagonist, crime investigation, legal action, uncover truth ...
Place: japan, tokyo
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Rose and Maloney (2002)
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: Rose and Maloney is a British television crime drama starring Sarah Lancashire and Phil Davis as Rose Linden and Maloney, two investigators working for the fictional Criminal Justice Review Agency. This agency takes on claims of miscarriages of ...
Style: tense, detective, crime drama, psychological, disturbing ...
Audience: adult
Plot: miscarriage of justice, justice, male female relationship, coworker, fight for justice, social justice, civil rights, relationships, workplace, workplace situations, criminal justice, redemption ...
Place: united kingdom, london
Is relevant?
 7.1
 304
Murderers (2021)
Genre: Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Russia
TV show
Story: True case. True murders. Real injustice. This is an incredibly tense criminal drama about one of the most scandalous serial killer cases in USSR. Filmed with great attention to details and played by top actors, the series has a great narrative with ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, suspense, grim ...
Audience: adult
Plot: unsolved crime, homicide detective, serial killer, cold case, police, murderer, crime investigation, wrongful conviction, true crime, miscarriage of justice, murder investigation, investigation ...
Time: 80s, 70s
Place: soviet union
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