Accused of murder movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant accused of murder movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out captivating, suspense, tense, psychological, thrilling and suspenseful films and TV shows about / with accused of murder, murder, framed for murder, murder investigation, murder mystery, lawyer, investigation, accusation, false accusation and criminal plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, France, UK and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as accused of murder: Criminal Justice (2008), Candyman (1992), River (2015), Anything for Her (2008), Where the Crawdads Sing (2022), True Story (2015), Deadly Surveillance (1991), The Green Mile (1999), Sparrowhawk (2011), The Weekend Away (2022).

List of accused of murder movies

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Criminal Justice (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 584 min.
TV show
Story: The worst thing Ben has ever done is, tonight, he takes his Dad's black cab out without his permission. But that's not why Ben ends the evening in a police cell. What looked to be a spontaneous evening of fun with a sexy stranger, Melanie, ...
Style: serious, bleak, captivating, suspense, atmospheric ...
Plot: legal, prison life, courtroom, accused of murder, legal investigation, life is a bitch, lawyers and clients, murder, dilemma, lawyer, police, activism ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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 6.7
 100K
Candyman (1992)
Genre: Horror, Thriller
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 99 min.
Story: The Candyman, a murderous soul with a hook for a hand, is accidentally summoned to reality by a skeptic grad student researching the monster's myth.
Style: scary, slasher, gothic, bloody, rough ...
Audience: teens, boys' night, kids, adult
Plot: urban legend, serial killer, supernatural, ghost, gory, macabre, belief, urban decay, investigation, blood, revenge, mirror ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
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 6.0
 2K
River (2015)
Genre: Thriller
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In the south of Laos, an American volunteer doctor becomes a fugitive after he intervenes in the sexual assault of a young woman. When the assailant's body is pulled from the Mekong River, things quickly spiral out of control.
Style: captivating, tense, serious, suspense
Plot: accused of murder, doctor, pursuit, running from police, chase, murder, false accusation, manhunt, survival, danger, trapped, fugitive ...
Time: 21st century
Place: southeast asia, laos, bangkok thailand, asia, thailand
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Anything for Her (2008)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Spain
Duration: 96 min.
Story: Lisa and Julien are married and lead a happy uneventful life with their son Oscar. But their life radically changes one morning, when the police comes to arrest Lisa on murder charges. She's sentenced to 20 years of prison. Convinced of his ...
Style: exciting, serious, sentimental, suspenseful, twisted ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: prison, false accusation, chase, police, murder, daring rescue, life turned upside down, judge, life is a bitch, investigation, danger, escapades ...
Time: year 2008, 21st century
Place: france, europe, latin america
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Where the Crawdads Sing (2022)
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 125 min.
Story: Abandoned by her family, Kya raises herself all alone in the marshes outside of her small town. When her former boyfriend is found dead, Kya is instantly branded by the local townspeople and law enforcement as the prime suspect for his murder.
Style: suspense, psychological, suspenseful, captivating, visually stunning ...
Audience: date night, adult
Plot: murder mystery, swamp, coming of age, lonely, woman, nature, outcast, accused of murder, twists and turns, boat, deep south, grownups ...
Time: 60s, 2020s, 1950s, year 1953, year 1969 ...
Place: north carolina
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 6.3
 73K
True Story (2015)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A drama centered around the relationship between journalist Michael Finkel and Christian Longo, an FBI Most Wanted List murderer who for years lived outside the U.S. under Finkel's name.
Style: suspense, surprise ending, psychological, captivating, serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: journalist, journalism, courtroom, prison, murder mystery, plot twist, courtroom drama, prisoner, justice, twists and turns, prison visit, uncover truth ...
Time: year 2015, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, oregon, montana, mexico
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Deadly Surveillance (1991)
Genre: Action, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: A detective investigates a series of murders that he begins to suspect are being committed by a woman involved in prostitution and narcotics trafficking.
Style: captivating, tense, suspense, psychological, detective ...
Plot: stalking, accused of murder, drug, investigation, murder, suspicion, serial killer, danger, police detective, twists and turns, confined, femme fatale ...
Place: usa, montreal
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 8.6
 1.4M
The Green Mile (1999)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 189 min.
Story: A supernatural tale set on death row in a Southern prison, where gentle giant John Coffey possesses the mysterious power to heal people's ailments. When the cellblock's head guard, Paul Edgecomb, recognizes Coffey's miraculous gift, ...
Style: touching, emotional, sentimental, heartbreaking, sad ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night, family friendly, adult
Plot: prison, death penalty, stephen king, death row, magic realism, supernatural, convict, false accusation, electric chair, life & death, life philosophy, psychic ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 1935
Place: usa, southern usa, louisiana, america, persia
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 6.2
 91
Sparrowhawk (2011)
Genre: Adventure
Country: France
TV show
Style: light, exciting, entertaining, captivating
Plot: accused of murder, pirate, ocean, countryside, sea, adventure hero, rural setting, adventurer, water, sword, sea adventure, sailor ...
Time: 18th century
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The Weekend Away (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: When her best friend vanishes during a girls' trip to Croatia, Beth races to figure out what happened. But each clue yields another unsettling deception.
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, tense, suspense ...
Plot: murder, murder mystery, weekend, mysterious disappearance, disappearance, murder investigation, victim, girlfriend, accused of murder, woman, investigation, vacation gone wrong ...
Time: 2020s
Place: croatia, london
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The Witness for the Prosecution (2016)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 117 min.
TV show
Story: The hunt is on to find the murderer of a wealthy glamorous heiress who is found dead in her London townhouse. Based on the short story by Agatha Christie.
Style: detective, twisted, slasher, costume drama, period drama
Plot: murder mystery, heiress, murder, interwar period, lawyer, socialite, accused of murder, court, inheritance, scandal, resistance, christmas ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: london
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The Crime Is Mine (2023)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 102 min.
Story: In the 1930s in Paris, a young and pretty actress, penniless and without talent, is accused of the murder of a famous producer. Helped by her best friend, a young unemployed lawyer, she is acquitted for self-defence.
Style: captivating, psychological, thrilling
Plot: murder, accused of murder, producer, actress, female friendship, female protagonist, murder investigation, female lawyer, framed for murder, who done it, accusation, problem ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century, year 1935
Place: france, paris france
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 7.2
 9K
Far from Men (2014)
Genre: Drama, War
Country: France
Duration: 101 min.
Story: A French teacher in a small Algerian village during the Algerian War forms an unexpected bond with a dissident who is ordered to be turned in to the authorities.
Style: serious, captivating, realistic, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot: teacher, journey, algerian war, french algerian war, forced into action, prisoner, hostage, danger, on the run, misfit partners, political unrest, on the road ...
Time: 20th century, year 2014, 1950s, year 1954, 50s
Place: algeria, france, nebraska, africa
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Sherlock Holmes and the Baker Street Irregulars (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: UK, Ireland
Duration: 57 min.
Story: A gang of sharp witted street kids save Sherlock Holmes from an accusation of murder and help to foil an audacious robbery.
Style: tense, suspense, captivating
Plot: sherlock holmes, private detective, sleuth, accused of murder, street kid, murder investigation, crime investigation, crime solving, uncover truth, murder mystery, homicide detective, private investigation ...
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What War May Bring (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: France
Duration: 120 min.
Story: A theater projectionist's daughter is involved in the Resistance in WWII, but she doesn’t share his political involvement & only believes in passion. She follows the men she loves unconditionally, suffering betrayal and hardship.
Style: captivating, emotional, psychological, serious, realistic ...
Plot: world war two, soldier, strong female presence, haunted by the past, concentration camp, saving a life, accused of murder, autobiography, saved from execution, american soldier, nazi, nazi officer ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place: france, paris france
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American Gigolo (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story: Julian Kaye has always been an object of desire, so much so that people are willing to destroy him in order to have him. Exonerated, after 15 years in prison for a murder he didn’t commit, he now faces the challenge of picking up the pieces as the ...
Style: thrilling, captivating, tense, suspenseful
Plot: accused of murder, investigation, false accusation of murder, framed for murder, false accusation, framed for a crime, falsely accused, prisoner, crime investigation, crime solving, accusation, uncover truth ...
Place: los angeles
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Yalda: A Night for Forgivness (2019)
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: France, Belgium, Germany, Switzerland, Luxembourg, Iran, Lebanon
Duration: 89 min.
Story: Maryam accidentally killed her husband Nasser and is sentenced to death. The only person who can save her is Mona, Nasser's daughter. All Mona has to do is appear on a TV show and forgive Maryam. But forgiveness proves difficult when they are ...
Style: psychological, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: death sentence, forgiveness, family problems, accused of murder, framed for murder, resentment, accidental killing, moral dilemma, family relations, murder, guilty verdict, female protagonist ...
Time: 2010s
Place: tehran iran
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Boyfriend's Deceit (2018)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Annie is pulled over by police for a traffic violation while she is driving her boyfriend's car. When the police discover a bloody knife in the back of the car, she has to find what is really going on before she is wrongly accused of a murder.
Style: suspense, captivating
Plot: framed for murder, false identity, false accusation of murder, accused of murder, murder investigation, falsely accused, false accusation, criminal, crime investigation, investigation, uncover truth, accusation ...
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Killing for the Prosecution (2018)
Genre: Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 123 min.
Story: Young public prosecutor Keiichiro Okino is assigned to the department of the Tokyo Public Prosecutors Office that deals with violent cases, where he will work with Takeshi Mogami, whom he admires. When a money lender is killed and it is suspected ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: prosecutor, murder suspect, murderer, murder, accused of murder, framed for murder, accusation, murder mystery, mentor protege relationship, criminal justice, felony, framed for a crime ...
Place: tokyo
Is relevant ?
 6.8
 2K
The Twelve (2022)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The story of 12 ordinary Australians who are selected for jury duty in a murder trial as traumatising as it is controversial, in which a woman stands accused of killing her teenage niece.
Style: disturbing, captivating, tense
Plot: murder, jury, accused of murder, legal action, court, murder trial, courtroom, courtroom drama, criminal, woman, murder investigation, legal investigation ...
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Tracking a Killer (2021)
Genre: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: After Haley goes missing, Michelle must work quickly to find her daughter and discover the truth behind the mysterious deaths before Haley or anyone else gets hurt.
Style: suspense, tense, captivating, disturbing
Plot: murder, framed for murder, accused of murder, investigation, mother and daughter, private investigation, framed for a crime, mother daughter relationship, murder investigation, murder mystery, athlete, crime investigation ...
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 6.1
 471
Danny Boy (2021)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story: Soldier Brian Wood, is accused of war crimes in Iraq by the human rights lawyer Phil Shiner. The two men go head to head in a legal and moral conflict that takes us from the battlefield, at so-called Checkpoint Danny Boy, to the courtroom and one of ...
Style: tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing, suspense
Plot: iraq war, american soldier, war crime, ex soldier, accused of murder, military, framed for a crime, military officer, soldier, framed for murder, accusation, war violence ...
Place: united kingdom
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 6.6
 57K
Stillwater (2021)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 139 min.
Story: Bill Baker, an American oil-rig roughneck from Oklahoma, travels to Marseille to visit his estranged daughter, Allison, who is in prison for a murder she claims she did not commit. Confronted with language barriers, cultural differences, and a ...
Style: suspense, dramatic, inspirational, captivating, tense ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: father daughter relationship, mother in law son in law relationship, father, prisoner, american football, prison visit, murder, investigation, hopes, framed for murder, accused of murder, society ...
Place: france, marseille
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A Fall From Grace (2020)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story: When a law-abiding woman gets indicted for murdering her husband, her lawyer soon realizes that a larger conspiracy may be at work.
Style: suspenseful, psychological thriller, enigmatic, tense, suspense ...
Plot: trial, sex scene, twists and turns, black woman, murder, black cast, depression, crumbling relationship, serial killer, murder mystery, framed for murder, accused of murder ...
Time: 2020s
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 7.1
 33K
The Staircase (2022)
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 519 min.
TV show
Story: An exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
Style: crime thriller, detective, suspense, thrilling, historical drama ...
Plot: true crime, courtroom, parents, house, criminal, defense attorney, criminal trial, gay, courtroom drama, court, suspect, murder investigation ...
Time: 2000s, year 2001, 2020s
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 7.5
 622
Stepmother (2005)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: Mexico
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story: La Madrastra is a Mexican telenovela. It was produced by Televisa and broadcast on Canal de las Estrellas in Mexico from 7 February 2005 through 29 July 2005. The program became an unexpected success, garnering ratings in excess of 30 points. ...
Style: soap opera, novela, captivating, psychological, suspense ...
Plot: false accusation, murder, secret, jail, relationships, framed for murder, family relations, murderer, dysfunctional marriage, murder mystery, accused of murder, male female relationship ...
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 5.6
 26
Macy Murdoch (2023)
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: When a mysterious rival uses a time machine to frame famous Edwardian-era Detective William Murdoch of a murder he didn’t commit, Macy and her friends travel back to 1910 to determine the real perpetrator of the crime. But if you thought solving a ...
Style: detective, psychological, captivating, thrilling
Plot: time machine, changing the past or future, grandparent grandchild relationship, time traveler, time warp, who done it, back in time, framed for murder, grandfather granddaughter relationship, time loop, dysfunctional family, time paradox ...
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The Fugitive Lawyer (2010)
Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
TV show
Story: A young lawyer's promising career is crushed when he becomes the sole suspect of a murder; though innocent, excessive evidence says otherwise. While he has faith in the law, he must pursue the truth - even if it means becoming a fugitive.
Style: thrilling, psychological, captivating, suspenseful
Plot: lawyer, problem, advocate, murderer, false accusation, secret, uncover truth, who done it, accusation, false accusation of murder, murder, murder investigation ...
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 5.2
 5K
Lake Bodom (2016)
Genre: Horror, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Finland, New Zealand, Estonia
Duration: 85 min.
Story: Every camper’s worst nightmare came true at Lake Bodom in 1960 when four teenagers were stabbed to death while sleeping in their tent. As the years passed and the case grew cold, the unsolved mystery turned into an urban legend, a creepy campfire ...
Style: slasher, suspenseful, rough, suspense, bleak ...
Audience: teens
Plot: camping, masked killer, tourist, murder, lake, teenager, mass murder, forest, violence, murderer, murder mystery, serial killer ...
Time: 60s
Place: oceania
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I'm Not a Killer (2019)
Genre: Crime, Thriller
Country: Italy
Duration: 110 min.
Story: One livid dawn, a cold and damp wind blows as a man walks alone through the darkness. Deputy Police Superintendent Francesco Prencipe is on his way to meet his best friend, Judge Giovanni Mastropaolo whom he hasn't seen for almost two years. ...
Style: tense, captivating, suspense
Plot: murder investigation, uncover truth, fighting crime, investigation, crime investigation, murder mystery, accused of murder, framed for murder, murderer, criminal, murder, law and order ...
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