Wrongful arrest movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant wrongful arrest movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, tense, serious, realistic, suspenseful and interesting films and TV shows about / with wrongful arrest, false accusation, police, murder, justice, police officer, corruption, gun, redemption and investigation plots mostly in Drama, Thriller and Crime genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as wrongful arrest: Richard Jewell (2019), Gone Girl (2014), Licorice Pizza (2021), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Brazil (1985), Atonement (2007), Trading Places (1983), I'm Still Here (2024), The Paper (1994), The Fugitive (1993).
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Richard Jewell thinks quick, works fast, and saves hundreds, perhaps thousands, of lives after a domestic terrorist plants several pipe bombs and they explode during a concert, only to be falsely suspected of the crime by sloppy FBI work and ...
Style:
tense, sad, realistic, factual, suspense ...
Plot:
lawyer, false accusation, wrongful arrest, scapegoat, media frenzy, terrorist, fbi, federal bureau of investigation, biopic, security guard, friendship between men, media circus ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s, 2010s, year 2019, year 1986 ...
Place:
atlanta georgia, georgia, usa
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1.2M
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 149 min.
Story:
With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.
Style:
psychological, suspense, surprise ending, twist ending, clever ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, date night, teens, boys' night ...
Plot:
twists and turns, psychology, murder mystery, missing person, manipulation, infidelity, investigation, marriage, femme fatale, revenge, missing wife, adultery ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 2000s, year 2012, 21st century
Place:
peru, america, usa, manhattan new york city, new york ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 133 min.
Story:
Set in the San Fernando Valley in the 1970s, the film follows a high school student who is also a successful child actor.
Style:
period piece, captivating, teen, comedy drama, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
coming of age, closeted homosexual, first love, actor, jealousy, teenage boy, political campaign, brother brother relationship, age difference, atheism, gay relationship, friendship ...
Time:
year 1973, 2020s, 70s, year 1939, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, new york, pasadena california
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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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221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
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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: 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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Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Country: Brazil, France
Duration: 137 min.
Story:
In Rio de Janeiro in the 1970s, during the dictatorship, former deputy Rubens Paiva was taken from his home by soldiers to be interrogated. He was never found again. The search for truth lasts 30 long years. And when the answers begin to appear, ...
Style:
historical drama, realistic, independent film, hood, factual ...
Plot:
brazilian military dictatorship, dictatorship, military dictatorship, based on real people, loss, missing father, female nudity, loss of husband, widow, husband, wrongful arrest, female protagonist ...
Time:
year 1971, 20th century, year 2014, year 1996, 70s ...
Place:
brazil, rio de janeiro, sao paulo, brazil, sao paulo brazil
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17K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Henry Hackett is the editor of a New York City tabloid. He is a workaholic who loves his job, but the long hours and low pay are leading to discontent. Also, publisher Bernie White faces financial straits, and has hatchetman Alicia Clark, ...
Style:
black comedy, talky, sentimental, humorous, realistic ...
Plot:
journalism, newspaper, newspaper editor, workaholic, satire, media, workplace, newspaper reporter, husband wife relationship, quarrel, scapegoat, father daughter estrangement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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343K
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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299K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When former Green Beret John Rambo is harassed by local law enforcement and arrested for vagrancy, the Vietnam vet snaps, runs for the hills and rat-a-tat-tats his way into the action-movie hall of fame. Hounded by a relentless sheriff, Rambo ...
Style:
exciting, serious, suspense, perverse, action adventure ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, teens
Plot:
gunfight, one man army, manhunt, police brutality, tough guy, vietnam war, soldier, survival, revenge, lone hero, danger, tough heroes ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, year 1982, post world war two ...
Place:
vietnam, washington state, usa, north america, arizona ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA, Germany, Canada
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
A woman framed for her husband's murder suspects he is still alive; as she has already been tried for the crime, she can't be re-prosecuted if she finds and kills him.
Style:
suspense, psychological thriller, clever, rough, realistic ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
twists and turns, prison, vengeance, revenge, false accusation, buried alive, wrongful conviction, courtroom, murder, women's prison, perfect crime, manipulation ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
new orleans, seattle, southern usa, georgia, san francisco
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Genre: Action, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Terminal Island, New York: 2020. Overcrowding in the US penal system has reached a breaking point. Prisons have been turned over to a monolithic Weyland Corporation, which sees jails full of thugs as an opportunity for televised sport. Adrenalized ...
Style:
exciting, fast, visually appealing, serious, futuristic ...
Audience:
boys' night, manly
Plot:
prison, car chase, racing, revenge, violence, car race, murder, betrayal, survival, tough guy, rivalry, ex convict ...
Time:
year 2008, future, year 2012, 2010s, 2020s
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Genre: Drama
Country: Turkey, Greece
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
September 1980. Mustafa 'Mehmet Ali Alabora' and his wife, who're both laborers are married for 5 years. The couple has nothing to do with politics and spend their days happily with their 3 year old daughter and their TV, despite the ...
Style:
historical drama, suspense, art house, political drama, tragic
Plot:
wrongful arrest, military coup, mistaken identity, political repression, authoritarianism, oppression, ordinary people, family drama, civil liberties, fear, police station, human rights ...
Place:
turkey, middle east
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Music, Musical
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, ...
Style:
realistic, hood, intense, clever, inspirational ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
hip hop, racism, music, ghetto, gangster, redemption, rap, rags to riches, profanity, rapper, african american, gang ...
Time:
90s, year 2015, 2010s, year 1990, year 1995 ...
Place:
los angeles, california, milwaukee wisconsin, usa, detroit ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
One mother must fight back to prove her innocence or lose her children.
Style:
suspenseful, realistic, serious, rough, tension ...
Plot:
custody, false accusation, courtroom, courtroom drama, righting the wronged, family relations, injustice, parents and children, legal, legal action, dishonesty, life is a bitch ...
Time:
21st century
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442
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Election Night 1979: Margaret Thatcher is about to come into power. A young black man is held on suspicion of murdering his pregnant wife. Officers Karn and Wilby, racist to the core and high on the prospect of a Conservative Party victory, try to ...
Style:
disturbing, realistic, rough, suspenseful, independent film ...
Plot:
racism, murder, protagonist as suspect, police investigation, injustice, society, life is a bitch, law enforcement, social decay, police brutality, police corruption, wrongful arrest ...
Time:
70s, year 1979
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Horror, Thriller, Western
Country: China, USA
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
All the rules are broken as a sect of lawless marauders decides that the annual Purge does not stop at daybreak and instead should never end as they chase a group of immigrants who they want to punish because of their harsh historical past.
Style:
suspense, scary, saga, tense, disturbing ...
Plot:
survival horror, killing spree, immigrant, social decay, desert, civil war, racist, racism, murder, dystopia, pregnant woman, distopia ...
Time:
2040s, 2020s, near future, 21st century
Place:
mexico, el paso texas, texas, usa
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Thriller
Country: Ireland, Switzerland, UK, USA
Duration: 131 min.
Story:
Edmond Dantés's life and plans to marry the beautiful Mercedes are shattered when his best friend, Fernand, deceives him. After spending 13 miserable years in prison, Dantés escapes with the help of a fellow inmate and plots his revenge, ...
Style:
suspense, exciting, costume drama, period piece, sexy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
vengeance, revenge, sword fight, treason, treasure, lone hero, twists and turns, corruption, prison, confined, betrayal, arrest ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, year 2002, 18th century, 1800s ...
Place:
france, ireland, marseille, europe, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Television drama based on a true story about a group of planespotters wrongly accused of being spies. 14 planespotters are arrested for behaving 'suspiciously' at an air base in Greece and are accused of being spies because of the ...
Style:
serious, tension, political drama
Plot:
injustice, mistaken identity, wrongful arrest, greek, detention, surveillance, mistrust, human rights, military base, empathy, evidence, paranoia ...
Place:
greece
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Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Mexico, USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A Latino family new to Los Angeles find itself in trouble when the husband is arrested for a murder he didn't commit. His pregnant wife winds up in the hospital, and his little daughter is kidnapped by a child molester.
Style:
tense, crime thriller, suspense, dark, independent film
Plot:
kidnapping, false accusation, wrongful arrest, child molester, trauma, fear, family drama, child abduction, grief, working class, protective father, desperation ...
Place:
los angeles
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52K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 136 min.
Story:
Deepak is a lawyer suffering from bipolar disorder who experiences frequent mood swings. One night, Rajveer and his friends get drunk and try to molest Miss Arora and her two roommates leading to an accident. The film revolves around how Deepak ...
Style:
suspenseful, bleak, talky, suspense, disturbing ...
Plot:
courtroom drama, attempted rape, sexual abuse, mental disorder, feminist, lawyer, courtroom, bipolar disorder, fighting the system, dishonesty, wrongful arrest, power relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
india, delhi
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Genre: Drama
Country: Spain
Duration: 75 min.
TV show
Story:
Mary a successful lawyer based in Madrid is shocked to discover she is adopted. A search for her biological parents soon leads to a web of deceit and betrayal. She uncovers a human trafficking operation, which leads her down a dark path.
Style:
suspenseful, exciting, suspense
Plot:
revenge, kidnapped woman, slave trader, false accusation, lawyer, foster child, biological father, outlaw gang, search for father, family relations, lone hero, presumed dead ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Based upon a true story, Marg Helgenberger stars as a single mother mysteriously arrested by the FBI and separated from her children, thus beginning a 25-year struggle to be reunited with them.
Style:
emotional, dramatic, crime drama, tense, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
single mother, motherhood, mother love, missing child, family drama, kidnapping, resilience, determination, wrongful arrest, injustice, fbi investigation, trauma ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 60s
Place:
georgia
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Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Country: Egypt
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Directed by Hussein Kamal.
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, satirical, buddy comedy, islamic ...
Plot:
mossad, mistaken identity, wrongful arrest, police station, prison, farce, friendship, social commentary, social satire, city life, daily life, community ...
Time:
70s, 60s
Place:
egypt, cairo egypt
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Norway
Duration: 360 min.
TV show
Story:
A young girl is found killed at a camping resort and criminal psychologist Maja Angell believes that the police have arrested the wrong man....
Style:
serious, crime thriller, psychological thriller, suspense, suspenseful ...
Plot:
murder, criminal psychologist, investigation, police officer, police, woman killed, murderer, mystery killer, murder investigation, crime investigation, criminal psychology, danger ...
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Genre: Comedy, Thriller
Country: India
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Purmy's life turns upside down when gets framed for kidnapping John, the schoolgoing son of a businessman, after he picks up an abandoned luggage, lying on the street. With the ongoing investigation, a number of twists and turns make the police ...
Style:
twisted, twist ending, fast paced, suspense, tense ...
Plot:
wrongful arrest, police investigation, kidnapping, ransom, mistaken identity, small town, corruption, social commentary, justice, moral ambiguity, satire, flashback ...
Place:
kannada
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: Greece, Germany, France
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Sotiris is a police investigator in Athens who lives by a strict moral code. An honest man, he carries himself as though held down by the weight of the world. Dora is a cleaning lady, struggling to get by any way she can. Dealt a rough hand in life, ...
Style:
realistic, crime drama, captivating, tense, psychological ...
Plot:
working class, moral dilemma, society, cop witness relations, dark humor, injustice, uncover truth, law enforcement, police, moral ambiguity, ethical dilemma, police corruption ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
greece, athens greece
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: Japan
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
One day in February, 2005, Metropolitan Police Department Superintendent Muroi (Toshiro Yanagiba) is arrested to take responsibility for a botched murder case he headed. His faithful colleagues, including Arashiro (Toshio Kakei) and Okita (Miki ...
Style:
suspense, detective, tense, grim, noir
Plot:
murder, suspect, corruption, investigation, cover up, lawyer, political intrigue, miscarriage of justice, justice, conspiracy, suspicion, power struggle ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
While delivering toys, Santa's son (Nick Stabile) is arrested for trespassing. Dispirited, he turns for help to a public defender (Lauren Holly).
Style:
feel good, semi serious, touching, humorous, light hearted ...
Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, hopes, love and romance, christmas eve, family relations, disorder, family life, wish come true, legal, christmas spirit, legal action ...
Time:
2000s
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