Highest-Rated Movies about 'Wrongly Accused', Sort by Popularity

The Ox-Bow Incident (1942), Fury (1936), Just Mercy (2019), Intruder in the Dust (1949), They Live by Night (1948), The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2009), If Beale Street Could Talk (2018), Dangerous Beauty (1998) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Wrongly Accused movies.

#17. Hart's War (2002)

Storyline: Fourth-generation Army Col. William McNamara is imprisoned in a brutal German POW camp. Still, as the senior-ranking American officer, he commands his fellow inmates, keeping a sense of honor alive in a place where honor is easy to destroy, all under the dangerous eye of the Luftwaffe veteran Col. Wilhelm Visser. Never giving up the fight to win the war, McNamara is silently planning, waiting for his moment to strike back at the enemy. A murder in the camp gives him the chance to set a risky plan in motion. With a court martial to keep Visser and the Germans distracted, McNamara orchestrates a cunning scheme to escape and destroy a nearby munitions plant, enlisting the unwitting help of young Lt. Tommy Hart. Together with his men, McNamara uses a hero's resolve to carry out his mission, ultimately forced to weigh the value of his life against the good of his country.

Plot Keywords: law student, soldier, prisoner, wrongly accused, african-american, german, positive ...

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#18. Spooks: The Greater Good (2015)

Storyline: MI5 personnel are caught up in a traffic jam in London while escorting the CIA's most wanted terrorist to an arranged CIA handover point, when he is suddenly rescued by armed men on motorbikes. Harry Pearce, the head of Counter-Terrorism at MI5 is blamed for the terrorist escaping. Especially as Harry disappeared shortly after the incident. An ex-agent, Will Holloway, and protégé of Harry's is recalled by MI5 to assist in finding and bringing Harry in. However Harry has disappeared for a reason. Certain that there is a traitor in a senior position in MI5, he enlists the somewhat reluctant Will to help him in uncovering the rat or rats concerned.

Plot Keywords: british intelligence agent, terrorist, wrongly accused, secret agent, teamwork, gripping, tense ...

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#19. The Kindness of Strangers (2019)

Storyline: Clara and her two sons escape from her abusive husband with little more than their car and plan to start over in New York. After the car towed away, the family meets Alice, who gets them into an emergency shelter. While stealing food at a Russian restaurant called 'Winter Palace, Clara meets Marc, who has been given the chance to help the old eatery regain its former glory. The 'Winter Palace,' soon becomes a place of unexpected encounters between people who are all undergoing some sort of crisis and whom fate has now brought together.—AnonymusB

Plot Keywords: stranger, abused wife, nurse, wrongly accused, lawyer, son, emotional ...

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#20. The Man From Galveston (1963)

Storyline: Circuit-riding Texas lawyer Timothy Higgins defends a former girlfriend against a murder charge stemming from an extortionist's threat to reveal her shady past. Through adroit courtroom work, Higgins is able to acquit her and reveal who actually shot the fatal bullet.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: lawyer, ex-girlfriend, extortionist, wrongly accused, murder suspect, sheriff, brooding ...

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#21. Count the Hours (1953)

Storyline: The midnight murder of a rancher and his wife leaves circumstantial evidence pointing the finger of guilt toward a married couple, George Braden and his wife Ellen, who live and work on the ranch. George confesses to the killings in order to free his wife from hours of grilling by the police. Despite the best efforts of his defense attorney Doug Madison, George gets the death penalty. Subsequent events, and his sympathy for Ellen convince Doug that George is innocent, but he must find the real murderer to prove it. His manhunt leads to a former hired hand, Max Verne. With the help of the latter's greedy girlfriend, Gracie Sanger, Max is found and admits to the killings. But when a hearing is held, a psychiatrist pronounces him unsound of mind but harmless, and the judge sets him free. After the Governor rejects Doug's pleas for an appeal for George, the townspeople turn against him, and his fiancée Paula Mitchener misconstrues his association with Ellen and breaks their engagement, and, having spent all his own money in an effort to achieve justice for George, and with his practice gone, Doug prepares to leave town.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: murder victim, immigrant, wrongly accused, couple, worker, lawyer, intense ...

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#23. The Cracksman (1965)

Storyline: A short, kind, very innocent and efficient locksmith is cheated by a burglar in order to rob a car and to open a safe strongbox. The police catch him and is sent to jail. Once there, some gangsters gain his friendship to cheat him again and to help them escape.—Michel Rudoy <mdrc@hp9000a1.uam.mx>

Plot Keywords: con artist, wrongly accused, burglar, police officer, gangster, amusing, engaging ...

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#26. Tom Sawyer & Huckleberry Finn (2014)

Storyline: The adventure unfolds as Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn - Tom's friend from the streets - witness a murder in the graveyard. Tom and Huck flee to Jackson Island and make a pact never to tell anyone about the incident. However, when the good-natured Muff Potter, who has been blamed for the murder is sentenced to death by hanging, Tom breaks his promise and returns to exonerate Muff Potter. In jun Joe, the actual murderer, makes a hasty exit from the courtroom during the trial. A short time later, Tom and Huck find references to a treasure and have to face In jun Joe again.—Anonymous

Plot Keywords: criminal, friend, young man, wrongly accused, touching, playful, heartwarming ...

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#27. Marked Men (1940)

Storyline: Bill Carver is a young medical-school graduate wrongly confined in prison. He escapes and finds a haven and romance in an Arizona small town. But his hopes of happiness and freedom are dashed when gangster Joe Mallon and his four henchmen show up. Mallon was the one who engineered Bill into the frame-up felony that sent him to prison along with Mallon. Bill is forced to lead Mallon and his men into an escape attempt across the blistering, sun-scorched desert.—Les Adams <longhorn1939@suddenlink.net>

Plot Keywords: college graduate, wrongly accused, escaped convict, gangster, henchmen, bank robber, suspenseful ...

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#28. The Convent (2018)

Storyline: Early in the seventeenth century, a young woman, Persephone, is falsely accused, arrested and put on trial for her life. Her fate seems sealed but for the timely intervention of a stranger, the mysterious Reverend Mother, who offers Persephone not just sanctuary, but hope. For the Reverend Mother is the self-appointed leader of a small religious retreat, a secluded Priory, where she and her fellow Sisters can devote their lives to the Lord and seek atonement for their pasts. But upon her arrival, Persephone is plagued with terrifying visions and soon realizes that it's not Salvation that awaits her, but a battle for her very soul itself.—Paul Hyett & Conal Palmer

Plot Keywords: wrongly accused, innocent woman, priest, judge, nun, brutal, bleak ...

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