10 Best Movies About Heroes Who Are Wrongfully Accused, Ranked 1 Invisible Man (2020) 2 Gone Girl (2014) 3 Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) 4 The Hunt (2012) 5 Knives Out (2019) 6 The Negotiator (1998) 7 Mission: Impossible (1996) 8 Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014) 9 The Shawshank Redemption (1993) 10 The Fugitive (1993)
There is arguably no other slavery film that makes you feel as helpless and as angry as Steve McQueen’s 12 Years A Slave. There are a number of disturbing and difficult scenes in the film, but perhaps the hardest one to watch is Patsey’s (Lupita Nyong'o) whipping.
The 53 Most Hard-To-Watch Scenes in Movie History. 1 53. Patsey’s Whipping. Image via Getty. Movie: 12 Years A Slave (2013) Director: Steve McQueen Stars: Chiwetel Ejiofor, Lupita Nyong'o, Michael ... 2 52. Birth of the Human Centipede. 3 51. Bikini Wax. 4 50. Cuticle Cutting. 5 49. Cheeseburger. More items
This film is based on an autobiography called Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson, and you can rent it on Amazon or iTunes. After spending 25 in prison, convicted of murdering his wife, Michael Morton was proved innocent.
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When the kids are 13, they steal a hot dog wagon and it rolls down subway steps and crushes a man. They're sentenced to a reformatory where they are tortured and sexually assaulted by a sadistic guard named Nokes (Kevin Bacon).
Four teenage friends from Hell's Kitchen end up being sent to reform school after almost killing a man. There they are brutalized by the guards. John (Ron Eldard) and Tommy (Billy Crudup) grow up to be hit men who recognize their abuser years later and kill him. Their trial is prosecuted by another member of their gang, who is now the assistant DA.Sleepers / Film synopsis
Mr. Carcaterra, a onetime New York Daily News reporter, said last year: ''The story is true. Names and dates are changed. '' But others have challenged virtually every detail in the book.
Four boys from Hell's Kitchen enter a reformatory where a cruel guard abuses them. Years later, two of them get revenge and must stand trial. Watch all you want.
According to the author, it is a true story based on his childhood. But there is much debate about how much is fictitious due to lack of hard evidence. The film is about four men who take the law into their own hands after they are subjected to horrendous things, and portrays a system gone awry.
There's an enormous amount of jealousy and bitterness over that." Robert De Niro and Brad Pitt are reportedly slated to star in the film version of "Sleepers." The title is slang for a juvenile sentenced to serve longer than nine months.
The film, exceptional on many counts, ultimately is sad in a hopeless, haunting way. "Sleepers" boasts an impressive ensemble -- Kevin Bacon, Robert De Niro, Dustin Hoffman, Jason Patric, Brad Pitt, Brad Renfro, Minnie Driver and Vittorio Gassman.
Sleepers | 1996 Brooklyn, stands in for New York's 'Hell's Kitchen' neighbourhood, which has been radically redeveloped since the 60s, when the film begins. The 'Church of the Holy Angels' of Father Bobby (Robert De Niro) is Most Holy Trinity, 138 Montrose Avenue in Williamsburg.
Where was Sleepers Filmed? Sleepers was filmed in Astor Pl Subway Station, Elysian Cafe, Fairfield Hills Hospital (Newtown Municipal Center), Greenpoint, Market Diner (Closed), McHale's - 750 8th Ave (Closed), Milton St & Franklin St and Yonkers City Court.
Jason PatricStory kicks off in the summer of 1966 in New York's Hell's Kitchen, which was according to narration spoken by Jason Patric populated “by hard men living hard lives.” Levinson deftly sketches in the backdrop against which four friends, about age 14, hang out, an environment controlled by priests and gangsters, and ...
In A Few Good Men, Tom Cruise stars as Lt. Daniel Kaffee, who is tasked with the chore of defending Marines accused of murder. But his clients insist they were acting under direct orders, a fact made famously clear in the climactic courtroom showdown between Kaffee and Jack Nicholson’s Colonel Nathan R. Jessup.
Switching gears to the more somber, Matthew McConaughey ’s closing argument in defense of a man, who killed his 10-year-old daughter’s rapists, is one of the most powerful courtroom speeches we’ve ever heard in a film or TV show.
Kramer vs. Kramer dealt with an ugly divorce and child custody case as well as a father’s rights to his child when it comes to determining who should have custody. At the time, there was a common belief that custodial rights automatically went to the mother. The problem in this case was that Dad (Dustin Hoffman) was a much better parent.
The Oscar-winning courtroom comedy My Cousin Vinny is memorable for a lot of scenes involving Vinny (Joe Pesci) and his girlfriend Mona Lisa Vito (Marisa Tomei) and we’ve featured both of them here previously, but who can forget his innocent murder suspect cousin’s earlier counsel, John Gibbons, a stuttering attorney who can’t seem to get through his opening statement?
In this clip, Jerry Seinfeld (the character) is trying to withhold his testimony from expert attorney Jackie Chiles. He’s developed a crush on Sue-Ellen Mischke, the heir to the Oh Henry candy bar fortune, who caused Kramer to wreck George’s car when she was walking down the street wearing a bra as her only top.
Perry Mason, the brilliant defense attorney of literature, TV, and film, was always known for unorthodox maneuvers in court, and the clip you’re about to see is no exception. Here he’s defending a man whose dog was implicated in a dog bite attack. The complainant attests that the defendant didn’t take reasonable steps for preventing the attack. Mason contends that “perhaps, the proper criminal procedure would have been the indictment of the dog.”
This film is based on an autobiography called Proved Innocent: The Story of Gerry Conlon of the Guildford Four. It stars Daniel Day-Lewis and Emma Thompson, and you can rent it on Amazon or iTunes.
IFCFilmsVOD on YouTube. A 1976 murder of a police officer is the subject of this documentary, which reveals a great deal of corruption within the criminal justice system. It's available on Netflix and Hulu for streaming.
Often when a wrongful conviction comes to light, you're hearing about it because a person is being exonerated for the crime which put them in jail. As exciting as it is that that person is finally receiving justice, it's infuriating that they were sent away for an act they didn't do.
In true crime, various echelons of the genre exist. There are the stories that make you disgusted by human nature and grateful for the criminal justice system. There are other cases that remain unsolved and make you muse over whodunit. And then, there are the tales of wrongful convictions that keep you up at night because you simply can't believe ...
This Harrison Ford movie tells the story of a man who must prove his innocence of a crime he was wrongly convicted of committing. As you can tell from the film's name, he's on the run from the police, and it's a race-for-your life story that you can't forget.
While this 1994 film suggests that its protagonist, Andy Dufresne, was actually innocent for the crime that put him in jail, some people believe that Andy was a master-manipulator who actually was guilty. The dubiousness of innocence vs. guilt is part of its greatness, though. You can rent it on Amazon or iTunes for $3.99.
Murder on a Sunday Morning (2001) One thing that separates Murder on a Sunday Morning from the other films on this list is that it was filmed as the case was actually happening.
The Central Park Five (2012) There’s a scene in the breathtaking documentary, The Central Park Five, that speaks of the lasting horror of a prison sentence. It took several years for five black men to be found innocent of a vicious gang rape they never committed.
Darryl Hunt was 19 when he was convicted of the rape and murder of a young, white newspaper editor, and it took him just as many years to prove his innocence. One of the final scenes of this film, in which Darryl literally faces the victim’s mother (who still believes Darryl is guilty) is utterly devastating. 8.
There is something incredibly captivating about the story of an innocent person being accused of a crime they didn't commit. These heroes immediately have the audience's sympathy for being thrown into an unfair scenario where they are fighting to prove their own innocence as the rest of the world condemns them.
1 The Fugitive (1993) While there are plenty of movies about an innocent man on the run, The Fugitive remains the most iconic. Harrison Ford stars as a doctor whose wife is brutally murdered and he is framed for the crime. After escaping during a prison transport, he goes on the run while trying to prove his innocence.
2 The Shawshank Redemption (1993) Based on a story by Stephen King, The Shawshank Redemption is the story of a man who is sent to prison for a crime he didn't commit. As he spends years of his life behind bars, this man builds friendships, betters himself, and finds his own small ways to be free.
10 Invisible Man (2020) Blumhouse sought to remake a classic Universal horror movie with Leigh Whannell at the helm. The result was a tense and thrilling update to The Invisible Man starring Elizabeth Moss as a woman who escapes an abusive relationship only to realize her ex has found a way to turn himself invisible.
An underrated thriller from the '90s, The Negotiator stars Samuel L. Jackson as a skilled hostage negotiator who finds himself on the other side of the law when he takes a group of government officials hostage in order to clear his name of murder. Jackson is excellent in the intense hero role.
6 Knives Out (2019) Rian Johnson delivered one of the most entertaining films of last year with the murder mystery Knives Out. Following the death of a famed author, a brilliant detective (Daniel Craig) begins investigating the man's dysfunctional family and loved ones to learn the truth.
The excellent Danish drama The Hunt star Mads Mikkelsen as Lucas, a caring kindergarten teacher living in a small community. When a young boy tells a small lie about Lucas, it spirals out of control making the teacher an outcast in the town while his innocence is threatened.
Movie: The Human Centipede (2010) Director: Tom Six Stars: Dieter Laser, Ashlynn Yennie, Ashley C. Williams, Akihiro Kitamur
Movie: Raw (2016) Director: Julia Ducournau Stars: Garance Marillier, Ella Rumpf, Rabah Nait Oufella
Movie: Black Swan (2010) Director: Darren Aronofsky Stars: Natalie Portman, Mila Kunis, Vincent Cassel, Winona Ryder, Barbara Hershey
Movie: Menace II Society (1993) Director: Albert and Allen Hughes Stars: Tyrin Turner, Larenz Tate, Jada Pinkett Smith
Movie: Bulworth (1998) Director: Warren Beatty Stars: Warren Beatty, Christine Baranski, Halle Berry
Movie: Munich (2005) Director: Steven Spielberg Stars: Eric Bana, Daniel Craig, Ciarán Hind, Mathieu Kassovitz
Movie: Pulp Fiction (1994) Director: Quentin Tarantino Stars: John Travolta, Samuel L. Jackson, Bruce Willis, Uma Thurman
This silly B-movie is about an attractive young woman sent to prison for robbery. She ends up jailed with other young, beautiful ladies, including one who makes a pass at her. Check out the movie's pulpy opening sequence below.
This racy prison film, released in 2004, follows the story of a new inmate named Dennis and an older one named Mike, who must face angry prison officials and fellow inmates who violently object to their budding romance. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.
Oz. From 1997 to 2003, this one-hour HBO series defied countless taboos. The title is a nickname given for the Oswald State Correctional Facility in New York (the same state where OITNB is set!). The show follows the life of prison manager Tim McManus and his attempts to keep control over the inmates.
Charlie’s Angels. The 1976 episode titled “Angels in Chains ” takes the bodacious Angels into a woman’s correctional facilty. While there are not any moments of blatant girl-on-girl action, the episode features a lesbian guard and sapphic undertones. Watch a clip, dubbed in German, that includes the ladies in chains.
Women’s Prison Massacre. This 1983 horror film follows Emanuelle, a reporter sent to prison on trumped-up charges. Once she arrives, she witnesses inmates being treated poorly and tortured by prison officials. The film leaves nothing to the imagination, including catfights, shower scenes, and lesbian love. YouTube.
Caged. In this 1950 film, 19-year-old Marie Allen (Eleanor Parker) is sent to prison after participating in a botched robbery in which her husband was killed. Once Marie arrives in prison, a medical exam reveals she is two months pregnant.
Also notably, William Hurt became the first performer to win Best Actor for playing a gay man. The story takes place in a South American prison where two male inmates begin a relationship. If playback doesn't begin shortly, try restarting your device.
Al Pacino stars as Arthur Kirkland, a criminal defense attorney with a passion for provoking the system in the name of “justice.” Kirkland fights the good fight and defends those he believes innocent against those who would trifle their plights—even taking a swing at a judge—but once Pacino is blackmailed into representing a judge he publicly despises (who just so happens to be accused of rape), the defense attorney trades in a “forgotten” instance of a violation of attorney-client confidentiality for a very publicly displayed breach of his ethical obligation..
Al Pacino stars as Arthur Kirkland, a criminal defense attorney with a passion for provoking the system in the name of “justice.” Kirkland fights the good fight and defends those he believes innocent against those who would trifle their plights—even taking a swing at a judge—but once Pacino is blackmailed into representing a judge he publicly despises (who just so happens to be accused of rape), the defense attorney trades in a “forgotten” instance of a violation of attorney-client confidentiality for a very publicly displayed breach of his ethical obligation..