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Tagged with "falsely-convicted" keyword

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Atonement You can only imagine the truth. (1 more taglines...)
[2007, UK, France] from $1.99
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In the summer of 1935, 13-year-old Briony Tallis observes a flirtation between a servant's son, Robbie, and her older sister, Cecilia, that she childishly misconstrues. Briony's misunderstanding leads to a terrible crime whose consequences follow them through World War II.
Genres: Drama | Romance | War |
Actors: Saoirse Ronan |  Brenda Blethyn |  Julia West |  James McAvoy |  Harriet Walter |  Keira Knightley |  Juno Temple |  Felix von Simson |  Charlie von Simson |  Alfie Allen |  Patrick Kennedy |  Benedict Cumberbatch |  Peter Wight |  Peter O'Connor |  Daniel Mays | 
Directors: Joe Wright | 
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Atonement (2007)
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Bringing Down the House Everything he needed to know about life, she learned in prison. (1 more taglines...)
[2003, USA] from $1.99
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Peter Sanderson is a divorced, straight-laced, uptight attorney who still loves his ex-wife and can't figure out what he did wrong to make her leave him. However, Peter's trying to move on, and he's smitten with a brainy, bombshell barrister he's been chatting with online. However, when she comes to his house for their first face-to-face, she isn't refined, isn't Ivy League, and isn't even a lawyer. Instead, it's Charlene, a prison escapee who's proclaiming her innocence and wants Peter to help her clear her name. But Peter wants nothing to do with her, prompting the loud and shocking Charlene to turn Peter's perfectly ordered life upside down, jeopardizing his effort to get back with his wife and woo a billion dollar client.
Genres: Comedy |
Actors: Steve Martin |  Queen Latifah |  Eugene Levy |  Joan Plowright |  Jean Smart |  Kimberly J. Brown |  Angus T. Jones |  Missi Pyle |  Michael Rosenbaum |  Betty White |  Steve Harris |  Jim Haynie |  Aengus James |  Jernard Burks |  Bronzell Miller | 
Directors: Adam Shankman | 
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Bringing Down the House (2003)
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Death of a President Do not rush to judge.
[2006, UK] from $1.99
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Years after the assassination of President George W. Bush in Chicago, an investigative documentary examines that as-yet-unsolved crime.
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller |
Actors: Hend Ayoub |  Brian Boland |  Becky Ann Baker |  Robert Mangiardi |  Jay Patterson |  Jay Whittaker |  Michael Reilly Burke |  James Urbaniak |  Neko Parham |  Seena Jon |  Christian Stolte |  Chavez Ravine |  Patricia Buckley |  Patrick Clear |  Malik Bader | 
Directors: Gabriel Range | 
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Death of a President (2006)
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Double Jeopardy Murder isn't always a crime.
[1999, Germany, Canada, USA] from $1.99
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When Nick Parsons appears to be murdered his wife Libby is tried and convicted. Six years later Libby is paroled and with the help of Travis Lehman (her parole officer) she sets out to find her son and the truth behind the "murder".
Genres: Crime | Drama | Mystery | Thriller |
Actors: Tommy Lee Jones |  Ashley Judd |  Benjamin Weir |  Jay Brazeau |  Bruce Greenwood |  John Maclaren |  Ed Evanko |  Annabeth Gish |  Bruce Campbell |  Brennan Elliott |  Angela Schneider |  Michael Gaston |  Gillian Barber |  Tom McBeath |  David Jacox | 
Directors: Bruce Beresford | 
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Double Jeopardy (1999)
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Fugitive, The A murdered wife. A one-armed man. An obsessed detective. The chase begins.
[1993, USA] from $1.99
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Based off of a one time 1960's Mini-Series. (This is not correct. It was a full-blown TV series that ran for four years.) A well respected Chicago surgeon Dr. Richard Kimble has found out that his wife, Helen, has been murdered ferociously in her own home. The police found Kimble and accused him of the murder. Then, Kimble (without Justifiable Reason) was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death. However, on the way to prison, Kimble's transport crashed. Kimble escapes and is now on the run. Deputy Samuel Gerard from Chicago takes charge of the chase of Kimble. Meanwhile, Kimble makes up his own investigation to find who really killed his life, and to lure Gerard and his team into it as well.
Genres: Action | Crime | Drama | Thriller |
Actors: Harrison Ford |  Tommy Lee Jones |  Sela Ward |  Julianne Moore |  Joe Pantoliano |  Andreas Katsulas |  Jeroen Krabbé |  Daniel Roebuck |  L. Scott Caldwell |  Tom Wood |  Ron Dean |  Joseph F. Kosala |  Miguel Nino |  John Drummond |  Tony Fosco | 
Directors: Andrew Davis | 
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Fugitive, The (1993)
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Green Mile, The Miracles do happen. (4 more taglines...)
[1999, USA] from $1.99
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Death Row guards at a penitentiary, in the 1930's, have a moral dilemma with their job when they discover one of their prisoners, a convicted murderer, has a special gift.
Genres: Crime | Drama | Fantasy | Mystery |
Actors: Tom Hanks |  David Morse |  Bonnie Hunt |  Michael Clarke Duncan |  James Cromwell |  Michael Jeter |  Graham Greene |  Doug Hutchison |  Sam Rockwell |  Barry Pepper |  Jeffrey De Munn |  Patricia Clarkson |  Harry Dean Stanton |  Dabbs Greer |  Eve Brent | 
Directors: Frank Darabont | 
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Green Mile, The (1999)
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban Something wicked this way comes. (8 more taglines...)
[2004, UK, USA] from $1.99
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It's Harry's 3rd Year at Hogwarts, not only does he have a new "Defense against the Dark-Arts" teacher, but there is also trouble brewing. Convicted murderer Sirius Black has escaped the Wizards Prison, is coming after Harry.
Genres: Adventure | Family | Fantasy |
Actors: Daniel Radcliffe |  Richard Griffiths |  Pam Ferris |  Fiona Shaw |  Harry Melling |  Adrian Rawlins |  Geraldine Somerville |  Lee Ingleby |  Lenny Henry |  Jimmy Gardner |  Gary Oldman |  Jim Tavaré |  Robert Hardy |  Abby Ford |  Rupert Grint | 
Directors: Chris Columbus |  Alfonso Cuarón | 
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Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004)
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Life of David Gale, The The crime is clear. The truth is not.
[2003, Germany, USA] from $1.99
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Dr. David Gale, an advocate of eliminating the death penalty, is falsely accused of rape and murder. Once convicted, he ends up on death row in Texas himself, telling his story to a reporter through a series of flashbacks.
Genres: Crime | Drama | Thriller |
Actors: Kate Winslet |  Cleo King |  Constance Jones |  Kevin Spacey |  Laura Linney |  Lee Ritchey |  Gabriel Mann |  Matt Craven |  Brandy Little |  Cindy Waite |  Jim Beaver |  Leon Rippy |  Jesse De Luna |  Vernon Grote |  Rhona Mitra | 
Directors: Alan Parker | 
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Life of David Gale, The (2003)
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Papillon The greatest adventure of escape ever filmed! (2 more taglines...)
[1973, USA] from $1.99
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Based on the true story of Henri Charriere, also known as Papillon, which is French for 'butterfly' (the character even sports a large tattoo of a butterfly. A petty criminal, Papillon is wrongly convicted of murder and sentenced to life in a French penal colony in 'Guiane' (French Guiana, South America). Papillon is determined to escape but attempt after attempt meets with difficulty, resulting in eventual recapture. He continues his attempts to escape despite incarcerations in solitary confinement as punishment.
Genres: Adventure | Biography | Drama |
Actors: Steve McQueen |  Dustin Hoffman |  Victor Jory |  Don Gordon |  Anthony Zerbe |  Robert Deman |  Woodrow Parfrey |  Bill Mumy |  George Coulouris |  Ratna Assan |  William Smithers |  Val Avery |  Gregory Sierra |  Vic Tayback |  Mills Watson | 
Directors: Franklin J. Schaffner | 
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Papillon (1973)
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Red Letters
[2000, USA] from $1.99
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After a sexual harassment incident, Dennis Burke (Peter Coyote), a Nathaniel Hawthorne scholar, goes to work at a California college. He begins correspondence with an imprisoned murderer, Lydia Davis (Nastassja Kinski). Burke is finding old habits hard to break, developing relationships with obsessive coeds. Meanwhile, Lydia escapes from prison. Dennis and his colleague Thurston, a computer scientist and hacker, find themselves caught in a web of intrigue.
Genres: Crime | Drama |
Actors: Peter Coyote |  Nastassja Kinski |  Fairuza Balk |  Jeremy Piven |  Ernie Hudson |  Paul Gleason |  Heather Ehlers |  Steve Monroe |  Udo Kier |  Layla Roberts |  Owen Bush |  Kenneth Ryan |  Brian Leckner |  Susan Morgenstern |  Antoinette Valente | 
Directors: Bradley Battersby | 
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Red Letters (2000)
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Shawshank Redemption, The Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free.
[1994, USA] from $1.99
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Andy Dufresne, is sent to Shawshank Prison for the murder of his wife and secret lover. He is very isolated and lonely at first, but realises there is something deep inside your body, that people can't touch and get to....'HOPE'. Andy becomes friends with prison 'fixer' Red (Morgan Freeman), and Andy epitomises why it is crucial to have dreams. His spirit and determination, leads us into a world full of imagination, filled with courage and desire. Will Andy ever realise his dreams...?
Genres: Drama |
Actors: Tim Robbins |  Morgan Freeman |  Bob Gunton |  William Sadler |  Clancy Brown |  Gil Bellows |  Mark Rolston |  James Whitmore |  Jeffrey DeMunn |  Larry Brandenburg |  Neil Giuntoli |  Brian Libby |  David Proval |  Joseph Ragno |  Jude Ciccolella | 
Directors: Frank Darabont | 
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