Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "wrongful-execution"

1. Salem Witch Trials (2002 TV Movie)

189 min | Drama, History

A masterful work accurately details the current consensus of what exactly occurred to prompt the colonial witch trials.

Director: Joseph Sargent | Stars: Kirstie Alley, Henry Czerny, Gloria Reuben, Jay O. Sanders

Votes: 964

2. The Detective (1968)

Approved | 114 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

While grappling with his wife's infidelity, an NYPD detective investigates the murder of a gay man, which he discovers is linked to official corruption involving sex and drugs.

Director: Gordon Douglas | Stars: Frank Sinatra, Lee Remick, Ralph Meeker, Jack Klugman

Votes: 4,155 | Gross: $14.30M

3. The Verdict (1946)

Approved | 86 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After an innocent man is executed in a case for which he was not responsible, a Scotland Yard superintendent finds himself investigating the murder of his key witness.

Director: Don Siegel | Stars: Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre, Joan Lorring, George Coulouris

Votes: 2,830

4. Illegal (1955)

Approved | 88 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

After an overly aggressive district attorney unknowingly sends an innocent man to the chair, he resigns, turns to drinking, and acquires a criminal clientèle.

Director: Lewis Allen | Stars: Edward G. Robinson, Nina Foch, Hugh Marlowe, Jayne Mansfield

Votes: 2,334

5. Carolina Skeletons (1991 TV Movie)

R | 93 min | Crime, Drama

After a long time in the Army, an African-American soldier returns to his hometown, where, years ago, his brother was executed for the rape and murder of two white girls. The commando ... See full summary »

Director: John Erman | Stars: Louis Gossett Jr., Bruce Dern, Melissa Leo, Paul Roebling

Votes: 469

6. Killer Legends (2014)

TV-MA | 86 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.

Director: Joshua Zeman | Stars: Rachel Mills, Joshua Zeman, Stephen Winick, James Presley

Votes: 3,532

7. The Locket (1946)

Approved | 85 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

Just before a wedding, the bridegroom hears a complex tale painting his lovely bride as devilish and unbalanced.

Director: John Brahm | Stars: Laraine Day, Robert Mitchum, Brian Aherne, Gene Raymond

Votes: 3,063

8. The Crucible (1967 TV Movie)

135 min | Drama, History

In the Puritan New England town of Salem, Massachusetts, a group of girls go dancing in the forest with a black slave named Tituba. While dancing, they are caught by the local minister, ... See full synopsis »

Director: Alex Segal | Stars: George C. Scott, Colleen Dewhurst, Fritz Weaver, Henry Jones

Votes: 142

9. The Phantom (II) (2021)

82 min | Documentary

Carlos DeLuna was arrested in 1983 aged 21 for the murder of Wanda Lopez, and protested his innocence until his execution, declaring that it was another Carlos who committed the crime.

Director: Patrick Forbes | Stars: Janie Adrian, Richard Anderson, Julie Arsuaga, Kevan Baker

Votes: 982

10. The Last Word (IV) (2008)

Not Rated | 90 min | Documentary

This documentary takes the "Innocent Man on Texas Death Row" tale to a dark corner feared by all - - proving that an innocent man has been executed by the State. A clash between good and ... See full summary »

Director: Jesse Quackenbush | Stars: Katie Quackenbush, Jeff Blackburn, Jimmy Don Boydston, David Brown

Votes: 138

11. The Man Who Talked Too Much (1940)

Passed | 76 min | Drama

Assistant District Attorney Stephen Forbes, an impressive orator with a long list of convictions, resigns when an innocent boy is convicted and the real murderer confesses too late. He ... See full summary »

Director: Vincent Sherman | Stars: George Brent, Virginia Bruce, Brenda Marshall, Richard Barthelmess

Votes: 293

12. Shame II: The Secret (1995 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 89 min | Drama

A motorcycle riding lawyer fights to save the life of a mentally retarded man on death row. His own mother is ready to let him go.

Director: Dan Lerner | Stars: Amanda Donohoe, Kay Lenz, Geoffrey Blake, David Andrews

Votes: 55

13. Fray Martin de Porres (2007 Video)

101 min | Adventure, Biography, Comedy

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Director: Raymundo Calixto | Stars: Pedro Telémaco, Dad Dager, Juan Carlos Gardié, Alan Ciangherotti

Votes: 10

14. Fantômas (1980)
Episode: L'échafaud magique (1980)

TV-14 | 94 min | Horror, Thriller, Mystery

The Magic Scaffold - Inspector Juve is scorned for his belief that a criminal, Fantômas, is the offender in a series of murders and thefts. Juve accompanies a friend with a winning lottery ... See full summary »

Director: Claude Chabrol | Stars: Helmut Berger, Jacques Dufilho, Pierre Malet, Gayle Hunnicutt

Votes: 64

15. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Run No More (1958)

26 min | Western

With only hours left before a hanging, Rynning desperately seeks evidence that might stay the accused's execution. Meanwhile the real murderers threaten the life of the witness whose perjured testimony sent the wrong man to the gallows.

Director: Pat Betz | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, David Cross, Joseph Waring

16. Laramie (1959–1963)
Episode: Dark Verdict (1959)

TV-PG | 60 min | Western

Jess's friend John MacLean is being chased by a posse for the murder of the sheriff and another man. They try to lynch him but Slim and Jess force a trial but the court is illegal. When John is lynched by them, Jess wants justice.

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: John Smith, Hoagy Carmichael, Robert Crawford Jr., Robert Fuller

Votes: 126

17. Babylon Berlin (2017– )
Episode: Episode #3.12 (2020)

TV-MA | 62 min | Crime, Drama, Thriller

Litten remembers a legal loophole that could save Greta's life. Charlotte visits the inn mentioned in her mother's love letters. Wall Street crashes.

Directors: Henk Handloegten, Tom Tykwer, Achim von Borries | Stars: Volker Bruch, Liv Lisa Fries, Leonie Benesch, Lars Eidinger

Votes: 698

18. Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (2014– )
Episode: Forensic Science (2017)

TV-MA | 29 min | Comedy, News, Talk-Show

John Oliver talks President Trump's inability to organize Puerto Rican disaster relief, the proposed Republican tax reform, and the shortcomings of forensic science - offering a glimpse at how CSI shows might be made more realistic.

Director: Christopher Werner | Stars: John Oliver, David Kaye, Robert John Burke, Josh Charles

Votes: 291