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51. My Name Is John Artis (2020)
30 min | Documentary, Short, Biography
An exploration of the life of John Artis, who was wrongfully convicted and incarcerated for 15 years alongside Rubin "Hurricane" Carter.
Director: Ruzbeh Tamjeedi
53. Il ritorno del maestro (Return of the Master) (2018)
18 min | Short, Crime, Drama
The fates of a serial killer and man wrongly convicted for his crimes intervene in an unexpected way both of them never would have suspected.
Director: Mykola Yeriomin | Stars: Anton Yevtikhov, Ilya Sinelnikov, Vitaly Siletskyi, Mikhail Bondarev
Votes: 14
54.
Bonanza (1959–1973)
Episode:
To Die in Darkness
(1968)
TV-PG | 60 min | Western
Candy and Ben are imprisoned in a mine for a month by a man set on revenge. Years before, the man was wrongly incarcerated by the testimony of Ben Cartwright.
Director: Michael Landon | Stars: Lorne Greene, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, James Whitmore
Votes: 114
55.
Booker (1989–1990)
Episode:
Booker
(1989)
TV-14 | 47 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Dennis Booker is hired by the Teshima Corporation to run their internal investigation division. While there he meets Elaine, who believes she has just sent an innocent man to prison while ... See full summary »
Director: David Jackson | Stars: Richard Grieco, Marcia Strassman, Katie Rich, Carmen Argenziano
Votes: 37
56.
CSI: Miami (2002–2012)
Episode:
Payback
(2005)
TV-14 | 45 min | Action, Crime, Drama
New technology on DNA testing reveals that a man convicted of a rape six years back is innocent and he is promptly released. Now a free man, he is eager on pressing charges against the ... See full summary »
Director: Sam Hill | Stars: David Caruso, Emily Procter, Adam Rodriguez, Khandi Alexander
Votes: 372
57.
Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001)
Episode:
Retribution: Part 2
(1998)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Sloan comes face to face with an old enemy on death row who may have set him up, whilst Steve and A.D.A. Ellison team up to prove Sloan's innocence.
Director: Christian I. Nyby II | Stars: Dick Van Dyke, Victoria Rowell, Charlie Schlatter, Barry Van Dyke
Votes: 93
58.
The Fugitive (1963–1967)
Episode:
Scapegoat
(1965)
TV-PG | 51 min | Adventure, Crime, Drama
Dr. Richard Kimble re-assumes a former identity, and returns to a town he had passed through, when he hears that an innocent man is about to be executed for killing . . . Richard Kimble.
Director: Alexander Singer | Stars: David Janssen, Dianne Foster, John Anderson, Harry Townes
Votes: 167
59.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Ex-Wives and Videotape
(1990)
TV-PG | 48 min | Drama
A desperate Kuzak sweats out of preparations for his appeal before the California Supreme Court in a final attempt to overturn the conviction on Earl Williams on a technicality. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Miles Watkins | Stars: Harry Hamlin, Susan Dey, Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry
Votes: 36
60.
L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode:
Second Time Around
(1992)
TV-PG | 47 min | Drama
October 29, 1992. Six months after the trauma of the L.A. riots, McKenzie finds himself haunted by a murder case he prosecuted in 1959 of Frank Osgood, and that Morales has reopened the ... See full summary »
Director: Elodie Keene | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker
Votes: 32
61.
The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode:
Hammerhead Sharks
(2000)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
With the evidence, the police, the judge and the odds stacked against them, Lindsay leads Bobby, Ellenor and Jimmy in the defense of Dennis Mills' hopeless murder trial. As the trial ... See full summary »
Director: Dwight H. Little | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris
Votes: 115
62.
The Practice (1997–2004)
Episode:
Race Ipsa Loquitor
(2000)
TV-14 | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Eugene and Rebecca represent a woman whose husband died during a routine liposuction, and are shocked to see that the defense attorney's strategy is to attack them personally. Meanwhile, ... See full summary »
Director: Alex Graves | Stars: Dylan McDermott, Michael Badalucco, LisaGay Hamilton, Steve Harris
Votes: 92
63.
Star Trek: Voyager (1995–2001)
Episode:
The Chute
(1996)
TV-PG | 45 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
Convicted of a crime they didn't commit, Harry and Tom wind up in an unsupervised, crowded prison, a hellhole where implants ramp up everyone's aggression.
Director: Les Landau | Stars: Kate Mulgrew, Robert Beltran, Roxann Dawson, Jennifer Lien
Votes: 1,850
64.
Highway Patrol (1955–1959)
Episode:
Convicted Innocent
(1957)
TV-PG | 30 min | Action, Crime, Drama
A wrongly-convicted recent parolee is determined to kill the bus driver whose mistaken testimony was responsible for his incarceration.
Director: Jack Herzberg | Stars: Broderick Crawford, Billy Nelson, Mary Ellen Popel, William Boyett
Votes: 64
65.
Stranger Things (2016–2025)
Episode:
Chapter Four: Dear Billy
(2022)
TV-14 | 78 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Max is in grave danger - and running out of time. A patient at Pennhurst Asylum has visitors. Elsewhere, in Russia, Hopper is hard at work.
Director: Shawn Levy | Stars: Winona Ryder, David Harbour, Millie Bobby Brown, Finn Wolfhard
Votes: 37,643
66.
Lupin (2021– )
Episode:
Chapter 2
(2021)
TV-MA | 52 min | Action, Crime, Drama
Assane hatches a plot to contact Comet, an inmate who steers him to a clue about Babakar's demise. Anne Pellegrini comes clean about her past.
Director: Louis Leterrier | Stars: Omar Sy, Ludivine Sagnier, Clotilde Hesme, Nicole Garcia
Votes: 3,575
67.
Moving On (2009– )
Episode:
Time Out
(2020)
TV-PG | 44 min | Drama
Released on licence for a crime he didn't commit, Joe's budding romance with Lisa is jeopardised when he neglects to tell her that he has been fitted with an electronic tag.
Director: Ian Puleston-Davies | Stars: Sean Cernow, Angel Coulby, Carrie Crookall, Luca Johnson
Votes: 25
68.
Andor (2022– )
Episode:
Narkina 5
(2022)
TV-14 | 53 min | Action, Adventure, Drama
The Empire catches up to Cassian, but are as yet unaware of his identity and past.
Director: Toby Haynes | Stars: Diego Luna, Kyle Soller, Jacob James Beswick, Noof Ousellam
Votes: 11,782
69.
Saving Grace (2007–2010)
Episode:
Popcorn
(2009)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When Grace's informant tips her to a dead body, the MCU investigates a case that gets stranger with every turn. Rhetta struggles over whether she can trust Ronnie. Johnny tells Grace he insists on meeting Earl.
Director: Guy Ferland | Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase
Votes: 100
70.
Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)
Episode:
The Happy Face Killer: Mind of a Monster
(2021)
TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime
Detective Rick Buckner has to prove Keith Jesperson is the serial killer known as Happy Face Killer, guilty of murdering a woman in 1995, and has to make sure he is apprehended before he kills again.
Director: Carl Hindmarch | Stars: Keith Hunter Jesperson, Michelle White, John Ingram, Doug Bates
Votes: 64
71.
Saving Grace (2007–2010)
Episode:
You Can't Save Them All, Grace
(2010)
TV-MA | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Grace tries to find out if a childhood friend is really guilty of killing her husband. But the friend isn't interested in Grace's help, which is hard for Grace to accept. The squad ... See full summary »
Director: Gary A. Randall | Stars: Holly Hunter, Leon Rippy, Kenny Johnson, Bailey Chase
Votes: 94
72.
Bloodline Detectives (2020– )
Episode:
Cold Case Twist
(2021)
44 min | Documentary
Ricky Davis was convicted of the 1985 murder of a woman, but always maintained his innocence. It took 18 years before re-examined DNA evidence proved him right.
Director: Derek Dillon | Stars: Piers Gibbon, Michael Cloke, Nancy Grace, Melissa O'Connell
Votes: 5
73.
Once Upon a True Crime (2022– )
Episode:
The Ice Cream Murders with Douglas Skelton
(2022)
Crime
Douglas Skelton digs into the infamous 1980s gangland turf war which terrorised Glasgow's East End and influenced his book, Blood City.
Director: Richard Downes | Stars: Douglas Skelton, Les Trueman, Joseph Steele, Ian Miller
74.
Blue Bloods (2010–2024)
Episode:
Innocence
(2011)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Erin reopens an 18-year-old rape case in which Frank was the arresting officer. Meanwhile, Danny and Jackie investigate the murder of three teenagers in a park who seemed to have been killed for no reason.
Director: Alex Zakrzewski | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Bridget Moynahan, Will Estes, Len Cariou
Votes: 489
75.
The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014)
Episode:
Blood on Their Hands: Part 1
(2014)
TV-PG | 46 min | Crime, Drama, History
During the war Alice Merren was one of Bletchley's brightest code-breakers. Now it is 1953. Lucy has a clerical job for Scotland Yard, Millie works as a German translator and Susan a ... See full summary »
Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Paul McGann, Jonathan McGuinness, Hattie Morahan, Julie Graham
Votes: 433
76.
Mr Bates vs. The Post Office (2024)
Episode:
Episode #1.1
(2024)
46 min | Biography, Drama
Mysterious financial losses lead the Post Office to sack and prosecute village subpostmasters who have no way to prove their innocence.
Director: James Strong | Stars: Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Will Mellor
Votes: 476
77.
The Bletchley Circle (2012–2014)
Episode:
Blood on Their Hands: Part 2
(2014)
TV-PG | 45 min | Crime, Drama, History
Alice is to hang, though she tells her friends she assumed Lizzie had killed John and so taken the blame. The women though know that John was killed and the attempt made on Lizzie's life to... See full summary »
Director: Jamie Payne | Stars: Hattie Morahan, Rachael Stirling, Julie Graham, Faye Marsay
Votes: 376
78.
Trial & Error (2017–2018)
Episode:
The Verdict
(2017)
TV-PG | 22 min | Comedy, Crime, Mystery
The trial is over and the verdict is finally announced. A key piece of evidence is found that answers the question, "Who killed Margaret Henderson".
Director: Jeffrey Blitz | Stars: Nicholas D'Agosto, Jayma Mays, Steven Boyer, Krysta Rodriguez
Votes: 213
79.
Lucifer (2016–2021)
Episode:
Quintessential Deckerstar
(2018)
TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Fantasy
When Lucifer and Chloe investigate the death of a woman, they discover that they may be pursuing the wrong suspect. Then, Charlotte risks her safety when she decides to take matters into ... See full summary »
Director: Claudia Yarmy | Stars: Tom Ellis, Lauren German, Kevin Alejandro, Tricia Helfer
Votes: 7,667
80.
Murdoch Mysteries (2008– )
Episode:
Annabella Cinderella
(2019)
TV-PG | 44 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery
Crabtree and John are transporting a convicted axe murderer to prison when she escapes to exact revenge on those who testified against her.
Director: Sherren Lee | Stars: Yannick Bisson, Helene Joy, Thomas Craig, Jonny Harris
Votes: 263