Films & Documentaries
A curated collection of documentaries and films that capture the personal struggles of the wrongfully convicted and expose systemic flaws in the justice system.
These films highlight cases of wrongful conviction, inspire calls for justice reform, and humanize the people behind the cases.
An Unreal Dream: The Michael Morton Story
In 1986, Michael Morton's wife Christine was murdered in front of their only child, and Michael was wrongfully convicted of the crime — spending over 24 years in prison before DNA evidence proved his innocence.
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The Past is Never Dead
A documentary chronicling the wrongful conviction of David Robinson and his eighteen-year struggle to prove his innocence in a deeply flawed criminal justice process.
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The Central Park Five
The story of five Black and Latino teenagers from Harlem who were wrongly convicted of a brutal crime in New York City's Central Park in 1989 — a landmark case in the history of wrongful convictions.
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The Fear of 13
A gripping 2015 British documentary telling the story of Nick Yarris, an American man convicted and sentenced to death who spent over two decades on death row before being exonerated through DNA evidence.
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The Thin Blue Line
Among the most important documentaries ever made, Errol Morris's landmark film investigates the wrongful murder conviction of Randall Dale Adams and blurs the line between art and legal activism.
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The Trials of Darryl Hunt
This documentary details the wrongful conviction and eventual exoneration of Darryl Hunt — an African-American man convicted in 1984 of rape and murder in a case defined by racial injustice.
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A Murder in the Park
In 1983, Anthony Porter was sentenced to death for the murders of two teenagers in Chicago's Washington Park — a case that sparked intense debate about wrongful convictions and journalism's role in exoneration.
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Conviction: The True Story of Clarence Elkins
Wrongly convicted of murder and rape, Clarence Elkins' wife devotes her life to proving his innocence. A gripping true story of justice gone wrong and an extraordinary fight to restore it.
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Time Simply Passes
A 2015 US documentary chronicling the life and wrongful conviction of James Joseph Richardson — a heartbreaking account of a man trapped by a broken system for decades.
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Murder on a Sunday Morning
An Oscar-winning documentary following a young Black teenager wrongfully accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida, and the attorney who fought to save him in a riveting courtroom battle.
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Southwest of Salem: The Story of the San Antonio 4
Four Latina women wrongfully convicted of a crime that never occurred — a powerful documentary that exposes how hysteria, bias, and flawed testimony can destroy innocent lives.
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After Innocence
After Innocence tells the dramatic story of the exonerated — innocent men wrongfully imprisoned for decades and then released after DNA evidence cleared them — and the struggles they face rebuilding their lives.
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