The 11 Best Wrongful Conviction Documentaries

11 documentaries

Disputed verdicts, flawed investigations and the fight to overturn them.

Disputed verdicts, bad investigations and the long fight to undo them. The Thin Blue Line helped free an innocent man, and the Paradise Lost films helped free the West Memphis Three. Making a Murderer will have you shouting at the TV.

The Thin Blue Line poster
1

The Thin Blue Line

1988 · 1h 43m

7.9100%
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2

Making a Murderer

2015 · 20 eps

8.5
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3

Paradise Lost

1996 · 2h 30m

8.2100%
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory poster
4

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

2011 · 2h 1m

8.0100%
Brother's Keeper poster
5

Brother's Keeper

1992 · 1h 44m

7.5100%
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6

Southwest of Salem

2016 · 1h 31m

7.2100%
The Central Park Five poster
7

The Central Park Five

2012 · 1h 59m

7.792%
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8

Murder on a Sunday Morning

2001 · 1h 51m

7.9
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9

The Staircase

2004 · 13 eps

7.8
Amanda Knox poster
10

Amanda Knox

2016 · 1h 32m

6.982%
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Killing for Love

2016 · 2h 11m

7.051%

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