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THEME EXPLORATION

wrongful execution

12 films · 3 directors
FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
The Shawshank Redemption
The Shawshank Redemption
1994 · Frank Darabont
Phantom Lady
Phantom Lady
1944 · Robert Siodmak
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum
1975 · Margarethe von Trotta
Zu Neuen Ufern
Zu Neuen Ufern
1937 · Douglas Sirk
The Fugitive
The Fugitive
1993 · Andrew Davis
The Fixer
The Fixer
1968 · John Frankenheimer
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
Bad Boys: Ride or Die
2024 · Adil El Arbi & Bilall Fallah
I Confess
I Confess
1953 · Alfred Hitchcock
Injustice
Injustice
2025 · Max Boekbinder & Jim Batt
Double Jeopardy
Double Jeopardy
1999 · Bruce Beresford
Golgotha
Golgotha
1935 · Julien Duvivier
Manhunt
Manhunt
2017 · John Woo
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Brian Robbins → United States

Directed and starred in 'Dead Man Walking' (1995), a profound examination of capital punishment through the eyes of a nun accompanying a death row inmate.

Atom Egoyan → Canada

Created 'The Sweet Hereafter' (1997) and explored systemic injustice and wrongful blame through fragmented narratives that question culpability and legal systems.

Michael Morris → United States

Directed the documentary 'The Thin Blue Line' (1988), which meticulously investigated a wrongful murder conviction and led to the actual exoneration of the accused.

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