don’t you just hate it when nobody
believes you’re innocent welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 wrongfully
accused movie characters thousand you’re
making a serious mistake this is nothing
to lead to a very happy conclusion mr.
captain
I’m not Kaplan for this list we look at
those big screen characters that were
blamed or framed for crimes they did not
commit regardless of whether they were
convicted or not and there might be a
few spoilers ahead so spoiler alert all
right let me see it show it to me number
10 Lucas the hunt animals button up its
hit no teen some new to him at home this
seemingly quiet Danish film follows a
recently divorced kindergarten teacher
as he comes to terms with being falsely
accused of sexual misconduct with one of
his very young female students okay then
q-ball yank a cop over there yeah young
women diagnose a penny Kiki thanks to
her overactive imagination and her older
brothers taboo stashed she blurts out
some things she can’t take back and all
hell breaks loose with your touch that
girl well Mads Mikkelsen
amazing performance is remarkably
reserved as he tries to clear his name
in a town that’s all too quick to label
him a pedophile tell you Ike watching
Tara
Beauty does the role earned him the best
actor award at can while the hunt itself
was nominated at the Oscars for Best
Foreign Language Film Oh No what does he
look like with the serial killer I love
notice little shiitake ah-ha hello
pornographers Hebrews Donovan number 9
John Anderton minority report the
commission of the crime itself is
absolute metaphysics the precogs see the
future and they’re never wrong this
Steven Spielberg classic gives the
wrongfully accused trope a sci-fi twist
by blaming Tom Cruise’s character for
something he will do
the neo noir thriller is set in a future
where psychic entities are able to see
crimes take place before they actually
happen which allows the pre-crime Police
Division to make preventative arrests
mr. marks by mandate of the District of
Columbia pre-crime division I’m placing
you under arrest for the future murder
of Sarah marks and Donald Dubin names
take place today April 22nd 0 800 hours
before minutes ago I didn’t do anything
when police captain John Anderton learns
he is the latest pre-crime suspect he
finds himself on the run not only to try
and clear his name but also to find out
why he would even attempt to murder
someone in the first place and the
result is a thrilling and visually
stunning ride number 8 Richard Hannay
the 39 steps my name is headed it after
me I swear I’m innocent you’ve gotta
help me I’ve gotta keep you for the next
few days some people just don’t know how
to keep to themselves your name Hanako
are you coming into Tisa are the right
alone while helping what seems to be a
damsel in distress after witnessing what
seemed to be an assassination young
Richard gets mixed up in a thrilling
world of espionage murder manhunts and
double-crosses okay you know wrong about
this is really trying to help me I
trying shame and disgrace upon my host
you telling me to escape from the police
police is the police they’re after me
for murder one they hit this early
Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece an
adaptation of the classic adventure
novel of the same name
gave us one of the earliest and finest
cinematic depictions of an innocent man
rushing to clear his name which was also
a topic Hitchcock would reuse time and
time again I didn’t call shooted number
7 Sirius Black Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban that is Sirius Black
Dice every member of the Wizarding World
Harry inhabits believed that the
eponymous prisoner was an insane and
notorious mass murderer committed badly
to watch us that night but he also
killed one of their friends Peter
Pettigrew
but when Sirius Black escapes Azkaban he
makes it his duty to find Harry and warn
him of bigger dangers while also
attempting to clear his name
I did my waiting the twelve years of it
he’d asked about an old friend of
Harry’s deceased father Sirius was just
trying to protect the Potter family when
he took the fall for a number of murders
Gary Oldman’s character masterfully goes
through a complete 180 in Harry’s eyes
and the audience’s as he transforms from
frightening killer to endearing guardian
but you’re innocent and you know it
that’s enough that’ll do number six
Roger Thornhill North by Northwest my
name is Thornhill Roger Thornhill has
never been anything else
Hitchcock once again takes a page out of
his own book to create this thrilling
manhunt across the US and why do you do
that – please chase me all over the map
in this tale of mistaken identity Cary
Grant’s confused character is pursued
from set piece to set piece and always
seems to be at the wrong place at the
wrong time
after a mysterious organization of spies
is convinced he has an important piece
of microfilm they stop at nothing to get
it from him dead or alive
this creates some of the most memorable
and breathtaking action sequences in
cinema history
number-5 Rubin hurricane Carter the
hurricane he put me in prison
love’s gonna bust me the only film on
our list that’s based on a true story
the hurricane follows the life of former
middleweight boxing champion Rubin
Carter who was wrongfully imprisoned
after being charged with a triple
homicide due to faulty eyewitness
testimony I didn’t get a trial free from
constitutional error and racial
prejudice he knows that you know it the
movie focuses mostly on his time in
prison as a group of activists tries to
reopen the case that was seemingly
thrown away while Carter fights for his
innocence from the inside by writing his
autobiography and tackling racial
prejudice writing is a weapon and is
more powerful in a fist can it be Denzel
Washington’s heartbreaking performance
earned him a Golden Globe Award and his
fourth Oscar nomination Carter another
trata are you still gonna be the
hurricane oh I always be hurricane and
hurricane is
Youth number four Tom Robinson to kill a
mockingbird Tom did you rape me oh
you’ll I didn’t powder this courtroom
drama fines lawyer with a heart of gold
Atticus Finch taking on the impossible
task of defending a poor black man
accused of raping a white girl in the
American deep south in the 1930s
descendent is not guilty although not
the main character Tom Robinson and his
trial sparked some deeply controversial
issues of inequality and racial tension
in the town while Atticus’s children
Scout and Jem try to make sense of the
hate and violence they witness through
their innocent eyes both the film and
the novel on which it was based
continue to be considered some of the
best ever made and both raised several
sensitive issues that are still touched
upon today I am confident that your
gentlemen will review without passion
the evidence that you have heard come to
a decision and restore this man to his
family number three dr. Richard Kimble
the fugitive I didn’t kill my wife
I don’t care based on the 60s TV series
of the same name this tightrope thriller
sees Harrison Ford’s character falsely
accused of his wife’s murder after he
catches the killer in the act I fought
with this man he had a mechanical aah
narrowly escaping when his police
transport crashes he suddenly thrust
into the role of a fugitive with an
unrelenting US Marshal played by Tommy
Lee Jones at his heels your fugitives
name is dr. Richard Kimble the resulting
energy-packed manhunt allows him the
chance to search for the one-armed man
he witnessed attacking his wife the
surprise blockbuster hit spawned a
sequel a spoof and an updated TV series
in 2000 you can’t find him dead
someplace he’s running folks we got a
fugitive
number two Andy Dufresne the Shawshank
Redemption since I am innocent of this
crime sir I find a decidedly
inconvenient that the gun was never
found based on a Stephen King novella
and directed by frequent King
collaborator Frank Darabont this
critical favorite follows Tim Robbins as
a banker who’s sentenced to life in
prison after being accused of killing
his wife and her lover why’d you do it
I’m innocent read his pleas of innocence
fall on deaf ears
you can fit right in everybody in his
innocent you know that after 19 years of
wrongful imprisonment alongside his
friend and Co lifer Ellis Boyd reading
and after struggling to stay safe within
the corrupt prison system we see Andy
take matters into his own hands I wonder
if you might get me a rock hammer know
what a rock hammer and thanks to
realistic acting thought-provoking
themes and a captivating story the
Shawshank Redemption still has us hooked
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions it’s not all your
honor its key looks to be you’re
innocent didn’t betcha
oh gosh I call the cops I came here to
help and what do you do
I spent 15 years in prison breasts of
the night and third I watched my father
die in a British prison for something he
didn’t do
number one John Coffey The Green Mile
take my hand boss you see for yourself
taking our top spot we have once again a
Frank Darabont Stephen King
collaboration this time it’s a prison
story about a gentle giant who sent to
death row after he was accused of raping
and murdering two young girls I do not
see God putting a gift like that in the
hands of a man and kill a child Tom
Hanks plays one of the guards who start
suspecting not only that coffee is
innocent but also that he carries
mysterious healing powers who wouldn’t
want to let this guy go do you have
anything to say before sentence is
carried out
up source what I am Michael Clarke
Duncan’s breakthrough dramatic role in
the fantasy drama earned him numerous
critical accolades and awards including
Oscar and Golden Globe nods mostly tired
of people being ugly Twitter I’ll turn
on the pain of feeling here in the world
every day there’s too much of it
it’s like pieces of glass in my head do
you agree with our list which characters
do you think deserve a pardon for more
exciting top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
wait
believes you’re innocent welcome to
watchmojo.com and today we’re counting
down our picks for the top 10 wrongfully
accused movie characters thousand you’re
making a serious mistake this is nothing
to lead to a very happy conclusion mr.
captain
I’m not Kaplan for this list we look at
those big screen characters that were
blamed or framed for crimes they did not
commit regardless of whether they were
convicted or not and there might be a
few spoilers ahead so spoiler alert all
right let me see it show it to me number
10 Lucas the hunt animals button up its
hit no teen some new to him at home this
seemingly quiet Danish film follows a
recently divorced kindergarten teacher
as he comes to terms with being falsely
accused of sexual misconduct with one of
his very young female students okay then
q-ball yank a cop over there yeah young
women diagnose a penny Kiki thanks to
her overactive imagination and her older
brothers taboo stashed she blurts out
some things she can’t take back and all
hell breaks loose with your touch that
girl well Mads Mikkelsen
amazing performance is remarkably
reserved as he tries to clear his name
in a town that’s all too quick to label
him a pedophile tell you Ike watching
Tara
Beauty does the role earned him the best
actor award at can while the hunt itself
was nominated at the Oscars for Best
Foreign Language Film Oh No what does he
look like with the serial killer I love
notice little shiitake ah-ha hello
pornographers Hebrews Donovan number 9
John Anderton minority report the
commission of the crime itself is
absolute metaphysics the precogs see the
future and they’re never wrong this
Steven Spielberg classic gives the
wrongfully accused trope a sci-fi twist
by blaming Tom Cruise’s character for
something he will do
the neo noir thriller is set in a future
where psychic entities are able to see
crimes take place before they actually
happen which allows the pre-crime Police
Division to make preventative arrests
mr. marks by mandate of the District of
Columbia pre-crime division I’m placing
you under arrest for the future murder
of Sarah marks and Donald Dubin names
take place today April 22nd 0 800 hours
before minutes ago I didn’t do anything
when police captain John Anderton learns
he is the latest pre-crime suspect he
finds himself on the run not only to try
and clear his name but also to find out
why he would even attempt to murder
someone in the first place and the
result is a thrilling and visually
stunning ride number 8 Richard Hannay
the 39 steps my name is headed it after
me I swear I’m innocent you’ve gotta
help me I’ve gotta keep you for the next
few days some people just don’t know how
to keep to themselves your name Hanako
are you coming into Tisa are the right
alone while helping what seems to be a
damsel in distress after witnessing what
seemed to be an assassination young
Richard gets mixed up in a thrilling
world of espionage murder manhunts and
double-crosses okay you know wrong about
this is really trying to help me I
trying shame and disgrace upon my host
you telling me to escape from the police
police is the police they’re after me
for murder one they hit this early
Alfred Hitchcock masterpiece an
adaptation of the classic adventure
novel of the same name
gave us one of the earliest and finest
cinematic depictions of an innocent man
rushing to clear his name which was also
a topic Hitchcock would reuse time and
time again I didn’t call shooted number
7 Sirius Black Harry Potter and the
Prisoner of Azkaban that is Sirius Black
Dice every member of the Wizarding World
Harry inhabits believed that the
eponymous prisoner was an insane and
notorious mass murderer committed badly
to watch us that night but he also
killed one of their friends Peter
Pettigrew
but when Sirius Black escapes Azkaban he
makes it his duty to find Harry and warn
him of bigger dangers while also
attempting to clear his name
I did my waiting the twelve years of it
he’d asked about an old friend of
Harry’s deceased father Sirius was just
trying to protect the Potter family when
he took the fall for a number of murders
Gary Oldman’s character masterfully goes
through a complete 180 in Harry’s eyes
and the audience’s as he transforms from
frightening killer to endearing guardian
but you’re innocent and you know it
that’s enough that’ll do number six
Roger Thornhill North by Northwest my
name is Thornhill Roger Thornhill has
never been anything else
Hitchcock once again takes a page out of
his own book to create this thrilling
manhunt across the US and why do you do
that – please chase me all over the map
in this tale of mistaken identity Cary
Grant’s confused character is pursued
from set piece to set piece and always
seems to be at the wrong place at the
wrong time
after a mysterious organization of spies
is convinced he has an important piece
of microfilm they stop at nothing to get
it from him dead or alive
this creates some of the most memorable
and breathtaking action sequences in
cinema history
number-5 Rubin hurricane Carter the
hurricane he put me in prison
love’s gonna bust me the only film on
our list that’s based on a true story
the hurricane follows the life of former
middleweight boxing champion Rubin
Carter who was wrongfully imprisoned
after being charged with a triple
homicide due to faulty eyewitness
testimony I didn’t get a trial free from
constitutional error and racial
prejudice he knows that you know it the
movie focuses mostly on his time in
prison as a group of activists tries to
reopen the case that was seemingly
thrown away while Carter fights for his
innocence from the inside by writing his
autobiography and tackling racial
prejudice writing is a weapon and is
more powerful in a fist can it be Denzel
Washington’s heartbreaking performance
earned him a Golden Globe Award and his
fourth Oscar nomination Carter another
trata are you still gonna be the
hurricane oh I always be hurricane and
hurricane is
Youth number four Tom Robinson to kill a
mockingbird Tom did you rape me oh
you’ll I didn’t powder this courtroom
drama fines lawyer with a heart of gold
Atticus Finch taking on the impossible
task of defending a poor black man
accused of raping a white girl in the
American deep south in the 1930s
descendent is not guilty although not
the main character Tom Robinson and his
trial sparked some deeply controversial
issues of inequality and racial tension
in the town while Atticus’s children
Scout and Jem try to make sense of the
hate and violence they witness through
their innocent eyes both the film and
the novel on which it was based
continue to be considered some of the
best ever made and both raised several
sensitive issues that are still touched
upon today I am confident that your
gentlemen will review without passion
the evidence that you have heard come to
a decision and restore this man to his
family number three dr. Richard Kimble
the fugitive I didn’t kill my wife
I don’t care based on the 60s TV series
of the same name this tightrope thriller
sees Harrison Ford’s character falsely
accused of his wife’s murder after he
catches the killer in the act I fought
with this man he had a mechanical aah
narrowly escaping when his police
transport crashes he suddenly thrust
into the role of a fugitive with an
unrelenting US Marshal played by Tommy
Lee Jones at his heels your fugitives
name is dr. Richard Kimble the resulting
energy-packed manhunt allows him the
chance to search for the one-armed man
he witnessed attacking his wife the
surprise blockbuster hit spawned a
sequel a spoof and an updated TV series
in 2000 you can’t find him dead
someplace he’s running folks we got a
fugitive
number two Andy Dufresne the Shawshank
Redemption since I am innocent of this
crime sir I find a decidedly
inconvenient that the gun was never
found based on a Stephen King novella
and directed by frequent King
collaborator Frank Darabont this
critical favorite follows Tim Robbins as
a banker who’s sentenced to life in
prison after being accused of killing
his wife and her lover why’d you do it
I’m innocent read his pleas of innocence
fall on deaf ears
you can fit right in everybody in his
innocent you know that after 19 years of
wrongful imprisonment alongside his
friend and Co lifer Ellis Boyd reading
and after struggling to stay safe within
the corrupt prison system we see Andy
take matters into his own hands I wonder
if you might get me a rock hammer know
what a rock hammer and thanks to
realistic acting thought-provoking
themes and a captivating story the
Shawshank Redemption still has us hooked
before we unveil our top pick here are a
few honorable mentions it’s not all your
honor its key looks to be you’re
innocent didn’t betcha
oh gosh I call the cops I came here to
help and what do you do
I spent 15 years in prison breasts of
the night and third I watched my father
die in a British prison for something he
didn’t do
number one John Coffey The Green Mile
take my hand boss you see for yourself
taking our top spot we have once again a
Frank Darabont Stephen King
collaboration this time it’s a prison
story about a gentle giant who sent to
death row after he was accused of raping
and murdering two young girls I do not
see God putting a gift like that in the
hands of a man and kill a child Tom
Hanks plays one of the guards who start
suspecting not only that coffee is
innocent but also that he carries
mysterious healing powers who wouldn’t
want to let this guy go do you have
anything to say before sentence is
carried out
up source what I am Michael Clarke
Duncan’s breakthrough dramatic role in
the fantasy drama earned him numerous
critical accolades and awards including
Oscar and Golden Globe nods mostly tired
of people being ugly Twitter I’ll turn
on the pain of feeling here in the world
every day there’s too much of it
it’s like pieces of glass in my head do
you agree with our list which characters
do you think deserve a pardon for more
exciting top 10s published every day be
sure to subscribe to watchmojo.com
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