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51. Lockdown (1990)

R | 90 min | Action, Crime, Drama

Detective Taylor's worst nightmare unfolds after he is framed for murder by the evil Garrett. Wrenched from the comfort of his wife and daughter, Taylor's agony starts when he enters the terrible world of prison.

Director: Frank Harris | Stars: Richard Lynch, Chris DeRose, Chuck Jeffreys, Elizabeth Kaitan

Votes: 96

52. Shôjo Commando Izumi (1987– )

Action

A high school girl, Izumi Gojo, who has been found guilty of murder, falls into the sea and disappears when running away from the police. However, a mysterious group rescues her and had her... See full summary »

Stars: Hiroyuki Watanabe, Takeo Chii, Izumi Igarashi, Mari Katô

Votes: 19

53. The Nuisance (1933)

Passed | 83 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

An ambulance-chasing lawyer gets tangled up with a female investigator out to end his shyster ways.

Director: Jack Conway | Stars: Lee Tracy, Madge Evans, Frank Morgan, Charles Butterworth

Votes: 337

54. Son of the Renegade (1953)

Approved | 56 min | Western

In a throw-back to the1930's indie westerns, Red River Johnny gathers his friends (most of whom are called some variation of the name Bill) and returns to claim the heritage of his father who was outlawed.

Director: Reg Browne | Stars: Johnny Carpenter, Lori Talbott, Joan McKellen, Valley Keene

Votes: 188

55. Underworld Trilogy: The Prisoner (2010)

292 min | Crime, Drama

Computer whiz-kid Vesa Levola is a decent young man with a promising career who unexpectedly ends up in prison after becoming involved in a street fight. In prison Vesa ends up working for ... See full summary »

Stars: Mikko Kouki, Martti Suosalo, Max Ovaska, Miia Nuutila

Votes: 188

56. Hardcase and Fist (1989)

R | 93 min | Action, Adventure

When Bud McCall is framed for a drugs charge he ends up in prison and he must prove his innocence by testifying against his former police partner to put him and his gang behind bars for good.

Director: Tony Zarindast | Stars: Ted Prior, Angelyne, Vincent Barbi, Beano

Votes: 165

57. Yellow Dust (1936)

Passed | 69 min | Western

Eastern educated Bob Culpepper, along with grizzled prospector Solitary, hit the mother lode and head to Gold Town to stake their claim. Along the way they chase off a gang of stagecoach ... See full summary »

Director: Wallace Fox | Stars: Richard Dix, Leila Hyams, Moroni Olsen, Jessie Ralph

Votes: 210

58. The Cat That Hated People (1948)

Passed | 7 min | Family, Animation, Comedy

A black cat explains reason after reason why he cannot stand people, and opts to relocate to the moon. When he does, he finds characters there that make him realize people aren't so bad anyway.

Director: Tex Avery | Stars: Paul Frees, Colleen Collins, Pinto Colvig, Pat McGeehan

Votes: 876

59. Lawless Valley (1938)

Passed | 59 min | Western

On parole (he was framed of course), Larry Rhodes can't carry a gun. And his sweetheart is in danger of a forced marriage...

Director: David Howard | Stars: George O'Brien, Kay Sutton, Walter Miller, Fred Kohler

Votes: 158

60. End of the Trail (1932)

TV-PG | 59 min | Western

Framed by Major Jenkins, Capt. Travers is kicked out of the Army. When Travers, now living with the Indians, is captured by Jenkins, the Indians attack the fort. With his men greatly ... See full summary »

Director: D. Ross Lederman | Stars: Tim McCoy, Luana Walters, Wheeler Oakman, Wade Boteler

Votes: 69

61. So Evil, So Young (1961)

77 min | Drama

A young girl is framed for a robbery, and sent to a harsh reform school, where she becomes the target of a vicious warden.

Director: Godfrey Grayson | Stars: Jill Ireland, Ellen Pollock, John Charlesworth, Jocelyn Britton

Votes: 185

62. Feline Frame-Up (1954)

Approved | 7 min | Family, Animation, Short

Cute kitten Pussyfoot is the victim of smug Claude Cat's jealous abuse, which enrages the little cat's protector, Marc Anthony the bulldog. Claude convinces their master that Marc Anthony ... See full summary »

Director: Chuck Jones | Stars: Mel Blanc, Robert C. Bruce

Votes: 427

63. The Evidence of the Film (1913)

Not Rated | 15 min | Crime, Short

A messenger boy is wrongfully accused of stealing bonds worth $20,000.

Directors: Lawrence Marston, Edwin Thanhouser | Stars: William Garwood, Marie Eline, Florence La Badie, Riley Chamberlin

Votes: 439

64. Cartouche (1955)

Approved | 85 min | Adventure

Jacques de Maudy, the son of a sick nobleman, returns to France to try and clear his name from a framed-up crime. He avoids the traps sets for him and, with the aid of an actors' troupe, ... See full summary »

Directors: Steve Sekely, Gianni Vernuccio | Stars: Richard Basehart, Patricia Roc, Massimo Serato, Akim Tamiroff

Votes: 42

65. Bandits of Dark Canyon (1947)

Passed | 59 min | Drama, Western

As prisoner Ed Archer is being transferred, the stage is attacked and crashes. Archer escapes the attackers but Ranger Rocky Lane catches up with him. As Rocky is bringing him in, Archer is... See full summary »

Director: Philip Ford | Stars: Allan Lane, Black Jack, Bob Steele, Eddy Waller

Votes: 48

66. The Lone Rider in Frontier Fury (1941)

Passed | 53 min | Drama, Music, Western

A cowboy is falsely accused of the murder of a local rancher.

Director: Sam Newfield | Stars: George Houston, Al St. John, Hillary Brooke, Karl Hackett

Votes: 61

67. The Bugs Bunny Mystery Special (1980 TV Movie)

24 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

F.B.I. and C.I.A. agent Elmer Fudd is after a tall, dark, stranger who robbed a bank. He gets him confused with Bugs Bunny...the chase is on.

Directors: Gerry Chiniquy, Friz Freleng, Chuck Jones, Maurice Noble | Stars: Mel Blanc, Arthur Q. Bryan

Votes: 128

68. Une ténébreuse affaire (1975 TV Movie)

Drama, History

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Director: Alain Boudet | Stars: Stéphane Bouy, Robert Bazil, Thérèse Liotard, Nita Klein

69. The Plot to Murder Lloyd George (1983 TV Movie)

80 min | Drama

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Director: Ben Rea | Stars: Richard Pasco, Brenda Bruce, Peter Eyre, Jan Francis

70. Le Escape Goat (1967)

6 min | Animation, Short

Suspended for incompetence, the Inspector tries to protect the Commissioner from a vengeful criminal, but keeps getting implicated instead.

Director: Gerry Chiniquy | Stars: Paul Frees, Pat Harrington Jr.

Votes: 82

71. Le Cop on Le Rocks (1967)

6 min | Animation, Short

Mistaken for a bank-robbing lookalike, The Inspector is sent to prison and his efforts to escape prove a hopeless challenge.

Director: George Singer | Stars: Pat Harrington Jr., Marvin Miller

Votes: 83

72. Plan 241 (2021)

Documentary

An introduction to the sovereign citizen movement and the federal framing of Schaeffer Cox, the charismatic young leader of the Alaska Peacemakers Militia.

Director: Aukai Ligairi | Star: Schaeffer Cox

73. 1-800-Missing (2003–2006)
Episode: They Come as They Go (2003)

TV-14 | 43 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Brooke and Jess investigate a missing FBI cadet.

Director: David Wu | Stars: Gloria Reuben, Caterina Scorsone, Dean McDermott, Justina Machado

Votes: 53

74. The Adventures of Champion (1955–1956)
Episode: Hangman's Noose (1955)

Not Rated | 26 min | Western

When a crooked ranch foreman discovers oil on a neighboring spread, he plots with a businessman to grab the property by killing one rancher and framing the other for the crime. When Ricky ... See full summary »

Director: Ford Beebe | Stars: Champion, Barry Curtis, Jim Bannon, Blaze

Votes: 9

75. The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (1997–2000)
Episode: The Case of the Burning Building (1997)

Family, Mystery

Shirley Holmes investigates a string of suspicious fires, one of which took place in a shed at her school. The police believe that Bo Sawchuk, the school's newest student, a former gang ... See full summary »

Director: Gary Harvey | Stars: Meredith Henderson, John White, Phillip Jarrett, Marie Stillin

Votes: 44

76. Alias Smith and Jones (1971–1973)
Episode: The Ten Days That Shook Kid Curry (1972)

Not Rated | 60 min | Western

The disappearance of a young heir to a fortune appears to be a kidnapping for ransom orchestrated by Kid Curry as Thaddeus Jones. At least that's what the heir would like to think. In fact ... See full summary »

Director: Edward M. Abroms | Stars: Ben Murphy, Roger Davis, Shirley Knight, Edd Byrnes

Votes: 62

77. Automan (1983–1984)
Episode: Staying Alive While Running a High Flashdance Fever (1983)

49 min | Adventure, Comedy, Crime

When an informant providing information about the Mob's attempt to buy a casino in Las Vegas is kidnapped, Walter and Automan probe electronic records and discover the trail leads to an ... See full summary »

Director: Winrich Kolbe | Stars: Desi Arnaz Jr., Chuck Wagner, Heather McNair, Gerald S. O'Loughlin

Votes: 45

78. Bad Girls (1999–2006)
Episode: Episode #7.1 (2005)

TV-14 | 70 min | Crime, Drama

Fenner adjusts to life on the inside, whilst Tina adjusts to life on the outside. Grayling plans to turn G Wing into a flagship for change in the prison system. The Julies catch Ben kissing Buxton. Two new inmates arrive at Larkhall.

Director: Julian Holmes | Stars: Jack Ellis, Frank McCusker, Helen Fraser, Tracey Wilkinson

Votes: 31

79. Batman: The Animated Series (1992–1995)
Episode: Feat of Clay: Part I (1992)

Unrated | 22 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

A popular actor renowned for his ability to play any part has a terrible secret: He's addicted to a strange chemical.

Director: Dick Sebast | Stars: Kevin Conroy, Efrem Zimbalist Jr., Edward Asner, Ed Begley Jr.

Votes: 2,889

80. Bonkers (1993–1994)
Episode: Springtime for the Iguana (1993)

TV-Y | Animation, Short, Action

When toon legend, Roderick Lizzard, is suspected of arson, Bonkers sets out to solve the mystery.

Stars: Jeff Bennett, Robert Costanzo, Jim Cummings, Karla DeVito

Votes: 13

81. Bordertown (1989–1991)
Episode: Roaring Days (1991)

TV-14 | 24 min | Adventure, Drama, Western

Clive's former partner in crime, Archie Stanton, travels to Bordertown after being released from prison in hopes that Clive can help him find honest work. Clive gets Archie a job working as... See full summary »

Director: Ken Jubenvill | Stars: Richard Comar, John H. Brennan, Sophie Barjac, Matthew Walker

Votes: 5

82. Cimarron City (1958–1960)
Episode: McGowan's Debt (1958)

Approved | 30 min | Western

Beth Purcell befriends her newest boardinghouse customer, Drew McGowan, an ex-convict recently released from prison who has returned to Cimarron City determined to find out who framed him ... See full summary »

Director: Herschel Daugherty | Stars: George Montgomery, Audrey Totter, John Smith, Kathleen Crowley

Votes: 17

83. The Dukes of Hazzard (1979–1985)
Episode: Lawman of the Year (1982)

TV-PG | 49 min | Action, Comedy

Rosco learns he's been nominated for "Lawman of the Year" and - recalling his origins as an honorable sheriff - refuses to play along with Boss' scheme to rob a jewelry store and pin the blame on Coy and Vance.

Director: Denver Pyle | Stars: Byron Cherry, Christopher Mayer, Catherine Bach, Denver Pyle

Votes: 137

84. Harbor Command (1957–1958)
Episode: Final Score (1957)

30 min | Action

A young ex-con working as a longshoreman is made to look like the perpetrator of a safe cracking and the killer of a night watchman by the man who took him in when he left prison.

Director: Sutton Roley | Stars: Wendell Corey, Billy Nelson, Don Eitner, Casey Walters

Votes: 9

85. I Spy (1965–1968)
Episode: Night Train to Madrid (1967)

60 min | Action, Adventure

The guys must protect an obnoxious American comic on a goodwill tour of Europe from an enemy agent assigned to kill and discredit him.

Director: David Friedkin | Stars: Robert Culp, Bill Cosby, Don Rickles, Marianna Hill

Votes: 48

86. Inspector Gadget (1983–2023)
Episode: Doubled Agent (1983)

TV-Y7 | 23 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Gadget is at the circus one day with his niece Penny, when Cheif Quimby gives Gadget an assignment to protect The Shah of Freeland from Dr. Claw. But, this time, Claw has more than one ... See full summary »

Directors: Dave Cox, Edouard David, Raymond Jafelice, Ken Stephenson, Bruno Bianchi | Stars: Don Adams, Cree Summer, Frank Welker, Don Francks

Votes: 82

87. Johnny Ringo (1959–1960)
Episode: The Reno Brothers (1960)

25 min | Western

The Reno Brothers, relatives of notorious bank robbers, are searching for the outlaw gang that led their siblings into a trap, killed their father and made off with the stolen loot. The ... See full summary »

Director: Dick Moder | Stars: Don Durant, Karen Sharpe, Mark Goddard, Terence de Marney

Votes: 17

88. L.A. Law (1986–1994)
Episode: Whistle Stop (1994)

TV-PG | 47 min | Drama

Becker blames Belinda's personal malice for his becoming a suspect in the murder of Camilla Greer, while the rest of the firm rallies around him to prove the charges are false and Jinx is ... See full summary »

Director: Randy Roberts | Stars: Corbin Bernsen, Jill Eikenberry, Alan Rachins, Michael Tucker

Votes: 26

89. Law & Order (1990– )
Episode: Act of God (1995)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Did a struggling contractor intentionally blow up the building he was working on, or was he the intended target of the explosion?

Director: Constantine Makris | Stars: Jerry Orbach, Chris Noth, S. Epatha Merkerson, Sam Waterston

Votes: 285

90. The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
Episode: Embezzler's Harvest (1953)

TV-G | 23 min | Western

A watch chain is crucial to the Lone Ranger's clearing the name and catching the killers of a man who was framed for embezzlement and then murdered.

Director: Paul Landres | Stars: John Hart, Jay Silverheels, Stephen Chase, Leonard Freeman

Votes: 40

91. MacGyver (1985–1992)
Episode: Cease Fire (1989)

TV-PG | 48 min | Action, Adventure, Crime

While in Geneva, MacGyver is wounded in an assassination attempt. He is framed as the sniper and meets an American schoolgirl who helps him in clearing his name.

Director: William Gereghty | Stars: Richard Dean Anderson, Dana Elcar, Mayim Bialik, Eli Danker

Votes: 297

92. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Final Affair (1993)

TV-PG | 120 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

A lawyer is accused of murdering his lover and her husband, a high school football coach and aspiring minister.

Director: Frank Thackery | Stars: Andy Griffith, Brynn Thayer, Daniel Roebuck, Clarence Gilyard Jr.

Votes: 102

93. Matlock (1986–1995)
Episode: The Vendetta (1989)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Michelle, Julie, and Tyler are held at gunpoint by vindictive Ned Billings, who plans to kill Ben to avenge his brother Jim Billings, who died in prison after Ben proved he was guilty in a prior case.

Director: David Solomon | Stars: Andy Griffith, Nancy Stafford, Julie Sommars, Kene Holiday

Votes: 133

94. Michael Shayne (1960–1961)
Episode: Murder 'Round My Wrist (1961)

60 min | Crime, Drama

While recovering from an embarrassing injury - being shot in his rear end with a spear gun - Shayne becomes involved in a wrongful death investigation when his internist is accused an ... See full summary »

Director: Walter Doniger | Stars: Richard Denning, Jerry Paris, Patricia Donahue, Herbert Rudley

Votes: 19

95. My Friend Flicka (1955–1960)
Episode: A Case of Honor (1955)

TV-G | 30 min | Western

After Rob McLaughlin has a fight with a sheepherder over grazing land, he is accused of poisoning a waterhole.

Director: Nathan Juran | Stars: Gene Evans, Anita Louise, Johnny Washbrook, Frank Ferguson

Votes: 14

96. Nightmare Cafe (1992)
Episode: Fay & Ivy (1992)

47 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

Fay's younger sister Ivy comes to the city to visit her, but trouble comes along in the form of her scummy boyfriend Jesse.

Director: Christopher Leitch | Stars: Lindsay Frost, Jack Coleman, Robert Englund, Molly Parker

Votes: 34

97. The Outer Limits (1995–2002)
Episode: Ripper (1999)

TV-PG | 45 min | Drama, Fantasy, Horror

In London in 1888, Jack the Ripper is killing prostitutes. The chief suspect is Dr. John York, who has become an absinthe addict after his misdiagnosis killed the daughter of a duke. However, the culprit is of an otherworldly nature.

Director: Mario Azzopardi | Stars: Cary Elwes, Clare Sims, Eliza Norbury, Robert Saunders

Votes: 246

98. Rebound (1952–1953)
Episode: The Boarder (1952)

30 min | Drama, Mystery

An embezzler tries to frame a young boarder for his crime.

Director: Bernard Girard | Stars: Dorothy Adams, Trevor Bardette, John Doucette, Robert Foulk

99. The Rockford Files (1974–1980)
Episode: The Becker Connection (1977)

TV-PG | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Mystery

Rockford's newest case; to clear his friend, Dennis Becker, who's suspected of selling drugs to deal with his financial problems.

Director: Reza Badiyi | Stars: James Garner, Noah Beery Jr., Joe Santos, Jack Carter

Votes: 273

100. Simon & Simon (1981–1989)
Episode: Red Dog Blues (1983)

TV-PG | 60 min | Action, Crime, Drama

About to be exposed for taking bribes, a politician kills his accuser and frames his victim's bookkeeper.

Director: Vincent McEveety | Stars: Jameson Parker, Gerald McRaney, Jeannie Wilson, Mary Carver

Votes: 69