An Innocent Man

An Innocent Man

Falsely accused. Unjustly convicted. Determined to survive on the inside. Demanding justice once he's on the outside.

Directed by Peter Yates

Produced by Touchstone Pictures, Interscope Communications

1989113 min6.2 / 10

A grim prison thriller about a wrongfully convicted man fighting systemic corruption and the brutal realities of incarceration to reclaim his life.

Jimmie Rainwood was minding his own business when two corrupt police officers (getting an address wrong) burst into his house, expecting to find a major drug dealer. Rainwood is shot, and the officers frame him as a drug dealer. Rainwood is convicted of drug dealing, based on the perjured evidence of a police informant. Thrown into a seedy jail, fighting to prove his innocence is diffucult when he has to deal with the realities of prison life, where everyone claims they were framed.

Questions people ask

  • Is An Innocent Man violent? Yes. More violent than 80% of films.

  • Is An Innocent Man scary? Yes. More frightening than 76% of films.

  • Is An Innocent Man easy watching? Not especially. Less comforting than 74% of films.

  • Is An Innocent Man sad? Somewhat. More sad than 70% of films.

  • Does An Innocent Man end with hope? Not especially. Less hopeful than 61% of films.

These describe how the film comes across, measured across the whole film and compared with other well-known films. They are not a content list — nothing here was counted or checked scene by scene, so for age-suitability or specific content use a classification board or a dedicated content-warning service.

37/ 100

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Love30

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