Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "false-accusation-of-theft"

1. After Hours (I) (1985)

R | 97 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

An ordinary word processor has the worst night of his life after he agrees to visit a girl in Soho he met that evening at a coffee shop.

Director: Martin Scorsese | Stars: Griffin Dunne, Rosanna Arquette, Verna Bloom, Tommy Chong

Votes: 81,619 | Gross: $10.60M

2. In the Heights (2021)

PG-13 | 143 min | Drama, Musical, Romance

In Washington Heights, a sympathetic New York bodega owner saves every penny every day as he imagines and sings about a better life.

Director: Jon M. Chu | Stars: Anthony Ramos, Corey Hawkins, Leslie Grace, Melissa Barrera

Votes: 52,169

3. Ava (IV) (2020)

R | 96 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Ava is a deadly assassin who works for a black ops organization, traveling the globe specializing in high profile hits. When a job goes dangerously wrong she is forced to fight for her own survival.

Director: Tate Taylor | Stars: Jessica Chastain, John Malkovich, Common, Geena Davis

Votes: 62,917 | Gross: $0.50M

4. Planes, Trains & Automobiles (1987)

R | 93 min | Comedy, Drama

A Chicago advertising man must struggle to travel home from New York for Thanksgiving, with a lovable oaf of a shower-curtain-ring salesman as his only companion.

Director: John Hughes | Stars: Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean

Votes: 160,432 | Gross: $49.53M

5. Waiting for the Barbarians (2019)

112 min | Drama, History

At an isolated frontier outpost, a colonial magistrate suffers a crisis of conscience when an army colonel arrives looking to interrogate the locals about an impending uprising, using cruel tactics that horrify the magistrate.

Director: Ciro Guerra | Stars: Mark Rylance, Johnny Depp, Robert Pattinson, Gana Bayarsaikhan

Votes: 14,710

6. Compliance (2012)

R | 90 min | Crime, Drama, History

A normal Friday service at a fast food restaurant becomes interrupted by a police officer who claims an employee stole from a customer, but something more sinister is going on.

Director: Craig Zobel | Stars: Ann Dowd, Dreama Walker, Pat Healy, Bill Camp

Votes: 37,329 | Gross: $0.32M

7. True History of the Kelly Gang (2019)

R | 124 min | Action, Biography, Crime

Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang flee from authorities during the 1870s.

Director: Justin Kurzel | Stars: George MacKay, Essie Davis, Nicholas Hoult, Ben Corbett

Votes: 13,206

8. The Man Who Killed Don Quixote (2018)

Not Rated | 132 min | Adventure, Comedy, Drama

Toby, a disillusioned film director, is pulled into a world of time-jumping fantasy when a Spanish cobbler believes himself to be Sancho Panza. He gradually becomes unable to tell dreams from reality.

Director: Terry Gilliam | Stars: José Luis Ferrer, Ismael Fritschi, Juan López-Tagle, Adam Driver

Votes: 22,206 | Gross: $0.39M

9. Marshall (2017)

PG-13 | 118 min | Biography, Crime, Drama

The story of Thurgood Marshall, the crusading lawyer who would become the first African-American Supreme Court Justice, as he battles through one of his career-defining cases.

Director: Reginald Hudlin | Stars: Chadwick Boseman, Josh Gad, Kate Hudson, Sterling K. Brown

Votes: 26,845 | Gross: $10.05M

10. Sherlock Jr. (1924)

Passed | 45 min | Action, Comedy, Romance

A film projectionist longs to be a detective, and puts his meagre skills to work when he is framed by a rival for stealing his girlfriend's father's pocketwatch.

Director: Buster Keaton | Stars: Buster Keaton, Kathryn McGuire, Joe Keaton, Erwin Connelly

Votes: 57,130 | Gross: $0.98M

11. Money Train (1995)

R | 110 min | Action, Comedy, Crime

A vengeful New York City transit cop decides to steal a trainload of subway fares. His foster brother, a fellow cop, tries to protect him.

Director: Joseph Ruben | Stars: Wesley Snipes, Woody Harrelson, Jennifer Lopez, Robert Blake

Votes: 43,212 | Gross: $35.32M

12. Weekend at Bernie's II (1993)

PG | 97 min | Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy

Larry and Richard use a voodoo-revived corpse to track down hidden money to clear their names.

Director: Robert Klane | Stars: Andrew McCarthy, Jonathan Silverman, Terry Kiser, Troy Byer

Votes: 14,475 | Gross: $12.74M

13. Tom Thumb (1958)

Approved | 98 min | Family, Fantasy, Musical

A boy (Russ Tamblyn), no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves (Terry-Thomas and Peter Sellers) determined to make a fortune from him.

Director: George Pal | Stars: Russ Tamblyn, June Thorburn, Peter Sellers, Alan Young

Votes: 2,865

14. Summer Love (2016 TV Movie)

TV-G | 83 min | Drama, Romance

A widowed mom gets a summer internship at a tech company and draws the attention of two very different executives while learning about about accounting, app designs and finding love.

Director: Lynne Stopkewich | Stars: Rachael Leigh Cook, Lucas Bryant, Travis Milne, Aidan Kahn

Votes: 2,212

15. Surprised by Love (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 84 min | Comedy, Family, Romance

The story of a young businesswoman who tries to convince her uptight parents to accept her current boyfriend and instead finds herself falling for an old high school flame.

Director: Robert Iscove | Stars: Hilarie Burton Morgan, Paul Campbell, Malcolm Stewart, Wanda Cannon

Votes: 2,910

16. Crown for Christmas (2015 TV Movie)

TV-G | 86 min | Comedy, Drama, Family

After getting fired from her job as a maid at a ritzy New York City hotel, Allie reluctantly accepts a temporary gig as the governess to a young girl who is part of a powerful family in Europe that lives in a castle.

Director: Alex Zamm | Stars: Danica McKellar, Rupert Penry-Jones, Ellie Botterill, Pavel Douglas

Votes: 5,652

17. Love in Bloom (2022)

88 min | Comedy, Romance

When her soon-to-be-married little sister and fiancé become marooned at a mountain retreat days before their wedding, Amelia and the best man, Grayson Tanner, are tasked with stepping in to save the wedding.

Director: Rogue Rubin | Stars: Susie Abromeit, Candice Hill, Jason Wilder, Melina Vidler

Votes: 465

18. Family Vanished (2018)

TV-14 | 86 min | Action, Crime, Thriller

A happy family returns from a vacation to find their home invaded by a criminal family and must fight for survival.

Director: Robert Malenfant | Stars: Kelly Packard, Jennifer Taylor, Madison Dirks, Todd Cahoon

Votes: 429

19. The Third Page (1999)

92 min | Drama

Isa is beaten up after being accused of stealing $50. When his landlord demands the back rent, Isa gets angry and shoots him. The police round up the tenants, but are not suspicious of him.... See full summary »

Director: Zeki Demirkubuz | Stars: Ruhi Sari, Basak Köklükaya, Erol Babaoglu, Zeki Demirkubuz

Votes: 4,437

20. The Three Stooges Go Around the World in a Daze (1963)

Not Rated | 94 min | Comedy, Family

The Three Stooges play servants to an ancestor of Phileas Fogg and embark on a trip around the world.

Director: Norman Maurer | Stars: Joe DeRita, Larry Fine, Moe Howard, Jay Sheffield

Votes: 824 | Gross: $2.18M

21. Tarzan's Desert Mystery (1943)

Passed | 70 min | Adventure, Mystery, War

With Jane still away for the war effort, Tarzan and Boy set off to retrieve rare medicinal herbs, only to run into an American messenger, German spies, and the mysterious desert's treacherous fauna and flora.

Director: Wilhelm Thiele | Stars: Johnny Weissmuller, Nancy Kelly, Johnny Sheffield, Otto Kruger

Votes: 2,253

22. The Ambassador's Daughter (1956)

Not Rated | 103 min | Comedy, Romance

The daughter of the American ambassador to France comes to the aid of American soldiers after a grumpy U. S. senator thinks about closing off Paris to the servicemen.

Director: Norman Krasna | Stars: Olivia de Havilland, John Forsythe, Myrna Loy, Adolphe Menjou

Votes: 741

23. Café au lait (1993)

94 min | Comedy, Romance

Lola is pregnant. But she does not know who the father is: Jamal, the black muslim, son of diplomats, or Felix, the pennyless jewish messenger. Jamal and Felix meet at Lola's, and the race begins.

Director: Mathieu Kassovitz | Stars: Julie Mauduech, Hubert Koundé, Mathieu Kassovitz, Vincent Cassel

Votes: 1,174 | Gross: $0.32M

24. Anna (2015)

110 min | Drama, Fantasy

Anna, mother of three, has lived for 40 years in her corner of hell. She was an impertinent and unfortunate girl, but by now she has become a generous woman, perhaps far too tolerant. She ... See full summary »

Director: Giuseppe M. Gaudino | Stars: Valeria Golino, Massimiliano Gallo, Adriano Giannini, Elisabetta Mirra

Votes: 462

25. The Girl Downstairs (1938)

Approved | 77 min | Comedy, Romance

A wealthy playboy surreptitiously romances a scullery maid to gain access to her mistress with whom he is in love, but doesn't count on the maid falling in love with him.

Director: Norman Taurog | Stars: Franciska Gaal, Franchot Tone, Walter Connolly, Reginald Gardiner

Votes: 286

26. Aryan (1988)

181 min | Action, Drama

Dispossessed Brahmin Mohanlal priest moves to Bombay where he finds a new calling in the hitman business.

Directors: Priyadarshan, Priyadarshan | Stars: Mohanlal, Ramya Krishnan, Bob Christo, Milind Gawali

Votes: 389

27. Koktebel (2003)

Not Rated | 100 min | Adventure, Drama, Romance

A widowed aeronautics engineer, who has lost his job, travels with his son hopping freight trains from Moscow to Koktebel, a town by the Black Sea, to start a new life with the father's ... See full summary »

Directors: Boris Khlebnikov, Alexei Popogrebsky | Stars: Gleb Puskepalis, Igor Chernevich, Evgeniy Sytyy, Vera Sandrykina

Votes: 1,861

28. Buster & Chauncey's Silent Night (1998 Video)

G | 48 min | Animation, Comedy, Family

A whimsical animated tale that tells the story of how the beloved holiday hymn Silent Night was created. Join our heroes, Buster and Chauncey, two musical mice who accidentally create a holiday miracle and make musical history.

Director: Buzz Potamkin | Stars: Phil Hartman, Marie Osmond, Tom Arnold, Judith Blazer

Votes: 304

29. Die Suche nach dem wunderbunten Vögelchen (1964)

66 min | Adventure, Fantasy

A bird that is the mascot of a children's home is stolen. The children help the police to find it.

Director: Rolf Losansky | Stars: Willi Schrade, Ernst-Georg Schwill, Benno Mieth, Ulrich Mende

Votes: 31

30. The Beggar's Repentance (1909)

Short, Drama

A famished beggar finds a bank note on the street and stifling the voice of his conscience he goes to the baker's to buy some bread. Once his hunger is appeased, however, his conscience ... See full summary »

Director: Camille de Morlhon

31. The Timepiece (2019)

13 min | Short, Drama

An unlikely friendship between two characters from different cultures and sexuality. Sunny, a young straight guy from India meets Larry, a middle-aged gay guy in New York. They share a love... See full summary »

Directors: Karan Choudhary, Shawn Regruto | Stars: Becca Ballenger, Bill Bateman, Karan Choudhary, Kyle Mcllhone

Votes: 14

32. 26 Men (1957–1959)
Episode: Badge to Kill (1958)

26 min | Western

After a shipment of gold guarded by the Arizona Rangers is stolen, the U.S. Marshals assigned to the region accuse Ranger Ben Thorpe of complicity in the theft.

Director: Oliver Drake | Stars: Tristram Coffin, Kelo Henderson, Clarence Beaty, Paul Picerni

33. Buckskin (1958–1959)
Episode: The Gold Watch (1958)

30 min | Western

Jody "borrows" a gold watch that had belonged to his father and accidentally breaks it. When his mother discovers it missing, she assumes it was stolen, thinks she knows who did it and accuses them of the "theft".

Director: David Butler | Stars: Tom Nolan, Sallie Brophy, Kathleen Freeman, Mike Road

34. Celebrity Playhouse (1955–1956)
Episode: They Flee by Night (1956)

30 min | Drama

Broke, on the run and traveling with his pregnant wife who is very ill, Jed Warron drives his battered car to a travel camp near the Mexican border. Knowing he's being pursued by the police... See full summary »

Director: Anton Leader | Stars: Thomas Mitchell, Sally Forrest, Cliff Robertson, Harry Cody

35. The Forest Rangers (1963–1966)
Episode: A Christmas Story (1963)

26 min | Family

Macleod, desperate for a pocket watch steals someone's timepiece. When Amik is accused of the crime, Macleod fesses up

Directors: Don Haldane, George McCowan | Stars: Graydon Gould, Rex Hagon, Ralph Endersby, Syme Jago

36. The Forest Rangers (1963–1966)
Episode: Indian Joe's Story (1963)

26 min | Family

Indian Joe is falsely accused of stealing $500 from a friend, the son of a wealthy landowner. It turns out his friend is being blackmailed in a phony auto accident scam.

Director: George McCowan | Stars: Graydon Gould, Rex Hagon, Ralph Endersby, Syme Jago

37. The Hardy Boys/Nancy Drew Mysteries (1977–1979)
Episode: Mystery of the Fallen Angels (1977)

60 min | Crime, Family, Mystery

During a charity carnival, the wealthy hosts have jewelry stolen from their safe. A young Hispanic friend of Nancy's is accused, after having been seen on the property. Nancy believes the case has more to it than it appears.

Director: Noel Black | Stars: Pamela Sue Martin, Shaun Cassidy, Parker Stevenson, George O'Hanlon Jr.

Votes: 91

38. The Lone Ranger (1949–1957)
Episode: The Legion of Old Timers (1949)

TV-G | 26 min | Western

Bob Kittredge is being forced by Red Devers to sell the ranch he inherited from his father. The Lone Ranger and Tonto, aided by Banty Bishop and the old ranch hands rescue Kittredge, and ... See full summary »

Director: George B. Seitz Jr. | Stars: Clayton Moore, Jay Silverheels, Emmett Lynn, Norman Willis

Votes: 135

39. Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog (1998–1999)
Episode: The Trial of Angus (1999)

TV-Y7 | 21 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

Rohan and Deirdre work to clear Angus when he's accused of robbing villagers and vandalising their properties. While Ivar is busy looking for the real culprit, Maeve summons a fire monster and sends it to Kells.

Directors: Robert Hughes, Alan Walsh | Stars: Lochlann O'Mearáin, Lisa Dwan, Justin Pierre, Vincent Walsh

Votes: 11

40. The Philco Television Playhouse (1948–1956)
Episode: Run Like a Thief (1954)

Drama

Alexander has been a faithful employee of Madame Pollard as maitre d' at her elegant resort. Eager to introduce his protege Rob, things go wrong when his wife Della finds an expensive ... See full summary »

Director: Jeffrey Hayden | Stars: Kurt Kasznar, Gusti Huber, James Dean, Barbara O'Neil

Votes: 56

41. The Real Ghostbusters (1986–1991)
Episode: Russian About (1990)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Comedy

The Ghostbusters visit Russia to give a lecture about their work. They become the scapegoats for the theft of the precious Nameless Book, a link to awakening a great evil.

Directors: Stan Phillips, Will Meugniot | Stars: Dave Coulier, Buster Jones, Maurice LaMarche, Kath Soucie

Votes: 58

42. Robin Hood (1984–1986)
Episode: The Pretender (1986)

TV-PG | 51 min | Action, Drama, Fantasy

The King decides to divorce his queen and marry the 12-year-old Isabella of Angoulême, moving the rejected, outraged Queen Hadwisa to plot with her relatives for the King's deposition. At ... See full summary »

Director: Robert Young | Stars: Patricia Hodge, Paul Geoffrey, Reece Dinsdale, Jason Connery

Votes: 107

43. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987–1994)
Episode: The Outrageous Okona (1988)

TV-PG | 46 min | Action, Adventure, Drama

The Enterprise rescues the captain of a broken-down freighter, only to become involved in a dispute between feuding worlds--each demanding custody of their guest. Data seeks help from Guinan in understanding humor.

Director: Robert Becker | Stars: Patrick Stewart, Jonathan Frakes, LeVar Burton, Michael Dorn

Votes: 3,771

44. Sword of Freedom (1957– )
Episode: The Primavera (1957)

25 min | Adventure, Family

De Medici commissions Marco to paint a portrait of his beautiful sister, Francesca, wearing the priceless necklace she will inherit on her 18th birthday. When Marco insists on making the ... See full summary »

Director: Peter Maxwell | Stars: Edmund Purdom, Martin Benson, Adrienne Corri, Kenneth Hyde

45. Cannonball (1958–1959)
Episode: Undercover (1959)

Adventure, Drama

When Jerry is accused of stealing and fired from his job at C&A Transport, he is actually working undercover with the police to recover stolen goods from the company's warehouse. Mike ... See full summary »

Director: Lesley Selander | Stars: Paul Birch, William Campbell, Don Francks, Sean Mulcahy

46. Waterfront (1954–1956)
Episode: Oil Island (1954)

30 min | Adventure, Crime

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Director: Ted Post | Stars: Preston Foster, Lois Moran, Douglas Dick, Kathleen Crowley

47. The Legend of Prince Valiant (1991–1994)
Episode: The Aurora (1993)

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

While King Arthur, Queen Guinevere, the knights, and Arn and Rowanne meet with Guinevere's cousin and her husband, the younger prince of Northland, for a ceremony, Merlin and Rowanne are ... See full summary »

Stars: Robby Benson, Michael Horton, Noelle North, Alan Oppenheimer

Votes: 17

48. The Life of Riley (1948–1950)
Episode: Five Dollar Bill (unaired pilot) (1948)

Comedy

In his mistaken belief that Junior stole $5 to buy a new basketball for the championship game, Riley decides to punish him by forbidding him to play. This plot was recycled for the first season episode "Five Dollar Bill."

Director: Irving Brecher | Stars: Lon Chaney Jr., Rosemary DeCamp, John Brown, Lanny Rees

Votes: 6

49. Henry Danger (2014–2020)
Episode: Mouth Candy (2016)

TV-G | 23 min | Action, Comedy, Family

When Jasper is falsely accused of theft and sent to jail, Henry and Ray must find a way to set him free.

Director: Adam Weissman | Stars: Jace Norman, Cooper Barnes, Riele Downs, Sean Ryan Fox

Votes: 95

50. Robin Hood: Mischief in Sherwood (2014– )
Episode: Getting the Blame (2016)

TV-Y7 | 11 min | Animation, Short, Adventure

Robin and his friends rescue a young villager falsely accused of theft. While Robin and Little John track down the real crooks, Tuck attempts to cook a birthday cake for Maid Marian.

Stars: Marc Thompson, Eli James, Billy Bob Thompson, David Nelson