Top 20 movies like The Central Park Five

The Central Park Five

In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

The Central Park Five is of 1 hour(s) and 59 minute(s). It is Produced By:  WETA, Florentine Films. It was released on 2012-05-24. It has an average vote of 7.01 on TMDB.

Genres: Documentary

1. Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

Gabriel Iglesias: I'm Sorry for What I Said When I Was Hungry

Hawaiian-shirt enthusiast Gabriel "Fluffy" Iglesias finds the laughs in racist gift baskets, Prius-driving cops and all-female taco trucks.

It has an average vote of 7 on TMDB.

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2. NOVA: First Face of America

NOVA: First Face of America

During risky expeditions in an underwater cave in Mexico, scientists unearth the skeleton of a 13,000-year-old prehistoric teenager to gain insight into the earliest known humans in America.

It has an average vote of 7.429 on TMDB.

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3. Conquering Space

Conquering Space

Janet recalls the summer during her teenage years when her family moved yet again for her father's job with NASA, including him teaching her to drive and her meeting her first boyfriend.

It has an average vote of 6 on TMDB.

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4. Marwencol

Marwencol

After a vicious attack leaves him brain-damaged and broke, Mark Hogancamp seeks recovery in "Marwencol", a 1/6th scale World War II-era town he creates in his backyard.

It has an average vote of 7.2 on TMDB.

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5. Love Me

Love Me

Love Me follows Western men and Ukrainian women as they embark on an unpredictable and riveting journey in search of love through the modern "mail-order bride" industry.

It has an average vote of 6.4 on TMDB.

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6. Kids for Cash

Kids for Cash

A look into the judicial scandal that rocked the nation.

It has an average vote of 6.683 on TMDB.

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7. Righting Wrongs (執法先鋒)

Righting Wrongs

Jason Chan, a Hong Kong lawyer, is angry at the way the law protects criminals and decides to take the law into his own hands, dishing out vigilante justice when a key witness and his entire family are murdered. But hotshot cop Cindy Si is soon on Chan's case, and the situation unravels into a fight that only a few will survive.

It has an average vote of 7.7 on TMDB.

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8. Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In (九龍城寨.圍城)

Twilight of the Warriors: Walled In

Set in the 1980s, troubled youth Chan Lok-kwun accidentally enters the Walled City, discovers the order amidst its chaos, and learns important life lessons along the way. In the Walled City, he becomes close friends with Shin, Twelfth Master and AV. Under the leadership of Tornado, they resist against the invasion of villain Mr. Big in a series of fierce battles. Together, they vow to protect the safe haven that is Kowloon Walled City.

It has an average vote of 7.364 on TMDB.

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9. Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

Too Funny to Fail: The Life & Death of The Dana Carvey Show

It had all the makings of a huge television success: a white-hot comic at the helm, a coveted primetime slot, and a pantheon of future comedy legends in the cast and crew. So why did The Dana Carvey Show—with a writers room and cast including then unknowns Steve Carell, Stephen Colbert, Louis C.K., Robert Smigel, Charlie Kaufman, and more— crash and burn so spectacularly? TOO FUNNY TO FAIL tells the hilarious true story of a crew of genius misfits who set out to make comedy history… and succeeded in a way they never intended.

It has an average vote of 7.8 on TMDB.

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10. My Name Is Bruce

My Name Is Bruce

B Movie Legend Bruce Campbell is mistaken for his character Ash from the Evil Dead trilogy and forced to fight a real monster in a small town in Oregon.

It has an average vote of 5.838 on TMDB.

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11. Mommy Dead and Dearest

Mommy Dead and Dearest

Child abuse, mental illness, and forbidden love converge in this mystery involving a mother and daughter who were thought to be living a fairy tale life that turned out to be a living nightmare.

It has an average vote of 7.4 on TMDB.

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12. The Wolfpack

The Wolfpack

Locked away from society in an apartment on the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the Angulo brothers learn about the outside world through the films that they watch. Nicknamed ‘The Wolfpack’, the brothers spend their childhood reenacting their favorite films using elaborate home-made props and costumes. Their world is shaken up when one of the brothers escapes and everything changes.

It has an average vote of 6.819 on TMDB.

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13. We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

We Are Legion: The Story of the Hacktivists

Takes us inside the world of Anonymous, the radical "hacktivist" collective that has redefined civil disobedience for the digital age. The film explores early hacktivist groups like Cult of the Dead Cow and Electronic Disturbance Theater, then moves to Anonymous' raucous beginnings on the website 4chan. Through interviews with current members, people recently returned from prison or facing trial, writers, academics, activists and major players in various "raids," the documentary traces Anonymous’ evolution from merry pranksters to a full-blown movement with a global reach, the most transformative civil disobedience of our time.

It has an average vote of 7.137 on TMDB.

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14. Wer

Wer

A defense attorney begins to suspect that her client, who is charged with the murders of a vacationing family, might be more than meets the eye.

It has an average vote of 6.384 on TMDB.

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15. Searching for Sugar Man

Searching for Sugar Man

Two South Africans set out to discover what happened to their unlikely musical hero, the mysterious 1970s rock 'n' roller, Rodriguez.

It has an average vote of 7.9 on TMDB.

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16. The Stanford Prison Experiment

The Stanford Prison Experiment

This film is based on the actual events that took place in 1971 when Stanford professor Dr. Philip Zimbardo created what became one of the most shocking and famous social experiments of all time.

It has an average vote of 6.9 on TMDB.

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17. Laurence Anyways (Laurence Anyways)

Laurence Anyways

The story of an impossible love between a woman named Fred and a transgender woman named Laurence who reveals her inner desire to become her true self.

It has an average vote of 7.652 on TMDB.

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18. Pi

Pi

A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

It has an average vote of 7.123 on TMDB.

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19. Jurassic Park III

Jurassic Park III

In need of funds for research, Dr. Alan Grant accepts a large sum of money to accompany Paul and Amanda Kirby on an aerial tour of the infamous Isla Sorna. It isn't long before all hell breaks loose and the stranded wayfarers must fight for survival as a host of new -- and even more deadly -- dinosaurs try to make snacks of them.

It has an average vote of 6.133 on TMDB.

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20. Doctor Strange

Doctor Strange

After his career is destroyed, a brilliant but arrogant surgeon gets a new lease on life when a sorcerer takes him under her wing and trains him to defend the world against evil.

It has an average vote of 7.423 on TMDB.

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