The Thin Blue Line poster
Movie · 1988

The Thin Blue Line

1h 43m
Crime, Documentary
Errol Morris
One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road outside Dallas, Randall Dale Adams accepts a ride from teenager David Harris. Harris is driving a stolen vehicle and, later that night, when Dallas police officer Robert Wood pulls the car over to check its headlights, he is shot and killed. A jury believes Adams is the killer, but stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.
Your take
Feels most like Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills, Into the Abyss and Deliver Us from Evil

Details

Original title
The Thin Blue Line
Director
Errol Morris
Year
1988
Runtime
1h 43m
Genres
Crime, Documentary