It Was an Accident is a 2000 British comedy film directed by Metin Hüseyin, written by Ol Parker and produced by Paul Goodman, based on the novel of the same name by Jeremy Cameron and starring Thandiwe Newton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Max Beesley and James Bolam. In the film, an ex-convict, trying to go straight, accidentally gets mixed up in a fresh series of crimes.