Topic: True Crime

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O.J.: Made in America (TV Miniseries)

2016 · Documentary · 450 min. · United States

Direction Ezra Edelman

Cast O.J. Simpson

Plot The five-part documentary chronicles O.J. Simpson's rise from the San Francisco housing projects to football fame in college and the NFL to his post-football career and infamy with the 1995...

8.0

2K votes

8.0

2K votes

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (TV Miniseries)

2015 · Documentary · 44 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Jarecki

Plot Directed and produced by Andrew Jarecki and produced and shot by Marc Smerling (the Oscar® nominees behind “Capturing the Friedmans”), the six-part documentary series exposes long-buried information discovered during their...

Max

8.0

6K votes

8.0

6K votes

Crims (TV Series)

2020 · Documentary · 65 min. · Spain

8.0

1K votes

8.0

1K votes

Making a Murderer (TV Series)

2015 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Moira Demos · Laura Ricciardi

Cast Steven Avery

Plot TV Series (2015-2018). 2 Seasons. 20 Episodes. This documentary series focuses on the case of Steven Avery, a man convicted of sexual assault, before being exonerated by DNA evidence 18...

7.9

7K votes

7.9

7K votes

Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills

1996 · Documentary · 150 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger · Bruce Sinofsky

Plot A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

7.8

2K votes

7.8

2K votes

Tor

2024 · Documentary · 50 min. · Spain

Direction Carles Porta

Cast Carles Porta

7.8

906 votes

7.8

906 votes

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

2011 · Documentary · 106 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger · Bruce Sinofsky

Cast Jason Baldwin · Damien Wayne Echols · Jessie Miskelly

Plot A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas and spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released...

7.7

1K votes

7.7

1K votes

The Staircase (TV Miniseries)

2004 · Documentary · 360 min. · France

Direction Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

Plot This documentary examines the trial of author Michael Peterson who was arraigned on charges of murdering his wife after she was found dead at the foot of the staircase in...

7.5

478 votes

7.5

478 votes

The Miramar Murders: The State Vs. Pablo Ibar (TV Miniseries)

2020 · Documentary · 55 min. · Spain

Direction Olmo Figueredo González-Quevedo

Plot On August 25, 1994, Pablo Ibar and Seth Penalver were charged with three counts of first-degree murder, one count of burglary, one count of robbery, and one count of attempted...

7.5

946 votes

7.5

946 votes

Wild Wild Country (TV Miniseries)

2018 · Documentary · 360 min. · United States

Direction Chapman Way · Maclain Way

Plot 6 episodes. When the world's most controversial guru builds a utopian city deep in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. A true story.

7.5

6K votes

7.5

6K votes

Capturing the Friedmans

2003 · Documentary · 107 min. · United States

Direction Andrew Jarecki

Plot The Friedmans (Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Seth Friedman, Jesse Friedman and Howard Friedman) seem at first to be a typical family. Arnold Friedman is an award-winning schoolteacher, his...

Max

7.5

7K votes

7.5

7K votes

El crim de la Guàrdia Urbana (TV Miniseries)

2022 · Documentary · 50 min. · Spain

Direction Carles Porta

Plot El 4 de mayo de 2017 los Mossos encontraron un coche quemado en uno de los caminos del Pantano de Foix. En el interior del vehículo localizaron los restos de...

7.5

1K votes

7.5

1K votes

L’hora fosca (TV Series)

2021 · Documentary · min. · Spain

7.4

43 votes

7.4

43 votes

Luz en la oscuridad

2023 · Documentary · 50 min. · Spain

Direction Carles Porta · Santi Baró · Laura Tremoleda

Cast Carles Porta

Plot Real crimes of modern history in Spain, giving voice to victims, investigators and others involved.

7.4

463 votes

7.4

463 votes

Bus 174

2003 · Documentary · 118 min. · Brazil

7.4

698 votes

7.4

698 votes

The Thin Blue Line

1988 · Documentary · 103 min. · United States

Direction Errol Morris

Plot "The Thin Blue Line" is the fascinating, controversial true story of the arrest and conviction of Randall Adams for the murder of a Dallas policeman in 1976. Billed as "the...

7.4

1K votes

7.4

1K votes

West of Memphis

2012 · Documentary · 147 min. · New Zealand

Direction Amy Berg

Plot "West of Memphis" is an examination of a failure of justice in Arkansas. The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth...

7.4

633 votes

7.4

633 votes

Murder on a Sunday Morning

2001 · Documentary · 111 min. · France

Direction Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

Plot On May 7, 2000, in the parking lot of a Ramada Inn in Jacksonville, Florida, 65-year-old Mary Ann Stephens is shot in the head before her husband's very eyes. Ninety...

7.3

90 votes

7.3

90 votes

Examination of Conscience (TV Miniseries)

2019 · Documentary · 50 min. · Spain

Direction Albert Solé

Plot Through interviews with victims, members of the clergy, journalists, and experts, this series looks at the accusations of child abuse against catholic institutions in Spain.

7.3

965 votes

7.3

965 votes

Muerte en León (TV Miniseries)

2016 · Documentary · 253 min. · Spain

Direction Justin Webster

Plot Non-fiction series about the murder of the president of the Provincial Council of León, Spain. The story of this woman, Isabel Carrasco, a controversial politician from the government's party, told...

7.3

2K votes

7.3

2K votes