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Documentaries like Into the Abyss

Not everyone loves Into the Abyss for the same reason. Pick the one that was yours, and the picks follow.

The 3 reasons people love Into the Abyss

Read them all. One will sound more like you than the others.

  1. You like Herzog's quiet questions and the long answers they get.

  2. You can take a film about death with no easy comfort.

  3. You want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer2003

    • a film about death with no easy comfort
    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want a real person behind the headlines.

  • Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills1996

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want the true story of the West Memphis Three, told as it unfolded.

  • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory2012

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you followed the West Memphis Three case and want to see how it ended.

  • The Perfect Neighbor2025

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want a story told almost only through real police footage.

  • Bus 1742002

    • a film about death with no easy comfort
    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes2022

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want to hear a real case through the original tapes.

  • West of Memphis2012

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.

  • The Look of Silence2014

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want to see a family ask the questions it was never allowed to ask.

  • The Fear of 132015

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want a real case of justice and prison told from the inside.

  • The Ripper2020

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.

  • House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths2021

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want to understand a real case that shook Delhi.

  • MINDHUNTER2017

    • Herzog's quiet questions and the long answers they get
    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you like tension that comes from people talking across a table.

  • Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes2019

    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side

    Good for you if you want to hear a real case from the recordings themselves.

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