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What Jennifer Did 2024
Documentary
When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.
The sides of What Jennifer Did
- A daughter's 911 call after a home invasion
- Police interrogation footage
- Strict parents in a Toronto suburb
Good for you if
- you like true crime told through the real police footage.
- you like following detectives as a story starts to crack.
- you like a story about the pressure strict parents put on a daughter.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a real murder inside a family.
- you need some comfort at the end of a crime story.
About: family pressure · lies · guilt
Mommy Dead and Dearest 2017
Documentary
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.
The sides of Mommy Dead and Dearest
- A mother and a daughter everyone pitied in Missouri
- A daughter who was never really sick
- A crime planned with an online boyfriend
Good for you if
- you want the Gypsy Rose Blanchard case from the people who lived it.
- you like a story where the victim and the culprit keep trading places.
- you want to understand a mother and daughter bond turned into a prison.
Bad for you if
- you can't take years of child abuse told in detail.
- you need a true story with someone to fully root for.
About: control · abuse · freedom
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills 1996
Documentary
A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
The sides of Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
- Three boys murdered in West Memphis
- Three teenagers put on trial
- A town gripped by fear of satanism
Good for you if
- you want the true story of the West Memphis Three, told as it unfolded.
- you want to see a murder trial from inside the courtroom.
- you like weighing the evidence yourself.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the murder of children and their families' grief on screen.
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
About: justice · fear · prejudice
The Staircase 2004
Documentary
Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.
The sides of The Staircase
- A writer charged with his wife's death
- His defense team at work, filmed from inside
- A murder trial in North Carolina
Good for you if
- you want to weigh the evidence in a real death yourself.
- you like a camera inside a real defense team during a murder trial.
- you can live with never knowing what happened on that staircase.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a family grieve a real death.
- you need momentum, and courtroom procedure loses you.
About: justice · doubt · family
House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths 2021
Documentary
Suicide, murder... or something else? This docuseries examines chilling truths and theories around the deaths of 11 members of a Delhi family.
The sides of House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths
- Eleven members of one Delhi family found dead
- Police, reporters and relatives looking for answers
- Handwritten diaries left in the house
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real case that shook Delhi.
- you like an investigation weighing suicide, murder and belief.
- you want to see how one family's history and shared beliefs shaped what happened.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a documentary about the deaths of a whole family.
- you need some hope or comfort at the end.
About: family · belief · grief · the media
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory 2012
Documentary
A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.
The sides of Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
- The West Memphis Three after years in prison
- New DNA evidence
- A release through a plea deal
Good for you if
- you followed the West Memphis Three case and want to see how it ended.
- you like seeing how a murder case is built and taken apart.
- you like weighing evidence that points in a new direction.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the murder of three children, even told soberly.
- you need a case closed with a clear answer.
About: justice · innocence · time lost
American Murder: The Family Next Door 2020
Documentary
Using raw, firsthand footage, this documentary examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed.
The sides of American Murder: The Family Next Door
- A family's own videos and messages
- Police bodycam from the night she vanished
- A husband speaking to news cameras
Good for you if
- you want a case told only through the footage and messages left behind.
- you want to see a family from the inside, a marriage under strain and two small daughters.
- you follow real investigations closely.
Bad for you if
- a case built around a young mother and her two children is more than you can watch.
- you need a documentary that leaves you some hope.
About: grief · domestic violence · denial
Making a Murderer 2015
Documentary
Filmed over 10 years, this real-life thriller follows a DNA exoneree who, while exposing police corruption, becomes a suspect in a grisly new crime.
The sides of Making a Murderer
- A man freed by DNA after 18 years in prison
- A new murder charge two years later
- A nephew's confession and the trials that follow
Good for you if
- you want to weigh the evidence in the Steven Avery case yourself.
- you like seeing how a county police force and a court work up close.
- you like a case followed over ten years, hearing by hearing.
Bad for you if
- a real young woman's murder and a teenager's interrogation are too much for you.
- you need some hope, and a family's ten-year fight through prison visits and appeals wears you down.
About: justice · doubt · family
American Murder: Gabby Petito 2025
Documentary
What happened in the final days of Gabby Petito's life? In this gripping true-crime series, her loved ones reveal the untold story of her tragic murder.
The sides of American Murder: Gabby Petito
- A young couple's van trip across America
- Her family and friends telling her story
- Her own messages and police bodycam footage
Good for you if
- you want to understand Gabby Petito's last weeks beyond the headlines.
- you want to follow a missing-person search that turns into a nationwide manhunt.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story of domestic abuse that ends in murder.
- you need some hope at the end of a story.
About: domestic abuse · grief · warning signs
Evil Genius 2018
Documentary
This baffling true crime story starts with the grisly death of a pizza man who robs a bank with a bomb around his neck - and gets weirder from there.
The sides of Evil Genius
- A pizza delivery man with a bomb locked around his neck
- A bank robbery in Erie, Pennsylvania
- A plot stranger than anyone guessed
Good for you if
- you like a true crime case that keeps getting stranger.
- you like a story with scavenger hunt notes and a homemade bomb.
- you want the real people and the real investigation.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a real man's death on screen.
- you need every answer. How much the pizza man knew is still argued over.
About: manipulation · greed · mental illness
Beware the Slenderman 2016
Documentary
In this horrifyingly modern fairytale lurks an online Boogeyman and two 12-year-old girls who would kill for him. The entrance to the internet quickly leads to its darkest basement. How responsible are our children for what they find there?
The sides of Beware the Slenderman
- Two 12-year-old girls and an internet legend
- A classmate who survived an attack in the woods in Wisconsin
- Parents trying to understand their daughters
Good for you if
- you want to understand how an online story led to a real crime.
- you like the chill of a creepypasta that crossed into real life.
- you want to hear parents face what their children did.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story about children, violence and mental illness.
- you need answers that bring some peace.
About: the internet · mental illness · childhood
The Crash 2026
Documentary
A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.
The sides of The Crash
- A car crash that killed two young men
- A teenage driver on trial
- Investigators asking if it was an accident
Good for you if
- you like true crime that follows a case into the courtroom.
- you like a question to answer: accident or murder.
- you want to hear the real parents and investigators tell the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the grief of families who lost their sons.
- you need some hope in a story about young lives lost.
About: young love · grief · justice
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story 2024
Series
The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.
The sides of Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story
- Two brothers who killed their parents
- A wealthy Beverly Hills home
- A trial about abuse and money
Good for you if
- you want to understand a case that made headlines in the nineties.
- you like actors carrying long, tense scenes of confession.
- you like being left to judge for yourself what happened in that family.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a story built around alleged child abuse.
- you can't stand seeing a real murder reenacted.
About: family · abuse · wealth · justice
Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes 2022
Documentary
He dined with the powerful. He preyed on the vulnerable. Beneath a smiling exterior was the horrifying darkness of a sadistic serial killer.
The sides of Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes
- Recorded interviews with John Wayne Gacy
- Chicago suburbs in the 1970s
- The investigation that led to his crawlspace
Good for you if
- you want to hear a real killer in his own recorded words.
- you follow how investigators finally caught a man the town trusted.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through the murders of young men told in detail.
- you need some hope, and the families' grief stays to the end.
About: evil behind a smile · justice · the victims
Our Father 2022
Documentary
After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor.
The sides of Our Father
- A DNA test revealing many half siblings
- A fertility doctor in Indianapolis
- Siblings fighting for a new law
Good for you if
- you want the true story of the doctor who used his own sperm on patients.
- you like siblings piecing the truth together one DNA match at a time.
- you like a documentary where each new test makes it worse.
Bad for you if
- you can't take stories of deep betrayal of patients.
- you need to see justice done in the end.
About: betrayal · identity · consent
Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey 2022
Documentary
In interviews and rare home video footage, ex-FLDS members share the truth about their isolated community — and the events that pushed them to leave.
The sides of Keep Sweet: Pray and Obey
- A closed polygamist church in the American West
- Warren Jeffs, a self-declared prophet
- Former members and their home videos
Good for you if
- you want former members telling the truth about a world they escaped.
- you like seeing how one man took control of a whole community.
- you are drawn to stories of mothers and daughters breaking away.
Bad for you if
- you can't take real stories of child abuse and underage marriage.
- you need some light in a story, and this one stays dark for long stretches.
About: faith · control · escape
The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann 2019
Documentary
The documentary takes a detailed look at the disappearance of 3-year-old Madeleine McCann, who vanished while on holiday with her family.
The sides of The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann
- A three year old girl missing from a holiday resort in Portugal
- The police inquiries in Portugal and Britain
- The media storm around her parents
Good for you if
- you want a detailed look at a case you remember from the news.
- you like following every lead in a long investigation.
Bad for you if
- you find a missing child and her family's pain too hard to watch.
- you need an answer, and the case has none yet.
About: loss · the media · hope
The Act 2019
Serie
The Act se centra en Gypsy Blanchard, una niña que intenta escapar de la relación tóxica que tiene con su madre sobreprotectora, Dee Dee. Su búsqueda de la independencia acaba abriendo la caja de Pandora, lo que al final resulta en un asesinato.
Las caras de The Act
- La historia real de Gypsy Rose Blanchard
- Una madre que mantuvo enferma a su hija
- Un asesinato en Misuri
Buena para ti si
- quieres entender un crimen real desde dentro de la casa.
- te gustan Joey King y Patricia Arquette en una historia de madre e hija.
- te gusta la angustia que crece hacia algo que sabes que va a pasar.
Mala para ti si
- no soportas el maltrato infantil ni la crueldad médica en pantalla.
- necesitas esperanza, y la vida de Gypsy es una jaula que se va cerrando.
Temas: el control · el abuso · la libertad · la maternidad
Amanda Knox 2016
Documentary
This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.
The sides of Amanda Knox
- The murder of a British student in Perugia
- Convictions, appeals and a final acquittal
- A prosecutor, a tabloid reporter and Knox herself on camera
Good for you if
- you want the people involved telling it themselves, years later.
- you like following how an investigation reached its conclusions.
- you want to see what the press and a courtroom can do to a life.
Bad for you if
- a real murder case is too much for your evening.
- you need a case that ends in certainty.
About: justice · the press · doubt
Girl in the Picture 2022
Documentary
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
The sides of Girl in the Picture
- A young mother's mysterious death in Oklahoma
- A boy taken from his school
- A woman whose real name nobody knew
Good for you if
- you like a true case where every answer opens a darker question.
- you like revelations that change everything you thought about the story.
- you want to follow the people who spent decades finding out who she was.
Bad for you if
- you can't take child abuse described in detail.
- you need some justice or comfort at the end of a true story.
About: identity · abuse · stolen childhood