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  1. Lover, Stalker, Killer 2024

    Documentary

    In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.

    The sides of Lover, Stalker, Killer

    • A Nebraska mechanic trying online dating
    • Harassing texts that never stop
    • A woman who disappears

    Good for you if

    • you like a true story that changes direction more than once.
    • you like watching an obsession grow message by message.
    • you want the account of the people who lived it.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about a real murder.
    • you get too scared by stalking stories, with threats arriving day and night.

    About: obsession · online dating · jealousy

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  2. 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

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  3. Maternal Instinct 2026

    Documentary

    Police pull over a woman who claims she just gave birth. But the baby — and the blood — aren't hers. Twisted lies unravel in this true-crime documentary.

    The sides of Maternal Instinct

    • A traffic stop with a newborn baby
    • A woman whose story does not add up
    • Investigators unpicking a web of lies

    Good for you if

    • you like watching investigators work out whose baby it really is.
    • you want a true case told by the people who lived it.
    • you like a story where every answer opens a darker question.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a real crime against a mother and her child.
    • you need some hope by the end.

    About: motherhood · deception · loss

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  4. 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

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  5. The Ripper 2020

    Documentary

    For five years, from 1975 to 1980, the Yorkshire Ripper murders cast a dark shadow over the lives of women in the North of England. 13 women were dead and the police seemed incapable of catching the killer. No one felt safe – and every man was a suspect.

    The sides of The Ripper

    • Thirteen women killed in the North of England
    • A police hunt that lasted five years
    • Women of Yorkshire recalling the fear

    Good for you if

    • you want the victims and their families heard, not just the killer.
    • you like a portrait of Yorkshire in the late 1970s.
    • you want to understand why the police took so long to catch him.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't listen to families talk about murdered mothers and daughters.
    • you need a story that leaves you with some hope.

    About: violence against women · police failure · fear

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  6. The Imposter 2012

    Documentary

    In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain with a horrifying story of kidnap and torture. His family is overjoyed to bring him home. But all is not quite as it seems.

    The sides of The Imposter

    • A Texas boy missing for three years, found in Spain
    • A family welcoming him home
    • A man telling the camera how he lied

    Good for you if

    • you like a story that gets stranger every ten minutes.
    • you like an investigation where the questions keep changing.
    • you like hearing a con man explain his con himself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a real missing child and a grieving family.
    • you can't stand not knowing who to believe. Each witness tells the story their own way.

    About: identity · lies · grief

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  7. 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

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  8. Cropsey 2010

    Documentary

    Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true, two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boogeyman linked to their disappearances.

    The sides of Cropsey

    • A Staten Island urban legend
    • Children who went missing
    • The ruins of an abandoned institution

    Good for you if

    • you like two filmmakers digging into the disappearances of their childhood.
    • you like the chill of a boogeyman story that turns out to be real.
    • you like true crime set in the woods and ruins of Staten Island.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about missing children.
    • you need every question answered by the end.

    About: urban legends · fear · missing children

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  9. Beneath the sunlit glamour of 1985 L.A. lurks a relentlessly evil serial killer. In this true-crime story, two detectives won't rest until they catch him.

    The sides of Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

    • Los Angeles in the summer of 1985
    • Two detectives on a serial killer's trail
    • Witnesses and survivors telling what they saw

    Good for you if

    • you like a manhunt where the city waits for the next attack.
    • you like the feel of 1980s Los Angeles in archive footage.
    • you want the detectives who worked the case to tell it.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear survivors recall attacks in their own homes.
    • you can't look at crime scene photos.

    About: fear · the hunt · justice

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  10. Worst Roommate Ever 2022

    Documentary

    Roommates with malevolent and sometimes violent intentions turn the lives of their unsuspecting victims into real-life nightmares. These terrifying true stories unveil some of the worst cohabitation experiences one could ever imagine.

    The sides of Worst Roommate Ever

    • Real people who shared a home with someone dangerous
    • Victims and families telling their own story
    • Detectives and 911 calls

    Good for you if

    • you want true stories told by the people who lived them.
    • you follow true crime and the investigations behind it.
    • you like the slow realization that something is wrong at home.

    Bad for you if

    • you find real murders and grieving families too hard to watch.
    • you scare easily and live with a roommate.

    About: trust · fear · home

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  11. Bus 174 2002

    Documentary

    On 12 June 2000, in Rio de Janeiro, Ônibus 174 was taken by an armed young man, threatening to kill all the passengers. Transmitted live on all national networks, this shocking and tragic event became one of violence's most shocking portraits, and one of the most terrifying examples of police incompetence and abuse in recent years.

    The sides of Bus 174

    • A bus held hostage in Rio in 2000
    • Live television footage of the standoff
    • The life of the young man holding the gun

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.
    • you can sit through hours of a standoff that could break at any second.
    • you can take a true story with no comfort at the end.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch real footage of a hostage taking that ends in death.
    • you can't face a street kid's life of loss, prison and police abuse.
    • you won't read subtitles for a film in Portuguese.

    About: poverty · police violence · invisibility

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  12. I'll Be Gone in the Dark 2020

    Documentary

    An exploration of the case of the Golden State Killer who terrorized California in the 1970s and 1980s, committing 50 sexual assaults and 10 murders, and true crime author Michelle McNamara's obsessive quest to find justice on behalf of his victims.

    The sides of I'll Be Gone in the Dark

    • The Golden State Killer case
    • Michelle McNamara, a true crime writer
    • Survivors telling what happened to them

    Good for you if

    • you like an amateur detective piecing together clues decades old.
    • you want the survivors' voices at the centre of a true crime story.
    • you care as much about Michelle McNamara's obsession as about the case.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear real survivors of rape describe their attacks.
    • you can't sleep after hearing about a man breaking into homes at night.

    About: obsession · grief · justice

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  13. 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

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  14. A twisted criminal's gruesome videos drive a group of amateur online sleuths to launch a risky manhunt that pulls them into a dark underworld.

    The sides of Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

    • Online amateur sleuths tracking a man who posts animal cruelty videos
    • Clues found in the background of video frames
    • A hunt that ends with a real murder

    Good for you if

    • you like an investigation solved from tiny details in the background of a video.
    • you want to know how a killer used the internet to be seen.
    • you like a three-episode manhunt where the stakes keep rising for the amateur sleuths.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take detailed accounts of animals and a man being killed.
    • you can't take a true crime where the victim's family is still grieving.

    About: the internet · attention · guilt

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  15. 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

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  16. Elizabeth Smart's harrowing abduction at 14 from her family's Utah home unfolds through her own words and never-before-seen material in this documentary.

    The sides of Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart

    • A 14-year-old taken from her Utah home
    • Elizabeth Smart in her own words
    • A family and a community searching

    Good for you if

    • you want Elizabeth Smart telling her own story in her own words.
    • you want the investigation and the search, step by step.
    • you want a family and a community that never stopped searching.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a child abduction recounted in detail.
    • you were hoping to watch with your kids. This story of a kidnapped 14-year-old is told for adults.

    About: survival · trauma · resilience

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  17. 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

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  18. In 1970s NYC, the “Torso Killer” preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime’s darkest places.

    The sides of Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer

    • Murders of women in 1970s New York
    • Times Square in its roughest years
    • Detectives and families looking back

    Good for you if

    • you want true crime that remembers the women who were killed.
    • you like to understand how a killer went unnoticed for years.
    • you're drawn to the New York of the 1970s and its Times Square.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face the murders of real women, even told soberly.
    • you can't stand descriptions of brutal crimes.

    About: the victims · the city · justice

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  19. The Jinx 2015

    Documentary

    Robert Durst, scion of NY's billionaire real-estate family, has been accused of three murders but has evaded justice for over 30 years. Durst speaks in this true crime series, revealing secrets of a case that has baffled authorities.

    The sides of The Jinx

    • Robert Durst answering questions on camera
    • Three deaths across New York and Texas
    • Old letters and a handwriting match

    Good for you if

    • you like a New York real-estate heir who seems out of reach of the law.
    • you like a cold case reopened piece by piece.
    • you like watching a man answer questions he could have refused.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through real murders and grieving families.
    • you need momentum, and long interviews lose you.

    About: wealth · guilt · justice

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  20. The notorious Cecil Hotel grows in infamy when guest Elisa Lam vanishes. A dive into crime's darkest places.

    The sides of Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

    • A downtown Los Angeles hotel with a dark past
    • A young guest who disappears in 2013
    • Elevator footage that went around the internet

    Good for you if

    • you like a disappearance that seems to have no explanation.
    • you like a hotel where every floor seems to hide something.

    Bad for you if

    • a real young woman's disappearance and her family's pain are too much for you.
    • you need momentum, and four episodes circle one case through the hotel's past and online theories.

    About: disappearance · rumor · mental health

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