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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
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
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
Unsolved Mysteries 2020
Documentary
Real cases of perplexing disappearances, shocking murders and paranormal encounters fuel this gripping revival of the iconic documentary series.
The sides of Unsolved Mysteries
- Real disappearances and unsolved murders
- UFO sightings and ghost stories
- Families still waiting for answers
Good for you if
- you like a case you can try to solve in an hour.
- you can live with an episode that ends without an answer.
- you like UFO lights in the sky between two murder cases.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real families still grieving a loved one.
- you can't take paranormal episodes next to real crimes.
About: disappearance · the unexplained · grief
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
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane 2011
Documentary
Filmmaker Liz Garbus investigates the mysterious tragedy of Diane Schuler in an effort to understand what went wrong.
The sides of There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane
- A wrong-way crash on a New York parkway
- A family that rejects the toxicology report
- A crash that killed eight people
Good for you if
- you want to understand what happened in that car.
- you like a careful look at a real tragedy and the people left behind.
- you can live with questions the evidence never settles.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the death of children and a grieving family on screen.
- you want an evening that leaves you feeling light.
About: grief · denial · addiction
Soaked in Bleach 2015
Documentary
Twenty years ago, Kurt Cobain was found dead of an apparent gunshot wound to the head. The world was told it was a suicide, but evidence would lead many people to believe it might be otherwise. The film investigates the possibilities that exist that Kurt Cobain's death might not have been a suicide, that the Seattle Police Department rushed their verdict, and the global media perpetuated lies and misinformation fed to them by Courtney Love that created the belief in many that Cobain killed himself—but when revealed to be lies—lead many to now question what happened.
The sides of Soaked in Bleach
- The death of Kurt Cobain
- A private investigator's recorded calls
- Reenactments of the last days in Seattle
Good for you if
- you like a cold case reopened through tapes and reenactments.
- you want to hear the questions raised about Kurt Cobain's death.
- you like a private detective, Tom Grant, building his own case against a quick police verdict.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a film about a real death and a possible suicide.
- you need answers, and this film leaves Cobain's death an open question.
About: fame · doubt · grief
Tiger King 2020
Documentary
A zoo owner spirals out of control amid a cast of eccentric characters in this true murder-for-hire story from the underworld of big cat breeding.
The sides of Tiger King
- A private zoo full of tigers in Oklahoma
- A feud between Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin
- A murder-for-hire plot
Good for you if
- you can laugh at how far a feud between zoo owners goes.
- you like a real story stranger than anything you'd make up.
- you like a cast of big cat breeders who each seem invented.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch big cats kept in cages and badly treated.
- you need answers, and the disappearance of Carole Baskin's husband is never solved.
About: obsession · rivalry · greed
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
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
Why Did You Kill Me? 2021
Documentary
The line between justice and revenge blurs when a devastated family uses social media to track down the people who killed 24-year-old Crystal Theobald.
The sides of Why Did You Kill Me?
- A mother searching for her daughter's killers
- Fake social media profiles
- A family torn between justice and revenge
Good for you if
- you want a true story told by the family who lived it.
- you're drawn to a murder case pursued online by a victim's family.
- you like a mother who won't stop until she knows who killed her daughter.
Bad for you if
- you find a family's grief over a murdered daughter too much.
- you can't follow a grieving family as their search turns toward revenge.
About: grief · revenge · justice
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
The Keepers 2017
Documentary
This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.
The sides of The Keepers
- The unsolved 1969 murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik
- Former students of a Baltimore Catholic school
- Two women searching for answers decades later
Good for you if
- you like an old case reopened by people who refuse to drop it.
- you want survivors telling their own story.
- you like the former students who become investigators in their sixties.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear accounts of child sexual abuse.
- you need a case that ends with someone convicted.
About: abuse · cover up · justice
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
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
West of Memphis 2012
Documentary
The documentary tells the hitherto unknown story behind an extraordinary and desperate fight to bring the truth to light. Told and made by those who lived it, the filmmakers' unprecedented access to the inner workings of the defense allows the film to show the investigation, research, and appeals process in a way that has never been seen before; revealing shocking and disturbing new information about a case that still haunts the American South.
The sides of West of Memphis
- Three teenagers convicted of murdering three boys in 1993
- Damien Echols on death row
- A defence team chasing new evidence
Good for you if
- you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.
- you like new evidence reopening a case everyone thought was closed.
- you like seeing how a murder trial is built, and how it can go wrong.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear the details of the murder of three eight-year-old boys.
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
About: wrongful conviction · grief · justice
The Devil on Trial 2023
Documentary
Explore the first – and only – time “demonic possession” has officially been used as a defense in a U.S. murder trial. Including firsthand accounts of alleged devil possession and a shocking murder, this extraordinary story forces reflection on our fear of the unknown.
The sides of The Devil on Trial
- A 1981 Connecticut murder trial
- A defense of demonic possession
- A family's account of a boy they say was possessed
Good for you if
- you like weighing a true case with no easy answer.
- you like the chill of exorcism stories told by those who were there.
- you want the real case behind The Conjuring 3.
Bad for you if
- you need claims that hold up to science.
- you can't take a real killing and a family torn apart.
About: faith · justice · fear of the unknown
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
The Dissident 2020
Documentary
When Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi disappears after entering Saudi Arabia’s consulate in Istanbul, his fiancée and dissidents around the world are left to piece together the clues to a brutal murder and expose a global cover up perpetrated by the very country he loved.
The sides of The Dissident
- A journalist who walks into a consulate in Istanbul
- His fiancée waiting outside
- Dissidents fighting a state online
Good for you if
- you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.
- you like an investigation that plays like a thriller.
- you want to understand how a state hunts its critics abroad.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit with a real murder and the grief of the people left behind.
- you can't hear the details of a killing described.
About: free speech · surveillance · impunity
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