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  1. British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of killing six men in Florida between 1989 and 1990. Interviewing an increasingly mentally unstable Wuornos, Broomfield captures the distorted mind of a murderer whom the state of Florida deems of sound mind -- and therefore fit to execute. Throughout the film, Broomfield includes footage of his testimony at Wuornos' trial.

    The sides of Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

    • Nick Broomfield's interviews with Aileen Wuornos
    • Her last days on death row
    • Her childhood in Michigan

    Good for you if

    • you want a real person behind the headlines.
    • you like a portrait of someone you can't easily judge.
    • you can take a story that ends in an execution.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take childhood abuse and mental illness on screen.
    • you want a gentle evening, and this is a woman on death row.

    About: the death penalty · trauma · madness

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  2. This four-part documentary series follows the story of India Oxenberg's perilous journey through the dark and criminal world of the notorious self-help-group-turned-sex-slave-cult NXIVM.

    The sides of Seduced: Inside the NXIVM Cult

    • A young actress drawn into NXIVM
    • A self-help group that became a cult
    • A mother fighting to get her daughter out

    Good for you if

    • you want India Oxenberg telling her own story.
    • you want to understand how a group took control of its members.
    • you're moved by a mother who refuses to give up on her daughter.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch accounts of manipulation and sexual abuse.
    • you want the whole cult told through many former members. This one stays close to India and her mother.

    About: manipulation · control · recovery

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  3. 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

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  4. Revisiting the 1994 Arkansas murder of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as with the original judge and police investigators.

    The sides of Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

    • Three young boys murdered in Arkansas
    • Three teenagers convicted and still in prison
    • New interviews with the judge and the police

    Good for you if

    • you want to follow a real case that kept doubting its own verdict.
    • you like weighing the evidence yourself.
    • you want to see how a trial can go wrong.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with the murder of children and the grief of their parents.
    • two hours and ten minutes is too much for you.

    About: justice · grief · doubt

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  5. The Perfect Neighbor 2025

    Documentary

    Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.

    The sides of The Perfect Neighbor

    • A neighborhood feud seen through police bodycam footage
    • A mother shot through a closed door in Florida
    • Florida's Stand Your Ground law

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a small dispute build call after call toward something worse.
    • you want a story told almost only through real police footage.
    • you want to see how Florida's Stand Your Ground law plays out after a shooting.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a real mother's death and her children's grief.
    • you need some hope by the end of a true story.

    About: fear · prejudice · justice

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  6. 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

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  7. Into the Abyss 2011

    Documentary

    We do not know when and how we will die. Death Row inmates do. Werner Herzog embarks on a dialogue with Death Row inmates, asks questions about life and death and looks deep into these individuals, their stories, their crimes.

    The sides of Into the Abyss

    • Werner Herzog talking to a man days before his execution
    • A triple murder in a small Texas town
    • Families of the victims and of the killers

    Good for you if

    • you like Herzog's quiet questions and the long answers they get.
    • you can take a film about death with no easy comfort.
    • you want to hear everyone touched by one crime, on every side.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit through grieving families and a death row countdown.
    • you need momentum more than long, still interviews.

    About: the death penalty · loss · guilt

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  8. The Vow 2020

    Documentary

    The docuseries follows people deeply involved in the group NXIVM — which is faced with various charges, including sex trafficking and racketeering conspiracy — over the course of several years.

    The sides of The Vow

    • Former NXIVM members telling their story
    • A self-help group that hid a secret society
    • Years of footage filmed from the inside

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how thoughtful people were drawn into NXIVM.
    • you follow true crime through the eyes of those who walked away.
    • you want to see how Keith Raniere controlled the people around him.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch accounts of abuse, branding and coercion.
    • you need momentum, and this story unfolds over many hours.

    About: manipulation · belief · betrayal

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  9. Stories from survivors fuel this docuseries examining how convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein used his wealth and power to carry out his abuses.

    The sides of Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

    • Survivors telling their own stories
    • A billionaire's homes in Palm Beach and New York
    • A 2008 plea deal and its consequences

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear the survivors in their own words.
    • you want to understand how money and connections protected one man for years.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear accounts of the sexual abuse of teenage girls.
    • you need some hope, and justice here comes late and incomplete.

    About: abuse of power · justice · survivors

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  10. After the death of her daughter at the hand of her boyfriend, Marisela Escobedo began to fight for justice not only against the murderer but also against the corrupt Mexican judicial system.

    The sides of The Three Deaths of Marisela Escobedo

    • A mother pursuing her daughter's killer
    • A Mexican justice system that lets him go
    • Years of protest in Chihuahua

    Good for you if

    • you want the true story of Marisela Escobedo's fight for justice.
    • you want to follow a femicide case through Mexico's police and courts.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take a mother's grief and a murdered daughter on screen.
    • you need a story where justice wins in the end.

    About: justice · grief · corruption

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  11. The Central Park Five 2012

    Documentary

    In 1989, five black and Latino teenagers from Harlem were arrested and later convicted of raping a white woman in New York City's Central Park. They spent between 6 and 13 years in prison before a serial rapist confessed that he alone had committed the crime, leading to their convictions being overturned. Set against a backdrop of a decaying city beset by violence and racial tension, this is the story of that horrific crime, the rush to judgment by the police, a media clamoring for sensational stories and an outraged public, and the five lives upended by this miscarriage of justice.

    The sides of The Central Park Five

    • Five Harlem teenagers arrested in 1989
    • Confessions taken after hours of questioning
    • Years in prison before the real attacker confesses

    Good for you if

    • you want the Central Park case told carefully, with the facts.
    • you want to see how police, press and public rushed to judgment.
    • you want the five men to tell it in their own words.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't sit with a rape case and teenagers sent to prison.
    • you need some hope, and stolen years are hard for you to watch.

    About: injustice · racism · the press

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  12. O.J.: Made in America 2016

    Documentary

    A chronicle of the rise and fall of O.J. Simpson, whose high-profile murder trial exposed the extent of American racial tensions, revealing a fractured and divided nation.

    The sides of O.J.: Made in America

    • A football star's rise in the 1960s and 70s
    • Los Angeles, race and the LAPD
    • The 1995 murder trial and what came after

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it.
    • you like a true crime story told with care for the facts.
    • you want O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial.

    Bad for you if

    • nearly eight hours is too much for you.
    • you can't look at real crime scene photos of two victims.

    About: race · fame · justice · America

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  13. 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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  14. Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.

    The sides of Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

    • Aileen Wuornos in her own words
    • A childhood of abuse in Michigan
    • Killings along Florida highways and a death-row sentence

    Good for you if

    • you want the real Aileen Wuornos, beyond the films made about her.
    • you like true crime that follows a life, not just the murders.
    • you can sit with a story that ends on death row.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about child sexual abuse.
    • you'd rather not spend an evening with real killings and real victims.

    About: abuse · violence · justice · the death penalty

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  15. 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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  16. 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

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  17. 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

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  18. 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

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  19. Athlete A 2020

    Documentary

    Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

    The sides of Athlete A

    • Reporters at the Indianapolis Star
    • Gymnasts telling what Larry Nassar did
    • A federation that protected itself

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear the gymnasts tell their story in their own words.
    • you want to see how USA Gymnastics kept the abuse quiet for years.
    • you like following a newspaper investigation as it closes in.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take testimony about the sexual abuse of young athletes.
    • you want something gentle and safe to watch tonight.

    About: abuse · justice · courage · journalism

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  20. Audrie & Daisy 2016

    Documentary

    A documentary film about three cases of rape, that includes the stories of two American high school students, Audrie Pott and Daisy Coleman. At the time of the sexual assaults, Pott was 15 and Coleman was 14 years old. After the assaults, the victims and their families were subjected to abuse and cyberbullying.

    The sides of Audrie & Daisy

    • Two teenage girls who were sexually assaulted
    • Families facing the aftermath
    • Online harassment in small towns

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear what happened from the families and survivors themselves.
    • you can be moved by families speaking about a loss.
    • you want to see how small towns turned on two girls instead of the boys they accused.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a film about sexual assault and suicide.
    • you need justice at the end of a true story, and these cases leave you angry.

    About: consent · victim blaming · cyberbullying · grief

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