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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
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 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
Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez 2020
Documentary
Via interviews with friends, players and insiders, this docuseries examines how Aaron Hernandez went from an NFL star to a convicted killer.
The sides of Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez
- An NFL star convicted of murder
- Friends, teammates and reporters looking back
- A brain damaged by years of football
Good for you if
- you want to understand how Aaron Hernandez went from the Patriots to prison.
- you like true crime that looks at the man as much as the case.
- you're curious about what football culture hides behind the stadium.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch a young man's life fall apart into murder and prison.
- you want one clear answer to why he killed, and this series weighs several.
About: masculinity · secrets · violence
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
LA 92 2017
Documentary
Twenty-five years after the verdict in the Rodney King trial sparked several days of protests, violence and looting in Los Angeles, LA 92 immerses viewers in that tumultuous period through stunning and rarely seen archival footage.
The sides of LA 92
- The Rodney King beating on videotape
- Six days of riots in Los Angeles
- Archive footage with no narrator
Good for you if
- you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time.
- you want to see how a city answers police brutality and a verdict that cleared four officers.
- you like the feeling of a city coming apart hour by hour.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch real beatings and fires on screen.
- you'd rather not sit through real racism and real deaths.
About: racism · police · anger
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
Paradise Lost 2: Revelations 2000
Documentary
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
Straight Outta Compton 2015
Film
In 1987, five young men, using brutally honest rhymes and hardcore beats, put their frustration and anger about life in the most dangerous place in America into the most powerful weapon they had: their music. Taking us back to where it all began, Straight Outta Compton tells the true story of how these cultural rebels—armed only with their lyrics, swagger, bravado and raw talent—stood up to the authorities that meant to keep them down and formed the world’s most dangerous group, N.W.A. And as they spoke the truth that no one had before and exposed life in the hood, their voice ignited a social revolution that is still reverberating today.
The sides of Straight Outta Compton
- The rise of N.W.A in 1980s Compton
- Police harassment and a protest song
- Friends split by money and contracts
Good for you if
- you like watching Dr. Dre, Ice Cube and Eazy-E build their songs in the studio.
- you like true stories about police harassment and the fight to be heard.
- you like a crew of friends torn apart by money and contracts.
Bad for you if
- two and a half hours is too much for you.
- you'd rather avoid explicit sex and party scenes.
About: freedom of speech · friendship · money

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
Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story 2022
Documentary
Jimmy Savile was one of the United Kingdom’s most beloved TV personalities. Shortly after his death in 2011, an investigation prompted more than 450 horrific allegations of sexual assault and abuse, with victims as young as 5.
The sides of Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story
- A TV star loved by the British public
- Archive footage of his decades of fame
- Survivors of his abuse
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real case that shook Britain.
- you want to see how fame and institutions protected Jimmy Savile.
- you want to know how this stayed hidden for so long.
Bad for you if
- you can't take accounts of child sexual abuse.
- you need some justice at the end, and he died before any trial.
About: abuse of power · silence · celebrity
Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes 2019
Documentary
A unique look inside the mind of an infamous serial killer with this cinematic self-portrait crafted from statements made by Ted Bundy, including present-day interviews, archival footage and audio recordings from death row.
The sides of Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes
- Ted Bundy's own taped interviews from death row
- Archive footage of 1970s trials
- Detectives and journalists who followed the case
Good for you if
- you want to hear a real case from the recordings themselves.
- you like 1970s archive footage of a case that marked America.
Bad for you if
- you can't listen to a man describe crimes against real young women.
- you need some hope, and this offers none.
About: evil · justice · the media
Infiltrado en el KKKlan 2018
Película
A principios de los años setenta, una época de gran agitación social con la encarnizada lucha por los derechos civiles como telón de fondo, Ron Stallworth se convierte en el primer detective negro del departamento de policía de Colorado Springs, pero es recibido con escepticismo y hostilidad por los mandos y los agentes. Sin amedrentarse, decide seguir adelante y hacer algo por su comunidad llevando a cabo una misión muy peligrosa: infiltrarse en el Ku Klux Klan y exponerlo ante la ciudad.
Las caras de Infiltrado en el KKKlan
- Un policía negro infiltrado en el KKK
- Un compañero judío que le presta el cuerpo
- Llamadas con el Gran Mago
Buena para ti si
- te gustan las historias reales absurdas contadas con humor.
- te gustan las historias que ocurrieron de verdad.
- te gustan las escenas de infiltración que pueden salir mal.
Mala para ti si
- la violencia racista real que se muestra al final es demasiado para esta noche.
- prefieres dejar la política fuera de tu noche. Termina en Charlottesville en 2017.
Temas: el racismo · la identidad · la resistencia
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
Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer 2021
Documentary
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
Fear City: New York vs The Mafia 2020
Documentary
New York City in the 1970s was ruled with a bloody fist by five mafia families, until a group of federal agents tried the unthinkable: taking them down.
The sides of Fear City: New York vs The Mafia
- The five mafia families of New York
- Federal agents and their wiretaps
- The city in the 1970s and 1980s
Good for you if
- you like the mafia seen from the inside of a real investigation.
- you want the agents and prosecutors who were there telling it.
- you like seeing who really ran New York, and how they fell.
Bad for you if
- you can't look at real crime scene photos of mob killings.
- you'd rather follow one person deeply than a whole case at once.
About: justice · fear · power
Waco: American Apocalypse 2023
Documentary
This docuseries includes never-before-seen material from the infamous 51-day standoff between federal agents and a heavily armed religious group in 1993.
The sides of Waco: American Apocalypse
- A 51-day standoff in Texas in 1993
- Federal agents facing an armed religious group
- Footage never shown before
Good for you if
- you want to understand what really happened at Waco.
- you like a defining American event told from the inside.
- you like following a siege day by day toward its end.
Bad for you if
- you can't stand real gunfights on screen.
- you'd rather not watch a tragedy where children died.
About: faith · authority · tragedy
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
American Crime Story 2016
Series
An anthology series centered around some of history's most famous criminal investigations.
The sides of American Crime Story
- The O.J. Simpson trial
- The murder of Gianni Versace
- The Clinton and Lewinsky scandal
Good for you if
- you want famous American cases retold from the inside.
- you like Sarah Paulson as Marcia Clark or Darren Criss as Andrew Cunanan.
- you like seeing how fame, race and the media shape a verdict.
Bad for you if
- you can't sit through real murders with real victims.
- you want police chases more than courtrooms and press rooms.
About: justice · celebrity · the media · race
The Thin Blue Line 1988
Documentary
One night in November 1976, after his car breaks down on a road outside Dallas, Randall Dale Adams accepts a ride from teenager David Harris. Harris is driving a stolen vehicle and, later that night, when Dallas police officer Robert Wood pulls the car over to check its headlights, he is shot and killed. A jury believes Adams is the killer, but stylized reenactments and interviews with key figures, conflicting testimonies and evidence are presented to argue that Adams was framed by a corrupt justice system, ultimately leading to his exoneration.
The sides of The Thin Blue Line
- A policeman shot dead at a Dallas traffic stop
- A man sentenced for a killing he says he did not commit
- The same night retold by each witness
Good for you if
- you want a real case laid out witness by witness.
- you like testing one account against another.
- you like a repeating score that holds the dread steady.
Bad for you if
- you need momentum, this one circles the same night.
- a killing and a death sentence are too much for your evening.
About: justice · truth · doubt