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  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  4. 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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  5. The Seven Five 2015

    Documentary

    Meet the dirtiest cop in NYC history. Michael Dowd stole money and dealt drugs while patrolling the streets of '80s Brooklyn.

    The sides of The Seven Five

    • Michael Dowd, a corrupt Brooklyn cop
    • The 75th Precinct in the 1980s
    • Cocaine dealers paying police for protection

    Good for you if

    • you like hearing how a cop ran a drug business from his patrol car.
    • you want the real story behind a police scandal.
    • you're fascinated by a man who brags about what he did.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand cops and dealers describing beatings and threats.
    • you can't watch a cop's slide into cocaine addiction told in his own words.

    About: corruption · loyalty · betrayal

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  6. 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

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  7. 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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  8. Describing herself as a 'street queen,' Johnson was a legendary fixture in New York City’s gay ghetto and a tireless voice for LGBT pride since the days of Stonewall, who along with fellow trans icon Sylvia Rivera, founded Street Transvestites Action Revolutionaries (S.T.A.R.), a trans activist group based in the heart of NYC’s Greenwich Village. Her death in 1992 was declared a suicide by the NYPD, but friends never accepted that version of events. Structured as a whodunit, with activist Victoria Cruz cast as detective and audience surrogate, The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson celebrates the lasting political legacy of Johnson, while seeking to finally solve the mystery of her unexplained death.

    The sides of The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson

    • A trans activist found dead in the Hudson in 1992
    • Victoria Cruz reopening the case
    • Stonewall and the birth of S.T.A.R.

    Good for you if

    • you want to know who Marsha P. Johnson was beyond the Stonewall legend.
    • you like a cold case reopened by an activist who won't let it go.
    • you care about New York's gay and trans history since Stonewall.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face a death ruled a suicide and the violence against trans women around it.
    • you need a case that ends with an answer.

    About: trans rights · justice · memory

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  9. The Confession Killer 2019

    Documentary

    Henry Lee Lucas rose to infamy when he confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders. This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences.

    The sides of The Confession Killer

    • A drifter who confessed to hundreds of murders
    • Lawmen who closed cases on his word
    • Families still waiting for the truth

    Good for you if

    • you want to understand how one man's confessions misled the police.
    • you like true crime that questions the investigators.
    • you like finding out which confessions could be true.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch stories of real murder victims.
    • you need justice at the end, and many families never got it.

    About: justice · false confessions · grief

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  10. 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

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  11. 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

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  12. 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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  13. Discover the untold story of the toxic and abusive environment inside '90s kids' TV. Hear harrowing accounts from former child stars and crew who probe the balance of power in the industry and reveal an era that inflicted lasting wounds still felt today.

    The sides of Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV

    • Former child actors from 90s kids' TV
    • Crew members describing life on set
    • Abuse behind shows made for children

    Good for you if

    • you want to hear former child stars tell their own story.
    • you want to understand who held power over children on a TV set.
    • you follow true crime about abusers who worked on children's shows.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't hear testimony about the sexual abuse of children.
    • you need hope, and these wounds are still open.

    About: abuse · power · childhood

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  14. 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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  15. The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a Satanic cult.

    The sides of The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness

    • A journalist obsessed with the Son of Sam case
    • A theory of a Satanic cult
    • 1970s New York in fear

    Good for you if

    • you like 1970s New York, its tabloids and its summer of fear.
    • you like following a theory that the killer did not act alone.
    • you like a portrait of a man consumed by his own investigation.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not revisit the murders of real young people.
    • you need a theory backed by proof, not obsession.

    About: obsession · truth · fear

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  16. 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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  17. 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

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  18. 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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  19. 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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  20. Deliver Us from Evil 2006

    Documentary

    Documentary filmmaker Amy Berg investigates the life of 30-year pedophile Father Oliver O'Grady and exposes the corruption inside the Catholic Church that allowed him to abuse countless children. Victims' stories and a disturbing interview with O'Grady offer a view into the troubled mind of the spiritual leader who moved from parish to parish gaining trust ... all the while betraying so many.

    The sides of Deliver Us from Evil

    • A priest who abused children for decades
    • A Church that moved him from parish to parish
    • Victims and their families speaking out

    Good for you if

    • you want survivors and their families to be heard.
    • you want to understand how one priest escaped justice for so long.
    • you want to see how an institution protected itself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take child abuse described in detail.
    • you need a story that ends with justice served.

    About: betrayal · faith · accountability

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