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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
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
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
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
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
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 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
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
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
The Crash 2026
Documentary
A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.
The sides of The Crash
- A car crash that killed two young men
- A teenage driver on trial
- Investigators asking if it was an accident
Good for you if
- you like true crime that follows a case into the courtroom.
- you like a question to answer: accident or murder.
- you want to hear the real parents and investigators tell the case.
Bad for you if
- you can't take the grief of families who lost their sons.
- you need some hope in a story about young lives lost.
About: young love · 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
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
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
The Devil Next Door 2019
Documentary
A Cleveland grandfather is brought to trial in Israel, accused of being the infamous Nazi death camp guard known as Ivan the Terrible.
The sides of The Devil Next Door
- A retired autoworker from Cleveland
- A trial in Jerusalem
- Holocaust survivors on the witness stand
Good for you if
- you want to understand the real trial of John Demjanjuk.
- you like a question of identity: a grandfather or a death camp guard.
- you like archive footage of a trial that gripped Israel in the 1980s.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch survivors describe the death camps.
- you need a clear answer on who the man really was.
About: justice · memory · identity
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
A Deadly American Marriage 2025
Documentary
A chilling 911 call. A gruesome scene. What really happened inside a family's quiet suburban home? Murder or self-defense? Told from both sides, this documentary explores Jason Corbett's brutal death.
The sides of A Deadly American Marriage
- The death of Jason Corbett in North Carolina
- A wife and father-in-law claiming self-defense
- Two families, in Ireland and in America
Good for you if
- you follow true crime cases closely.
- you like hearing both sides and judging for yourself.
- you want a case told by two families, one in Ireland and one in America.
Bad for you if
- you can't watch children caught in a family's tragedy.
- you can't stand the details of a brutal death.
About: marriage · justice · family
Murder Among the Mormons 2021
Documentary
High-stakes exploits turn deadly — and shake a global church to its core — in this extraordinary true crime story.
The sides of Murder Among the Mormons
- Bombings in Salt Lake City in 1985
- Forged historical documents
- A church shaken by a scandal
Good for you if
- you like true crime that rebuilds a real case with the people who lived it.
- you like an investigation where forged papers lead to the truth.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not dwell on real victims of a bombing.
- you lose track of a crowd of dealers, collectors and church leaders.
About: faith · deception · greed
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 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
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