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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
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
Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer 2003
Documentary
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
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
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 Trials of Gabriel Fernandez 2020
Documentary
A boy’s brutal murder and the public trials of his guardians and social workers prompt questions about the system’s protection of vulnerable children.
The sides of The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez
- A boy the adults paid to protect him failed
- Social workers on trial
- A Los Angeles courtroom
Good for you if
- you want a case told by the people who testified.
- you want to follow how every warning about this boy was missed.
- you can watch a story with no consolation at the end.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear a child's abuse recounted in court.
- you want an evening that leaves you calm.
About: child protection · accountability · the system
American Nightmare 2024
Documentary
After a harrowing home invasion and kidnapping in 2015, a couple is accused of staging the ordeal when the woman reappears, haunting the couple with a new series of tortures.
The sides of American Nightmare
- A woman taken from her home in California in 2015
- A couple the police refused to believe
- Victims treated as suspects
Good for you if
- you want the real people telling their own story in their own words.
- you like a case that keeps changing what you thought you knew.
- you like a true story told with the suspense of a thriller.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear a real kidnapping and assault described by the woman who lived it.
- you need more than interviews and recordings to stay hooked.
About: disbelief · trauma · justice
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
Shoah 1985
Documentary
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
The sides of Shoah
- Survivors, bystanders and perpetrators interviewed
- The sites of the camps filmed decades later
- No archive footage at all
Good for you if
- you want the Holocaust told by those who were there.
- you can sit with long silences and slow train journeys.
- you can be moved to tears by a barber breaking down as he recalls Treblinka.
Bad for you if
- you can't give more than nine hours to one film.
- you won't read subtitles, and the film moves between many languages.
- you can't hear first-hand accounts of mass murder.
About: memory · testimony · genocide
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
Black Bird 2022
Series
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a lifetime.
The sides of Black Bird
- A drug dealer sent into a maximum security prison
- A man suspected of killing young girls
- A confession to get out of him
Good for you if
- you like long conversations in a cell where one wrong word ruins everything.
- you can't look away from Paul Walter Hauser as Larry Hall.
- you want a true story told soberly.
Bad for you if
- you can't hear a man describe the murders of young women.
- you want a prison story with fights and escapes.
About: guilt · redemption · fathers and sons

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
One More Time with Feeling 2016
Documentary
Andrew Dominik's One More Time With Feeling is a remarkable black and white documentary which chronicles the creation of Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds' album Skeleton Tree. Originally a performance based concept, the film evolved into something much more significant as Dominik delved into the tragic backdrop of the writing and recording of the album. The result is stark, fragile and raw, and a true testament to an artist trying to find his way through the darkness. It documents the writing, recording and performing of Nick Cave & the Bad Seeds’ sixteenth studio album, Skeleton Tree.
The sides of One More Time with Feeling
- Nick Cave recording an album after losing his son
- A studio filmed in black and white
- A family living with grief
Good for you if
- you like watching songs take shape in the studio.
- you like a film that sits quietly with real grief.
- you like stark black and white images.
Bad for you if
- a parent's grief is too much for you.
- you need some hope by the end.
About: grief · creation · fatherhood
Quiet on Set: The Dark Side of Kids TV 2024
Documentary
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
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
I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter 2019
Documentary
Teen Michelle Carter’s actions shocked a nation — but what really happened behind closed doors?
The sides of I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter
- A young man's suicide in 2014
- Thousands of text messages
- A trial over words rather than acts
Good for you if
- you want to understand a real case that divided a country.
- you like piecing together what happened through thousands of text messages.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not watch a story centred on a teenager's suicide.
- you need some hope by the end.
About: guilt · loneliness · justice

Taxi to the Dark Side 2008
Documentary
An in-depth look at the torture practices of the United States in Afghanistan, Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, focusing on an innocent taxi driver in Afghanistan who was tortured and killed in 2002.
The sides of Taxi to the Dark Side
- An Afghan taxi driver named Dilawar
- Detention at Bagram and Guantanamo
- Soldiers and officials on interrogation orders
Good for you if
- you want the true story of one innocent man who died in US custody.
- you want to see how orders from the top reached a prison cell.
- you want to understand what the war on terror did behind closed doors.
Bad for you if
- you can't take a story of torture and death of an innocent man.
- you can't look at photos of prisoners being abused.
About: torture · responsibility · justice
Tupac: Resurrection 2003
Documentary
Home movies, photographs, and recited poetry illustrate the life of Tupac Shakur, one of the most beloved, revolutionary, and volatile hip-hop MCs of all time.
The sides of Tupac: Resurrection
- Tupac Shakur telling his own life
- Home movies, photos and his poems
- A rapper's rise and his death at 25
Good for you if
- you want Tupac's life in his own voice, from his own interviews.
- you love 90s hip-hop and the man behind its biggest songs.
- you like a portrait full of contradictions: poet, rebel, son.
Bad for you if
- you'd rather not relive a young life cut short by gunfire.
- you want an inquiry into who killed him. The film is about his life, not the case.
About: fame · violence · mothers and sons
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
Incendies 2010
Film
A mother's last wishes send twins Jeanne and Simon on a journey to Middle East in search of their tangled roots. Adapted from Wajdi Mouawad's acclaimed play, Incendies tells the powerful and moving tale of two young adults' voyage to the core of deep-rooted hatred, never-ending wars and enduring love.
The sides of Incendies
- Twins reading their mother's last wishes
- A search through a country torn by civil war
- A family secret buried for decades
Good for you if
- you like a revelation at the end that changes everything you saw.
- you like a film that leaves you shaken long after.
- you want to understand a civil war through one woman's life.
Bad for you if
- you can't take massacres, prison and rape on screen.
- you won't read subtitles, and the twins' search unfolds in French and Arabic.
About: family secrets · war · forgiveness