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Documentaries like O.J.: Made in America

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The 3 reasons people love O.J.: Made in America

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  1. You want to understand a trial through the city around it.

  2. You like a true crime story told with care for the facts.

  3. You want O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial.

Picks that share your reasons

Which reasons were yours?

Tick them here or with “That’s me” above. The picks re-sort by how many of your reasons they share.

  • Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills1996

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it
    • a true crime story told with care for the facts

    Good for you if you want the true story of the West Memphis Three, told as it unfolded.

  • The Perfect Neighbor2025

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it

    Good for you if you want a story told almost only through real police footage.

  • Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez2020

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

    Good for you if you want to understand how Aaron Hernandez went from the Patriots to prison.

  • The Central Park Five2012

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it

    Good for you if you want the Central Park case told carefully, with the facts.

  • LA 922017

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it

    Good for you if you want to see the 1992 Los Angeles riots as they were filmed at the time.

  • West of Memphis2012

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it
    • a true crime story told with care for the facts

    Good for you if you want to follow the long fight to free Damien Echols, Jason Baldwin and Jessie Misskelley.

  • Paradise Lost 2: Revelations2000

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it
    • a true crime story told with care for the facts

    Good for you if you want to follow a real case that kept doubting its own verdict.

  • Straight Outta Compton2015

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it

    Good for you if you like true stories about police harassment and the fight to be heard.

  • Bus 1742002

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it

    Good for you if you want to understand a real hostage crisis that Brazil watched live.

  • Jimmy Savile: A British Horror Story2022

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it

    Good for you if you want to understand a real case that shook Britain.

  • Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes2019

    • you want to understand a trial through the city around it

    Good for you if you want to hear a real case from the recordings themselves.

  • When We Were Kings1996

    • O.J. the running back at USC and Buffalo, long before the trial

    Good for you if you like the Rumble in the Jungle and Ali's rope-a-dope.

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