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Documentaries like The Thin Blue Line

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The 3 reasons people love The Thin Blue Line

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  1. You want a real case laid out witness by witness.

  2. You like testing one account against another.

  3. You like a repeating score that holds the dread steady.

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  • Making a Murderer2015

    • testing one account against another

    Good for you if you want to weigh the evidence in the Steven Avery case yourself.

  • Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills1996

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • testing one account against another

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

  • The Perfect Neighbor2025

    • a real case laid out witness by witness

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

  • Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory2012

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • testing one account against another

    Good for you if you followed the West Memphis Three case and want to see how it ended.

  • Paradise Lost 2: Revelations2000

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • testing one account against another

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

  • The Confession Killer2019

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • testing one account against another

    Good for you if you want to understand how one man's confessions misled the police.

  • The Dissident2020

    • a real case laid out witness by witness

    Good for you if you want the facts of the Jamal Khashoggi case laid out piece by piece.

  • The Jinx2015

    • testing one account against another

    Good for you if you like a cold case reopened piece by piece.

  • The Staircase2004

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • testing one account against another

    Good for you if you want to weigh the evidence in a real death yourself.

  • West of Memphis2012

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • testing one account against another

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

  • Amanda Knox2016

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • testing one account against another

    Good for you if you want the people involved telling it themselves, years later.

  • Bus 1742002

    • a real case laid out witness by witness

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

  • Harlan County U.S.A.1976

    • a real case laid out witness by witness
    • a repeating score that holds the dread steady

    Good for you if you want to stand on a real picket line for thirteen months.

  • Waco: American Apocalypse2023

    • a real case laid out witness by witness

    Good for you if you want to understand what really happened at Waco.

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