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The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

This six-part HBO documentary series chronicles the bizarre life and suspected crimes of Robert Durst, a real estate hei...

New York Crime True Crime Real Estate

9.5 Brilliant

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Hoop Dreams

Hoop Dreams is Steve James's 1994 American documentary following Chicago teens William Gates and Arthur Agee, a landmark...

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9.3 Excellent

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Making a Murderer

This Netflix docuseries follows the case of Steven Avery, a Wisconsin man convicted of murder after previously being exo...

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9.2 Excellent

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The Civil War

The Civil War is Ken Burns's 1990 PBS documentary series on the American Civil War, noted for popularizing archival phot...

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9.1 Excellent

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13th

'13th' examines the history of racial inequality in America through the lens of mass incarceration. Ava DuVernays powerf...

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9.0 Excellent

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Once Upon a Time in America

Once Upon a Time in America is a 1984 crime drama depicting the intertwined lives of Jewish gangsters in New York City....

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8.7 Great

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Baraka

Baraka is a visually stunning documentary exploring themes of life, death, and spirituality through breathtaking imagery...

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8.7 Great

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Paris Is Burning

Paris Is Burning documents the ball culture phenomenon within New York City during the mid to late 1980s. The film focus...

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8.6 Great

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Crumb

Crumb is Terry Zwigoff's 1994 documentary about cartoonist Robert Crumb and his family, noted for its intimate portrait...

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8.6 Great

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

Hearts of Darkness is a 1991 documentary about the troubled making of Francis Ford Coppola's Apocalypse Now in the Phili...

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8.6 Great

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Buena Vista Social Club

Buena Vista Social Club documents the reunion of Cuban musicians to record the 1997 album of the same name. Produced as...

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8.5 Great

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Minding the Gap

Minding the Gap is Bing Liu's 2018 documentary about three skateboarders in Rockford, Illinois, linking youth, abuse, an...

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8.5 Great

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The Nazis: A Warning from History

The Nazis: A Warning from History is a 1997 BBC documentary series examining Nazi Germany's rise, rule, and crimes throu...

History Series Bbc 1990S

8.5 Great

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The U.S. and the Holocaust

The U.S. and the Holocaust is a 2022 PBS documentary by Ken Burns, Lynn Novick, and Sarah Botstein about America's respo...

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8.4 Great

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One Day in September

The 1999 documentary One Day in September investigates the events surrounding the 1972 Munich massacre of eleven Israeli...

Germany Crime Movie 1990S

8.2 Great

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Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father

Dear Zachary is Kurt Kuenne's 2008 documentary memorial to Andrew Bagby, notable for its personal account of murder and...

Family Canada Crime Grief

8.1 Great

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Capturing the Friedmans

Capturing the Friedmans is Andrew Jarecki's 2003 documentary on a Long Island family abuse case, notable for using exten...

Archive Family Crime 2000S

8.1 Great

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The Imposter

The Imposter is Bart Layton's 2012 documentary about Frederic Bourdin, notable for recounting a Frenchman's claim to be...

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8.0 Great

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The War Room

The War Room is a 1993 U.S. documentary by Chris Hegedus and D. A. Pennebaker, notable for following Bill Clinton's 1992...

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7.7 Good

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Strong Island

Strong Island is Yance Ford's 2017 documentary about his brother's 1992 killing, notable as an Oscar-nominated personal...

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7.6 Good