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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...

Complex Long Form Netflix Crime

9.2 Excellent

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Crip Camp: A Disability Revolution

Crip Camp is a 2020 documentary by Nicole Newnham and Jim LeBrecht on Camp Jened and its role in US disability-rights ac...

Netflix Activism Film Disability

8.2 Great

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The Battered Bastards of Baseball

The Battered Bastards of Baseball is a 2014 documentary about the Portland Mavericks, an independent 1970s team owned by...

Netflix Film Baseball Sports

8.0 Great

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Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple

Jonestown: The Life and Death of Peoples Temple is Stanley Nelson's 2006 documentary on Jim Jones, Peoples Temple, and t...

Crime Film Pbs Religion

8.0 Great

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Is That Black Enough for You?!?

Is That Black Enough for You?!? is a 2022 Netflix film essay by Elvis Mitchell, notable for reframing 1970s Black cinema...

History Netflix Film 2020S

8.0 Great

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3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets

3 1/2 Minutes, 10 Bullets is Marc Silver's 2015 documentary on Jordan Davis's shooting and trial, winner of a Sundance s...

Crime Film Justice Race

7.8 Good

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A Cop Movie

A Cop Movie is Alonso Ruizpalacios's 2021 Mexican docudrama blending actors and real police testimony to examine corrupt...

Netflix Crime Film Mexico

7.8 Good

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Casting JonBenet

Casting JonBenet is Kitty Green's 2017 documentary using Colorado actor auditions to examine public memory of the JonBen...

Netflix Crime Memory Film

7.8 Good

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Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond

Jim & Andy: The Great Beyond is Chris Smith's 2017 documentary on Jim Carrey staying in character as Andy Kaufman for Ma...

Netflix Acting Comedy Film

7.8 Good

10

Stevie

Stevie is Steve James's 2002 documentary revisiting Stevie Fielding, the troubled Southern Illinois man James had mentor...

Social Family Crime Film

7.8 Good

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Dirty Money

Dirty Money is a Netflix documentary series launched in 2018, with episodes investigating corporate fraud, corruption, a...

Business Netflix Crime Series

7.6 Good

12

Cocaine Cowboys

Cocaine Cowboys is Billy Corben's 2006 documentary about Miami's cocaine trade and drug violence during the 1970s and 19...

Crime Film Drugs Miami

7.5 Good

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Tell Me Who I Am

Tell Me Who I Am is Ed Perkins's 2019 British documentary on twins Alex and Marcus Lewis, memory loss, and concealed chi...

Netflix Family Film Trauma

7.5 Good

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Victim/Suspect

Victim/Suspect is a 2023 documentary investigating cases in which women reporting sexual assault were instead accused by...

Netflix Crime Justice 2020S

7.4 Good

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A Gray State

A Gray State is Erik Nelson's 2017 documentary about filmmaker David Crowley, his unfinished dystopian film, and the 201...

Internet Crime Film Extremism

7.4 Good

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Sr.

Sr. is a 2022 documentary by Chris Smith about filmmaker Robert Downey Sr., made with Robert Downey Jr. during the elder...

Netflix Family Film 2020S

7.3 Good

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Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold

Joan Didion: The Center Will Not Hold is Griffin Dunne's 2017 Netflix documentary on writer Joan Didion, his aunt, using...

Netflix Literature Film Biography

7.2 Good

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Finders Keepers

Finders Keepers is a 2015 US documentary by Bryan Carberry and Clay Tweel about a dispute over John Wood's amputated leg...

Crime Film America Oddity

7.2 Good

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The Bleeding Edge

The Bleeding Edge is Kirby Dick's 2018 Netflix documentary on the US medical device industry, including the Essure contr...

Health Technology Netflix Film

7.2 Good

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Tiger King

Tiger King is a 2020 Netflix documentary series on Joe Exotic and big-cat owners, notable for becoming a major true-crim...

Netflix Crime Series 2020S

7.1 Good