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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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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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Apollo 11

'Apollo 11' is a breathtaking immersive experience that uses never-before-seen footage and audio recordings to recreate...

Technology Exploration History Science

9.0 Excellent

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No Direction Home: Bob Dylan

Martin Scorsese’s “No Direction Home” chronicles Bob Dylan’s transformative period from 1961 to 1966. The documentary me...

Music Film Biography Scorsese

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....

Action Epic Drama Crime

8.7 Great

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The Gatekeepers

“The Gatekeepers” presents a profound examination of Israel’s security apparatus through the recollections of six former...

Security Israel Politics Film

8.7 Great

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Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker's Apocalypse

The documentary Hearts of Darkness meticulously chronicles the chaotic production of Francis Ford Coppola’s *Apocalypse...

Film 1990S Production Hollywood

8.6 Great

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Streetwise

Streetwise offers a stark look at life for young homeless individuals living on the streets of Seattle during the 1980s....

Youth Film Poverty Seattle

8.5 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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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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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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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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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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Our Father

Our Father is Lucie Jourdan's 2022 Netflix documentary on Indianapolis fertility doctor Donald Cline, who secretly fathe...

Netflix Crime Film Fertility

7.3 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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Misha and the Wolves

Misha and the Wolves is Sam Hobkinson's 2021 documentary about Misha Defonseca's fraudulent Holocaust memoir and its exp...

History Netflix Film Fraud

7.0 Good

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Cropsey

Cropsey is a 2009 documentary by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio connecting a Staten Island urban legend to real chi...

Crime Film Investigation Urban Legend

7.0 Good

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Tread

Tread is a 2019 US documentary by Paul Solet about Marvin Heemeyer's 2004 Granby, Colorado bulldozer rampage, notable fo...

Colorado Crime Film Machine

7.0 Good