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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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O.J.: Made in America

O.J.: Made in America is a five-part 2016 documentary series produced for ESPN Films’ 30 for 30 initiative. The film pre...

Movie United States 2010S

9.4 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...

Complex Long Form Netflix Crime

9.2 Excellent

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Faces Places

Faces Places chronicles a 2017 journey undertaken by Agnès Varda and JR through rural France. The filmmakers documented...

France Movie 2010S

8.9 Great

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Collective

Collective is a 2019 documentary examining the aftermath of the 2016 Colectiv nightclub fire in Romania. It details two...

Romania Healthcare Journalism Movie

8.9 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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Stories We Tell

Stories We Tell is Sarah Polley's 2012 Canadian documentary investigating her family history through interviews and reco...

Family Canada Memory Essay

8.1 Great

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The Naked City

The Naked City is a 1948 crime drama centered around a police investigation following the death of a young woman. Filmed...

Drama Mystery Crime Movie

8.0 Great

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The Central Park Five

The Central Park Five is a 2012 documentary by Ken Burns, Sarah Burns, and David McMahon about the wrongful convictions...

Crime Justice Race Ken Burns

8.0 Great

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Brother's Keeper

Brother's Keeper is a 1992 U.S. documentary by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about Delbert Ward, notable for a rural...

Family Crime 1990S Rural

7.8 Good

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Into the Abyss

Into the Abyss is Werner Herzog's 2011 documentary on a Texas capital-murder case, notable for examining crime, punishme...

Crime Justice 2010S Death Row

7.6 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

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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...

Family Crime Justice Race

7.6 Good

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The Biggest Little Farm

The Biggest Little Farm is a 2018 documentary about John and Molly Chester rebuilding a California farm using regenerati...

Nature Family Environment Farming

7.6 Good

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Finding Vivian Maier

Finding Vivian Maier is a 2013 documentary about a Chicago nanny whose large archive of street photographs was discovere...

Archive Photography Mystery 2010S

7.6 Good

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Life, Animated

Life, Animated is a 2016 documentary about Owen Suskind, whose family used Disney films to communicate with him after an...

Animation Family Disney Autism

7.5 Good

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Pick of the Litter

Pick of the Litter is a 2018 documentary following five puppies through training for Guide Dogs for the Blind in the Uni...

Training Family 2010S Dogs

7.3 Good

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Catfish

Catfish is a 2010 US documentary by Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman about Nev Schulman's Facebook romance, notable for in...

Internet Culture Identity 2010S

7.1 Good

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22 July

22 July is a dramatic documentary examining the 2011 Norway attacks. It portrays the events surrounding the bombing and...

Drama Crime Historical Movie

7.0 Good