Films like Abducted in Plain Sight

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   Capturing the Friedmans

   Film · 2003 · also crime and documentary

   An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous childr...

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   The Imposter

   Film · 2012 · also crime and documentary

   In 1994, a 13-year-old boy disappeared without a trace from his home in San Antonio, Texas. Three-and-a-half years later, he is found alive in a village in southern Spain...

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   Girl in the Picture

   Film · 2022 · also crime and documentary

   A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive...

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   Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

   Film · 2025 · also crime and documentary

   Aileen Wuornos remains a rarity: a female serial killer. From childhood abuse to death-row revelations, this documentary revisits her life and crimes.

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   Maternal Instinct

   Film · 2026 · also crime and documentary

   Police pull over a woman who claims she just gave birth. But the baby — and the blood — aren't hers. Twisted lies unravel in this true-crime documentary.

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   Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart

   Film · 2026 · also documentary

   Elizabeth Smart's harrowing abduction at 14 from her family's Utah home unfolds through her own words and never-before-seen material in this documentary.

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   Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

   Film · 2003 · also crime and documentary

   British documentarian Nick Broomfield creates a follow-up piece to his 1992 documentary of the serial killer Aileen Wuornos, a highway prostitute who was convicted of kil...

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   A Toxic Love Story

   Film · 2026 · also documentary

   A string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.

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   My Father, the BTK Killer

   Film · 2025 · also crime and documentary

   Raised by a man leading a monstrous double life, the daughter of the BTK serial killer shares her chilling story.

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    The Crash

    Film · 2026 · also crime and documentary

    A teen slams her car into a building, killing her boyfriend and his friend. What seems like a tragic accident becomes a murder case.

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