Films like Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

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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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   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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   Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story

   Film · 2025 · also documentary

   Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.

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   Abducted in Plain Sight

   Film · 2017 · also crime and documentary

   A family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter. Twice.

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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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   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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   The Menendez Brothers

   Film · 2024 · also documentary

   Serving life in prison for murdering their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez speak out in this documentary explaining the shocking crime and ensuing trials.

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   The Alabama Solution

   Film · 2025 · also documentary

   Incarcerated men defy the odds to expose a cover-up in one of America’s deadliest prison systems.

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   Crazy, Not Insane

   Film · 2020 · also documentary

   Fascinated by the human brain and its capacity for ruthlessness, psychiatrist Dr. Dorothy Otnow Lewis has spent her life investigating the interior lives of violent peopl...

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    Voyeur

    Film · 2017 · also crime and documentary

    Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own.

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