Films like Capturing the Friedmans
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 children. Director Jarecki interviews people from different sides of this tragic story and raises the question of wh...
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Abducted in Plain Sight
Film · 2017 · also crime and documentaryA family falls prey to the manipulative charms of a neighbor, who abducts their adolescent daughter. Twice.
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Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers
Film · 2025 · also crime and documentaryAileen 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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Girl in the Picture
Film · 2022 · also crime and documentaryA 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: Life and Death of a Serial Killer
Film · 2003 · also crime and documentaryBritish 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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Maternal Instinct
Film · 2026 · also crime and documentaryPolice 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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Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Film · 2025 · also documentaryUnravel 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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Voyeur
Film · 2017 · also crime and documentaryLegendary 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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A Toxic Love Story
Film · 2026 · also documentaryA string of threatening emails escalates into a revenge plot involving a newly married US marshal and his ex-girlfriend.
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Scouts Honor: The Secret Files of the Boy Scouts of America
Film · 2023 · also crime and documentarySurvivors, whistleblowers, and experts recount the Boy Scouts of America's decadeslong cover-up of sexual abuse cases and its heartbreaking impact.
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An Open Secret
Film · 2014 · also crime and documentaryAn investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.
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