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   Time

   Film · 2020 · also documentary

   Fox Rich, indomitable matriarch and modern-day abolitionist, strives to keep her family together while fighting for the release of her incarcerated husband. An intimate,...

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   13th

   Film · 2016 · also documentary

   An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

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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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   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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   Maternal Instinct

   Film · 2026 · also 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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   Girl in the Picture

   Film · 2022 · also 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: Life and Death of a Serial Killer

   Film · 2003 · also 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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   Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer

   Film · 1992 · also documentary

   In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of murders. Broomfield...

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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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    Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

    Film · 2025 · also 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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