"crime documentaries" playlist

Barrymore: The Body in the Pool (2020)

Michael was acquitted of any crimes and was on verge of a comeback, when Essex police reopen the murder case and man who was found dead fathers talks about his ...

The D.C. Sniper's Wife: A Barbara Kopple Film (2008)

The life of John Allen Muhammad. The D.C. Sniper, as told by his ex-wife Mildred.

Veronica Guerin (2003)

Based on a true story, this is about the Irish journalist Veronica Guerin (Cate Blanchett), a reporter for The Sunday Independent, who exposed some of Dublin's...

Moby Dick The True Story (2002)

The true story of the surviving sailors whose whaling ship was destroyed by a sperm whale.

Songs to Have Sex To (2015)

As a DJ, music journalist and broadcaster, Edith Bowman has always been fascinated by the relationship between sex and music. She meets experts and artists, pro...

Sexology (2016)

A taboo-breaking quest to discover the secrets of the female orgasm.

Ashley Madison: Sex, Lies & Cyber Attacks (2016)

The shocking story of the Ashley Madison hacking scandal.

Room 237 (2012)

A subjective documentary that explores the numerous theories about the hidden meanings within Stanley Kubrick's film The Shining (1980). The film may be over 30...

The Killing of America (1981)

A documentary of the decline of America. It features a lot a great footage (most exclusive to this film) from race riots to serial killers and much-much more.

Wisconsin Death Trip (1999)

Wisconsin Death Trip is an intimate, shocking and sometimes hilarious account of the disasters that befell one small town in Wisconsin during the final decade o...

Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father (2008)

Filmmaker Kurt Kuenne creates a filmed tribute to a murdered friend, and chronicles efforts by the man's parents to gain custody of their gran...

Titicut Follies (1967)

Frederick Wiseman's film "Titticut Follies" is a stark and graphic film showing the treatment of the criminally insane at the state prison at Bridgewater, Ma...

The Family I Had (2017)

In The Family I Had, a mother recalls how her brilliant teenage son came to shatter their idyllic family through one horribly violent and shocking act.

Holy Hell (2016)

An inside look at a West Hollywood cult formed by a charismatic teacher in the 1980s that eventually imploded.

Cropsey (2009)

Realizing the urban legend of their youth has actually come true; two filmmakers delve into the mystery surrounding five missing children and the real-life boog...

The Imposter (2012)

THE IMPOSTER is a chilling factual thriller that chronicles the story of a 13-year-old boy who disappears without a trace from San...

Audrie & Daisy (2016)

A look at the effects that online bullying has on the lives of teenagers and their community.

Belief: The Possession of Janet Moses (2015)

The true story of how love, fear, culture and belief lead a loving family to tragically kill one of their own during a four day exorcism ceremony.

Nightmare Factory (2011)

  In 1989 Greg Nicotero quit medical school and headed for Hollywood to pursue a dream of making monsters. Together with gore masters Howard Berger and Rob...

Nuclear Nightmare Japan in Crisis (2011)

A comprehensive timeline of the unthinkable natural disaster that triggered a nuclear crisis at Fukushima Daiichi. Paula Zahn takes us inside the dramatic story...

Hotel Erotica (2002)

Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem and Madness (2020)

A true crime documentary on Joe Exotic, an Oklahoma polygamist, country singer, and gun toter who houses a horde of lions, tigers, and bears in his roadside zoo...

Cold Blooded: The Clutter Family Murders (2017)

The Clutter Family Murders: is a four-part docu-series that focuses on the brutal murder of the Clutter family in a small Kansas town in 1959, the resulting inv...

The Windsors: A Royal Family (1994)

PBS documents the rise, fame and infamy of the Royal House of Windsor, born from its German roots.

The Family (2019)

An enigmatic conservative Christian group known as the Family wields enormous influence in Washington, D.C., in pursuit of its global ambitions.

The Family (2016)

A community is rattled when a politician's son, who was presumed murdered years ago, returns home.

Cheer (2020)

Follows the cheerleaders of Navarro College as they prepare for the biggest moment of their lives.

A Confession (2019)

Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.

The Confession Killer (2019)

Henry Lee Lucas was known as America's most prolific serial killer, admitting to hundreds of murders. But as DNA results contradict his confessions, will they e...

Criminal Confessions (2017)

The series delves into the psychological showdown that takes place inside actual police interrogation rooms and dissects what happens to yield a confession.

Killer Confessions (2015)

A look inside the interrogation room where killers reveal their emotions, behaviors and confession.

The Murder Tapes (2019)

Homicide investigations unfold through taped footage in Investigation Discovery's true-crime series The Murder Tapes. The series provides an up-close perspectiv...

Wild Wild Country (2018)

When the world's most controversial guru builds a utopian city deep in the Oregon desert, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal. A true sto...

Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)

A group of online justice seekers track down a guy who posted a video of him killing kittens.

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst (2015)

Filmmaker Andrew Jarecki examines the complicated life of reclusive real estate scion, Robert Durst, the key suspect in a series of unsolved crimes.

The Pharmacist (2020)

In 1999, after losing his son in a drug-related shooting in New Orleans and lacking answers from police, a small town pharmacist - Dan Schneider - beats the odd...

Wormwood (2017)

This six-part series explores the limits of our knowledge about the past and the lengths we'll go in our search for the truth. A family story of one man'...

McMillions (2020)

A detailed account of the McDonald's Monopoly game scam during the 1990s as told by the participants in the case, including the prizewinners and the FBI agents ...

Making a Murderer (2015)

Filmed over a 10-year period, Making a Murderer is an unprecedented real-life thriller about Steven Avery, a DNA exoneree who, while in the midst of exposing co...