My all-time favourite documentaries
by n_hansrune | created - 27 Nov 2020 | updated - 28 Aug 2022 | Public- Instant Watch Options
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1. Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks (2017)
TV-14 | 88 min | Documentary, Crime
"Dahmer on Dahmer: A Serial Killer Speaks" offers a fresh look at the infamous serial killer's life through the eyes of the woman who became his closest confidant. With new interviews from ... See full summary »
Stars: Lionel Dahmer, Nancy Glass, Shari Dahmer, Pamela Bass
Votes: 586
2. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019)
TV-MA | 59 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row.
Stars: Stephen Michaud, Bob Keppel, Kathleen McChesney, Ward Lucas
Votes: 32,948
3. Kemper on Kemper: Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (2018 TV Movie)
TV-MA | 88 min | Documentary, Crime
Ed Kemper, also known as the Co-Ed Killer, murdered and dismembered 10 people, including his own mother. Former FBI agent John Douglas takes us through his extensive interviews with Kemper,... See full summary »
Director: Matthew Watts | Stars: Michael Aluffi, Gary Paul Bowman, Harold Cartwright, Kevin Convery
Votes: 592
4. Adolf Hitler: The Greatest Story Never Told (2013)
350 min | Documentary, Biography, History
Adolf Hitler, born in Braunau, a man who will forever change the history of the world.
Director: Dennis Wise | Stars: Eva Braun, Winston Churchill, Charles de Gaulle, Adolf Galland
Votes: 6,246
5. The Jeffrey Dahmer Files (2012)
Not Rated | 76 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
An experimental documentary that uses archival footage, interviews, and fictionalized scenarios to tell the story of the people around Jeffrey Dahmer, during the summer of his arrest in 1991.
Director: Chris James Thompson | Stars: Andrew Swant, Pamela Bass, Jeffrey Jentzen, Pat Kennedy
Votes: 2,135
6. Inside the Mind of a Serial Killer (2015– )
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary series offering a glimpse into the minds of serial killers and examining what may have driven them to commit their crimes.
Stars: Linda Papadopoulos, Will Hanrahan, Paola Totaro, Glenn Wilson
Votes: 167
7. H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)
Unrated | 64 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal mastermind.
Director: John Borowski | Stars: Tony Jay, Ed Bertagnoli, Cary Callison, Willy Laszlo
Votes: 1,915
8. Bob Lazar: Area 51 & Flying Saucers (2018)
Not Rated | 97 min | Documentary
In 1989, physicist Bob Lazar broke the story of Area 51 and the US government's work on alien spacecrafts. He blew the whistle, shocked the world, then went silent - until now.
Director: Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell | Stars: Bob Lazar, George Knapp, Jeremy Kenyon Lockyer Corbell, Mickey Rourke
Votes: 6,596
9. The Iceman Confesses: Secrets of a Mafia Hitman (2001 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 43 min | Documentary, Crime
Richard Kuklinski was a devoted husband, a loving father...and a ruthless killer. A decade after HBO last visited him in prison, the convicted murderer, who freely admits having whacked ... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Ginsberg | Stars: Mark Musto, Rocco Fazzolari, Richard Kuklinski, Richard Lounello
Votes: 1,633
10. The Iceman and the Psychiatrist (2003 TV Movie)
Not Rated | 48 min | Documentary, Crime
For the third time, HBO cameras go inside Trenton State Maximum Security Prison--and inside the mind of one of the most prolific killers in U.S. history--in this gripping documentary. Mafia... See full summary »
Director: Arthur Ginsberg | Stars: Richard Kuklinski, Park Dietz
Votes: 1,397
11. Top Secret UFO Projects: Declassified (2021– )
45 min | Documentary
Though claims of extraterrestrial encounters have long been dismissed, many believe the existence of UFOs is not just likely, but a certainty.
Stars: Richard Dolan, Stephen Bassett, Michael Salla, Michael Schratt
Votes: 1,877
12. Estonia - funnet som endrer alt (2020–2022)
42 min | Documentary, History
In 1994 MS Estonia cruise ferry sank in the baltic sea, this documentary reveals new information what actually might have happened on that stormy night.
Stars: Lars Ångström, Henrik Evertsson, Lars Borgnäs, Jutta Rabe
Votes: 1,667
13. Unacknowledged (2017)
Not Rated | 100 min | Documentary
"Unacknowledged" focuses on the historic files of the Disclosure Project and how UFO secrecy has been ruthlessly enforced-and why. The best evidence for extraterrestrial contact, dating ... See full summary »
Director: Michael Mazzola | Stars: Giancarlo Esposito, Steven M. Greer, Carl Sagan, Richard Doty
Votes: 8,728
14. Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind (2020)
Not Rated | 120 min | Documentary
Dr. Steven Greer examines details surrounding his alien-visitation "disclosure" movement.
Director: Michael Mazzola | Stars: Linda A'Roraha, Wendy Boast, Justice Campbell, Jeremy Cloake
Votes: 2,221
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