Psychology of a Crime (Documentaries)
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1. 11M: Terror in Madrid (2022)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary
The story of the worst terrorist attack in European history. Survivors and insiders recount March 11, 2004's terrorist attack on Madrid, including the political crisis it ignited and the hunt for the perpetrators.
Director: Jose Gomez | Star: Peter Flihan
Votes: 2,781
2. 15 Minutes of War (2019)
TV-14 | 98 min | Action, Drama, History
In February 1976 in Djibouti, a school bus was taken hostage at the Somali border. The GIGN is sent on the spot. After 30 hours of tension, a rescue operation is organized.
Director: Fred Grivois | Stars: Alban Lenoir, Olga Kurylenko, Sébastien Lalanne, David Murgia
Votes: 3,390
3. 22 July (2018)
R | 143 min | Biography, Crime, Drama
A three-part story of Norway's worst terrorist attack in which over seventy people were killed. 22 July looks at the disaster itself, the survivors, Norway's political system and the lawyers who worked on this horrific case.
Director: Paul Greengrass | Stars: Anders Danielsen Lie, Jonas Strand Gravli, Jon Øigarden, Maria Bock
Votes: 37,586
4. 800 Meters (2022)
TV-MA | 156 min | Documentary, Crime
On Aug. 17, 2017, Spain suffers two terrorist attacks perpetrated by young people integrated into Spanish society. How could something like this happen?
Stars: Austen Moret, Sílvia Aranda, Robert Manrique, Javier Martínez
Votes: 900
5. A Perfect Crime (2020)
40 min | Documentary, Crime
In April 1991, Detlev Rohwedder, the head of Treuhand, the East German Privatization and Restructuring Agency, was assassinated in Dusseldorf. This documentary details the strange evidence recovered.
Stars: Sam Booth, Theo Waigel, Rainer Hofmeyer, Klaus-Dieter Matschke
Votes: 1,694
6. Abducted in Plain Sight (2017)
TV-14 | 91 min | Documentary, Crime
The twisting, turning, stranger-than-fiction true story of the Brobergs, a naive, church-going Idaho family that fell under the spell of a sociopathic neighbor with designs on their twelve-year-old daughter.
Director: Skye Borgman | Stars: Jan Broberg, Bob Broberg, Mary Ann Broberg, Susan Broberg
Votes: 22,263
7. Amanda Knox (2016)
TV-MA | 92 min | Documentary, Crime
American exchange student Amanda Knox is charged with the 2007 death of another student in Italy.
Directors: Rod Blackhurst, Brian McGinn | Stars: Amanda Knox, Meredith Kercher, Raffaele Sollecito, Giuliano Mignini
Votes: 26,138
8. American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)
TV-MA | 58 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Follows the tragedy in which terrorists detonated a bomb at the Boston Marathon's finish line; they carried out the attack by placing two homemade pressure-cooker bombs that resulted in three fatalities and numerous injuries.
Stars: William B. Evans, Rick Deslauriers, Phillip Martin, Edward F. Davis
Votes: 6,947
9. American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
In 2018, 34-year-old Shanann Watts and her two young daughters disappear in Colorado. With the heartbreaking details emerging, the family's story made headlines around the world.
Director: Jenny Popplewell | Stars: Nickole Atkinson, Jim Benemann, Luke Epple, Mark Jamieson
Votes: 32,805
10. Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (2022)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.
Stars: Park Dietz, Wendy Patrickus, Anne E. Schwartz, Kenneth Smail
Votes: 9,399
11. Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (2022)
TV-MA | 61 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Never-before-heard audio from the interrogation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy threads through this chilling look at his 1970s murder spree.
Stars: Sam Amirante, Greg Bedoe, Rafael Tovar, Mike Albrecht
Votes: 12,910
12. 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: 32,946
13. Corleone: A History of La Cosa Nostra (2019)
Documentary, Biography
Salvatore 'Totò' Riina: son of a farmer from Corleone, who at the age of 52 became the absolute ruler of the Sicilian mafia. Giovanni Falcone: the judge who initiates the first trial of the... See full summary »
Stars: Nathalie Bauer, Giovanni Brusca, Francesco Anzelmo, Francesco Accordino
Votes: 215
14. Crack: Cocaine, Corruption & Conspiracy (2021)
TV-MA | 89 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In the early 1980s, the crack epidemic tore through America’s inner cities like a tsunami, ravaging all in its wake.
Director: Stanley Nelson | Stars: Elizabeth Hinton, Nelson George, Alan Charles, Felipe Luciano
Votes: 3,875
15. Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer (2021)
TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In 1970s NYC, the "Torso Killer" preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime's darkest places.
Star: Charlie Meany
Votes: 5,567
16. Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)
TV-MA | 62 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
A group of online justice seekers track down a guy who posted a video of himself killing kittens.
Stars: Deanna Thompson, John Green, Claudette Hamlin, Anna Yourkin
Votes: 62,314
17. Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist (2018)
TV-MA | 48 min | Documentary, Crime
The extraordinary story of the "pizza bomber heist" and the FBI's investigation into a bizarre collection of suspects.
Stars: Trey Borzillieri, Jerry Clark, Jason Wick, Lamont King
Votes: 31,042
18. Get Gotti (2023)
50 min | Documentary, Crime
Told from both sides of the law this documentary series from the makers of "Fear City" follows the FBI's battle to bring down infamous mob boss John Gotti.
Stars: Anthony Ruggiano Jr., George Gabriel, Eric Shawn, Barbara Nevins Taylor
Votes: 2,863
19. Girl in the Picture (2022)
TV-MA | 101 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
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 at the center of it all.
Director: Skye Borgman | Stars: Karen Parsley, Charles Engles, Merle Bean, Ernest Bean
Votes: 21,705
20. Gladbeck: The Hostage Crisis (2022)
TV-MA | 91 min | Documentary, Crime
In August 1988, two armed bank robbers keep German and Dutch police at bay for 54 hours during a hostage-taking drama that ends badly.
Director: Volker Heise | Stars: Dieter Degowski, Hans-Jürgen Rösner
Votes: 3,039
21. Homicide: New York (2024)
60 min | Documentary, Crime
Detectives and prosecutors revisit their most challenging homicide cases.
Stars: Robert Mooney, Barbara Butcher, Richard Plansky, Roger Parrino
Votes: 2,068
22.
Unsolved Mysteries (2020– )
Episode:
House of Terror
(2020)
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
When an aristocrat and his entire family disappear, the authorities unearth something horrifying.
Director: Clay Jeter | Stars: Anne-Sophie Martin, Estelle Chapon, Jean-Marc Bloch, Bruno de Stabenrath
Votes: 1,542
23. Indian Predator: The Butcher of Delhi (2022)
TV-MA | 125 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Uncovering the details of gruesome killings, people who were at the epicentre talk about what went down.
Stars: Sanjay Bansal, Manjit Singh, Altaf Hussain, Mukesh Pandey
Votes: 2,684
24. Inside IS: Ten days in the Islamic State (2016)
51 min | Documentary
German journalist Jürgen Todenhöfer uses this unique opportunity to expose ISIS' apocalyptic vision for the world and to document everyday life in the cities it controls. He finds a ... See full summary »
Director: Matías Basso | Stars: Jürgen Todenhöfer, Hamza Yusuf
Votes: 183
25. Io ricordo. Piazza Fontana (2019)
92 min | Crime
A documentary-fiction that reconstructs the complex procedural path followed by the 1969 massacre through the point of view of Francesca Dendena, daughter of one of the victims and ... See full summary »
Director: Francesco Miccichè | Stars: Giovanna Mezzogiorno, Nicole Fornaro, Anna Ferruzzo, Simone Gandolfo
Votes: 54
26. Lords of Scam (2021)
105 min | Documentary, Crime
This documentary traces the rise and crash of scammers who conned the EU carbon quota system and pocketed millions before turning on one another.
Director: Guillaume Nicloux
Votes: 846
27. Lover Stalker Killer (2024)
TV-MA | 90 min | Documentary, Crime
In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.
Director: Sam Hobkinson | Stars: Dave Kroupa, Nancy Raney, Chris LeGrow, Amy Flora
Votes: 9,490
28. Missing: The Lucie Blackman Case (2023)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
It follows the turbulent and complex investigation into the killing of British tourist Lucie Blackman.
Director: Hyoe Yamamoto | Stars: Katsuyoshi Abe, Jake Adelstein, Yasuhiko Asano, Lucie Blackman
Votes: 3,372
29. Monique Olivier: Accessory to Evil (2023)
TV-MA | 206 min | Documentary, Crime
From 1987 to 2003, Michel Fourniret cemented his legacy as France’s most infamous murderer. But his wife was an enigma: Was she a pawn or a participant?
Stars: Francis Nachbar, Richard Delgenes, Gérard Chemla, Didier Seban
Votes: 1,430
30. Murder by the Coast (2021)
TV-MA | 88 min | Documentary, Crime, History
In 1999, teen Rocío Wanninkhof is murdered. Her mother's ex-partner, Dolores Vázquez, is suspected. Did she do it? A second victim reveals the truth.
Directors: Tània Balló, Marc M. Sarrado
Votes: 2,511
31. My Daughter's Killer (2022)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
A father fights for decades to bring his daughter's killer to justice in France and Germany before taking extreme measures
Director: Antoine Tassin | Stars: Stephen Samson, Russell MacLeod, Emil Petrov, Marek Gajda
Votes: 1,954
32.
Unsolved Mysteries (2020– )
Episode:
Mystery on the Rooftop
(2020)
TV-MA | 53 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
After rushing from his home, Rey Rivera disappears. Days later, his car is found and a strange sight at a historic hotel triggers a baffling mystery.
Director: Marcus A. Clarke | Stars: Allison Rivera, Rey Rivera, Angel F. Rivera II, Maria Rivera
Votes: 1,765
33. Nail Bomber: Manhunt (2021)
TV-MA | 72 min | Documentary, Crime, History
This documentary tells the story of the 1999 London bombings that targeted minority communities, and the race to find the far-right extremist behind them.
Director: Daniel Vernon | Stars: David Copeland, Arthur, Talent Chioma Mundy-Castle, Lee Walden
Votes: 2,523
34. Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
This limited docu-series tells the true story of how one of the most notorious serial killers in American history was hunted down and brought to justice.
Stars: Paul Skolnick, Gil Carrillo, Frank Salerno, Pearl Carrillo
Votes: 30,346
35. Notes from Dunblane: Lesson from a School Shooting (2018)
22 min | Documentary, Short, History
In the wake of the 2012 Sandy Hook Elementary School massacre that took the lives of 20 first graders and their teachers, local clergymen Father Bob Weiss receives a letter from a fellow ... See full summary »
Director: Kim A. Snyder
Votes: 405
36. November 13: Attack on Paris (2018)
55 min | Documentary, Crime
Documentary chronicling the terrorist attacks in Paris on November 13, 2015.
Stars: François Hollande, Line, Jimmy, Anne Hidalgo
Votes: 3,744
37. Poulet frites (2021)
103 min | Documentary
Superintendent Lemoine investigates a murder case in the red light district of Brussels, where an occasional prostitute has been murdered in her home. The culprit: Alain, a butcher by ... See full summary »
Directors: Yves Hinant, Jean Libon | Stars: Anne Gruwez, Jean-Michel Lemoine
Votes: 167
38. Running with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee (2022)
TV-MA | 105 min | Documentary, Crime
Life and death of software pioneer John McAfee who developed the software: McAfee Antivirus.
Director: Charlie Russell | Stars: John McAfee, Dean Barrow, Rocco Castoro, Neil Cavuto
Votes: 3,774
39. Shadow of Truth (2016– )
TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary, Crime
A four part documentary mini-series that examines the mysterious murder case of Tair Rada, an Israeli high-school girl who was found brutally murdered in her school's toilets during an ordinary day.
Stars: Shila Inbar, Ilana Rada, Rubi Hammerschlag, Elkana Leist
Votes: 1,572
40. Shiny_Flakes: The Teenage Drug Lord (2021)
TV-MA | 96 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Max S. reveals how he built a drug empire from his childhood bedroom in this story that inspired the series "How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast)."
Directors: Eva Müller, Michael Schmitt | Star: Maximilian Schmidt
Votes: 5,890
41. So Help Me God (2017)
100 min | Documentary, Crime
In this unapologetic and politically incorrect portrait, an extraordinary and eccentric Belgian judge takes viewers behind the scenes of real-life criminal investigations. The ... See full summary »
Directors: Yves Hinant, Jean Libon | Stars: Anne Gruwez, David Derumier, Serge Graide, Marc Slavic
Votes: 1,200
42. Team Foxcatcher (2016)
TV-14 | 90 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary filmmaker Jon Greenhalgh examines the life of Dave Schultz, a professional wrestler who was part of 'Team Foxcatcher', funded by multi-millionaire John du Pont.
Director: Jon Greenhalgh | Stars: John du Pont, Dave Schultz, Mike Gostigian, Ray Wilson
Votes: 7,240
43. The Anthrax Attacks (2022)
TV-MA | 94 min | Documentary, Crime
Days after 9/11, letters containing fatal anthrax spores spark panic and tragedy in the US. This documentary follows the subsequent FBI investigation.
Director: Dan Krauss | Stars: Clark Gregg, Regan Burns, Brigitte Kali Canales, Tongayi Chirisa
Votes: 2,059
44. The Confession Killer (2019)
TV-14 | 48 min | Documentary, Crime
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 expose the biggest criminal justice hoax in U.S. history?
Stars: Bob Prince, Nan Cuba, Hugh Aynesworth, Phil Ryan
Votes: 10,322
45. The Last Narc (2020)
TV-MA | 46 min | Documentary, Crime
Former cartel insiders divulge the bone-chilling details behind the notorious murder and kidnapping of DEA Agent "Kiki" Camarena.
Stars: Hector Berrellez, Geneva Camarena, Ramón Lira, Jorge Godoy
Votes: 2,874
46. The Motive (2020–2021)
141 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
In Jerusalem 1986, a 14-year-old boy shoots his family point-blank in their beds. Yet questions persist. In this docuseries, insiders come forward.
Stars: Avi Samuel, Yossi Arnon, Yossi Cohen, Haim Siani
Votes: 1,797
47. The Outreau Case: A French Nightmare (2024)
182 min | Documentary, Crime
A tragic affair of child abuse and judicial disaster, this docuseries revisits the Outreau case, one of the biggest scandals in French history.
Stars: Jonathan Delay, Fabienne Roy-Nansion, Fabrice Burgaud, Frank Berton
Votes: 727
48. The Playing Card Killer (2023)
TV-14 | 151 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A playing card left at a murder scene connects a string of killings in this docuseries tracking a notorious serial killer who terrorized Spain in 2003.
Stars: Ángel Moya, Beatriz de Vicente, F. Javier Barroso, Eduardo De Los Reyes
Votes: 858
49. The Ripper (2020)
TV-MA | 49 min | Documentary, Crime
Investigators and witnesses recall how a modern-day Jack the Ripper terrorized the north of England during the late 1970s.
Stars: Alan Whitehouse, Keith Hellawell, Andrew Laptew, Christa Ackroyd
Votes: 10,863
50. The Sons of Sam: A Descent into Darkness (2021)
TV-MA | 60 min | Documentary, Crime, History
The Son of Sam case grew into a lifelong obsession for journalist Maury Terry, who became convinced that the murders were linked to a satanic cult.
Stars: Paul Giamatti, Phil Amicone, Charlie Ott, Michael Zuckerman
Votes: 10,281
51. The Women and the Murderer (2021)
TV-14 | 92 min | Documentary, Crime
Two brave women, a police chief and a victim's mother, make tireless efforts to find and prosecute serial killer Guy Georges, in 1990s Paris.
Directors: Mona Achache, Patricia Tourancheau | Stars: Anne Gautier, Hélène Frinking, Agnès Nijkamp, Martine Monteil
Votes: 1,587
52. Turning Point: 9/11 and the War on Terror (2021)
TV-14 | 52 min | Documentary, History, War
This unflinching series documents the 9/11 terrorist attacks, from Al Qaeda's roots in the 1980s to America's forceful response, both at home and abroad.
Stars: Mark Fallon, James LaPorta, Michel Paradis
Votes: 11,314
53. Unabomber: In His Own Words (2020)
43 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
The beginning of the Unabomber's campaign of terror from 1978 to 1985; a look into his childhood to discover what might have turned the young mathematical genius with few friends, Ted Kaczynski, into a sociopathic terrorist.
Stars: Joel Moss, Kevin Fagan, David Kaczynski, Peter Vronsky
Votes: 4,271
54. Vendetta: Guerra nell'antimafia (2021– )
TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
Sicily boasts a bold "Anti-Mafia" coalition. But what happens when those trying to bring down organized crime are accused of being criminals themselves?
Stars: Silvana Saguto, Bartolomeo Parrino, Mauro Terranova, Pino Maniaci
Votes: 347
55. Waco: American Apocalypse (2023)
TV-MA | 47 min | Documentary, Crime
It showcases what happened in 1993 in Waco, Texas when cult leader David Koresh faced off against the federal government in a 51-day siege.
Stars: David Thibodeau, Chris Whitcomb, Lee Hancock, Bob Ricks
Votes: 7,816
56. What Jennifer Did (2024)
TV-14 | 87 min | Documentary, Crime
When Jennifer Pan calls 911 to report that her parents have been shot, she becomes the primary focus of a captivating criminal case.
Director: Jenny Popplewell | Stars: Fernando Baldassini, Samantha Chang, Alan Cooke, Bill Courtice
Votes: 5,922
57. Who Killed Little Gregory? (2019)
60 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
When their 4-year-old son is murdered, a young couple fights a twisting and arduous battle trying to identify a frustratingly elusive killer.
Stars: William Salyers, Jayne Taini, Page Leong, Peter James Smith
Votes: 3,303
58. Wild Wild Country (2018)
TV-MA | 67 min | Documentary, Crime
When Osho, the world's most controversial guru, builds an Utopian city deep in the Oregon country, conflict with the locals escalates into a national scandal.
Stars: Ma Anand Sheela, Philip Toelkes, Jane Stork, George Meredith
Votes: 35,131
59. World's Most Wanted (2020)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Crime
Heinous criminals have avoided capture despite massive rewards and global investigations. This docuseries profiles five of the world's most wanted.
Stars: Jennifer Julian, David Lorino, Pierre-Richard Prosper, Tom Fuentes
Votes: 2,926
60. You Are Not Alone: Fighting the Wolf Pack (2024)
R | 102 min | Documentary
Through key testimonies, this documentary looks at a gang rape that took place during the 2016 San Fermín festival and sparked protests worldwide.
Directors: Robert Bahar, Almudena Carracedo | Stars: Natalia de Molina, Carolina Yuste, Óscar de la Fuente, Sean Burgos
Votes: 743
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