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1. Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes (2019)
TV-MA | 236 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: 32,817
2. Leaving Neverland (2019)
TV-MA | 240 min | Documentary
At the height of his stardom, the world's biggest pop star, Michael Jackson, began long-running relationships with two young boys, aged between seven and ten, along their families. They now allege that he sexually abused them.
Director: Dan Reed | Stars: Michael Jackson, Wade Robson, Joy Robson, Chantal Robson
Votes: 31,053
3. One of Us (IV) (2017)
95 min | Documentary
Penetrating the insular world of New York's Hasidic community, focusing on three individuals driven to break away despite threats of retaliation.
Directors: Heidi Ewing, Rachel Grady | Stars: Etty, Chani Getter, Ari Hershkowitz, Luzer Twersky
Votes: 7,115
4. Dark Tourist (2018)
TV-MA | 40 min | Documentary, Adventure
From a nuclear lake to a haunted forest, New Zealand filmmaker and journalist David Farrier ('Tickled') visits unusual -- and often macabre -- tourism spots around the world.
Stars: David Farrier, Christian Wolf, Jhon Jairo Velásquez, Scott Michaels
Votes: 8,132
5. The Accountant of Auschwitz (2018)
80 min | Documentary
Seventy years after WWII, Oskar Gröning, one of the last surviving members of the SS, goes on trial as an accessory to the murder of 300,000 people at the Auschwitz concentration camp.
Director: Matthew Shoychet | Stars: Oskar Gröning, Jeff Ansell, Hedy Bohm, Hans-Jürgen Brennecke
Votes: 3,013
6. 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: 8,713
7. Period. End of Sentence. (2018)
TV-PG | 26 min | Documentary, Short
Indian women fight the stigma surrounding menstruation and begin manufacturing sanitary pads.
Director: Rayka Zehtabchi | Stars: Ajeya, Anita, Gouri Choudari, Healthy Emmie
Votes: 6,516
8. Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)
TV-MA | 187 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: 61,847
9. Murder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story (2020)
TV-MA | 96 min | Documentary
After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
Director: Daniel H. Birman
Votes: 3,067
10. Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist (2018)
TV-MA | 192 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: 30,901
11. Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich (2020)
TV-MA | 227 min | Documentary, Crime
Survivors reveal the manipulation, abuse and emotional scars suffered at the hands of Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell. Their stories expose a sex trafficking ring of powerful enablers leading up to his 2019 arrest.
Stars: Michael Reiter, Annie Farmer, Shawna Rivera, Alan Dershowitz
Votes: 28,982
12. Unsolved Mysteries (2020– )
TV-MA | 45 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
Immersive, character-driven stories are rooted in the experiences of ordinary people who have lived the unthinkable. Families, detectives and journalists hope viewers hold the clues to solving these mysteries.
Stars: Thom Reed, Maria Ramirez, Allison Rivera, Myrtle Carter
Votes: 12,405
13. 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: 2,913
14. Love on the Spectrum (2019–2021)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Reality-TV, Romance
A documentary series following young adults on the autism spectrum as they explore the unpredictable world of love, dating and relationships.
Stars: Brooke Satchwell, Michael Theo, Mark Radburn, Ronan Soussa
Votes: 7,489
15. Drug Lords (2018)
TV-MA | 42 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime
Documentary series examining drug cartels and kingpins from around the world.
Stars: Quinn Dalton, Razor Rizzotti, Jordan Lawson, Winter Dunn
Votes: 1,528
16. Circus of Books (2019)
Not Rated | 92 min | Documentary, Biography, History
In 1976, Karen and Barry Mason had fallen on hard times and were looking for a way to support their young family when they answered an ad in the Los Angeles Times. Larry Flynt was seeking ... See full summary »
Director: Rachel Mason | Stars: Karen Mason, Barry Mason, Micah Mason, Rachel Mason
Votes: 4,995
17. The Spy Who Fell to Earth (2019)
94 min | Documentary, Mystery
An ambitious historian unmasks the worlds greatest spy, setting in motion the very events that lead to the spy's mysterious death.
Director: Thomas Meadmore | Stars: Henry Kissinger, Muammar Gaddafi, Moshe Dayan, Nikita Khrushchev
Votes: 1,181
18. Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson - American Crime Story (2016)
TV-14 | 5 min | Documentary, Short
Inside the series of the same name.
Stars: Sarah Paulson, Sterling K. Brown, Nina Jacobson, Brad Simpson
Votes: 27,098
19. #AnneFrank - Parallel Stories (2019)
92 min | Documentary, Drama, History
It is based on five women who did survive the Holocaust but shared her same fate of "deportation, suffering and being denied their childhood and adolescence," according to promotional materials.
Directors: Sabina Fedeli, Anna Migotto | Stars: Helen Mirren, Martina Gatti, Andra Bucci, Tatiana Bucci
Votes: 1,757 | Gross: $0.34M
20. This Is Paris (2020)
110 min | Documentary
The untold story of Paris Hilton.
Director: Alexandra Dean | Stars: Paris Hilton, Kyle Richards, Kathy Hilton, Nicky Rothschild
Votes: 2,068
21. I Am a Killer (2018–2022)
TV-MA | 52 min | Documentary, Crime
Follows incarcerated killers, who tell the story of how they ended up there.
Stars: Swaylee Loughnane, Reece Alexander-Putinas, David Galea, Miguel Angel Martinez
Votes: 4,958
22. 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: 32,490
23. 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: 3,721
24. The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez (2020)
TV-MA | 331 min | Documentary, Crime
Filmmaker Brian Knappenberger investigates the tragic death of an 8-year-old California boy who endured horrific abuse by his mother and her boyfriend, along with the fractured and complex systems that failed to protect him.
Stars: William Guirola, Wyatt Hinz, Alfredo Tavares, Adam Saunders
Votes: 13,448
25. The Ripper (2020)
TV-MA | 195 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: 10,798
26. Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer (2021)
TV-MA | 189 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: 30,042
27. Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel (2021)
TV-MA | 220 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
College student and tourist Elisa Lam vanishes, leaving behind all of her possessions in her hotel room. The Cecil Hotel grows in infamy.
Stars: Tim Marcia, Amy Price, Greg Kading, Josh Dean
Votes: 19,901
28. Flowers Fade Early: Kakopetros, August 28th, 1944 (2018)
64 min | Documentary, History
Directors: Vicky Arvelaki, Matthaios Frantzeskakis
Votes: 6
29. Why Did You Kill Me? (2021)
TV-MA | 83 min | Documentary, Crime
The line between justice and revenge blurs when a devastated family uses social media to track down the people who killed 24-year-old Crystal Theobald.
Director: Fredrick Munk | Stars: Belinda Lane, Justin Theobald, Jaimie, Crystal Theobald
Votes: 4,754
30. This Is a Robbery: The World's Greatest Art Heist (2021)
TV-MA | 210 min | Documentary, Crime, History
March 18, 1990, 13 works of art were stolen from the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. Guards admitted two men posing as police officers responding to a disturbance call, and the thieves tied the guards up and looted the museum.
Stars: Shelley Murphy, Anne Hawley, Dick Ellis, Martin Leppo
Votes: 4,824
31. Finding Jesus: Faith. Fact. Forgery. (2015– )
TV-PG | 60 min | Documentary
The world's foremost scholars, historians and scientists examine six ancient relics thought to be connected to Jesus of Nazareth.
Stars: Adam Bond, Mark Goodacre, Mehdi Aissaoui, Candida R. Moss
Votes: 389
32. Struggle: The Life and Lost Art of Szukalski (2018)
TV-MA | 115 min | Documentary, Biography
This documentary chronicles the life of Polish-American artist Stanislav Szukalski (1893-1987) from his early years in Chicago, to his time in Poland and Los Angeles, and his artistic and political contributions to the world.
Director: Ireneusz Dobrowolski | Stars: Stanislav Szukalski, Glenn Bray, Robert Williams, Suzanne Williams
Votes: 4,625
33. Britney vs Spears (2021)
TV-MA | 93 min | Documentary, Biography, Music
Journalist Jenny Eliscu and filmmaker Erin Lee Carr investigate Britney Spears' fight for freedom by way of exclusive interviews and confidential evidence.
Director: Erin Lee Carr | Stars: Britney Spears, Erin Lee Carr, Jenny Eliscu, Felicia Culotta
Votes: 8,071
34. The Tinder Swindler (2022)
TV-MA | 114 min | Documentary, Crime
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online, then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
Director: Felicity Morris | Stars: Simon Leviev, Cecilie Fjellhøy, Pernilla Sjöholm, Natalie Remøe Hansen
Votes: 72,703
35. The Principles of Pleasure (2022)
TV-MA | 152 min | Documentary
Sex, joy and modern science converge in this eye-opening series that celebrates the complex world of women's pleasure - and puts old-fashioned myths to rest.
Stars: Michelle Buteau, Supriya Ganesh, Annie Pisapia, Gina Nicole Brown
Votes: 1,682
36. The Raincoat Killer: Chasing a Predator in Korea (2021)
TV-MA | 145 min | Documentary, Crime, History
Follows a serial killer who came to light as a psychopath to the Korean public in 2004.
Stars: Kim Hee Sook, Park Myung Sun, Kwon Il-Yong, Kang In Cheol
Votes: 2,984
37. The Mystery of Marilyn Monroe: The Unheard Tapes (2022)
TV-14 | 101 min | Documentary, Biography
Explores the mystery surrounding the death of movie icon Marilyn Monroe through previously unheard interviews with her inner circle.
Director: Emma Cooper | Stars: Lauren Bacall, Gladys Baker, Ray Bull, James Croft
Votes: 5,609
38. Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes (2022)
TV-MA | 183 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: 12,773
39. Bad Vegan: Fame. Fraud. Fugitives. (2022)
TV-MA | 209 min | Documentary, Crime
After marrying a mysterious man who claimed he could make her dog immortal, a celebrated vegan restaurateur finds her life veering off the rails.
Stars: Sarma Melngailis, Allen Salkin, Ilze Melngailis, Bonnie Crocker
Votes: 8,185
40. Worst Roommate Ever (2022)
TV-MA | 236 min | Documentary, Crime, Thriller
When Alex Miller let Jed Creek rent her room via Craigslist, she had no idea that he was a notorious serial squatter, and that he would use his knowledge of tenancy laws to slowly kick her out of her own home.
Stars: Alex Miller, Susan Miller, Arleen Hairbaedian, Peter Cernauskas
Votes: 10,054
41. Meltdown: Three Mile Island (2022)
TV-14 | 172 min | Documentary, History
Insiders recount the events, controversies and lingering effects of the accident at the Three Mile Island nuclear power plant in Pennsylvania.
Stars: Rick Parks, Nicole Remsburg, Paula Kinney, Joyce Corradi
Votes: 5,356
42. 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: 21,425
43. The Most Hated Man on the Internet (2022)
TV-MA | 162 min | Documentary, Crime
Follows the story of a woman who stood up to Hunter Moore, a self-proclaimed "professional life ruiner," after photos of her daughter being naked were posted online.
Stars: Charlotte Laws, Charles Parselle, Kayla Laws, Kirra Hughes
Votes: 7,941
44. Hitler's Children (2011)
Not Rated | 59 min | Documentary, History
A look into the lives of the descendants of the top Nazi officials who worked under Hitler's command.
Director: Chanoch Ze'evi | Stars: Bettina Göring, Katrin Himmler, Monika Hertwig, Rainer Höß
Votes: 1,281 | Gross: $0.03M
45. Our Father (III) (2022)
TV-MA | 97 min | Documentary, Crime
After a woman's at-home DNA test reveals multiple half-siblings, she discovers a shocking scheme involving donor sperm and a popular fertility doctor.
Director: Lucie Jourdan | Stars: Jacoba Ballard, Julie Harmon, Matt White, Heather Woock
Votes: 14,403
46. Sins of Our Mother (2022)
TV-14 | 141 min | Documentary, Crime, Mystery
When Lori Vallow's kids vanished, the search for them unearthed a trail of suspicious deaths, a new husband who shared her doomsday views - and murder.
Stars: Colby Ryan, Janis Cox, Kelsee Ryan, Justin Lum
Votes: 7,336
47. Queen Cleopatra (2023)
TV-14 | 45 min | Documentary, Drama
Netflix docudrama about Queen Cleopatra of Egypt of the Ptolemaic lineage from Macedonia, Greece, that ruled for 21 years, between the years 51 BC and 30 BC, ending with her suicide.
Stars: Jada Pinkett Smith, Adele James, Craig Russell, John Partridge
Votes: 83,847
48. Vatican Girl: The Disappearance of Emanuela Orlandi (2022)
TV-14 | 233 min | Documentary, Crime, History
A 15 year-old girl living in Vatican City, disappeared under mysterious circumstances that are believed to have involved the Vatican.
Stars: Andrea Purgatori, Natalina Orlandi, Matilde Reale, Lucrezia Chessari
Votes: 5,366
49. Midnight Asia: Eat Dance Dream (2022– )
35 min | Documentary
This docuseries captures the food, drink, music and night owls who shine in the dark of Asia's metropolises.
Stars: Cheska Aguiluz, Darice Chang, Mr. Ogay, Yolanda Mesula
Votes: 674
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