The 25 Best True Crime Documentaries

56 documentaries

Real cases, investigations and their consequences.

True crime is the most crowded genre on streaming, and most of it is padding. These are the ones that earn their running time. The Thin Blue Line helped free an innocent man, and The Jinx ends with a line you won't forget. Go into Dear Zachary knowing nothing.

Dear Zachary poster
1

Dear Zachary

2008 · 1h 34m

8.594%
The Thin Blue Line poster
2

The Thin Blue Line

1988 · 1h 43m

7.9100%
The Jinx poster
3

The Jinx

2015 · 12 eps

8.6
O.J.: Made in America poster
4

O.J.: Made in America

2016 · 7h 47m

8.9100%
13th poster
5

13th

2016 · 1h 40m

8.297%
Making a Murderer poster
6

Making a Murderer

2015 · 20 eps

8.5
Capturing the Friedmans poster
7

Capturing the Friedmans

2003 · 1h 47m

7.697%
Paradise Lost poster
8

Paradise Lost

1996 · 2h 30m

8.2100%
Collective poster
9

Collective

2019 · 1h 49m

8.199%
Don't F**k with Cats poster
10

Don't F**k with Cats

2019 · 3 eps

8.0
Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory poster
11

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

2011 · 2h 1m

8.0100%
The Imposter poster
12

The Imposter

2012 · 1h 39m

7.495%
Deliver Us from Evil poster
13

Deliver Us from Evil

2006 · 1h 41m

7.9100%
The Alabama Solution poster
15

The Alabama Solution

2025 · 1h 57m

7.8100%
Operation Odessa poster
16

Operation Odessa

2018 · 1h 32m

7.7100%
One Day in September poster
17

One Day in September

1999 · 1h 34m

7.897%
Attica poster
18

Attica

2021 · 1h 57m

7.5100%
Brother's Keeper poster
19

Brother's Keeper

1992 · 1h 44m

7.5100%
Black Box Diaries poster
20

Black Box Diaries

2024 · 1h 43m

7.599%
The Interrupters poster
21

The Interrupters

2011 · 2h 9m

7.599%
Mommy Dead and Dearest poster
22

Mommy Dead and Dearest

2017 · 1h 22m

7.3100%
Take Care of Maya poster
23

Take Care of Maya

2023 · 1h 43m

7.793%
Southwest of Salem poster
24

Southwest of Salem

2016 · 1h 31m

7.2100%
The Central Park Five poster
25

The Central Park Five

2012 · 1h 59m

7.792%

More true crime documentaries

On the Record poster

On the Record

2020 · 1h 35m

7.299%
Girl in the Picture poster

Girl in the Picture

2022 · 1h 41m

7.396%
Sugarcane poster

Sugarcane

2024 · 1h 47m

7.0100%
The Perfect Neighbor poster

The Perfect Neighbor

2025 · 1h 37m

7.198%
Crime + Punishment poster

Crime + Punishment

2018 · 1h 51m

7.493%
Into the Abyss poster

Into the Abyss

2011 · 1h 47m

7.392%
The Keepers poster

The Keepers

2017 · 7 eps

8.0
Long Shot poster

Long Shot

2017 · 40m

7.488%
An Open Secret poster

An Open Secret

2014 · 1h 39m

7.389%
Into the Deep poster

Into the Deep

2020 · 1h 30m

6.5100%

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