12 Documentaries Like American Murder: The Family Next Door

12 documentaries

If you liked American Murder: The Family Next Door, these are the ones to watch next.

American Murder is told through the family's own videos, texts and police footage, and it's hard to shake. These true crime documentaries hit just as hard. Dear Zachary is the one to watch next.

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1

Dear Zachary

2008 · 1h 34m

8.594%
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2

Capturing the Friedmans

2003 · 1h 47m

7.697%
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3

Paradise Lost

1996 · 2h 30m

8.2100%
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4

Deliver Us from Evil

2006 · 1h 41m

7.9100%
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5

The Alabama Solution

2025 · 1h 57m

7.8100%
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6

One Day in September

1999 · 1h 34m

7.897%
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7

Mommy Dead and Dearest

2017 · 1h 22m

7.3100%
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8

On the Record

2020 · 1h 35m

7.299%
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9

Girl in the Picture

2022 · 1h 41m

7.396%
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10

Sugarcane

2024 · 1h 47m

7.0100%
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Into the Abyss

2011 · 1h 47m

7.392%

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