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How do you even begin to sort them apart?
Are they all the same?
And are any of them actually good?
Were here to help.
Here are the best true-crime series and movies currently available to watch on Netflix.
Come for the verite approach to trial filming, stay forthe owl theory of the crime.
There are sensational, horrific crimes.
There is widespread corruption, police mismanagement, and deep, painful injustice.
But the figures who drive its investigation are unusual.
Its successes and its mistakes will be benchmarks for the genre for a long time.
Maybe youre looking for one of the classic series.
But did you know aboutPartners in Crime, a series that explores Hong Kongs most bizarre murder cases?
And the first episode is about a head found inside a Hello Kitty doll.
Killer in the Family
If youre not looking for the sensational killers!!!
Theres something appealing aboutCold Justice, though.
And the crimes themselves are often scarily mundane.
Its grinding and slow and patient, and also quite illuminating.
There is no murder, no hidden paper trail, and no suddenly discovered witness.
(Even more so because Browdercommitted suicidein 2015.)
The key, as per his typical style, is Morriss extensive interviews with the films subjects.
Long Shot
This is a very short and well-made film (40 minutes!
), and its also afantasticallyweird story.
And a few to avoid …
Many true-crime series fall into a category of pretty gross and otherwise unremarkable storytelling.
Definitely steer clear ofKiller Women With Piers Morgan.
Likewise, avoidUnder Arrest, a condensed version of the CanadianCopsrip-off series,To Serve and Protect.
