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All About the Money (2026 film)
All About the Money is a 2026 Irish-Danish documentary by Sinéad O'Shea about Fergie Chambers, the Cox Enterprises heir who funded a communist collective in Alford, Massachusetts; premiered at Sundance 2026.
An Open Secret
An Open Secret is Amy Berg's 2014 documentary on sexual abuse of child actors in Hollywood, premiered at DOC NYC, given a failed limited 2015 release, and rediscovered online in 2017 amid the Weinstein allegations.
Biggie & Tupac
Biggie & Tupac is Nick Broomfield's 2002, 107-minute documentary arguing Suge Knight and off-duty LAPD officers killed Tupac Shakur and Biggie Smalls, built on Russell Poole's claims.
Black Box Diaries
Black Box Diaries (ブラック・ボックス・ダイアリーズ) is Shiori Itō's 2024 documentary on her own rape case against Noriyuki Yamaguchi, based on her book Black Box; Sundance 2024 premiere, 2025 Oscar nomination, and a Japan release delayed until December 2025 over unauthorized footage.
Bus 174
Bus 174 (Ônibus 174) is José Padilha's 2002 Brazilian documentary about Sandro do Nascimento's live-televised hijacking of a Rio de Janeiro bus on 12 June 2000, intercut with the hijacker's life story; Peabody and Emmy-winning directorial debut.
Capturing the Friedmans
Capturing the Friedmans (2003) is Andrew Jarecki's Oscar-nominated documentary about Arnold and Jesse Friedman, charged in 1987 with molesting computer-class students in Great Neck, Long Island, told through the family's own home videos; it won Sundance's Grand Jury Prize.
CHAOS: The Manson Murders
CHAOS: The Manson Murders is a 2025 Errol Morris Netflix documentary, 96 minutes, based on Tom O'Neill's 2019 book, questioning the Helter Skelter motive and exploring CIA, LSD, and mind-control theories about the 1969 Manson murders.
Con Mum
Con Mum is a 2025 British Netflix true-crime documentary directed by Nick Green about pastry chef Graham Hornigold, whose long-lost mother Dionne Marie Hanna, a con artist, defrauded him of about £300,000.
Cropsey (film)
Cropsey (2009) is an 84-minute documentary by Joshua Zeman and Barbara Brancaccio linking the Staten Island Cropsey urban legend to Andre Rand and five missing children, including Jennifer Schweiger, released theatrically in June 2010.
Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case
Curry & Cyanide: The Jolly Joseph Case is Christo Tomy's 2023 Malayalam-language Netflix true-crime documentary on the Koodathayi cyanide poisoning of six family members by Jolly Joseph, released 22 December 2023.
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father is Kurt Kuenne's 2008 documentary memorial to his murdered friend Dr. Andrew Bagby, addressed to Bagby's son Zachary, whose 2003 murder-suicide death turned the film into a catalyst for Canada's Bill C-464 bail reform.
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story is a 2025 Netflix documentary by Skye Borgman about Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, her partner Ruby Franke of 8 Passengers, and their child abuse convictions.
Fyre (film)
Fyre (FYRE: The Greatest Party That Never Happened) is a 2019 Netflix documentary directed by Chris Smith about the 2017 Fyre Festival collapse, Billy McFarland's fraud, and the rival Hulu film Fyre Fraud.
India's Daughter
India's Daughter (2015) is Leslee Udwin's documentary on the 2012 Delhi gang rape and murder of Jyoti Singh, featuring interviews with convict Mukesh Singh and defense lawyers; banned in India in March 2015, aired on BBC Four, and winner of a 2016 Peabody Award.
Kurt & Courtney
Kurt & Courtney is Nick Broomfield's 1998 documentary on Kurt Cobain, Courtney Love, and Cobain-death conspiracy theories; pulled from Sundance over uncleared music rights, grossing $678.8K.
Leaving Neverland
Leaving Neverland is Dan Reed's 2019 two-part HBO documentary in which Wade Robson and James Safechuck allege Michael Jackson abused them as children; Emmy-winning, later removed from streaming after a Jackson estate settlement.
Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson
Leaving Neverland 2: Surviving Michael Jackson is a 2025 Channel 4 documentary by Dan Reed following Wade Robson and James Safechuck's decade-long court quest against Michael Jackson's companies, ahead of a planned late-2026 trial.
Life of Crime (documentary trilogy)
Life of Crime is Jon Alpert's documentary trilogy (One Year in a Life of Crime, 1989; Life of Crime 2, 1998; Life of Crime: 1984-2020, 2021) following Rob Steffey, Freddie Rodriguez, and Deliris Vasquez of Newark, New Jersey, filmed covertly over 36 years.
Man on Wire
Man on Wire is James Marsh's 2008 Oscar-winning documentary about Philippe Petit's illegal 1974 high-wire walk between the World Trade Center Twin Towers, structured as a heist film from Petit's book To Reach the Clouds.
My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys
My Truth: The Rape of 2 Coreys, also styled (My) Truth, is Corey Feldman's 2020 documentary, directed by Brian Herzlinger, alleging sexual abuse of Feldman and Corey Haim as child actors, including a denied claim against Charlie Sheen.
O.J.: Made in America
O.J.: Made in America is Ezra Edelman's 2016 five-part, 467-minute ESPN Films 30 for 30 documentary on O.J. Simpson, race, and celebrity; it won the 2017 Oscar for Best Documentary Feature and two Emmys.
Orgasm Inc: The Story of OneTaste
2022 Netflix investigative documentary by Sarah Gibson and Sloane Klevin about the sexual wellness company OneTaste, its orgasmic meditation practice, founder Nicole Daedone, and subsequent forced labor convictions.
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills
Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills is a 1996 HBO documentary by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky about the West Memphis Three trials, which won Emmy and Peabody awards and sparked the movement to free the accused.
Predators (2025 film)
Predators (2025) is David Osit's documentary about Dateline NBC's To Catch a Predator (2004-07) and Chris Hansen, premiered at Sundance 2025, released by MTV Documentary Films, streaming on Paramount+, with a 97% Rotten Tomatoes score.
Sins of My Father (film)
Sins of My Father (Pecados de mi padre), 2009 documentary by Nicolás Entel, tells Pablo Escobar's story through his son Sebastián Marroquín, who seeks reconciliation with the sons of Escobar's victims; premiered at Mar del Plata, released on 25 Colombian screens and HBO.
Stolen Kingdom
Stolen Kingdom is a 2025 documentary by Joshua Bailey about urban explorers and theft at Walt Disney World, centered on the unsolved 2018 theft of the Buzzy animatronic from Epcot's Cranium Command.
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare is a 2024 Netflix documentary, from the Tortoise podcast Sweet Bobby, about Kirat Assi, catfished for years by her cousin Simran Bhogal impersonating Bobby Jandu.
Take Care of Maya
Take Care of Maya (2023) is Henry Roosevelt's Netflix documentary about Maya Kowalski, held at Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital in 2016 on medical child abuse suspicion, her mother's suicide, and the resulting trials.
Tell Them You Love Me
Tell Them You Love Me is a 2023 Nick August-Perna documentary, executive produced by Louis Theroux, about Anna Stubblefield's 2015 sexual assault conviction of Derrick Johnson and the facilitated communication controversy.
The Act of Killing
The Act of Killing (Jagal) is Joshua Oppenheimer's 2012 documentary in which Indonesian death-squad leader Anwar Congo and other 1965–66 massacre perpetrators reenact their killings as gangster films, westerns, and musicals; Oscar-nominated, BAFTA-winning, made with anonymous Indonesian crew.