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The Bibi Files
The Bibi Files (תיקי ביבי) is a 2024 documentary by Alexis Bloom and Alex Gibney built on 1,000-plus hours of leaked police interrogation tapes of Benjamin Netanyahu, his family, and associates; banned in Israel, released on Jolt.film, Oscar-shortlisted.
The Central Park Five (2012 film)
The Central Park Five (2012) is a 119-minute documentary by Ken Burns, David McMahon, and Sarah Burns about the wrongful 1989 convictions of five Harlem teenagers, vacated in 2002 after Matias Reyes confessed.
The Imposter (2012 film)
The Imposter (2012) is Bart Layton's British documentary thriller about Frédéric Bourdin, the French conman who impersonated missing Texas teen Nicholas Barclay and fooled his family, told through interviews and reenactments; BAFTA-winning Sundance premiere.
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst
The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst is a 2015 six-part HBO true-crime documentary by Andrew Jarecki on real estate heir Robert Durst, ending with his hot-mic confession and arrest, later continued in The Jinx - Part Two (2024).
The Menendez Brothers (film)
The Menendez Brothers is a 2024 Netflix documentary directed by Alejandro Hartmann featuring audio interviews with Lyle and Erik Menendez about their parents' 1989 murders, trials, and 1996 convictions; it debuted as Netflix's most-watched movie of the week.
The Perfect Neighbor
The Perfect Neighbor is Geeta Gandbhir's 2025 Netflix documentary about Susan Lorincz's 2023 fatal shooting of neighbor Ajike Owens in Ocala, Florida, built almost entirely from police bodycam footage; it won the Sundance Directing Award and an Oscar nomination.
The Seven Five
The Seven Five (Precinct Seven Five) is Tiller Russell's 2014 documentary on NYPD officer Michael Dowd, who ran a drug-dealing criminal ring from Brooklyn's 75th Precinct; his 1992 arrest triggered New York's biggest police corruption scandal.
The Speedway Murders
The Speedway Murders is a 2024 Australian true-crime docu-drama by Luke Rynderman and Adam Kamien about the unsolved 1978 Burger Chef murders of four teenagers in Speedway, Indiana, featuring ghost-narration reenactments and new evidence.
The Stringer
The Stringer: The Man Who Took the Photo is a 2025 Bao Nguyen documentary, also called The Stringer, alleging Nguyen Thanh Nghe, not Nick Ut, took the 1972 Napalm Girl photo; AP kept the credit, World Press Photo suspended it.
The Trial of Alec Baldwin
The Trial of Alec Baldwin is a 2026 Rory Kennedy documentary about the 2021 Rust set shooting that killed Halyna Hutchins, Baldwin's dismissed 2024 involuntary manslaughter trial, and the media storm around it; 111 minutes, released theatrically by Abramorama October 1, 2026.
The Truth About Jussie Smollett?
The Truth About Jussie Smollett? is a 2025 Netflix documentary directed by Gagan Rehill, produced by RAW, reexamining the 2019 Jussie Smollett hate-crime case with a new Smollett interview; released August 22, 2025.
The Truth vs. Alex Jones
The Truth vs. Alex Jones is a 2024 HBO documentary by Dan Reed, premiered at SXSW, covering the Sandy Hook families' defamation suits against Infowars' Alex Jones, the $1.5 billion judgments, his bankruptcy, and a 2024 Peabody Award.
Three Identical Strangers
Three Identical Strangers is Tim Wardle's 2018 documentary about triplets Robert Shafran, Eddy Galland, and David Kellman, separated at birth by Louise Wise Services for a secret Peter Neubauer nature-versus-nurture study and reunited in 1980; it won a Sundance Special Jury Award and grossed $12.3 million.
Tickled
Tickled (2016) is a New Zealand documentary by David Farrier and Dylan Reeve investigating competitive endurance tickling videos, Jane O'Brien Media, and David D'Amato's harassment and blackmail operation; Sundance premiere, dismissed defamation suits, HBO follow-up The Tickle King.
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy
Trainwreck: The Astroworld Tragedy is a 2025 Netflix documentary directed by Yemi Bamiro, the first episode of the Trainwreck anthology, recounting the November 5, 2021 Astroworld Festival crowd crush that killed 10 people during Travis Scott's set.
Trainwreck: The Real Project X
Trainwreck: The Real Project X is a 2025 Netflix documentary, directed by Alex Wood, about the 2012 Project X Haren riot in the Netherlands, sparked when Merthe Weusthuis's public Facebook birthday invite went viral.
We Will Dance Again
We Will Dance Again (עוד נחזור לרקוד) is a 2024 Yariv Mozer documentary reconstructing the October 7, 2023 Hamas attack on Israel's Nova festival, using survivor testimony and Hamas bodycam footage; it won a 2025 News & Documentary Emmy.
What Jennifer Did
What Jennifer Did is a 2024 Netflix true crime documentary by Jenny Popplewell about Jennifer Pan's 2010 Markham, Ontario murder-for-hire plot against her parents, later disputed over alleged AI-manipulated images.
Zoo (2007 film)
Zoo (2007) is Robinson Devor's documentary, co-written with Charles Mudede, on the 2005 Enumclaw horse-sex death of Kenneth Pinyan; it premiered at Sundance, screened at Cannes Directors' Fortnight, and was released by THINKFilm.