Warren Jeffs with 'Trust Me: The False Prophet' and delves deep into the history of the Mob with 'American Godfathers: The Five Families.' Watch these and more from EW's list of the 34 best true crime ...

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The Keepers holds up as one of the best docuseries from the true crime boom of the mid-2010s.

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True crime fans are urged to check out the Netflix documentary series described as “one of the best” ever made.

It seems like a new true crime series is released every week. That’s a good thing because of the healthy appetite for the genre. We love to sit back, turn down the lights, and watch with dropped jaws ...

As 2026 unfolds, the documentary landscape is at its best with titles that not only educate audiences but also challenge their assumptions.

True crime fascinates us, but it can be hard to find good, or even tasteful stories about the worst in us. These five shows ...

Netflix is a haven for documentaries, but let's face it, there are so many to. choose from that sometimes it's hard to decide which ones are worth your time. Well, you're in luck. We've seen a lot of ...

Amidst a sea of these generic, search-engine-optimized titles, however, we risk overlooking a handful of truly great documentaries that genuinely seem to be moving the true crime genre toward ...

Few things are as dependable in television as the annual onslaught of true-crime nightmares. Each year, a new crop of gruesome, devastating and, admit it, often fascinating documentaries about the ...