True crime movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant true crime movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out suspense, suspenseful, disturbing, tense, psychological and serious films and TV shows about / with true crime, murder, investigation, serial killer, murderer, killer, criminal, police, killing spree and murder mystery plots mostly in Crime, Drama and Thriller genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as true crime: Alpha Dog (2006), A Killer Among Friends (1992), The Elizabeth Smart Story (2003), The Hunt for a Killer (2020), Roberto Succo (2001), Des (2020), An American Crime (2007), Little Boy Blue (2017), Zodiac (2007), The Act (2019).
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New films
Genre: Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
True story based on Jodi Arias, a seductive 28-year-old aspiring photographer found guilty of killing her former lover, Travis Alexander, who was found nude in his home shower with a slit throat, 27 additional stab wounds and a bullet to the head. ...
Style:
sexy, tense, disturbing, serious, suspense ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, sex, stalker, unrequited love, mind game, obsession, trial, party, female assassin, relationship problems, romantic obsession ...
Place:
arizona
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111K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Johnny Truelove likes to see himself as tough. He's the son of an underworld figure and a drug dealer. Johnny also likes to get tough when things don't go his way. When Jake Mazursky fails to pay up for Johnny, things get worse for the ...
Style:
disturbing, serious, rough, teen, hood ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
kidnapping, gang, true crime, sex scene, youth, woman urinating, confrontation, male nudity, culture clash, crime gone awry, revenge, menage a trois ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, year 1999, year 2003, year 2005
Place:
los angeles, usa, california, albuquerque new mexico, palm springs california
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
The film tells why a girl was killed by two of her best friends.
Style:
unusual plot structure, suspense, enigmatic, suspenseful, neo noir ...
Audience:
teens, toddlers
Plot:
true crime, murder, family relations, drowning, grief, killer, false friend, lie, investigation, rivalry, conflict, rivals ...
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Based on the true story of the kidnapping of teenager Elizabeth Smart,in June 2002, by two people, in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
Style:
suspense, thought provoking, psychological, rough, suspenseful
Plot:
true crime, child abuse, kidnapped, missing child, religious cult, child rape, hostage, false identity, teenage girl, survival, captivity, hostage situation ...
Place:
utah, nova scotia, salt lake city utah
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Denmark
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on true stories about real homicide investigations in the south of Sweden between 1989-2004. The six-part series explores the murder of 10-year-old Helen Nilsson in Hörby, southern Sweden, a seemingly impossible case that remained unsolved ...
Style:
detective, contemplative, suspenseful, unusual plot structure, psychological ...
Plot:
true crime, child murder, homicide detective, murder investigation, sex crime, murder, police procedural, rapist, interrogation, serial killer, unsolved crime, crime investigation ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: France, Switzerland
Duration: 124 min.
Story:
'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly ...
Style:
rough, melancholic, suspenseful, captivating, psychological ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, murder, prison, rape, psychopath, mature, unsettling, robbery, police investigation, mental illness, biopic ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
france, italy
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24K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of one of the most infamous cases in UK criminal history, that of serial killer Dennis Nilsen. Told through the prism of three men, the series explores the personal and professional consequences of coming into contact with a man like ...
Style:
detective, tense, suspenseful, disturbing, suspense ...
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, gay interest, detective inspector, police, murder, murderer, dishonesty, danger, murder investigation, death, serial murder ...
Time:
80s, year 1983
Place:
united kingdom, london
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.
Style:
disturbing, harsh, bleak, brutal, sad ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
child abuse, true crime, torture, captivity, murder, threat, dysfunctional family, children, court, courtroom drama, domestic violence, trial ...
Time:
year 2007, 60s, 20th century
Place:
indiana, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
On the afternoon of August 3, 2013, 16-year-old Hannah Anderson was abducted after finishing cheerleading practice in a San Diego suburb. When the bodies of her mother and brother were found in the burned home of family friend James DiMaggio later ...
Style:
suspense, tense, suspenseful, captivating, disturbing ...
Plot:
true crime, child abduction, father daughter relationship, 16 year old, uncover truth, disappearance, crime solving, unsolved crime, teenage girl, forensics, investigation, crime investigation ...
Place:
california, san diego california, idaho
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on a true story that shocked a nation, this powerful four-part factual drama, from BAFTA winning writer and executive producer Jeff Pope (Appropriate Adult, The Widower), centres on the devastating impact on a city of an innocent child’s ...
Style:
disturbing, captivating, suspenseful, suspense, detective ...
Plot:
true crime, police detective, murder, murder investigation, justice, police investigation, danger, dishonesty, british police, investigation, missing child, murder mystery ...
Time:
2000s, year 2007
Place:
liverpool
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665K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 157 min.
Story:
The true story of the investigation of the "Zodiac Killer", a serial killer who terrified the San Francisco Bay Area, taunting police with his ciphers and letters. The case becomes an obsession for four men as their lives and careers are ...
Style:
atmospheric, tense, suspense, neo noir, stylized ...
Audience:
chick flick, adult
Plot:
serial killer, investigation, murder, journalism, maniac, murder mystery, mind game, journalist, true crime, paranoia, killer, uncover truth ...
Time:
70s, year 2007, year 1971, year 1969, year 1979 ...
Place:
san francisco, california, bay area, usa, oakland california ...
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42K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dee Dee Blanchard is overprotective of her daughter, Gypsy, who is trying to escape the toxic relationship she has with her mother. Gypsy's quest for independence opens up a Pandora's box of secrets, which ultimately leads to murder. The ...
Style:
disturbing, suspense, rough, anime, psychological ...
Plot:
overprotective parent, true crime, treatment, murder of mother, fake illness, manipulation, mother daughter relationship, deception, pretense, teenage life, murder investigation, female warrior ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, year 2015, 21st century
Place:
usa, syria
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22K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: Australia
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Based on true events, 16 year-old Jamie falls in with his mother's new boyfriend and his crowd of self-appointed neighborhood watchmen, a relationship that leads to a spree of torture and murder.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, serious, tense, realistic ...
Plot:
serial killer, true crime, gang, psychopath, violence, male rape victim, homosexual, rape victim, tortured to death, transgression, mother's boyfriend, murder ...
Time:
year 1998, 2010s, 20th century, 90s, year 1999
Place:
australia, south australia, adelaide south australia, oceania
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
The disturbing true-story of Lisa McVey, who was abducted in 1984 but later released by her abuser, only to have people question her story.
Style:
suspense, suspenseful, rough, touching, captivating ...
Plot:
kidnapping, serial killer, abduction, kidnapped, true crime, rape, child abduction, psychopath, kidnapped girl, autobiography, homicide detective, homicidal maniac ...
Place:
canada
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A single mother becomes Ariel Castro's first kidnapping victim, and finds herself trapped in his home with two other women for 11 years.
Style:
psychological, tense, serious, disturbing, emotional ...
Plot:
kidnapping, true crime, captivity, isolation, violence, missing person, woman in danger, life is a bitch, sexual abuse, abuse, cruelty, rape ...
Time:
year 2013, year 2002, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa, cleveland ohio
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Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 58 min.
TV show
Story:
In 1950, Timothy Evans was hanged for the murder of his baby daughter Geraldine. The police also believed that he had killed his wife Beryl. But to his final moments Evans protested his innocence. Three years later, a gruesome discovery at 10 ...
Style:
costume drama, realistic, atmospheric, bleak, melancholic ...
Plot:
true crime, serial killer, murder, british police, alter ego, hidden identity, criminal, mentally unstable, male female relationship, british, murderer, world war two ...
Time:
1940s, 1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
england, london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Boston is being terrorized by a series of seemingly random murders of women. Based on the true story, the film follows the investigators path through several leads before introducing the Strangler as a character. It is seen almost exclusively from ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, rough, suspense, retro ...
Plot:
serial killer, strangulation, true crime, split personality, murder, double life, police detective, serial rapist, police investigation, psychopath, strangler, obsession ...
Time:
20th century, year 1968, 60s, year 1963
Place:
boston, usa, massachusetts, new england
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When Mari Gilbert's daughter disappears, police inaction drives her own investigation into the gated Long Island community where Shannan was last seen. Her search brings attention to over a dozen murdered sex workers.
Style:
perverse, suspenseful, suspense, compassionate, emotional ...
Plot:
serial killer, missing person, investigation, disappearance, true crime, prostitute, missing child, depression, murder, mother daughter relationship, search and rescue, psychopath ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
long island, usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
TV show
Story:
An exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.
Style:
detective, suspense, thrilling, historical drama, psychological thriller ...
Plot:
true crime, parents, courtroom, death of wife, staircase, husband wife relationship, criminal, gay, criminal trial, defense attorney, murder mystery, courtroom drama ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 2020s
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Czech Republic, Poland, France, Slovakia
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Olga is a complex young woman desperate to break free from her unfeeling family and social conventions. With her Louise Brooks-like tomboyish looks she drags herself, chain-smoking, from one job to another until she appears to find her niche as a ...
Style:
psychological, disturbing, realistic, serious, art house ...
Plot:
socially awkward, true crime, mental illness, murder, lesbian, dysfunctional family, lgbt, mass murder, paranoia, trial, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
90s, 70s, year 1975
Place:
central europe
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
A police detective consults with incarcerated serial killer Ted Bundy to help him catch The Green River Killer. Based on terrifying true life elements which inspired Silence of the Lambs. In 1984, police in Washington State are investigating a spate ...
Style:
psychological thriller, clever, atmospheric, psychological, suspense ...
Plot:
maniac, fbi, murderer, true crime, unsolved crime, homicide detective, mysterious villain, mind game, investigation, murder investigation, homicidal maniac, murder mystery ...
Is relevant?
28K
Genre: Crime, Drama, History, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 49 min.
TV show
Story:
The FBI and ATF seize religious leader, David Koresh's Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas in the spring of 1993. A six-part television series covering a deadly standoff between the federal government and the Branch Davidians spiritual ...
Style:
crime drama, tense, disturbing, suspense, captivating ...
Plot:
true crime, siege, raid, cult leader, fbi, fbi agent, shootout, showdown, religious sect, negotiator, gunfight, sect ...
Time:
year 1993, 20th century, 90s
Place:
texas, usa
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390K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
Style:
psychological thriller, crime drama, thought provoking, psychological, thrilling ...
Plot:
serial killer, psychology, psychopath, criminal psychologist, fbi, fbi agent, serial murder, police, murderer, police investigation, true crime, murder ...
Time:
70s, 2010s, 80s
Place:
virginia
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story:
The true story of Candy and Pat Montgomery and Betty and Allan Gore – two churchgoing couples enjoying their small town Texas life… until an extramarital affair leads somebody to pick up an axe.
Style:
psychological thriller, psychological, serious, captivating, suspenseful
Plot:
true crime, brutality, extramarital affair, self defense, violence, murder, courtroom drama, wife, violent, police, husband, blood ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1980, year 1978, 70s
Place:
texas
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Genre: History, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
True stories of murder and mayhem morph into urban legends like the bogeyman or the monster under the bed - haunting our childhoods and scaring us throughout our lives.
Style:
anthology, suspenseful, thrilling, captivating, psychological ...
Plot:
true crime, folk horror, killing, serial murder, multiple storylines, murder mystery, serial killer, urban legend, killing spree, murder, murderer, crime investigation ...
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Investigative journalist Maria Elena Salinas peels back the layers of national headline-making crimes in search of new evidence, unheard perspectives, and updates to the cases.
Style:
informative, captivating, serious, bleak, tense ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
true crime, investigation, investigative journalism, crime investigation, journalist, private investigation, journalism, investigative reporter, crime solving, female protagonist, uncover truth, who done it ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Detective Superintendent Steve Fulcher intends on catching a killer of a missing woman, even if that may cost him his career and reputation.
Style:
detective, suspenseful, suspense, tense, crime drama ...
Plot:
true crime, murder, police detective, police, murder investigation, police investigation, investigation, hopes, danger, life philosophy, dialogue, british police ...
Time:
future, year 2016, year 2014, year 2012, year 2011
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44K
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
The true and intense story of Mark 'Chopper' Read, a legendary criminal who wrote his autobiography while serving a jail sentence in prison.
Style:
disturbing, cynical, rough, brutal, dark ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
criminal, prison, true crime, convict, brutality, prison life, dark humor, character study, gangster, murder, eccentricity, judge ...
Time:
year 2000, 70s, 80s, 20th century, year 1978 ...
Place:
australia, melbourne, oceania, new zealand
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Genre: Crime
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Most stories end with the crime, but sometimes the crime scene represents just the tip of the iceberg. From a murder scene that tipped police off to a polygamist secret society to a random house fire that revealed family secrets that had been buried ...
Style:
thrilling, psychological, detective, suspense, crime drama ...
Plot:
true crime, investigation, murder, family secret, evidence, problem, criminal, murderer, murder mystery, secret, killing, secret society ...
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1.4M
Genre: Biography, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 145 min.
Story:
The true story of Henry Hill, a half-Irish, half-Sicilian Brooklyn kid who is adopted by neighbourhood gangsters at an early age and climbs the ranks of a Mafia family under the guidance of Jimmy Conway.
Style:
rough, homoerotic, realistic, epic, inspirational ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
organized crime, mafia, gangster, rise and fall, violence, mentor, mobster, drug traffic, cosa nostra, italian mafia, murder, psychopath ...
Time:
50s, 70s, 90s, year 1990, year 1980 ...
Place:
brooklyn new york city, new york, florida, italy, usa ...
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