33 True Crime Documentaries That Shaped the Genre
TIME asked about a dozen criminologists and scholars who write about true crime which documentaries and docu-series programs best define the genre and we compiled their picks below. The list includes examples that changed the outcome of a case ( The Jinx) or the law ( Dear Zachary) and some of the most-watched true crime documentary programs of all time ( Tiger King ).
While the latter's subject matter is too recent to have inspired movies like Gone Girl, The Family Next Door is nonetheless a ...
Alissa Turney disappeared in 2001, when she was 17. Her younger half-sister, Sarah Turney, has been investigating the case ...
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During the documentary, Terkanian learns her daughter was renamed Aundria Michelle Bowman and was adopted by Dennis and ...
A controversial new true crime documentary has divided viewers this week, with some urging others to sink their teeth into it ...
The true crime genre, which mines real-life horrors for entertainment, has looked to the North Bay many times over the years.
Errol Morris’s 1988 film The Thin Blue Line, which led to an overturned conviction, established true crime as a subject for documentaries. When channels like Court TV allowed Americans to watch ...
The Lost Daughter is “enraging” Netflix viewers, but that hasn’t stopped the true crime documentary from climbing the charts.
Richard Linklater once picked out four of his favourite movies all time, ranging from old dramas to crime classics to a self-focused documentary.
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