“True Crime” productions explore real crimes, presenting stories that have an impact on victims, criminals and investigators. They can adopt documentary formats, with interviews and re-enactments, or dramatizations with actors playing the people involved.
Based on this, we have created a list of true crime series available on streaming services to watch.
True Crime Series: Top 12
The Jinx
Acclaimed and award-winning, “The Jinx” is Max’s original true crime documentary series.
The production explores three murders linked to Robert Durst, heir to a wealthy New York real estate family.
Under the Bridge: The True Story of the Reena Virk Murder
Based on a true case in Canada and the book by Rebecca Godfrey, “Under the Bridge” deals with the death of teenager Reena Virk (Vritika Gupta).
Virk disappeared after a party with classmates and a group of teenagers are suspected of his brutal death. The series follows the investigations led by a local police officer, played by Lily Gladstone.
In the wake of the assassins
A Netflix original, “Na Cola dos Assassinos” is a documentary series that follows police officers and prosecutors as they investigate serial killer cases.
Each episode portrays a different case, following the perspective of law enforcement as they investigate and arrest the killers.
Ted Bundy: In love with a murderer
This documentary series about Ted Bundy, one of the most infamous serial killers, takes a different approach by focusing on the women linked to him.
The narrative explores the perspectives of his girlfriend, his daughter, and the survivors of his attacks.
Make a murderer
The documentary series “Making a Murderer” follows the story of Steven Avery, a wrongly convicted man who served 18 years in prison. However, after being acquitted, he is again accused and convicted of the murder of Teresa Halbach.
The series explores both cases, raising questions about Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, who was also charged and convicted as an accessory to Halbach’s murder.
Flordelis: In the name of the mother
The Brazilian production “Flordelis: In Name of the Mother” investigates one of the most shocking crimes in the country in recent times.
The work tells the story of the pastor and former deputy Flordelis, accused of having orchestrated the murder of her husband, also pastor Anderson do Carmo.
Brutal Pact – The murder of Daniella Perez
This documentary series revisits one of the most shocking crimes involving public figures in Brazil: the murder of actress Daniella Perez in 1992. Actor Guilherme de Pádua and his wife, Paula Thomaz, were convicted of the murder of Perez.
At the time, Daniella was a romantic partner of Pádua in the soap opera “De Corpo e Alma”, written by her mother, Glória Perez, and broadcast on TV Globo.
The latest drug trafficking
The documentary miniseries “The Last Narc” investigates the 1985 murder of DEA agent Enrique “Kiki” Camarena.
The production features testimonies from agents and witnesses, who claim that Kiki was killed by Mexican drug traffickers with the complicity of the CIA.
Dahmer: an American cannibal
This crime film follows the life of one of the most infamous and famous serial killers in the United States: Jeffrey Dahmer. Actor Evan Peters plays Dahmer and the cast also includes Molly Ringwald, Niecy Nash and Michael Learned.
“Dahmer: An American Cannibal” is the first season of the true crime anthology series “Monster,” created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan for Netflix.
Monsters: Menendez Brothers: Killer Parents
The second season of the “Monster” anthology series, “The Menendez Brothers: Parent Killers” follows one of America’s most shocking crimes.
The plot centers on the murder of José (Javier Bardem) and Kitty Menendez (Chloë Sevigny) in 1989. The perpetrators of this barbaric crime were their own children, Lyle (Nicholas Alexander Chavez) and Erik (Cooper Koch).
House of the Hammer – Family secrets
The documentary miniseries “House of Hammer – Family Secrets” addresses the case of actor Armie Hammer, accused of sexual abuse and cannibalism in 2021.
The series also explores Hammer’s family, which, for some generations, has been linked to abuse and violence scandals.
History of American crime
The anthology series “American Crime Story” explores famous true crime cases in the United States. Each season focuses on a specific event, mixing dramatization and historical facts.
The first season covers the OJ Simpson trial, the second deals with the murder of Gianni Versace, and the third explores the impeachment of Bill Clinton. The series is from the same producers as “American Horror Story”.
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