True crime has become one of the most fascinating subgenres, especially on streaming services, and these are the best true crime documentaries of 2025.

Though narrative film can transport us to imagined worlds, documentary cinema often turns the camera back on our own. From incisive personal profiles to true crime investigations and examinations of ...

This article contains discussions of child abuse, mental health, and sexual assault. Over the past several years, true crime has become more popular than ever in all sorts of forms, from films based ...

HBO Max has one of the highest-quality true crime libraries of all the streamers. The Jinx, The Vow and The Mortician are just three of the best true crime documentaries on the platform, and we've put ...

There were a lot of true crime documentaries and docuseries in 2025, and no doubt there will be plenty more on the 2026 TV schedule. I watched a lot of them, though, admittedly, trying to keep up with ...

The two-part documentary on HBO is not just the story of a gruesome murder, but a portrait of the city, neighborhood and home where it happened. By Maya Salam Hi, readers. We are taking a new approach ...

A documentary about the Twelve Tribes, a controversial religious group with Massachusetts ties, is set to air next week. Here's how to watch.

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 ...