From a true-crime takedown to the danger of talking truth to power — a look back at our favorite docs of the year.

By Maya Salam The amount of true crime that Maya Salam has watched and listened to in her life might itself be a crime. In ...

The true crime genre continues to evolve, as evidenced by the wealth of documentaries on offer in 2025. From The Perfect ...

Even if Netflix wasn't in the process of buying Warner Bros., there sure are a lot of HBO Max originals on the streamer in ...

Netflix's 2025 true crime documentary The Perfect Neighbor raises serious ethical questions and concerns when it comes to ...

“The Secrets We Bury,” an all-new true-crime documentary following the Carroll siblings on their mission to find answers ...

A sprawling odyssey of the Black experience, Independent journalists fighting back in Russia, the life of a bullfighter, a deep dive into the video-store era, meta dissections of true crime, a look ...

Martin Scorsese has explored many genres across his storied career, but some movies stand out in each, from Goodfellas in ...

Paramount has a new documentary out that tackles a highly sensitive topic that has already stirred up controversy.

24 Hours in Police Custody, first aired in 2014, quickly became a hit among true crime aficionados and continues to be a ...

Running at nearly three hours long, the film was directed by David Fincher (Fight Club, Gone Girl, House of Cards) and ...

It seems like we can’t go more than a week before another chart-climbing true crime documentary hits Netflix. This time, the project in question is a movie rather than a documentary series. It was ...