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True crime

True crime TV Series

Real cases, told as documentary or drama.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 189 series

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Monster

★ 7.7
224K 30 2022–present
True crime · Disturbing
10/10

Making a Murderer

★ 8.5
108K 20 2015–2018
True crime · Docuseries · Cynical
10/10

Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer

★ 8.0
70K 3 2019–2019
True crime · Disturbing
10/10

The Jinx: The Life and Deaths of Robert Durst

★ 8.6
59K 12 2015–2024
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Conversations with a Killer: The Ted Bundy Tapes

★ 7.7
35K 4 2019–2019
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich

★ 7.1
35K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer

★ 7.5
34K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Evil Genius: The True Story of America's Most Diabolical Bank Heist

★ 7.5
33K 4 2018–2018
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

The Staircase

★ 7.8
30K 13 2004–2018
True crime · Legal · Docuseries
10/10

The Keepers

★ 8.0
28K 7 2017–2017
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

American Nightmare

★ 7.5
25K 3 2024–2024
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel

★ 6.0
22K 4 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Killer Inside: The Mind of Aaron Hernandez

★ 7.3
21K 3 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

The Trials of Gabriel Fernandez

★ 8.1
16K 6 2020–2020
True crime · Gut punch
10/10

Conversations with a Killer: The John Wayne Gacy Tapes

★ 7.1
15K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Disturbing
10/10

American Murder: Gabby Petito

★ 7.1
15K 3 2025–2025
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

House of Secrets: The Burari Deaths

★ 7.4
14K 3 2021–2021
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Unsolved Mysteries

★ 7.3
14K 30 2020–present
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal

★ 6.8
13K 6 2023–2023
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Worst Roommate Ever

★ 7.1
13K 10 2022–2024
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

The Thing About Pam

★ 7.2
12K 7 2022–2022
True crime · Dark comedy
10/10

The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann

★ 6.6
12K 8 2019–2019
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

The Ripper

★ 7.1
12K 4 2020–2020
True crime · Docuseries
10/10

Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes

★ 7.3
12K 3 2022–2022
True crime · Disturbing
10/10