Kidnapping, cults, and white-collar crimes. Content about the criminal underworld is vast, but EW assembled the 29 best documentaries to satisfy your appetite for true crime tales.

Love the true crime genre? Watch these 15 harrowing documentaries ... if you dare.

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 ...

The harrowing true crime documentary has left heartbroken viewers in tears, and been called one of the most horrifying films.

As 2025 comes to a close, what better way to compliment this nail-biter of a year than with some truly nail-biting true crime documentaries? With some much needed time off on the horizon for a lot of ...

Netflix's "Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart" tells Smart's story, featuring her exclusive firsthand account. The documentary holds a 100% Rotten Tomatoes score and features critics' praise for Smart's ...

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 ...

Content Warning: The following article contains discussions of sexual violence, child abuse, pedophilia, torture, animal abuse, and murder.It was early 2020, the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, ...

Over the past several years, true crime has become more popular than ever in all sorts of forms, from films based on true crime stories to fictionalized TV shows about famous murderers to long ...