Best True Crime Documentaries on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best True Crime Documentaries on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 96 titles in category code 81050. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. Forensic Files (2000)
Rated 8.8/10 on IMDb, from 2000. Detectives and crime lab technicians use the latest and most fascinating procedures to solve crimes in this documentary-style show.
2. Real Detective (2016)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, from 2016. This series blends documentary style with dramatic re-creations as actors portraying real detectives recall the cases that will haunt them forever.
3. Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer (2019)
Rated 8.1/10 on IMDb, from 2019. A twisted criminal's gruesome videos drive a group of amateur online sleuths to launch a risky manhunt that pulls them into a dark underworld.
4. Crime Files: The Homefront (2016)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 2016. Murder, fraud, drug-dealing and other illegal offenses that have torn apart once-happy families are the subject of this fact-based crime series.
5. The Staircase (2018)
Rated 8/10 on IMDb, from 2018. Accident or murder? After the mysterious death of his wife, author Michael Peterson watches his life go under the microscope.
6. Icarus (2017)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 2h 01m. An American filmmaker and cyclist unwittingly wades into a global scandal when a Russian scientist leaks shocking details of a vast doping conspiracy.
7. The Pharmacist (2020)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2020. After his son's tragic death, a Louisiana pharmacist goes to extremes to expose the rampant corruption behind the opioid addiction crisis.
8. Made You Look: A True Story About Fake Art (2020)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2020, 1h 30m. A woman walks into a New York gallery with a cache of unknown masterworks.
9. Devil's Freedom (2017)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2017, 1h 14m. A gripping documentary on the psychological effects of the violence in Mexico as told by victims and victimizers, whose names and faces are concealed.
10. Athlete A (2020)
Rated 7.7/10 on IMDb, from 2020, 1h 44m. This documentary focuses on the gymnasts who survived USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and the reporters who exposed USAG's toxic culture.