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Favorite Documentaries/Docuseries
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items I am an avid documentary watcher. As soon as they come out, I have to binge it all. Here is a list of my favorite and most cherished documentaries.
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Kurt Kuenne started making this documentary about his friend, Andrew Bagby. Andrew was believed to have been murdered by his ex girlfriend. While accused, she reveals she is pregnant with Andrew's child, who she names Zachary. Kurt started putting to...
Dear Zachary: A Letter to a Son About His Father
Rebecca Zahau, a vibrant young woman, was found dead, hanging naked, bound and gagged, in the courtyard of her billionaire boyfriend's Coronado mansion on July 13, 2011, just two days after his six-year-old son suffered a fatal accident while under R...
Watch Death at the Mansion: Rebecca Zahau
A focus on the Long Island Serial killer - The Killing Season is an immersive series that follows documentarians Joshua Zeman and Rachel Mills as they investigate one of the most bizarre unsolved serial killer cases of our time.
The Killing Season (2016)
HBO MAX Steaming Platform
HILARIOUS!!! Civic Development Group, a telemarketing firm focused on raising money for police organizations. Lipman-Stern, an aspiring filmmaker, began recording all the debaucherous events at the office, including employees doing drugs, getting tat...
Telemarketers Documentary Series (2023)
The doc explains Diane Schuler, who caused the fatal car accident, through interviews with her family members and friends, and attempts to piece together Schuler's actions on the day of the accident, in order to determine why the accident took place.... YOUTUBE LINK INCLUDED FOR DOC
There's Something Wrong with Aunt Diane (2011)
Paris Is Burning dives into '80s transgender subculture, with the understated camera allowing this world to flourish and the people to speak (and dance) for themselves.
Paris Is Burning (1990)
Absolute chaos of a docuseries about an account of the Galvin family of Colorado Springs, Colo., and how schizophrenia ripped through their family, affecting six of 12 siblings.
Watch Six Schizophrenic Brothers (2024)
Basically about Marilyn Manson exposing her at a young age. This two-part documentary explores actor Evan Rachel Wood's experience as a survivor of domestic abuse and her pursuit of justice.
Watch Phoenix Rising (2022)
Absolutely wild - A look at the experiences of the members of the NXIVM, an organization and sex cult that made headlines for being charged with sex trafficking, racketeering, and conspiracy.
Watch The Vow (2020)
Amy Carlson led the obscure religious group Love Has Won, a mix of New Age spirituality, conspiracy theories, and mainstream religions that ex-members and media outlets branded a cult.
Watch Love Has Won: The Cult of Mother God
NETFLIX
It's 1990s Seattle and the world’s best bank robber has it all: looks, charm, a sprawling treehouse hideout, and an uncanny ability to disappear using Hollywood-style makeup. But as law enforcement inches closer, his once-carefree life spirals into a...
Watch How to Rob a Bank (2024)
TAKE CARE WHILE WATCHING . Tell Them You Love Me is a documentary film that details the case against Anna Stubblefield, a Rutgers University professor convicted in 2015 of sexually abusing Derrick Johnson, a nonverbal person with cerebral palsy whom ...
Watch Tell Them You Love Me (2023)
Watch Online FREE
Payne Lindsey's podcast Up & Vanished comes to Oxygen TV Network. 4 unsolved cases examined and given more traction as Payne Lindsey tries to get more answers
Up and Vanished (2020) on Oxygen True Crime
AppleTV
It was on HULU… for some reason it is not anymore. :Following one woman's journey as she reexamines her past relationship with a trusted teacher, exposing an epidemic of widespread grooming in U.S. high schools.
Keep This Between Us (2022)
HULU
TV companion to Podcast of the same name. 3 women, 3 different stories of betrayal. Absolutely horrific.
Betrayal (S1 2023)(S2 2024)(S3 2025)
documentary film, directed by Andrew McCarthy. It explores the Brat Pack, a group of young actors who frequently appeared together in coming-of-age films, and the impact on their lives and careers.
BRATS (2024)
Follows a catfishing scheme that targeted fans of the indie rock band Tegan and Sara, exploring the dark side of fandom.
Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (2024)