True Crime Documentaries in 2026

This list brings together documentary films centered on real crimes, investigations, victims and the people who made the cases public. It includes recent releases such as Victim/Suspect, The Killing of a Journalist and Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso.

A reader can compare films by release year, director, national setting and stated subject. The entries range from Unknown Number: The High School Catfish, directed by Skye Borgman, to Reas by Lola Arias and Dry Ground Burning by Adirley Queirós.

589 documentaries · ordered 26 October 2026 · How we order lists

Newest first: the year each film was released, from the open film record (Wikidata), then the order the list has always had. Every film’s page names its source.

No. 120261 h 31 min

A Toxic Love Story

Director not on record · United Kingdom · English

A 2026 British documentary about a crime.

crime
No. 220261 h 29 min

General Mayhem: The Killing of Brigadier J

by Rob Sixsmith · Singapore · Indonesia · Indonesian, English

Murder of Nofriansyah Yosua Hutabarat
No. 320261 h 32 min

The Crash

Director not on record · United States · English

A 2026 American documentary about a crime.

crime
No. 420261 h 32 min

The Investigation of Lucy Letby

Director not on record · United Kingdom · English

Lucy Letby
No. 520262 h 54 min

You Can See Everything

by Nathan Fielder · United States · English
No. 620251 h 34 min

Unknown Number: The High School Catfish

by Skye Borgman · United States · English

Skye Borgman examines a high-school catfishing case.

crime
No. 720251 h 43 min

Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers

Director not on record · United States · English

Aileen Wuornos
No. 82025

Captured Justice

Director not on record · Romania · Romanian
No. 92025

CHAOS: The Manson Murders

by Errol Morris · United States · English
No. 1020251 h 20 min

Confessions of a Parent Killer

Director not on record · United Kingdom

Virginia McCullough
No. 1120251 h 28 min

Con Mum

Director not on record · United Kingdom
No. 1220251 h 33 min

My Father, the BTK Killer

Director not on record · United States

Dennis Rader
No. 132025

Nuns vs. The Vatican

by Lorena Luciano · United States

Catholic Church sexual abuse cases
No. 1420251 h 28 min

Oklahoma City Bombing: American Terror

by Greg Tillman · United States · English

Oklahoma City bombing
No. 152025

Predators

by David Osit · United States · English
No. 1620251 h 23 min

Surviving The Death Committee

by Nima Sarvestani · Sweden · Persian, Swedish

Trial of Hamid Nouri
No. 172025

The Alabama Solution

by Charlotte Kaufman · United States · English
No. 1820251 h 27 min

The Altar Boy, the Priest and the Gardener

Director not on record · Costa Rica · Spanish
No. 1920251 h 36 min

The Perfect Neighbor

by Geeta Gandbhir · United States · English

Killing of Ajike Owens
No. 202025

Uvalde Mom

by Anayansi Prado · United States · English

Angeli Rose GomezRobb Elementary School shooting
No. 2120251 h 45 min

Walls - Akinni Inuk

Director not on record · Greenland · Greenlandic
No. 2220241 h 28 min

How to Rob a Bank

by Stephen Robert Morse · United States · English

Scott Scurlock robbed 19 Seattle banks between 1992 and 1996.

crimerobbery
No. 2320241 h 30 min

Reas

by Lola Arias · Switzerland · Germany · Spanish

Lola Arias blends prison stories, music and queer performance.

crimemusic
No. 2420241 h 30 min

Abused by Mum: The Ruby Franke Scandal

Director not on record · United Kingdom
No. 2520241 h 47 min

An American Bombing: The Road to April 19th

by Marc Levin · United States · English

Oklahoma City bombing

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Choose the case or subject

The titles cover different kinds of true crime stories. Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso concerns the 2016 murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin and the allegation against her friend Jessica Kumala Wongso. Victim/Suspect follows another case-focused investigation, while The Speedway Murders presents a crime documentary from Australia and the United States.

Check the filmmaker

Directors offer a useful way to narrow the list. Skye Borgman directed Unknown Number: The High School Catfish. Stephen Robert Morse and Seth Porges directed How to Rob a Bank, and Rob Sixsmith directed Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso.

Use the release year

Recent entries include A Toxic Love Story and The Crash from 2026, with Reas from 2024 and Dry Ground Burning from 2022. The year helps place each film alongside the events and filmmaking period it represents.

Check stated streaming details

Availability is supplied when it is known. Unknown Number: The High School Catfish was released to streaming on Netflix on August 29, 2025. Other entries may require checking their individual pages for current viewing information.

What viewers ask

What kind of films are in this list?: It collects documentary films about real crimes, investigations, victims and related cases.
Who directed Unknown Number: The High School Catfish?: Skye Borgman directed the film.
What case does Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso cover?: It is based on the 2016 murder of Wayan Mirna Salihin and the allegation against her friend Jessica Kumala Wongso.
When was How to Rob a Bank released?: How to Rob a Bank was released in 2024.
Where did Unknown Number: The High School Catfish stream?: It was released to streaming on Netflix on August 29, 2025.

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