20 movies like The Thin Blue Line, ordered by similarity : 16 Shots(2019), Captivated: The Trials of Pamela Smart(2014), Shepherds and Butchers(2016), Tales of the Grim Sleeper(2014), The Art of Political Murder(2019), West of Memphis(2012), Aileen: Life and Death of a Serial Killer(2003), No Stone Unturned(2017), Paradise Lost: The Child Murders at Robin Hood Hills(1996), The Farm: Angola, USA(1998), Roman Polanski: Wanted and Desired(2008), Standard Operating Procedure(2008) ...
8.0/10
Documentary
USA
1988
106 Minutes
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A film that successfully argued that a man was wrongly convicted for murder by a corrupt justice system in Dallas County, Texas.
7.1/10
Documentary
2019
93 Minutes
Anita Alvarez Dean Angelo Alma Benitez Pat Camden Charlene Carruthers Kina Collins
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A documentary examining the 2014 shooting of 17-year-old Laquan McDonald by Chicago police officer Jason Van Dyke and the cover-up that ensued.
6.5/10
Documentary
USA
2014
98 Minutes
Nicole Kidman Joaquin Phoenix Helen Hunt Matt Dillon Joyce Maynard Stanley M. Brooks Joyce Chopra
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A small-town murder in New England became one of the highest-profile cases of the twentieth century. As the first fully televised court case, the Pamela Smart trial rattled the ... See full summary »
6.8/10
Drama
South Africa|USA|Germany
2016
106 Minutes
Andrea Riseborough Steve Coogan Deon Lotz Robert Hobbs Garion Dowds Marcel van Heerden Nicola Hanekom Eduan van Jaarsveldt Carel Nel
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A lawyer takes on a case of a prison guard in South Africa who is traumatized by the executions he's witnessed.
7.0/10
Documentary
UK|USA
2014
105 Minutes
Lonnie David Franklin Jr. Seymour Amster Laverne Peters Margaret Prescod
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Nick Broomfield digs into the case of the notorious serial killer known as the Grim Sleeper, who terrorized South Central Los Angeles over a span of twenty-five years.
Documentary
2019
90 Minutes
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An investigation into the truth behind the murder of Guatemalan Bishop Juan Gerardi, who was killed in 1998 just days after trying to hold the country's military accountable for the atrocities committed during its civil war.
7.9/10
Documentary, Crime, Drama
New Zealand|USA
2012
150 Minutes
Michael Baden Jason Baldwin John Mark Byers Lorri Davis Johnny Depp
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An examination of a failure of justice in the case against the West Memphis Three.
7.1/10
Documentary
UK|USA
2003
89 Minutes
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Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.
7.2/10
Documentary
UK|USA
2017
111 Minutes
Emma Rogan
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An in-depth look at the unsolved 1994 Loughinisland massacre, where six Irishmen were murdered, presumably by a Unionist paramilitary group, while watching the World Cup at the local pub in Loughinisland, Northern Ireland.
8.3/10
Documentary
USA
1996
150 Minutes
Joe Berlinger Bruce Sinofsky Jessie Misskelly Sr. Jason Baldwin Damien Wayne Echols Christopher Byers Michael Moore Steven Branch Pam Echols Domini Teer
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A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
1998
93 Minutes
Jonathan Stack
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Documentary depicting day to day life in Angola Prison mostly from an inmate's perspective. Interviews are with several inmates including one with a life sentence who is about to die.
7.2/10
Crime, Drama, Documentary
USA|UK
2008
100 Minutes
Andrew Braunsberg Samantha Geimer Mia Farrow Gene Gutowski Hawk Koch Hanna Landy
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Examines the public scandal and private tragedy which led to legendary filmmaker Roman Polanski's sudden flight from the United States.
7.4/10
Documentary, War, Crime, Drama
USA
2008
116 Minutes
Megan Ambuhl Graner Javal Davis Ken Davis Anthony Diaz Tim Dugan Lynndie England
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Errol Morris examines the incidents of abuse and torture of suspected terrorists at the hands of U.S. forces at the Abu Ghraib prison.
7.1/10
Documentary
USA
1998
89 Minutes
Greta Olafsdóttir Kate Bornstein JoAnne Brandon Teena Brandon John Lotter Tom Nissen Lana Tisdel
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Documentary about a multiple murder in rural Nebraska in 1993.
6.9/10
Documentary
USA
2011
72 Minutes
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LOVE CRIMES OF KABUL is an intimate portrait of three young Afghani women accused of committing "moral crimes" such as premarital sex and running away from home. As we follow them from ... See full summary »
7.6/10
Documentary
USA
2020
91 Minutes
Russell Michaels
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Finnish hacker and election expert Harri Hursti investigates election-related hacks, uncovering just how unprotected voting systems really are.
Documentary
1992
87 Minutes
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Nick Broomfield explores the media circus surrounding the case of America's first textbook female serial killer.
6.7/10
Mystery & Thriller, Crime, Drama
Japan
2017
125 Minutes
Masaharu Fukuyama Koji Yakusho Shinnosuke Mitsushima Mikako Ichikawa Izumi Matsuoka Isao Hashizume Suzu Hirose Hajime Inoue Aju Makita Yuki Saito Kôtarô Yoshida
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A courtroom drama centered around the murder of a factory president.
Documentary
2016
117 Minutes
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The mythos of a faceless, digital-age bogeyman known as Slenderman was created on the Internet, but his influence was felt in the real world when two 12-year-old girls lured their friend into the woods for a brutal murder.
7.2/10
Documentary
USA
2000
90 Minutes
Daniel Anker
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The history of the "Scottsboro Boys," a group of African American men who were victims of a racist miscarriage of justice that became a national controversy.
7.4/10
Documentary
USA
1989
91 Minutes
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After General Motors closes its factory in Flint, Michigan, eliminating 35,000 jobs, filmmaker Michael Moore undertakes a quixotic quest to interview General Motors' chairman, Roger B. Smith .
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