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1. Offering to the Storm (2020)

TV-MA | 139 min | Crime, Thriller

Inspector Amaia Salazar confronts the origins of her nightmares as she unfolds the darkest secrets of the Baztan valley.

Director: Fernando González Molina | Stars: Marta Etura, Leonardo Sbaraglia, 'Nene' Carlos Librado, Francesc Orella

Votes: 7,614

2. Brute Force (1947)

Passed | 98 min | Crime, Drama, Film-Noir

At a tough penitentiary, prisoner Joe Collins plans to rebel against Captain Munsey, the power-mad chief guard.

Director: Jules Dassin | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Hume Cronyn, Charles Bickford, Yvonne De Carlo

Votes: 11,601

3. On My Skin: The Last Seven Days of Stefano Cucchi (2018)

TV-MA | 100 min | Biography, Drama

The incredible true story behind the most controversial Italian court cases in recent years. Stefano Cucchi was arrested for a minor crime but in just one week's time, a family is changed forever.

Director: Alessio Cremonini | Stars: Alessandro Borghi, Massimiliano Tortora, Milvia Marigliano, Jasmine Trinca

Votes: 10,221

4. Mad Love (2001)

R | 115 min | Biography, Drama, History

The love story that transformed Juana, Queen of Spain, into Juana "the Mad". A story of passions, lies and jealousy with a political motive behind.

Director: Vicente Aranda | Stars: Pilar López de Ayala, Daniele Liotti, Rosana Pastor, Giuliano Gemma

Votes: 4,063 | Gross: $0.28M

5. The Count of Monte Cristo (1954)

90 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Musical

A bank janitor is promoted to teller to be charged with the embezzlement committed by the manager's son and sent to prison, but in jail he receives help from an old prisoner. Inspired by ... See full summary »

Director: Gilberto Martínez Solares | Stars: Germán Valdés, Ana Bertha Lepe, Andrés Soler, Miguel Arenas

Votes: 77

6. 148 Stefano: Mostri dell'inerzia (2011)

65 min | Documentary

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Director: Maurizio Cartolano | Star: Claudio Santamaria

Votes: 13

7. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Hunted to Death (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

Tortured and murdered bodies of women have been showing up in remote areas of Alaska. All have been killed with the same kind of gun used by big game hunters.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Frank Rothschild, Leland Hale, Maxine Farrell, Rollie Port

Votes: 12

8. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: Keys to a Killer (2020)

TV-14 | 43 min | Documentary, Crime

In the 1990s, Louisiana is terrorized by multiple serial killers. The small-town PD of Zachary discover the key to solving their cases when a pattern emerges with personal items missing from each local victim.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Tracy Warner Bryan, David McDavid, Ray Day, Susan Mustafa

Votes: 10

9. The F.B.I. Files (1998–2009)
Episode: John Gotti: Convicted (1999)

TV-PG | 52 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

This program follows the team of FBI agents charged with investigating the Gambino family. Their focus turns to John Gotti after the murder of his boss, the head of the family, Paul ... See full summary »

Director: David Haycox | Stars: James Kallstrom, Anthony D. Call, Bruce Mouw, Lewis Schiliro

Votes: 40

10. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Night Stalker, Part 2: I Will Be Avenged (2020)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

A tip from a teenage boy leads to the identity of the Night Stalker and twenty-four hours later a mob of angry citizens track him down and capture him.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Glynn Martin, Cliff Linedecker, Casey Jordan

Votes: 29

11. Forensic Files (1996–2011)
Episode: Smoking Out a Killer (2008)

TV-14 | 21 min | Documentary, Crime

Susan Schumake, an SIU (Carbondale) student, was strangled to death in a wooded area on the SIU campus. Over 20 years later, implementing new forensic techniques by revisiting DNA evidence ... See full summary »

Stars: Peter Thomas, Jennifer Andrew, Paul Echols, Andrea Hahn

Votes: 75

12. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Englewood Killer (2021)

Documentary, Crime

Chicago police are investigating the murders of several women, whose bodies are discovered in abandoned buildings barefoot. Evidence indicates there is one offender, now police need to locate him.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Michael Steinbach, Frank Luera, Andrew Burns, Pat Lalama

Votes: 13

13. Narco Wars (2020–2022)
Episode: The Mob: Drugs, Bugs and the Dapper Don (2021)

Documentary, Crime, History

A ruthless capo, John Gotti, breaks the Mafia's most sacred rules to become boss and protect his drug empire.

Directors: Max Stern, Wilfred Spears | Stars: Anthony Ruggiano Jr., George Gabriel, George Anastasia, John Alite

Votes: 11

14. Mind of a Monster (2019–2021)
Episode: The Grim Sleeper (2021)

TV-14 | 85 min | Documentary, Crime

In 2001, Los Angeles Police Department's cold case unit reopened the files on a series of unsolved murders from the 1980s. As police search for DNA evidence to unlock these homicides which ... See full summary »

Stars: Lonnie David Franklin Jr., Cliff Shepard, Jermaine Jackson, Ray Davis

Votes: 39

15. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Butcher Baker: The Girls Who Got Away Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

For years, The Butcher Baker serial killer was hiding in plain sight.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, John Daily, Leland Hale, Amy Beeman

Votes: 18

16. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Amityville Horror: Evil in the House Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

Para psychologists and psychics descend on the house to investigate who murdered the DeFeo family and why.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Mitch Turner, Laura DiDio, Ziv Cohen

Votes: 20

17. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Dating Game Killer: The Bite Mark Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

With a string of murders already behind him, Rodney Alcala appears on the TV show, "The Dating Game" where he wins the prize: a date.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Casey Jordan, Gina Satriano, Stephanie Elam

Votes: 17

18. Very Scary People (2019– )
Episode: The Iceman: Trapping a Serial Killer Pt. 2 (2021)

TV-14 | 42 min | Documentary, Crime, History

For many years, the Iceman--Richard Kuklinski--had literally gotten away with murder, but now investigators were on to him.

Director: Brett Kelly | Stars: Donnie Wahlberg, Dominick Polifrone, Jay Dobyns, Bill Sanderson

Votes: 20

19. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Interstate Killer (2021)

Documentary, Crime

A killer crisscrosses the Midwest leaving a string of victims along the interstate. When investigators are hot on the highway killer's trail, the murderer suddenly changes his mark.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Dan Colin, Gera-Lind Kolarik, Tim Nugent, Perry Hollowell

Votes: 14

20. The Mark of a Killer (2019– )
Episode: The Grim Sleeper (2021)

Documentary, Crime

A cold blooded killer conceals his victim bodies with trash, discarding them like garbage in the back alleys across Los Angeles.

Directors: Chad Cunningham, Wendy Greene | Stars: Cliff Shepard, Dennis Kilcoyne, Paul Mize, Ana Garcia

Votes: 12

21. Adolf Hitler's War (2020)
Episode: Scorched Earth (2020)

Documentary, History, War

In Kursk, a battlefield the size of Wales, the tide turns and the Soviets push back, but as Germany retreats, they destroy all evidence of their genocidal activities.

Directors: Michael Cove, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Sergei Kudryashov, Alexander Vershinin, Ivan Patrylyak, Ihar Melnikau

22. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Richard Ramirez: The Nightstalker (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

One of the most well-known serial killers, Richard Ramirez terrorized Southern California in the mid-1980s, where anyone could be a target of the sadistic murderer.

Director: David Bispham | Stars: Gisele Lavigne, Glynn Martin, Alan Yochelson, Gary Brucato

Votes: 10

23. First Blood (2022– )
Episode: Anthony Sowell: The Cleveland Strangler (2022)

TV-14 | Documentary, Crime, History

Anthony Sowell found the control he was so desperate for when he overpowered his first vulnerable victim -- a woman only hoping to connect with a friendly face.

Director: David Bispham | Stars: Jimmy L. Gates, Khadija Monk, Florence Bray, Melvin Smith

Votes: 9

24. The 100 Days: That Defined Modern History (2022–2023)
Episode: The Assassinations of Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy - 1968 (2023)

Documentary, History

In 1968, both Martin Luther King Jr. and Robert Kennedy were assassinated.

Directors: Edmund Duff, Mike Kenneally | Stars: Peter B. Levy, Clay Risen, Clayborne Carson, Meena Bose

Votes: 6

25. Get Gotti (2023)
Episode: Episode #1.3 (2023)

Documentary, Crime

Even when threatened with a potential life sentence, the "Dapper Don" keeps his cool - unaware of the bugs in his office recording his every word.

Director: Sebastian Smith | Stars: Anthony Ruggiano Jr., Frank O'Hara, George Gabriel, Laura A. Ward

Votes: 109

26. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )
Episode: Richard Kuklinski (2023)

Documentary, Crime

For Richard Kuklinski, crime was his way of life. As a mafia hit men, his unusual methods led to a disturbing nickname: The Iceman.

Stars: Richard Kuklinski, Robert J. Carroll, Dominick Polifrone, Jennifer Sutton

27. Beyond the Myth: The SS Unveiled (2022– )
Episode: Unrepentant: The SS and its Myth After 1945 (2022)

Documentary, History, War

Drawing a line to the present, the atrocities of the SS are beyond all doubt, yet, there is a cult surrounding 'old comrades' today.

Director: Carsten Binsack | Stars: James Milano, Peter Hammerschmidt, Benjamin Ferencz, Bastian Hein

28. Lex Fridman Podcast (2018– )
Tucker Carlson: Putin, Navalny, Trump, CIA, NSA, War, Politics & Freedom (2024 Podcast Episode)

Talk-Show

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Stars: Lex Fridman, Tucker Carlson

29. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Vito Genovese (2012)

TV-PG | 49 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

Raised in the slums with terrifying gangs. He grew to inherit a Mafia entity; only to be faced with murder, the electric chair and fierce rivalry.

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Selwyn Raab, Joseph Coffey, Thomas Reppetto, Douglas Valentine

Votes: 14

30. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: Joseph Valachi (2012)

TV-PG | 48 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

How Joseph Valachi knew there was a 'hit order' out on him, and lived in so much fear that he revealed Both the existence of, and the whole structure of the Mafia for the first time. ... See full summary »

Director: Gerry Pomeroy | Stars: Colin Tierney, Charles Bronson, James Cagney, Joseph Coffey

Votes: 9

31. Mafia's Greatest Hits (2012– )
Episode: John Gotti (2012)

TV-PG | 45 min | Documentary, Biography, Crime

The story of ambitious American mobster John Gotti, who became the boss of the Gambino family by ordering the death of the group's former head. He earned the nickname `Teflon Don' after three acquittals.

Director: Ned Parker | Stars: Ronald Goldstock, James Kallstrom, Selwyn Raab, Bruce Mouw

Votes: 8

32. World's Most Evil Killers (2017– )
Episode: Richard Ramirez (2018)

Documentary, Crime

Exhibiting cruelty, callousness, and viciousness beyond any human understanding, Richard Ramirez terrorized Los Angeles with his spate of home invasions.

Stars: Richard Ramirez, Frank Falzon, Elizabeth Yardley, Geoffrey Wansell

Votes: 23