Essential True Crime Watchlist

A young Jeffrey Dahmer struggles to belong in high school.

Biopic about notorious American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer, taking place in both the past and the present.

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy from the perspective of Liz, his longtime girlfriend, who refused to believe the truth about him for years.

The story of serial killer Ted Bundy.

A police detective consults with incarcerated madman Ted Bundy to help him catch The Green River Killer.

A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy, featuring interviews with him on death row.

During the 1980s, Soviet authorities hunt for a serial killer who picks his victims in railway stations and commuter trains and lures them into the woods.

Between 1968 and 1983, a San Francisco cartoonist becomes an amateur detective obsessed with tracking down the Zodiac Killer, an unidentified individual who terrorizes Northern California with a killing spree.

Arriving in Chicago, Henry moves in with ex-con acquaintance Otis and starts schooling him in the ways of the serial killer.

A series of strangulation murders of Boston women sparks a protracted complex manhunt. Law professor John Bottomley leads a multi-jurisdictional task force in the investigation, with help from surviving victim Diane Cluny.

After 31 years at-large, detectives in Wichita, Kansas home in on the serial killer known as BTK.

What happened to the women at 10 Rillington Place? The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of justice involving Timothy Evans.

A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.

A vivid drama which documents the notorious Moors murderers; Ian Brady and Myra Hindley.

A portrait of Lord Longford, a tireless British campaigner whose controversial beliefs often resulted in furious political debate and personal conflict.

Based on real events, Paul Bernardo and his wife, Karla Homolka, kidnap, sexually abuse, and murder three young girls.

Based on the life of Aileen Wuornos, a Daytona Beach prostitute who became a serial killer.

Spike Lee's take on the "Son of Sam" murders in New York City during the summer of 1977 centering on the residents of an Italian-American Northeast Bronx neighborhood who live in fear and distrust of one another.

In this jailhouse interview, Arthur Shawcross, the Genesee River Killer, shares candid details of his crimes and his surprising family bonds.

Nick Broomfield's second documentary about serial killer Aileen Wuornos, focusing on her mental state on death row.

The true story of lifelong criminal and serial killer, Carl Panzram who wrote his autobiography for a jail guard in 1928.

A true crime film based on the story of New York's most notorious serial killer, who murdered at least seventeen prostitutes in the late eighties and early nineties.

This chilling tale recounts the late 70's in New York City, when a serial killer on the loose dubbed "Son of Sam" creates havoc. When arrested, "Son of Sam" tells police he was influenced by a satanic cult. New York would never be the same.

Obsessive manhunt to identify and capture a despicable serial killer.

A series of interviews are conducted with convicted serial killer Ted Bundy in hopes of gaining insight into the Green River Killer who is terrorizing Seattle.