Kidnapping, cults, and white-collar crimes. Content about the criminal underworld is vast, but EW assembled the 29 best documentaries to satisfy your appetite for true crime tales.

Though narrative film can transport us to imagined worlds, documentary cinema often turns the camera back on our own. From incisive personal profiles to true crime investigations and examinations of ...

Alabama is headed into an unusual week where Hollywood buzz, unlikely political alliances, and a searing prison documentary are converging to force new scrutiny of the state’s correctional system. On ...

Andrew Jarecki and Charlotte Kaufman are the directors and producers of the documentary feature “The Alabama Solution,” streaming now on HBO Max. “How can a journalist go into a war zone, but can’t go ...

WARNING: This article discusses potentially disturbing subject matter, including murder, suicide, sexual assault, homophobia, and more. Reader discretion is advised. Practically every streaming ...