True crime shows based on real events provide insights into notorious cases, with some of the best including series like Narcos and When They See Us.

Flip through the slideshow below for 20 of the most essential television series and movies, all based on true crimes. From Brian De Palma's take on "The Black Dahlia" to Renee Zellweger in "The ...

‘The Golden Glove’ presents a gruesome adaptation based on the life of German serial killer Fritz Honka. Directed by acclaimed filmmaker Fatih Akin, the film depicts Honka's terrifying activities in ...

Starting off with a Netflix film, The Tinder Swindler covers the horrors a group of women endured after using the world’s ...

An edge of your seat crime drama?—these ripped-from ... Here, some of the greatest films of all time based on true stories. This Best Picture-winning film also brought Colin Firth the Best ...

Netflix has a full entertainment slate in 2025 with returning and new TV, movie and true crime projects — a comprehensive ...

It's the bizarre true story of Jan Lewan, a Pennsylvania-based grifter who operates as a Mid-Atlantic version of Bernie Madoff. Few other films blend heartless financial crimes and, well ...

Changeling' is based on Walter Collins' case. Changeling recounts the true story of the 1928 Wineville Chicken Coop murders in California. Starring Angelina Jolie, the 2008 mystery crime drama ...

Arguably one of Netflix’s best-ever original series, and certainly one of the best in the true crime space, David Fincher‘s Mindhunter is a psychological crime thriller based on the real-life ...

One of Netflix’s more interesting recent original series, The Breakthrough, is a four-part miniseries based on journalist ... subject of another true crime favorite, I’ll Be Gone In the ...