True crimes movies & documentaries

The true-life story of 19-year-old Jürgen Bartsch, a German pedophile serial killer who murdered four boys, based on his correspondence, over the course of eight years, with German American author Paul Moor.

This is a documentary feature about Jürgen Bartsch, who killed four young boys in the early 60s, being between 15 and 19 years of age. The German press and public labeled him "beast" at that time because he tortured the boys, and chopped their bodies up after killing them. The film consists of interview footage from people who knew Bartsch, and you hear Bartsch himself talking about himself and his crimes; taken from tapes recorded by analysts while he was imprisoned. The film shows that Bartsch was not only a killer, but also a victim.

This film is based on a true story about a British teenager who allegedly poisoned family, friends, and co-workers. Graham is highly intelligent, but completely amoral. He becomes interested in science, especially chemistry, and begins to read avidly. Something of a social misfit, he is fascinated by morbid subjects such as poisons and murder. His family environment is intolerable to him and, in particular, his stepmother torments him. He decides to poison those who annoy him, first with antimony and later with thallium. He smugly thinks himself cleverer than all those around him, but nevertheless he is caught and sentenced to 'rehabilitation' at a psychiatric institution. Once there, he undertakes to deceive the new eminent psychiatrist sent there to 'cure' him, thereby securing his release.

Based on the Mario Mendoza's book and inspired by true events, tells three interconnected stories happening in the eve of the infamous Pozzetto Massacre.

May 1, 1929. A decomposing headless body is found inside an abandoned wooden box in Madrid's Atocha train station. The victim is later identified as a Barcelona businessman that vanished six months before.

Two friends from a small village in Cuenca, Spain, accused of murder by their neighbors, confess to the crime after being tortured,

Film focused on the murder of a marriage of Argentina's high bourgeoisie, crime of which the two sons of the couple were accused. It is based on the so-called Schoklender Case, which occurred in May 1981.

With dreams of a better life, a humble but illiterate labourer and his wife leave their poor village in Santiago to move to Buenos Aires. However, a sinister boss' promise of a bright future will come at a high price.

Police try to hunt down a serial killer in 1912 Buenos Aires.

The real story about an illiterate murderer, educated in prison, where he reflects on his actions days before he died.

He had been born for the pages of events "The madman of the crossbow"; For public opinion, the inexplicable horror; For experts, a case of psychotic outbreak worthy of a manual. For justice, 20 years of condemnation. In prison he meets his best friend and his future wife. The terrible memories of what happened that night haunt him. The news in the newspaper. On February 6, 1994 Marcial Rabadán and his son Andrés discuss after the meal. Andres goes to his room, takes the crossbow, a gift for Reyes, he loads it and shoots his father. The first arrow, in the head and two more "so that he did not suffer". After embracing the corpse he goes to the police station and turns himself in. Andres is still in prison, has made exhibitions of his drawings and written two books; Has married, forgotten "the voices" and no longer dreams about the corpse of his father.

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

The lives of a bored suburban couple are changed forever when a seemingly nice old man gives their daughter a job at his fish store, and soon his gruesome hobbies are brought to light.

John George Haigh, the notorious "acid bath murderer" in 1940s England, becomes the subject of this dramatization.

1950s Madrid: After military service, Paco looks for work to save up and marry his fiancée. She rejects his sexual advances. So when he rents a room with a cute widow making advances, he caves in.

The true story of suburban housewife Gertrude Baniszewski, who kept a teenage girl locked in the basement of her Indiana home during the 1960s.

Two ex-cons murder a family in a robbery attempt, before going on the run from the authorities. The police try to piece together the details of the murder in an attempt to track down the killers.

'Kurt' claims to be a sales rep. He also claims to be English in spite of his heavy Italian accent. Kurt is an habitual liar and a dangerous driver, at the very least. In the south of France he meets Léa, age 16. Between his increasingly strange dates with Léa, Kurt engages in a number of armed robberies, some successful, some not... The police are perplexed by a series of crimes including disappearances and a murder. They conclude that they are dealing with a madman... After he proposes, Léa breaks up with Kurt. The attempt to find a new girlfriend leads to a shooting by Kurt, now calling himself André. Léa's information identifies Kurt/André as Roberto Succo, psychiatric patient and parental murderer. The police hunt for Roberto covers three countries.

A strangled prostitute is found outside the city of Mar del Plata. A detective, a journalist and a clairvoyant collaborate in a complex investigation that trigger other crimes.

Based on the true story of two chambermaids (the Papin sisters) of 1930s France who murdered their employer and her daughter.

Aurora Rodriguez confesses to murdering her daughter Hildegart to mold her into a feminist philosopher, set during Spain's Second Republic. Her efforts to stop Hildegart's marriage led to the brutal killing.

When a man murders his wife, children and parents, the ensuing investigation reveals that he's been living a lie for almost 20 years.

A retiree spends nine years relentlessly seeking to prove that his son-in-law, a former Green Beret Army doctor, murdered his pregnant wife and two daughters.