20 best movies like The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (2019)

List of the best movies like The Disappearance of Madeleine McCann (2019): The Keepers, I Love You, Now Die: The Commonwealth v. Michelle Carter, Athlete A, The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, Dirty John, The Dirty Truth, Killing Fields, Killer Legends, Our Nixon, The Two Escobars, Gringo: The Dangerous Life of John McAfee.

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Markimdb: 8.1
Genredocumentary, crime, detective
CountryUSA

This docuseries examines the decades-old murder of Sister Catherine Cesnik and its suspected link to a priest accused of abuse.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA

Teen Michelle Carter’s actions shocked a nation — but what really happened behind closed doors?

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, crime, sport
CountryUSA

Follow the Indianapolis Star reporters that broke the story about USA Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar's abuse and hear from gymnasts.

Markimdb: 8
Genredocumentary, crime, biography
CountryUSA
Duration01:45

Programming prodigy and information activist Aaron Swartz achieved groundbreaking work in social justice and political organizing. His passion for open access ensnared him in a legal nightmare that ended with the taking of his own life at the age of 26.

Markimdb: 6.1
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA

John Meehan created a terrifying trap of seduction, deceit and betrayal for countless victims. The illuminating revelations into his backstory showcase a series of events that flipped switches to create a monster wired for psychopathy. Goffard exposes John’s troubled background that built the foundation for his ominous fantasy world of lies and manipulation. In addition to hearing the Newell family’s terrifying tale, John’s first wife Tonia Bales and her daughters Emily and Abigail Meehan speak out, along with other women from his past who were caught in his web of lies.

Markimdb: 7.7
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA
Duration01:00

True-crime thriller that follows a team of homicide detectives as they open an 18-year-old cold case that occurred in one of America's notorious body-dumping grounds, the Louisiana swamplands.

Markimdb: 6.3
Genrehorror, documentary, crime, history
CountryUSA

Delving into our collective nightmares, this horror-documentary investigates the origins of our most terrifying urban legends and the true stories that may have inspired them.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredocumentary, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA

Never before seen Super 8 home movies filmed by Richard Nixon's closest aides - and convicted Watergate conspirators - offer a surprising and intimate new look into his Presidency.

Markimdb: 8.5
Genredrama, documentary, crime, detective, biography, history, sport
CountryUSA, Colombia
Duration01:40

Pablo Escobar was the richest, most powerful drug kingpin in the world, ruling the Medellin Cartel with an iron fist. Andres Escobar was the biggest soccer star in Colombia. The two were not related, but their fates were inextricably-and fatally-intertwined. Pablo's drug money had turned Andres' national team into South American champions, favored to win the 1994 World Cup in Los Angeles. It was there, in a game against the U.S., that Andres committed one of the most shocking mistakes in soccer history, scoring an "own goal" that eliminated his team from the competition and ultimately cost him his life. The Two Escobars is a riveting examination of the intersection of sports, crime, and politics.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA

The strange story of John McAfee, who went from millionaire software mogul to yogi, Kurtz-like jungle recluse to potential murderer, and most recently a prospective presidential candidate for the American Libertarian Party.

Markimdb: 7.3
Genredrama, documentary, crime, biography, history
CountryUSA
Duration01:38

Based on the bestselling book by Andrew Ross Sorkin, 'Too Big to Fail' offers an intimate look at the epochal financial crisis of 2008 and the powerful men and women who decided the fate of the world's economy in a matter of a few weeks.

Markimdb: 6.4
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA, Denmark

Examining the violent death of the filmmaker’s brother and the judicial system that allowed his killer to go free, this documentary interrogates murderous fear and racialized perception, and re-imagines the wreckage in catastrophe’s wake, challenging us to change.

Markimdb: 8
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA

A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas who spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released after new DNA evidence indicated they may be innocent.

Markimdb: 7
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA

A documentary on a former Miss Wyoming who is charged with abducting and imprisoning a young Mormon Missionary.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA

An investigation into accusations of teenagers being sexually abused within the film industry.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genredocumentary, crime, history
CountryUSA
Duration02:11

An in-depth look at the prison system in the United States and how it reveals the nation's history of racial inequality.

Markimdb: 6.7
Genredocumentary, crime
CountrySpain, USA

Through different legal cases and the complexity of the State of Florida’s legal processes involving minors, the film shows how delicate legal resolutions can be for children, who are ultimately the ones most affected by these judicial decisions.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrefamily, documentary, crime
CountryUSA

In 2005, 20-year-old Ryan Ferguson was convicted and sentenced to 40 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. dream/killer is the story of how his father Bill embarked on 10-year campaign to prove Ryan’s innocence. The film is chock-full of incredible characters. From the questionable District Attorney Kevin Crane, and the highly-confused witness Chuck Erickson, to the high-powered Chicago attorney Kathleen Zellner, the doc depicts both a highly flawed justice system, as well as one that can work brilliantly.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genredocumentary, crime, biography
CountryUSA

A documentary that captures the sensational trial of infamous gangster James 'Whitey' Bulger, using the legal proceedings as a springboard to explore allegations of corruption within the highest levels of law enforcement. Academy Award-nominated filmmaker Joe Berlinger examines Bulger's relationship with the FBI and Department of Justice that allowed him to reign over a criminal empire in Boston for decades.

Markimdb: 7.2
Genredocumentary, crime
CountryUSA, Mexico
Duration01:43

To a growing number of Mexicans and Latinos in the Americas, narco-traffickers have become iconic outlaws and the new models of fame and success. They represent a pathway out of the ghetto, nurturing a new American dream fueled by the war on drugs. Narco Cultura looks at this explosive phenomenon from within, exposing cycles of addiction to money, drugs, and violence that are rapidly gaining strength on both sides of the U.S.-Mexico border

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredocumentary, crime, biography
CountryUSA

South Bureau Homicide, set in South Los Angeles, explores the unsung bond created by the homicide detectives of LAPD and the local community's anti-violent-crime activists who together investigate and cope with the persistent menace of homicidal violence that plagues a disproportionately small part of LA.




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