At the heart of every watch list on Netflix is a true crime drama or documentary ready to be eaten. We keep track of all the true crime documentaries coming to Netflix in 2023 and beyond.
One of the most popular genres on the platform, be it a drama or a documentary, true crime is a magnet for binge viewers. It helps that Netflix has excelled in producing true crime content for many millions of subscribers with excellent shows like mind hunter and Dahmarand docuseries like tiger king and Conversations with a Murderer: The Ted Bundy Tapes.
There are only a handful of documentaries on this list, but we hope to see more announced soon in the near future.
Below are all the confirmed true crime documentaries coming to Netflix in 2023 and beyond:
Missing Dead or Alive (Season 1)
Director: to be confirmed
Episodes: TBA | Execution time: to be confirmed
Netflix Release Date: May 10, 2023
There are thousands of missing people reported in the US each year, with many going missing under the most bizarre or troubling of circumstances. In the upcoming Netflix crime documentary, the South Carolina sheriff’s department is followed by a film crew as they search for missing people across the state.
Victim/Suspect
Director: nancy schwartzmann
Episodes: TBA | Execution time: to be confirmed
Netflix Release Date: May 23, 2023
This docuseries centers on a journalist who, after investigating a series of women who have been accused of falsely reporting rape, discovers a horrific pattern of behavior by authorities that have been turning the tables on the victims.
all american nightmare (Season 1)
Director: felicity morris
Episodes: 3 | Execution time: to be confirmed
Netflix Release Date: end of 2023
Subscribers will remember Felicity Morris for her work on the Netflix documentary The Tinder Scammer, which was released in February 2022 and quickly went viral. Thanks to the success of the Emmy-nominated documentary, Netflix has given the green light to a new project so that Morris can sink his teeth into it.
Details about what the new docuseries will entail are scant, but the title largely suggests an exploration of a controversial issue surrounding any of the All-American athletes ranging from football, basketball and baseball, to rugby. , golf and fencing too.
Till Murder Do Us Part: Soering vs. Haysom
Director: to be confirmed
Episodes: TBA | Execution time: to be confirmed
Netflix Release Date: 2023
In 1985, Jens Söring fled the United States after murdering his girlfriend’s parents. Arrested in London, UK, a year later, his conviction would be a landmark case in the European Court of Human Rights, making it illegal to extradite to the United States if the criminal in question faces the death penalty. Four years later, after a successful extradition, Soering’s trial was held where he pleaded not guilty.
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Tokyo Crime Squad: The Lucie Blackman Case
Director: hyio yamamoto
Execution time: 100 minutes
Netflix Release Date: 2023
A tragic case involving the failures of the police and the judicial system, Lucie Blackman was a British citizen who had been working as a hostess at a bar in Tokyo, Japan, before mysteriously disappearing in July 2000.
It was thanks to the efforts of her family, who, after leading an intense, high-profile media campaign, led them to Joji Obara, the man who had kidnapped, sexually assaulted, and murdered her daughter.
Yet despite the fact that Obara’s arrest led police to an overwhelming amount of evidence of his shocking crimes, Japan’s judicial system nearly failed Blackman and the many hundreds of victims of Obara’s crimes.
Untitled 2016 Bitfinex Hack Docuseries
Director: chris smith
Episodes: TBA | Execution time: to be confirmed
Netflix Release Date: to be confirmed
Chris Smith, the man behind Netflix’s viral docuseries FYRE: The Biggest Party That Never Happened and tiger king be produce and direct a documentary series surrounding one of the largest financial crime cases in history when the couple Ilya «Dutch» Lichtenstein and Heather Morgan stole 120,000 Bitcoin in 2016.
After hacking into a virtual currency exchange and stealing 120,000 Bitcoins that would later be worth nearly $5 billion, the couple attempted to liquidate their stolen assets. Meanwhile, the authorities were racing against time to prosecute those responsible for the hack and bring them to justice.
Untitled Bernie Madoff docuseries
Director: joe berlinger
Execution time: to be confirmed
Netflix Release Date: to be confirmed
Joe Berlinger, the director behind the Netflix documentary Conversations with a Murderer: The Ted Bundy Tapesis working on a new crime documentary series for Netflix.
Focusing on the crimes of Bernie Madoff, once one of the most respected and powerful men on Wall Street, and how he was revealed to be its biggest con man as well. For decades, Madoff was behind the scenes pulling the strings of a multi-million dollar Ponzi scheme that affected many lives.
Access has been secured to speak with whistleblowers, investigators and victims, who will give their own thoughts and views on the crimes committed. Jim Campbell, the author of «Madoff Talks: Uncovering the Untold Story Behind the Most Notorious Ponzi Scheme in History,» who spent ten years talking to Madoff while he was in prison, is also on the series and has been interviewed.
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