Do you feel like watching something investigative? This overview contains all Netflix movies and series in the investigative genre and is updated with new releases daily. Currently, the best rated title in this category, with a rating of 4.1, is The Innocence Files.
February 3, 2022 | Documentaries | 2022 | 114 minutes
Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, he wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims plan for payback.
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January 19, 2022 | Show | 2022
In this harrowing docuseries, a cruel conman masquerading as a British spy manipulates and steals from his victims, leaving ruined families in his wake.
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December 30, 2021 | Show | 2021
In 1970s NYC, the “Torso Killer” preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police. A docuseries dive into crime’s darkest places.
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December 28, 2021 | Show | 2021
Architects, interior designers and other creatives share their process and offer insight into the paths they took to achieve career success.
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December 16, 2021 | Documentaries | 2021 | 105 minutes
In this documentary, law enforcement faces scrutiny as Americans demand justice after police violence claims multiple Black lives in Cleveland.
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December 13, 2021 | Show | 2021
This “Tiger King” docuseries details disturbing allegations of sexual abuse, violence and misconduct by big cat zoo owner Bhagavan “Doc” Antle.
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December 9, 2021 | Documentaries | 2020 | 90 minutes
A woman walks into a New York gallery with a cache of unknown masterworks. Thus begins a story of art world greed, willfulness and a high-stakes con.
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December 9, 2021 | Movie | 2020 | 97 minutes
In this documentary, leading women scientists discuss the inequalities they've faced as they set out to create a new formula to make STEM open to all.
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December 9, 2021 | Movie | 2019 | 95 minutes
Filmed over six years, this documentary captures the struggles of victims who suffered abuse under Gen. Francisco Franco's regime as they seek justice.
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December 9, 2021 | Movie | 2021 | 76 minutes
Mixing dramatization and documentary, this film depicts the Indigenous Yanomami tribe's way of life — and their struggle to preserve it.
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December 9, 2021 | Documentaries | 2014 | 70 minutes
As corrupt governments fail to stop the slaughter of elephants for ivory, an 80-year-old woman and a crew of rangers bravely try to end the poaching.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2021
In the automotive world, John DeLorean rose from engineer to executive to icon. But under the hood of his self-created legend lies darkness and deceit.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2020 | 109 minutes
This documentary examines a mother's tireless crusade to jail her daughter's murderer after Mexico's justice system failed to do so.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2020
Soda Stereo, Café Tacvba, Aterciopelados and others figure in this 50-year history of Latin American rock through dictatorships, disasters and dissent.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2020
Amidst a heroin crisis, Vincenzo Muccioli cared for the addicted, earning him fierce public devotion — even as charges of violence began to mount.
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November 29, 2021 | Documentaries | 2020 | 94 minutes
Inscrutable, incomparable or both? Famed French footballer Nicolas Anelka’s controversial legacy is explored in this in-depth documentary.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2020
A woman is found dead in her bathtub, with a puddle of blood nearby. Her husband theorizes she had an accident. But an autopsy tells a different story.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2020
This docuseries investigates the 1991 killing of politician Detlev Rohwedder, an unsolved mystery at the heart of Germany's tumultuous reunification.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2020
A stone's throw from Africa, the Spanish beach town of La Línea is a drug smuggling hot spot. But the police and mayor are determined to change that.
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November 29, 2021 | Show | 2021
This docuseries follows the high-profile case of Belgian politician Bernard Wesphael, who was accused of murdering his wife in 2013.
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