The Best True Crime Shows of the Last Few Years

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Updated December 11, 2024 302 items
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Vote up the best true crime documentaries that premiered their first season on or after January 1, 2019.

As popular as crime dramas are, documentaries and reality series about true crime often surpass the scripted versions in popularity and volume, and, we’re ranking the best true crime documentaries since 2019. Our list of the highest-rated true crime shows of the past few years is ranked by viewers from everywhere, so make sure you vote up the best new true crime series on television. What is the best new true crime TV show?

Including new Investigation Discovery true crime shows, Discovery+, Netflix crime documentaries, and more; the best recent true crime TV shows include Dead Reckoning, Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer, and Onision: In Real Life. In the past couple of years, weekly true crime investigative series have had powerful competition from deep-diving true crime documentary limited series like HBO's I'll Be Gone in the Dark. Another growing trend are true crime documentaries made to supplement new crime dramas, like Dr. Death: The Undoctored Story on Peacock. Meanwhile, Netflix's Don't F**k with Cats: Hunting an Internet Killer is a great example of a compelling true crime miniseries that stands fully on its own.

Vote up the best new true crime shows that have premiered recently and see where your favorite recent true crime docuseries have ranked.

Latest additions: This Is Not Hollywood, The Kings of Tupelo: A Southern Crime Saga, Richard Ramirez: The Night Stalker Tapes
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