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True Crime
Because few things command attention like a crime story...
From prestige TV to blockbuster podcasts, true crime stories have significantly captured the public imagination recent years. And cinema has similarly surfed this sensationalist wave - right from its very beginnings. Films such as Fritz Lang's M (1931) - acknowledged to be based on the 'Vampire of Düsseldorf' crimes of the 1920s - established the cinematic template for the police-procedural picture. While Truman Capote's 1966 novel In Cold Blood, with its innovative melding of journalistic detail and fictional élan, arguably defined the true crime genre as we understand it today - and its equally brilliant film adaptation is also included here. We've also included some less obvious stories that don't necessarily fixate on notorious, grisly killings, such as Sacha Polak's sensitively handled Silver Haze, based on its lead actor's real-life experiences of violent crime.
Silver HazeSilver Haze
Drama2023103 minsDirector: Sacha Polak
Dirty God director Sacha Polak and star Vicky Knight reunite for this daring drama about love, family and forgiveness, loosely inspired by Knight’s life.
MM
Crime1931111 minsDirector: Fritz Lang
Peter Lorre is unforgettable as the compulsive child murderer on the run from both police and criminals alike, in Fritz Lang’s seminal crime film.
PolytechniquePolytechnique
Crime200977 minsDirector: Denis Villeneuve
Denis Villeneuve’s profound dramatisation of the tragic Montreal Massacre.
BaltimoreBaltimore
Historical drama202398 minsDirector: Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor
Imogen Poots grounds Christine Molloy and Joe Lawlor's meditative portrayal of terrorist, disinherited heiress and expectant mother Rose Dugdale.
SnowtownSnowtown
Crime2011120 minsDirector: Justin Kurzel
Justin Kurzel's shocking dramatisation of Australia's most notorious serial killings.
In Cold BloodIn Cold Blood
Crime1967135 minsDirector: Richard Brooks
Powerful adaptation of Truman Capote’s true-crime novel about the massacre of a family in Kansas, and the manhunt for the killers.
The Honeymoon KillersThe Honeymoon Killers
Crime1969107 minsDirector: Leonard Kastle
The disturbing true story of a pair of twisted lovers who posed as siblings to seduce, con and - if necessary - kill.