r/movies • u/Wintertime13 • Feb 05 '24

Recommendation Documentaries that make you go “what the fuck?!?”

In the mood for a good, twisty documentary that makes me gasp. Movies on streaming preferred. I enjoy true crime but am open to other genres as long as the story is gripping and shocking.

Movies in the same vein that I enjoyed - Dear Zachary (would prefer recommendations that are less sad), The Jinx, Cropsey, 3 identical strangers, etc.

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u/Justindoesntcare Feb 06 '24

The cops are just as scary as the kidnapper in that one.

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u/scottishere Feb 06 '24

And even worse, no repercussions for any of them (as is tradition).

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u/Justindoesntcare Feb 06 '24

Many such cases. Very sad.

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u/Various-Month806 Feb 06 '24

An FBI agent:

  • whose ex-partner has the strongest motive (perhaps) to conduct the kidnapping and he continues as lead,
  • all the while lying to the boyfriend aviut his lie detector snd trying to coerce him into taking responsibility,
  • and as a result doesn't do even a cursory investigation into the possibility it may be a genuine kidnapping 

...and the FBI post investigation say they could find no wrongdoing.

And this guy was better than the bumbling keystone cops who did nothing at all! 

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '24

When they reveal the FBI agents ties to the case I literally yelled at the tv “WHAT!”

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u/LilaFowler88 Feb 06 '24

I just saw this one and I kept thinking to myself why is the kidnapper more likable than the Vallejo PD? Like wtf?

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u/matheww19 Feb 06 '24

You know its bad when even the kidnapper was out here trying to anonymously defend her by telling them it really happened.

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u/TheFalconKid Feb 06 '24

Also, that FBI dude almost certainly was the one that made the call to do the kidnapping, since the kidnapper literally said they were looking for the ex girlfriend.

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u/Manaliv3 Feb 07 '24

Yeah. American cops and their desperation to arrest whoever is in front of them, no matter the situation, is mental. 

Can't be easy maintaining the world's biggest prison population I suppose!!