We have selected the 6 best true crimes, to cringe in front of Netflix

The temperatures rise outside… What if we take advantage of it to stay cool, even adding an extra thrill to various stories and facts, one more mysterious and chilling than the other? Here’s our pick of the best true crimes on Netflix.

Longer days, desire for emotions… Summer is perhaps the best season to immerse yourself in the captivating atmosphere of true crimethat immerse us in the inner workings of fascinating investigations based on true stories.

A blood freezing robot portrait and marks you for a long time, a tiny detail at the origin of a twist no one saw cominga victim with whom we identify… These documentaries have everything to fascinate us and sometimes mark us for a long time.

In this regard, Netflix should not be ashamed of its catalog, from which we have drawn the best nuggets.

The Fourniret affair: in Monique Olivier’s head

If oceans of ink have been spilled on Michel Fourniret, France’s most notorious rapist and serial killer, his wife remains a mystery.

The personality of the one who shared the monster’s life for 18 years is dissected in this miniseries that asks the question: was she a manipulated victim or a manipulator?

Girl in the photo: crime in the abyss

The step? “In this documentary, a woman found dead by the side of the road leaves behind a son, a man who claims to be her husband, and a nightmarish mystery”.

When this 1h41 film was released in 2022, it left many viewers speechless: some called it a “The Most Twisted Crime Documentary” when others considered it the best “shocking and awful” from the platform…

We wish courage to all who dare to take the leap.

The women and the killer

Directed by Mona Achache and Patricia Tourancheau, The Women and the Assassin is unlike any other true crime.

Unlike other sensationalist documentaries, The women and the killer recounts the Guy Georges affair, pausing on Women’s perspectives and voices involved in the latter. Forget the glamorous portrait of a serial killer: make way for the mothers of victims, to the investigators, to the lawyers who punctuated this story.

” The angle is to give the point of view of women (…) Revisiting this story through the eyes of the four women (…) is giving another point of view. » explains Patricia Tourancheau, co-director of the film. A work that will remain in your memory for a long time.

commit murder

With its hundreds of positive ratings on Allociné, commit murder it’s a unmistakable of the genre and also won four Emmys, including Outstanding Documentary Series. And for good reason: beyond reporting, this docu-thriller filmed over a span of 13 years dissects American justice afflicted by power relations and corruption.

We find ourselves immersed in the tragic fate of Steven Avery, a missing American 18 years of his life jailed for sexual assault before being cleared… later accused of murdering a young woman, two years after his release.

The Watts affair, chronicle of a family massacre

CCTV footage, text messages, phone recordings, raw footage : here are some ingredients that make this 1h22 film so captivating, engaging and that have made it one of the true crime most popular on Netflix.

He is interested in the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children. Thanks to the numerous archives presented in the film, you can try to carry out the investigation yourself by going back to the footage of the events… even if the extent of the violence of this news remains unimaginable.

A lease in hell

THE true crime they are never as chilling as when evil comes inside – in this case, from his home.

Four episodes, four curiosities sinister housemates. A Grandmother less pie than it appears, a killer who claims to be” lover of his victim, a crook, manipulator and swindler and finally a violent serial squatter… The terrifying protagonists of this cruel mini-series will make you think twice before looking for a roommate for the start of the school year!

And you, what true crime fascinated, scarred or scared more? Tell us in the comments!