Movies like Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot (2024)
The best movies like Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot (2024) are Lover, Stalker, Killer (2024), Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2023) and The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023). If Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot hooked you with its documentary and crime, these 30 similar films are what to watch next, and every pick says why it matches.
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- Highest ratedAmerican Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)7.3/10 from 786 votes
- NewestEvil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (2025)Released 2025
Lover, Stalker, Killer (2024)
In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisIce Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2023)
This documentary delves into the unanswered questions surrounding the trial of Jessica Wongso — years after the death of her best friend, Mirna Salihin.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023)
After Kai saves a woman's life, he turns into an overnight hero and viral sensation — until disturbing truths about his erratic behavior come to light. This shocking documentary chronicles a happy-go-lucky nomad's ascent to viral stardom and the resulting steep downward spiral.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMy Daughter's Killer (2022)
A father fights for decades to bring his daughter's killer to justice in France and Germany before taking extreme measures.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMurder to Mercy: The Cyntoia Brown Story (2020)
After 16-year-old Cyntoia Brown is sentenced to life in prison, questions about her past, physiology and the law itself call her guilt into question.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisA Friend of the Family: True Evil (2022)
Jan Broberg and her family tell the unbelievable story of how she survived two kidnappings and years of childhood sexual abuse by a family friend.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Sins of the Parents: The Crumbley Trials (2024)
A documentary of the prosecution of Jennifer and James Crumbley for their role in the 2021 Oxford High School shooting perpetrated by their son, Ethan Crumbley.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
A Life Too Short: The Isabella Nardoni Case (2023)
When a 5-year-old girl falls from her father's apartment, her mother embarks on a quest for justice — and is put under the national spotlight.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisBlood & Myth (2025)
When a series of shocking, violent crimes shatters a remote native village in Northern Alaska, one man embarks on a journey to investigate a frightening paranormal connection.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Dead Asleep (2021)
Did a remorseful Randy Herman Jr. really commit a brutal murder in his sleep, or was it a convenient cover story? Exclusive access to Herman and his family, the defense and prosecution attorneys, journalists who covered the case, forensic psychiatrists and world experts in violent parasomnia (sleep-walking) give an inside look at the shocking twists and turns of the controversial crime.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
BTK: A Killer Among Us (2019)
For 31 years Dennis Rader aka BTK killer was able to live a double life. This documentary chronicle's comprehensive interviews with law enforcement, victim's family members, reporters and his daughter Kerri Rawson.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
The Murder of Gabby Petito: Truth, Lies and Social Media (2021)
Examines Gabby's life through the curated lens she created and immerses the viewer in the world of social media sleuthing that was crucial to the case.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (2025)
Unravel the case of Utah therapist Jodi Hildebrandt, whose child abuse arrest with parenting YouTuber Ruby Franke exposed a twisted tale of manipulation.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisKilling Michael Jackson (2019)
Interviews with the detectives involved in investigating the global star, Michael Jackson’s, death. They reveal fascinating insights into the events surrounding the day he died.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Amanda Knox (2016)
This gripping, atmospheric documentary recounts the infamous trial, conviction and eventual acquittal of Seattle native Amanda Knox for the 2007 murder of a British exchange student in Italy.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisWhy Did You Kill Me? (2021)
The line between justice and revenge blurs when a devastated family uses social media to track down the people who killed 24-year-old Crystal Theobald.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
SnoozefestMovies like thisA Deadly American Marriage (2025)
A chilling 911 call. A gruesome scene. What really happened inside a family's quiet suburban home? Murder or self-defense? Told from both sides, this documentary explores Jason Corbett's brutal death.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisMissing: The Lucie Blackman Case (2023)
July 1, 2000. British 21-year-old Lucie Blackman goes missing in Tokyo, sparking an international investigation — and an unyielding quest for justice.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisLong Shot (2017)
When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe State of Texas vs. Melissa (2021)
Melissa Lucio was the first Hispanic woman sentenced to death in Texas. For ten years she has been awaiting her fate, and now faces her last appeal.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020)
Using raw, firsthand footage, this documentary examines the disappearance of Shanann Watts and her children, and the terrible events that followed.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Menendez Brothers (2024)
Serving life in prison for murdering their parents, Lyle and Erik Menendez speak out in this documentary explaining the shocking crime and ensuing trials.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisThe Carman Family Deaths (2025)
A young man's dramatic rescue at sea spirals into accusations he murdered two members of his wealthy New England family.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Worth the HypeMovies like thisMurder on a Sunday Morning (2001)
2001 French documentary about the murder trial of a 15 year old black teen accused of murder in Jacksonville, Florida. Winner of 2002 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisCyberbunker: The Criminal Underworld (2023)
This documentary reveals how a group of hackers powered the darkest corners of the internet from a Cold War-era bunker in a quiet German tourist town.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisRunning with the Devil: The Wild World of John McAfee (2022)
Through raw, revealing footage and interviews with fugitive tech pioneer John McAfee, this documentary uncovers new layers of his wild years on the run.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both documentary & crime
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisThe Fire That Took Her (2022)
Mother-of-two Judy Malinowski, then 31, was doused in gasoline and set on fire by her crazed boyfriend – and one of the first ever to testify from beyond the grave, at the trial for her own murder. A story that lives at the intersection of true crime and #MeToo, THE FIRE THAT TOOK HER goes deep inside a landmark case to ask a timely question: How much must women suffer in order to be believed?
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Girl in the Picture (2022)
A young mother’s mysterious death and her son’s subsequent kidnapping blow open a decades-long mystery about the woman’s true identity, and the murderous federal fugitive at the center of it all.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Worth the HypeMovies like thisJailbreak: Love on the Run (2024)
An Alabama corrections officer falls in love with a man awaiting trial for murder and risks it all to help him escape.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
Popcorn FlickMovies like thisTikTok Star Murders (2024)
A TikTok creator who gained popularity under the username JinnKid in late 2019, Ali Abulaban is known for his viral Skyrim and Scarface comedic impressions, often featuring his beautiful wife, Ana. To his fans, Ali is talented, funny, charismatic and has a picture-perfect relationship with the modelesque Ana. They seemingly have it all, but not everything online is as it seems. Under the surface is a relationship falling apart, full of domestic violence, and Ali is filming it -- disturbing never-before-seen footage of private fights from his cell phone. In October of 2021, the abuse takes a deadly turn that leaves two people dead, and another facing a lifetime behind bars.
Why it matches: Fans watch both · both crime & documentary
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Frequently asked questions
What are the best movies like Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot?
The closest matches to Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot are Lover, Stalker, Killer (2024), Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2023) and The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023). Below are 27 more, each with the reason it matches.
What should I watch after Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot?
People who watched Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot most often go on to Lover, Stalker, Killer (2024), Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2023) and The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023).
What is the highest-rated movie like Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot?
American Murder: The Family Next Door (2020), rated 7.3/10 by 786 TMDB users.
What is the newest movie like Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot?
Evil Influencer: The Jodi Hildebrandt Story (2025) is the most recent release on this list.
Are there English movies like Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot?
Yes: Lover, Stalker, Killer (2024), Ice Cold: Murder, Coffee and Jessica Wongso (2023) and The Hatchet Wielding Hitchhiker (2023).
How are movies similar to Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot chosen?
First come films that Trakt’s viewers watch alongside Pathological: The Lies of Joran van der Sloot, then TMDB’s recommendations and films it rates as similar in story and genre. Each pick says which signal put it there.