Direction: Joe Berlinger

The best movies, series, and documentaries directed by Joe Berlinger. Explore exceptional titles that showcase a unique filmmaking vision.


Direction Joe Berlinger · Bruce Sinofsky

Synopsis A horrific triple child murder leads to an indictment and trial of three nonconformist boys based on questionable evidence.

7.8

2K votes

7.8

2K votes

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory

2011 · Documentary · 106 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger · Bruce Sinofsky

Cast Jason Baldwin · Damien Wayne Echols · Jessie Miskelly

Synopsis A further investigation into the arrest of three teenagers who were wrongfully convicted of killing three young boys in Arkansas and spent nearly 20 years in prison before being released because DNA evidence proved their innocence.

7.7

1K votes

7.7

1K votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Paul Simon · Peter Gabriel · David Byrne

Synopsis Paul Simon returns to South Africa to explore the journey of his Graceland album, including the political backlash he received for allegedly breaking the UN cultural boycott of South Africa designed to end the Apartheid regime.

7.3

37 votes

7.3

37 votes

Brother's Keeper

1992 · Documentary · 104 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger · Bruce Sinofsky

Synopsis This documentary by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky details the murder trial of Delbert Ward. Delbert was a member of a family of four elderly brothers, working as semi-literate farmers and living together in isolation from the rest of society...

7.2

92 votes

7.2

92 votes

Paradise Lost 2: Revelations

2000 · Documentary · 130 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger · Bruce Sinofsky

Synopsis Paradise Lost 2: Revelations revisits the 1993 Arkansas murders of three 8-year-old boys and the three teenagers convicted of the crime in 1994. A follow up to Paradise Lost, Revelations features new interviews with the convicted men, as well as...

7.1

1K votes

7.1

1K votes

Hitler and the Nazis: Evil on Trial

2024 · Documentary · 360 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Adolf Hitler · Károly Kozma

Synopsis 6 episodes. How Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party rose to power, the policies implemented during their regime and the devastating impact they had on Europe and the world. The documentary examines the rise and fall of Hitler and National...

7.1

390 votes

7.1

390 votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Synopsis A look inside the mind of serial killer Ted Bundy (1946-1989) featuring interviews in prison with him on death row.

7.0

2K votes

7.0

2K votes

Crude

2009 · Documentary · 105 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger

Synopsis The story of lawsuit by tens of thousands of Ecuadorans against Chevron over contamination of the Ecuadorean Amazon.

6.8

106 votes

6.8

106 votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Jeffrey Dahmer

Synopsis Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.

6.6

1K votes

6.6

1K votes

Madoff: The Monster of Wall Street

2023 · Documentary · 55 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Bernie Madoff · Andrew Ross Sorkin

Synopsis It follows the rise and fall of the American financier and ponzi schemer: Madoff.

6.5

584 votes

6.5

584 votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Synopsis Number 2 on America's Most Wanted list after Osama Bin Laden, James 'Whitey' Bulger terrorized the city of Boston for years without ever being charged with so much as a misdemeanor. Bulger was a monster, murdering over a dozen known...

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6.3

78 votes

6.3

78 votes

Cold Case: Who Killed JonBenét Ramsey

2024 · Documentary · 60 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger

Synopsis Nearly 30 years since her murder, a three-part Netflix series revisits the death of JonBenét Ramsey, the child beauty queen killed in her Colorado home, featuring interviews with key figures including her father.

6.2

341 votes

6.2

341 votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Synopsis Never-before-heard audio from the interrogation of serial killer John Wayne Gacy threads through this chilling look at his 1970s murder spree.

6.2

1K votes

6.2

1K votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Charlie Meany

Synopsis In 1970s NYC, the “Torso Killer” preys on women to fulfill his grotesque fantasies while eluding police.

6.0

385 votes

6.0

385 votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Zac Efron · Lily Collins · John Malkovich · Angela Sarafyan

Synopsis Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile (2019) follows the chilling story of Ted Bundy, one of America's most notorious serial killers, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Liz. As their relationship unfolds, Liz struggles to reconcile the charming, loving...

5.9

8K votes

5.9

8K votes

5.6

33 votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Tom Scorzone

Synopsis The notorious Cecil Hotel grows in infamy when guest Elisa Lam vanishes. From the creator of "The Ted Bundy Tapes", a dive into crime's darkest places.

5.5

2K votes

5.5

2K votes

5.1

260 votes

5.1

260 votes

28 Days Haunted (TV Series)

2022 · Documentary · 30 min. · United States

Direction Joe Berlinger

Synopsis Four adventurous teams of paranormal investigators will be hand-picked and given the chance to participate in the most extreme Paranormal experiment of all time. If any of these teams can last 28 days in a terrifying, haunted location, they’ll gain...

3.5

209 votes

3.5

209 votes

Direction Joe Berlinger

Cast Kim Director · Jeffrey Donovan · Erica Leerhsen · Tristine Skyler

Synopsis Jeff Donavan was never a good boy. He was always bad and was always fascinated in the story of the Blair Witch, just like victim Heather Donahue of Blair Witch 1. After the success of the movie, Jeff opens up...

3.3

5K votes

3.3

5K votes