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10 Best Movies Like Behind the Headlines

If you loved Behind the Headlines, we've curated the perfect watchlist for you based on shared genres, themes, and directorial style.

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#1
Voyeur

Voyeur

2017★ 5.9

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Headlines for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Legendary journalist Gay Talese unmasks a motel owner who spied on his guests for decades. But his bombshell story soon becomes a scandal of its own....

#2
Long Shot

Long Shot

2017★ 7.2

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Headlines for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

When Juan Catalan is arrested for a murder he insists he didn't commit, he builds his case for innocence around unexpected raw footage....

#3
Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

2019★ 7.0

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Headlines for fans of Crime. It captures a similar emotionally gripping atmosphere.

A chronicle of the crimes of Ted Bundy, from the perspective of his longtime girlfriend, Elizabeth Kloepfer, who refused to believe the truth about him for years....

#4
Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

Ted Bundy: American Boogeyman

2021★ 6.6

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Headlines for fans of Crime. It captures a similar compelling atmosphere.

Set in a gritty and decadent 1970s America, American Boogeyman follows the elusive and charming killer and the manhunt that brought him to justice involving the detective and the F...

#5
Murder at the Gallop

Murder at the Gallop

1963★ 7.1

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Headlines for fans of Crime. It captures a similar light-hearted atmosphere.

Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them,...

#6
In Too Deep

In Too Deep

1999★ 6.4

Why watch this? A perfect follow-up to Behind the Headlines for fans of Crime. It captures a similar adrenaline-pumping atmosphere.

Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop J...

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