Movies Like Abused by Mum: The Ruby Franke Scandal

If you liked Abused by Mum: The Ruby Franke Scandal (2024), a documentary and crime movie directed by Ali Naushahi and Olivia Witt, here are 18 movies with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Aileen Wuornos: The Selling of a Serial Killer (1992)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and crime
In this documentary, filmmaker Nick Broomfield follows the saga of Aileen Wuornos, a prostitute who has been accused of committing a brutal series of murders. Broomfield conducts interviews with Wuornos herself, and…
2
H.H. Holmes: America's First Serial Killer (2004)
★ 6.2/10Also crime and documentary
Torture chambers, acid vats, greased chutes and gassing rooms were just some of the devices of death designed by the Torture Doctor, H.H. Holmes in his castle of horrors. Follows Holmes' entire life as a criminal…
3
O Seasons, O Castles (1958)
★ 6.4/10Also documentary
A short documentary on the chateaux of the Loire in France was commissioned by the French Tourist Bureau.
4
Judgement in Hungary (2013)
Also documentary
Hungary was the site of serial murders on ethnic basis. Over the course of one year, the murderers killed and seriously injured Roma children and adults. The state charged 4 men with committing the crime with racial…
5
Mexico (1996)
★ 5.9/10Also documentary
Using text from Mexican novelist Carlos Fuentes and ancient Aztec and Mayan poetry, viewers are lead on a visual journey through this country's rich and varied past and present. Stunning images and a dramatic musical…
6
Havoc (2005)
★ 5.3/10Also crime
A wealthy Los Angeles teen and her superficial friends want to break out of suburbia and experience Southern California's "gangsta" lifestyle, but problems arise when they provoke the wrath of a violent Latino gang.
7
Stunned, I Remain Alert (2020)
Also documentary
Journalist Dermi Azevedo has never stopped fighting for human rights and now, three decades after the end of the military dictatorship in Brazil, he's witnessing the return of those same practices.
8
The Colt (2005)
★ 5.5/10Also tv movie
During the heat of battle in the midst of the Civil War, a beguilingly innocent colt is born to Union Jim Rabb's beloved mare. Refusing the orders to shoot it, lest it prove a hindrance, Rabb keeps the colt as a…
9
Thick as Thieves (2009)
★ 6/10Also crime
A master thief recruits a notorious thief to help him steal two famous Faberge eggs from an impenetrable vault in an effort to pull off one final job and repay his debt to the Russian mob.
10
Deep Water (2006)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary
DEEP WATER is the stunning true story of the fateful voyage of Donald Crowhurst, an amateur yachtsman who enters the most daring nautical challenge ever – the very first solo, non-stop, round-the-world boat race.
11
Free Tibet (1998)
★ 8/10Also documentary
A film about the Tibetan Freedom Concert in San Francisco in 1996.
12
Allies (1983)
★ 9/10Also documentary
ALLIES is a landmark documentary from 1983, made at the time of Bob Hawke’s unequivocal embrace of the American alliance.
13
The Girl Next Door (2007)
★ 6.7/10Also crime
In a quiet suburban town in the summer of 1958, two recently orphaned sisters are placed in the care of their mentally unstable Aunt Ruth. But Ruth's depraved sense of discipline will soon lead to unspeakable acts of…
14
Destiny in Space (1994)
★ 7.1/10Also documentary
Travel alongside the astronauts as they deploy and repair the Hubble Space Telescope, soar above Venus and Mars, and find proof of new planets and the possibility of other life forming around distant stars.
15
Dear Thirteen (2022)
Also documentary
A nuanced portrait of a new generation, Dear Thirteen is a cinematic time capsule of coming of age in today’s world. Through the eyes of nine thirteen-year-olds, we see how pressing social, geographical and political…
16
Esculturas Rupestres (1981)
Also documentary
"Esculturas Rupestres" (Rupestrian Sculptures) was made in Jaruco Park outside of Havana. The low relief sculptures that resembled petroglyphs, were influenced by Ana Mendieta’s interest in the indigenous Taíno people…
17
WΔZ (2007)
★ 5.6/10Also crime
There is something horribly wrong with the bodies found in the dark city streets. Some are mutilated while others have the Price equation (wΔz = Cov (w,z) = βwzVz) carved into their flesh. Detective Eddie Argo and his…
18
Kristina Talking Pictures (1976)
★ 4.2/10Also documentary
Kristina, a self-named Hungarian female lion tamer, arrives in New York to become a dance choreographer. Kristina, now a middle-class NYC artist concerned about the environment, has a sailor lover named Raoul. The…