Shows Like The Mortician

If you liked The Mortician (2025), a documentary and crime series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

1
Crime Scene: The Texas Killing Fields (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also documentary and crime
An overgrown field and a stretch of highway connect a series of grisly murders spanning several decades as grieving families search for answers.
2
Conversations with a Killer: The Jeffrey Dahmer Tapes (2022)
★ 7.8/10Also documentary and crime
Serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer confesses to his gruesome crimes in unguarded interviews, offering an unsettling view into a disturbed mind.
3
Death of the Pastor's Wife (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also documentary and crime
What happened to Mica Miller? This documentary series retraces her promising life, toxic marriage and the mysterious circumstances of her death.
4
Killer Sally (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also documentary and crime
Interviews with friends, family and Sally McNeil herself chart a bodybuilding couple’s rocky marriage — and its shocking end in a Valentine's Day murder.
5
Mind Over Murder (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and crime
Chronicles the bizarre and psychologically complex story of six individuals who were convicted for the 1985 murder of a beloved 68- year-old grandmother, Helen Wilson, in Beatrice, Nebraska.
6
American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing (2023)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and crime
Archive footage, chilling reenactments and exclusive interviews shed new light on a tragedy — and two brothers — that suspended a city in terror.
7
Attack on London: Hunting the 7/7 Bombers (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also documentary and crime
Insider accounts and never-seen-before footage tell the story of the 7/7 bombings on London's transport network in 2005 — and its explosive aftermath.
8
Trust Me: The False Prophet (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also documentary and crime
In this true-crime documentary, a cult expert and filmmaker infiltrate a polygamist sect to expose a self-proclaimed prophet and bring him to justice.
9
Homicide Hunter: Lt Joe Kenda (2011)
★ 8.9/10Also documentary and crime
A non-fiction investigative series of murder cases told through the personal experience of retired detective, Lieutenant Joe Kenda. Through re-enactments, discussions with investigation teams, and interviews with…
10
The Yogurt Shop Murders (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and crime
In 1991, four teenage girls were brutally murdered at a frozen yogurt shop in Austin, Texas. What happened that night forever shook the Austin community and continues to mystify the police and haunt the families left…
11
The Idaho Murders: College Nightmare (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also documentary and crime
Through bodycam footage, texts and interviews with loved ones, this documentary investigates the horrifying murder of four University of Idaho students.
12
The Many Deaths of Nora Dalmasso (2025)
★ 7/10Also documentary and crime
Who killed Nora Dalmasso? In this true-crime series, family and journalists share the untold story of her murder and the media storm that followed.
13
Dirty Money (2018)
★ 7.1/10Also crime and documentary
From crippling payday loans to cars that cheat emissions tests, this investigative series exposes brazen acts of corporate greed and corruption.
14
The Innocence Files (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary
The personal stories behind eight cases of wrongful conviction that the Innocence Project and organizations within the Innocence Network have worked to highlight and overturn.
15
The Confession Killer (2019)
★ 7.2/10Also documentary and crime
Henry Lee Lucas rose to infamy when he confessed to hundreds of unsolved murders. This docuseries examines the truth -- and horrifying consequences.
16
Lorena (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also documentary and crime
This four-part docuseries investigates the events of 1993, where Lorena Bobbitt sliced off her husband's penis after years of abuse. John and Lorena Bobbitt's stories exploded into a 24-hour news cycle. She became a…
17
Homicide (2024)
★ 7/10Also documentary and crime
Detectives and prosecutors revisit their most challenging homicide cases in this chilling true-crime docuseries.
18
This Is the Zodiac Speaking (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also documentary and crime
In this true-crime docuseries, a family searching for answers shares clues and eye-opening testimonies about the prime suspect in the Zodiac murders.
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Stolen Youth: Inside the Cult at Sarah Lawrence (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also documentary
A group of bright Sarah Lawrence College students fall under the dark influence of a friend's father, Larry Ray. With unprecedented access to the survivors who lived with Ray, the series follows the cult from its…
20
Worst Neighbor Ever (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also crime and documentary
This intense documentary series details true stories of neighbors gone bad, from heinous fraud schemes to senseless acts of violent retribution.