True Crime Story: Smugshot

A slick, wry documentary series that zips through outrageous true schemes, leaving you amused yet unsettled by how far people will go.

A brisk, wry true-crime caper that lets bumbling crooks and dogged cops tell their own absurd story.

A breezy, tabloid-style parade of oddball true-crime vignettes that plays like background TV, amusing more than gripping.

A wry, briskly paced lecture on criminal ambition, mixing archival clips with deadpan narration for a darkly funny, lightly cynical watch.

A wry, absorbing true-crime documentary that unpacks the mechanics of televised deception with a mix of absurdity and unease.

A sober, interview-driven look at scandals, more informative than thrilling, best watched with attention to the talking heads.

A brisk, tabloid-style parade of real crimes retold with reenactments, easy to dip into but grim in subject.

A light, brisk daytime watch of real fraud cases unravelling, more wry than tense, easy to dip into.

A wry, absorbing true-crime documentary that exposes small-town greed and bureaucratic failure with a mix of disbelief and mounting tension.

A lurid, easy-to-watch true-crime series that trades on celebrity and scandal to deliver a tense, unsettling look at fame's dark side.

A sobering, talking-heads true-crime chronicle that exposes greed and excess with a grim, cautionary tone.

A slick, fast-paced true-crime documentary that recreates audacious heists with dramatic flair and keeps you hooked on the mechanics of each scheme.