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The Staircase

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2004 · TV series · documentary · 49 min episodes · 1 season

Created by Jean-Xavier de Lestrade

DocumentaryCrime

Academy Award-winning documentary filmmaker, Jean-Xavier de Lestrade, presents a gripping courtroom thriller, offering a rare and revealing inside look at a high-profile murder trial. In 2001, author Michael Peterson was arraigned for the murder of his wife Kathleen, whose body was discovered lying in a pool of blood on the stairway of their home. Granted unusual access to Peterson's lawyers, home and immediate family, de Lestrade's cameras capture the defense team as it considers its strategic options. The series is an engrossing look at contemporary American justice that features more twists than a legal bestseller.

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  1. PositivetatoaloSep 11, 2022

    I'm going to list just a few of the best I have seen so far:

    - The Last Dance [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8420184/]

    - Night Stalker: The Hunt for a Serial Killer [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13651632/]

    - Indie Game: The Movie [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1942884/]

    - The Staircase [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/]

    - Making a Murderer [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5189670/]

    - Icarus [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6333060/]

    - Apollo 11 [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8760684/]

  2. NeutralskinnymuchSep 17, 2019

    Are you saying Netflix hasn’t made quality shows that will last through 2039? I’d like to know which company you think has made close to the amount of quality shows Netflix has since 2014. Here’s part of a list I have for a content project. No company comes close to this output in recent history.

    House of Cards launched February 2013 (7 seasons, finished)

    Orange is the New Black launched July 2013 (7 seasons, finished)

    Stranger Things launched July 2016 (3 seasons, 1-2 more)

    —

    Dark (2 seasons, 3rd is last)

    Glitch (2 seasons, 3rd might never come)

    Russian Doll (1 season)

    Haunting of Hill House (1 season, anthology)

    American Vandal (2 seasons)

    Black Mirror (anthology, last season not that good)

    The Crown (3 seasons)

    When They See Us (mini-series, 2019)

    Unbelievable (just came out)

    —

    Glow (3 seasons)

    Kimmy Schmidt (4 seasons, finished)

    Arrested Development (they tried, hard to get it all back together after years of being done)

    Sex Education (1 season)

    Bojack Horseman (5 seasons?) #animated

    Mindhunter (2 seasons)

    The OA (2 seasons)

    Maniac (mini-series)

    Wet Hot American Summer (2 seasons, but season 1 is the top notch one)

    F is for Family (3? seasons) #animated

    Big Mouth (2? seasons) #animated

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    Documentary mini-series

    —

    Staircase

    Making a Murderer

    Evil Genius

    The Jinx

    Wild Wild West

    ——-

    There’s more I’m missing and I didn’t include a number of shows Netflix helps finance but isn’t the main financier or producer or original place of distribution. Shows like Glitch.

  3. PositivepopopjeOct 15, 2015

    likewise The Staircase http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0388644/ - it's 6 hours in full, but fascinating.