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He was supposed to be a friend. Instead, he became the subject of one of the most-watched true crime documentaries on Netflix right now. "My Friend, a Murderer" pulls back the curtain on a case that shocked the people closest to it — the ones who never saw it coming.
The documentary leans hard into access: interviews with people who knew the accused personally, who shared meals and holidays and ordinary life with someone they now can't reconcile with the headlines. That's the hook here — not a stranger in the shadows, but someone embedded in the fabric of everyday life. It's the kind of true crime story that makes you look sideways at the people you trust.
Without giving away the specifics, the film builds toward the moment the mask slipped — the detail that made everyone around this person finally ask the question they'd been avoiding. Netflix has kept it in its true crime top 10 since release, and the reaction online has been exactly the kind of stunned, can't-look-away response the genre thrives on.
Clear your evening. This one demands to be watched in one sitting — find it streaming now and see where it's currently available.
