Aileen: Queen of the Serial Killers
2025 · Movie · R · 104 min · ★ 6.8
This true-crime documentary revisits the life and crimes of a rare female serial killer, tracing a path from a traumatic childhood to intense interviews and revelations from death row. Using archival material and commentary, it examines how her story was told, debated, and remembered over time.
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Streaming on Netflix.
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Details
- Years
- 2025
- Release date
- 2025-10-29
- Language
- English
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 104 min
- Max quality
- HD
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (65 votes)
About
You may enjoy this if you like revisiting infamous cases through interviews and archival clips, similar to Crime Scene: The Times Square Killer or Catching Killers; Not for you if you want a balanced, tightly told, deeply investigative true-crime documentary.
Pros: informative background; archival footage; clear timeline | Cons: one-sided perspective; disjointed pacing; little new insight
Themes
- child abuse
- serial killer
- prostitution
- true crime
- 1980s
- 1990s
- dysfunctional life
- female serial killer
- child sexual abuse
- female killer
- biographical documentary
Cast & crew
Aileen Wuornos
as Self (archive footage)
- MG
Michele Gillen
as Self (archive footage)
Directed by Emily Turner, Kirsty Cunningham