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15 Documentaries and Series on Netflix That Will Give You Major Tiger King Vibes
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Ever since Tiger King: Murder, Mayhem, and Madness dropped on Netflix in March 2020, the internet hasn’t stopped talking about Joe Exotic. Joseph Maldonado-Passage, better known as Joe Exotic, is an eccentric YouTube personality and the former operator of the Greater Wynnewood Exotic Animal Park in Wynnewood, OK, who, in 2019, was convicted on 17 federal charges of animal abuse, as well as two counts related to a murder-for-hire plot to kill his most outspoken critic, Big Cat Rescue CEO Carole Baskin. The seven-part series is a total rollercoaster ride, and if you’ve already binged it all, then we have 15 other documentaries and series that are sure to keep you entertained.
Related: Tiger King's Carole Baskin Will Get a Sequel Series Focused on Her Husband's Disappearance
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Trophy
Originally aired on CNN, this troubling documentary explores the world of big-game hunting and the industry’s constant battle with wildlife conservationists. The film revolves around lifelong hunter Philip Glass and rhino breeder John Hume, and though their rivalry isn’t nearly as contentious as Joe Exotic and Carole Baskin’s, it still makes for a compelling watch. Warning: this one isn’t for the faint of heart.
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Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened
If you’re looking to experience some schadenfreude, then you need to watch this epic documentary, which tells the story of larger-than-life con man Billy McFarland and the epic disaster that was the failed (and totally fraudulent) Fyre Music Festival in spring 2017. Andy King is sure to give you major Joshua Dial vibes, and McFarland’s jet ski scenes will definitely remind you of James Garretson’s iconic slo-mo jet ski moment in Tiger King.
Watch Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened on Netflix.
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Making a Murderer
Filmed over 10 years, this two-season docuseries follows the case of Steven Avery and his nephew, Brendan Dassey, who were wrongly accused of raping and murdering a woman named Teresa Halbach in 2005. The first season presents the case, while the second season – released three years later – introduces Steven’s new lawyer, as well as the man who have actually murdered Teresa. Like Tiger King, it proves that cases are rarely as simple as they initially seem.
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The Keepers
The Keepers is another must-watch show for anyone who thinks the case of Don Lewis’s disappearance is far from over. This docuseries examines the unsolved murder of Cathy Cesnik, a Catholic high school teacher and nun from in Baltimore who disappeared in 1969. The case was then reopened in the ’90s, when one of Cesnik’s former students claimed that the high school’s chaplain may have been involved.
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Waco
Waco is a compelling miniseries that tells the incredible true story of the 1993 Waco siege at the infamous Mount Carmel compound, where David Koresh (who claimed to be the final prophet of the Branch Davidians) took over as the sect’s leader in the 1980s. Though David Koresh and Joe Exotic probably wouldn’t see eye to eye on too many matters, they’d likely both agree that a man is only as powerful as his mullet.