Capturing the Friedmans vs Con Mum
Capturing the Friedmans and Con Mum are tied on audience score (7.1/10). Con Mum is the shorter watch at 1h 28m compared with 1h 47m. Capturing the Friedmans is the older of the two (2003 against 2025). Both are crime, documentary movies, so they suit a similar mood.
Capturing the Friedmans
Con Mum| Capturing the Friedmans | Con Mum | |
|---|---|---|
| Audience score | ★ 7.1/10 | ★ 7.0/10 |
| Year | 2003 | 2025 |
| Length | 1h 47m | 1h 28m |
| Genres | Crime, Documentary | Crime, Documentary |
| Country | – | – |
| Director | Andrew Jarecki | Nick Green |
| Main cast | Arnold Friedman, Elaine Friedman, David Friedman, Jesse Friedman, Seth Friedman | Graham Hornigold |
Synopsis
Capturing the Friedmans
An Oscar nominated documentary about a middle-class American family who is torn apart when the father Arnold and son Jesse are accused of sexually abusing numerous children. Director Jarecki interviews people from different sides of this tragic story and raises the question of whether they were rightfully tried when they claim they were innocent and there was never any evidence against them.
Con Mum
A chef's life is upended when a jet-setting, champagne-sipping, hotel-hopping woman claims to be his long-lost mother. This documentary reveals the untold story.
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