The Menendez Brothers
30 years after the murders, the brothers tell their story.
Synopsis
The Menendez Brothers (2024) is a Netflix documentary you can watch online on iFILM. Three decades into their life sentences, Lyle and Erik finally lay out their own account in detail.
One night in August 1989, José and Kitty Menendez were shot dead inside their Beverly Hills mansion. For months the sons played the grieving heirs; then the handcuffs came out. Director Alejandro Hartmann builds the film around hours of phone interviews from prison, footage from two televised trials, and tapes that once held the whole country's attention. The brothers talk about money, about abuse inside the family, and about why a jury didn't believe them.
The film doesn't hand down a verdict for you — it lays out both sides and leaves the question hanging. It'll hit hardest for true-crime followers and anyone drawn to the debate over where victim ends and killer begins. Stream The Menendez Brothers (2024) online on iFILM.
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