OJ Simpson Dies at 76 - How to Stream the Best Movies and Shows About the Trial of the Century
If you were alive in the 1990s, you couldn’t escape the vortex of attention around the OJ Simpson murder trial. In a mostly pre-internet age, the case received wall-to-wall attention on television. In the decades that followed, media companies revisited the case with some phenomenal results.
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American Crime Story
February 2, 2016The first season of this anthology series dramatizes the trial with an all-star cast: Cuba Gooding Jr., Sterling K. Brown, Nathan Lane, Sarah Paulson, David Schwimmer, John Travolta, and Courtney B. Vance. It won the Emmy for Outstanding Limited Series, and Vance, Paulson, and Brown won Emmys for acting in the series.
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O.J.: Made in America
May 20, 2016Originally aired as a 5-part miniseries, this extensive look at OJ’s life won the Academy Award for Best Documentary in 2016. It has a 100% score on Rotten Tomatoes.
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June 17th, 1994
June 16, 2010Do you remember where you were on June 17, 1994? Thanks to a wide array of unrelated, coast-to-coast occurrences, this Friday has come to be known for its firsts, lasts, triumphs and tragedy. Arnold Palmer played his last round at a U.S. Open, in Oakmont, Pa., the FIFA World Cup kicked off in Chicago, the Rangers celebrated on Broadway, Patrick Ewing desperately pursued a long evasive championship in the Garden and Donald Fehr stared down the baseball owners. And yet, all of that was a prelude to O.J. Simpson leading America on a slow speed chase in a white Ford Bronco around Los Angeles.
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Final 24
April 16, 2006Final 24 is a Canadian documentary series which airs on the Discovery Channel and Global Television Network. The series explores the last 24 hours of the life of a person, usually a celebrity. The series is narrated by Canadian voice artist Dave McRae and Danny Wallace in the UK.
Season 3, Episode 2 focuses on the final hours of Nicole Brown-Simpson.
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Who Is America?
July 15, 2018A satirical half-hour series from comedian Sacha Baron Cohen exploring the diverse individuals, from the infamous to the unknown across the political and cultural spectrum, who populate our unique nation.
OJ unwittingly appeared in the seventh episode of this show when a disguised Sacha Baron Cohen tried to coax a confession out of him.
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
December 2, 1988When the incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin seeks the ruthless killer of his partner, he stumbles upon an attempt to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II.
Before he became infamous, OJ played a police officer who suffered relentless slapstick violence in this comedy trilogy. Consider it a palate cleanser.
