A familiar screen title is a useful starting point, but it is only one version of a story. These four guides connect Netflix dramas to their U.S. cases and further reading. We distinguish a source book from a separate account of the same events, so you can choose what to explore next without buying the wrong title.
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Selections are based on the documented case connection, not personal product reviews. Streaming catalogs and prices can change. These stories involve violence, loss or abuse; see the case file for content notes.
The series follows the New York fraud case involving Anna Sorokin, also known as Anna Delvey. Netflix identifies Jessica Pressler’s magazine article as its inspiration.
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My Friend Anna: The True Story of a Fake Heiress
Rachel DeLoache Williams
My Friend Anna, Rachel DeLoache Williams’s firsthand perspective on her relationship with Sorokin. This is related reading, not the source book for the Netflix series.
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Inventing Anna
Netflix’s scripted limited series, with fictionalized characters and scenes. Follow the full case file for the reporting behind the public story.
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The Good Nurse
The dramatic film first, or the separately listed documentary Capturing the Killer Nurse for interviews and a different presentation.
Open the case’s title listing for streaming, purchase and source details.
As You Explore: Keep the actors’ portrayals separate from interviews with the people involved. The full case file collects both forms of screen coverage.
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Unbelievable
The scripted limited series. The case file connects it with the original reporting and further resources.
Open the case’s title listing for streaming, purchase and source details.
As You Explore: Check the author names before buying: the changed book title does not represent a second independent account. Content includes sexual violence and victim blaming.
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When They See Us (2019)
The four-part drama, then explore the separately listed PBS documentary The Central Park Five in the case file.
Open the case’s title listing for streaming, purchase and source details.
As You Explore: The documentary, Burns’s book and DuVernay’s drama have different creators and approaches. Use the case’s legal records to check the underlying outcomes.
