Netflix’s Old ‘Jeffrey Epstein’ Series Is Surging Due To ‘Epstein List’ Release Demands

Usually, if a Netflix original series is surging in popularity with no new season added to the service, something is up. And that’s certainly the case with Netflix’s Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich, a five-year-old documentary that has now landed in the Top 10 list on the service, currently at #9.

The reason, of course, is that every day the Epstein files and the supposed list they’re meant to contain are in the news, as there are demands for President Donald Trump to release information that conservatives specifically have been demanding to see for years. This has resulted in a slew of conflicting statements from the Trump administration and deep dives as to what’s potentially in the files from outlets like the Wall Street Journal. The latest development is the Trump administration meeting with imprisoned Epstein associate Ghislaine Maxwell, though the results of those conversations have not been made public yet.

The point being, interest in Epstein and his crimes has been growing more than usual, hence the surfacing of the 2020 documentary, which aired not long after he died in custody in 2019.

The series was a four-part documentary about the man with hour-long episodes each, rather substantive for a Netflix docuseries, which are often closer to two hours. Here’s the synopsis:

“Stories from survivors fuel this documentary series examining how convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein used wealth and power to carry out his abuses.”

It’s a way to focus on Epstein in his crimes, but if viewers are looking for some sort of answers about the files or his list, that’s not going to be in the cards here. And Donald Trump is not featured either.

Jeffrey Epstein: Filthy Rich is not the only Epstein documentary. There is Surviving Jeffrey Epstein, first on Lifetime, then available on Hulu and Amazon Prime, and Who Killed Jeffrey Epstein? on Hulu only. Both of those were released in 2020. I would be a bit surprised if more docuseries did not emerge when the events currently unfolding settle, given all the new developments and information that have emerged (or rather, what surprisingly has not yet emerged).

The Netflix documentary was well-received with an 81% critic score. Audience scores were a bit lower with a 67%, with some wanting answers they did not find over the course of the four hours. We’ll see if it manages to stay on Netflix’s top 10 list as more developments emerge from the story.

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