When Strangers Click: Five Stories from the Internet

Lover, Stalker, Killer

In this twisting documentary, a mechanic tries online dating for the first time and meets a woman who takes romantic obsession to a deadly extreme.

2024

Murder at First Swipe

Serial killer Stephen Port scoured dating apps to choose and target his victims. He then drugged, raped and murdered them, before discarding their lif

2024

The Tinder Swindler

Posing as a wealthy, jet-setting diamond mogul, an Israeli conman wooed women online then conned them out of millions of dollars. Now some victims pla

2022

Catfish

Nev, a 24-year-old New York-based photographer, has no idea what he's in for when Abby, an eight-year-old girl from rural Michigan, contacts him on Fa

2010

Talhotblond

This is the true story of a love triangle that takes place entirely online. Lies lead to murder in real life, as a teenage vixen (screen name 'talhotb

2009

My Boyfriend, The Sex Tourist

A look at global sex tourism, focusing on the situation in Venezuela and Thailand.

2007

Is Love Racist? The Dating Game

Emma Dabiri looks at racism in Britain via the world of modern dating, love apps, and a national survey suggesting that young Britons could be more se

2017

+33 07 DATE ME PLS

A small film crew conducts a survey on sex, dating apps, and loneliness in a modern world.

2022

30 (Still Single)

A short documentary exploring the loneliness that comes with being single as a millennial. Set over the course of the thirtieth year of filmmaker Cath

2024

Love on Demand

Can you find love with an app? In this sweet documentary, Jon-Paul Gates hits the streets London to interview people on the street and one of the worl

2019

Looking for Love

Barry, a 70-year-old bachelor from St. Louis, travels to Colombia to find a wife through an international marriage agency. There he meets Dalila, a si

2018

Online Traveller: AVATARA

AVATARA is not a cartoon. It's a documentary about an Internet subculture who spend their lives immersed in an online 3-D voice-chat program called "D

2003

Love Hard

An LA girl, unlucky in love, falls for an East Coast guy on a dating app and decides to surprise him for Christmas, only to discover that she's been c

2021

The Butcher

A widowed woman, Lori, attempts to get back into the dating scene; But her happiness is short lived when she falls victim to a man who calls himself T

2016

He's Just Not That Into You

Remember that really cute girl/guy who said they'd call – and didn't? Maybe they lost your number. Maybe they're in the hospital. Maybe they're awed b

2009

Bringing Down the House

Uptight lawyer Peter Sanderson wants to dive back into dating after his divorce and has a hard time meeting the right women. He tries online dating an

2003

Burn After Reading

When a disc containing memoirs of a former CIA analyst falls into the hands of gym employees, Linda and Chad, they see a chance to make enough money f

2008

Computer Hearts

Albert's stable relationship with his fiancé is jeopardized when he becomes obsessed with a computer simulation.

2014

Online Love

Finding love can be hard, right? Even when you do find someone, what do you say to them through the social network you'll inevitably be using?

2016

Catfish

This indie film is a thrilling exploration of deception and the unforeseen consequences of opening up to the unknown on social media.

2024