Charm City is a 2018 crime documentary film directed by Marilyn Ness.
The film follows a community in Baltimore, Maryland, over the span of three years of high violence.
[1] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 85 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "universal acclaim".
[2] The film was on the short list for the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.
[3] Ben Kenigsberg writing for the New York Times wrote, "The film captures up close the way violence transforms neighborhoods and families with an immediacy that transcends headlines or sensationalism.