Unsettling Found Footage Documentary 'The Perfect Neighbor' Trailer

"She's always messing with people's kids." Netflix has revealed an official trailer for acclaimed documentary film The Perfect Neighbor, made by award-winning director Geeta Gandbhir. This first premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival and was regarded as one of the best films from the festival - it ended up in my Top 10 Best of the Fest list. Using bodycam footage from dozens of police visits, The Perfect Neighbor bears witness to a tight-knit community navigating one neighbor's relentless harassment. But her hostility takes a sinister turn when it escalates into a fatal crime. It's an infuriating, unsettling, sad true story. One woman. Dozens of 911 calls. And a close-knit neighborhood caught in a nightmare by a "Karen". What begins as one woman's harassment of children spirals into a shocking act of violence – murder. This story is told entirely through gripping police bodycam footage. The Perfect Neighbor - also winner of Sundance Film Festival's Directing Award - delivers a hauntingly powerful experience that keeps you on edge from start to finish. The doc is meant to be commentary on Florida's "Stand Your Ground" law, but it is really more of a look at the latent racism found in all corners of America, and how that dangerous racism often turns into violence... // Continue Reading ›

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