Five Netflix documentaries to watch if you liked ‘Worst Neighbor Ever’
The cultural obsession with true crime has intensified exponentially following the release of Worst Neighbor Ever on Netflix.
By profiling four harrowing, real-life cases, the series has left millions unnerved with its haunting takeaway that the most dangerous encounters don’t happen in shady sites, but right across the hallway.
While the docu-series has shaken audiences to their core with a reality check that domestic and personal threats often remain hidden in plain sight, Worst Neighbor Ever is not the only Netflix documentary that reminds us how easily danger can move into our spaces without us ever knowing.
So, if you’re interested in making this a marathon, here are five Netflix documentaries to watch if you find Worst Neighbor Ever fascinating.
Five Netflix documentaries to stream if you liked Worst Neighbor Ever
The Perfect Neighbor (Geeta Gandbhir, 2025)
Recounting an extreme case of a neighbourhood dispute gone murderously wrong, The Perfect Neighbor is the ideal follow-up to Worst Neighbor Ever on Netflix. The gripping true-crime documentary recounts the real-life story of the 2023 fatal shooting of Ajike “AJ” Owens, a mother of four, at the hands of her neighbour, Susan Lorincz, in Ocala, Florida, exposing an unimaginable hate crime underscored by prejudice, racism, and intolerance.
The Perfect Neighbor, through bodycam footage, 911 recordings, and dashcam videos, revisits the days leading up to the escalating dispute. The tragedy actually unfolded after months of escalating tensions and frequent 911 calls from Lorincz on Owens’ children, harassing them for playing in a vacant, grassy field adjacent to her home, until one fine day, the situation spiralled out into unthinkable violence.
Worst Roommate Ever (Domini Hofmann and Cynthia Childs, 2022-Present)
From the creators of Worst Neighbor Ever, Worst Roommate Ever is a true-crime iteration that swaps the source of danger, exploring real-life, chilling stories about malicious, violent, and fraudulent roommates. The Netflix docu-series levels up the intensity, spotlighting perpetrators that are not close to home, but literally inside the home, meaning there’s no pillar shielding you either.
Worst Roommate Ever unpacks distinct stories of manipulation and violence, covering cases that range from serial squatters, deadly landlords, cold-blooded murderers, and unexpected fraudsters who preyed on unsuspecting victims. So, if you want documentaries that explore true stories of seemingly harmless individuals with malevolent intentions, this will deliver in spades.
Worst Ex Ever (Cynthia Childs, 2024-Present)
If you think it’s just neighbours and roommates who pose a threat in our everyday lives, singles, you’ll be thanking your stars for your relationship status once you watch Worst Ex Ever. Yet another true-crime iteration from the makers of Worst Roommate Ever and Worst Neighbor Ever, the docu-series focuses on terrifying, real-life stories of romantic relationships that didn’t stay romantic for a long time.
Instead, they evolved into a web of violence, deceit, and even death in a few cases, serving as warnings for spectators worldwide. Worst Ex Ever is told from the perspectives of survivors with the show intimately detailing how seemingly loving partners harboured dark histories, checkered pasts, and monstrous behaviours, inviting dangers the victims couldn’t think of in their worst nightmares.
American Nightmare (Felicity Morris and Bernadette Higgins, 2024)
Another equally gripping follow-up to your post-Worst Neighbor Ever marathon is American Nightmare, which chronicles the 2015 kidnapping of Denise Huskins from the home she shared with her boyfriend, Aaron Quinn, in Vallejo, California, that the investigators initially dismissed as a hoax inspired by Gone Girl.
When Aaron reported the abduction, not only was he met with eyes of suspicion, but even when Denise reappeared, the FBI and investigators declared the entire kidnapping an elaborate hoax. American Nightmare follows the harrowing aftermath that followed when a breakthrough surfaced, officially turning the tables, giving the couple an edge, putting the real perpetrator behind bars while serving a defamation lawsuit against the City of Vallejo and the police department.
Amanda Knox (Rod Blackhurst and Brian McGinn, 2016)
To end the Worst Neighbor Ever marathon, we recommend Amanda Knox, the 2016 documentary about the 2007 murder of British student Meredith in Perugia, Italy, and the subsequent international media circus surrounding American exchange student Knox. The movie details the discovery of Kercher’s body right from the start and how Italian police pigeonholed its focus on Knox and her then-boyfriend, Raffaele Sollecito.
In addition to exploring her wrongful conviction, imprisonment, and final acquittal, Amanda Knox examines and criticises the role of tabloid journalism in shaping public opinion, which was inherently the case with this. The documentary focuses on the turning point of the case, which is the conviction of the real culprit, which ultimately led to the overturn of their convictions, featuring interviews with Knox, Sollecito, the prosecutor, the journalists, and the detectives involved.