

The Perfect Neighbor
Police bodycam footage reveals how a long-running neighborhood dispute turned fatal in this documentary about fear, prejudice and Stand Your Ground laws.
TMDB
6.8/10
361 votes
IMDb
Not rated yet
View on IMDb
- Status
- Released
- Budget
- —
- Box office
- —
- Language
- English
- florida
- homicide
- racist
- murder
- true crime
- yelling
- neighborhood
- woman director
- annoying
- neighbor feud
- escalation
- complaint
Top billed cast
Behind the camera
Where to watch
Availability for India. Provided by JustWatch through the TMDB API.
Stream
Gallery









Videos
Release dates
IndiaIN
- Digital / OTTU/A 16+Netflix17 Oct 2025
United StatesUS
- PremiereSundance Film Festival24 Jan 2025
- PremiereSouth by Southwest Film & TV Festival9 Mar 2025
- PremiereFull Frame Documentary Film Festival4 Apr 2025
- PremiereChicago DOC10 Film Festival3 May 2025
- PremiereDC/DOX 14 Jun 2025
- PremiereMartha's Vineyard African American Film Festival7 Aug 2025
- PremiereCamden International Film Festival14 Sept 2025
- PremiereAspen Film Festival17 Sept 2025
- PremiereMill Valley Film Festival3 Oct 2025
- PremiereNew York Film Festival8 Oct 2025
- Theatrical (limited)R10 Oct 2025
- PremiereWoodstock Film Festival17 Oct 2025
- Digital / OTTRNetflix17 Oct 2025
United KingdomGB
- PremiereSheffield DocFest20 Jun 2025
- Digital / OTT15Netflix17 Oct 2025
United Arab EmiratesAE
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Oct 2025
AustraliaAU
- PremiereSydney Film Festival5 Jun 2025
- PremiereMelbourne International Film Festival9 Aug 2025
- Digital / OTTMNetflix17 Oct 2025
CanadaCA
- Digital / OTTRNetflix17 Oct 2025
AfghanistanAF
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Oct 2025
AlbaniaAL
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Oct 2025
AlgeriaDZ
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Oct 2025
American SamoaAS
- Digital / OTTNetflix16 Oct 2025
AndorraAD
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Oct 2025
AngolaAO
- Digital / OTTNetflix17 Oct 2025
Frequently asked questions
The Perfect Neighbor was released on 10 October 2025.
Audience reviews
3- D1/10
Dean
11/25/2025
Started good and actually similar thing happened to me. I have a problematic neighbor and once, he insulted my mother when they were outside, then when he returned he banged on our door and this is when I said enough was enough. I got furious, went outside and started banging on his door and telling him to come out and face me like a man to man. He didn't. But in this documentary, that problematic neighbor shot the d…
- B6/10
Brent Marchant
12/28/2025
This is likely to be seen as an unpopular assessment, for a variety of reasons and regardless of where one stands on the issues presented in this release. Director Geeta Gandbhir’s Netflix documentary examines the question of using potentially fatal force for self-protection under controversial state statutes known as Stand Your Ground laws. In particular, the film explores a 2023 case in Marion County, Florida in wh…
- C6/10
CinemaSerf
7/21/2026
There's something really quite disturbing about this body-cam led feature, and something distressingly unnecessary about it too. What is immediately clear to the viewer is that over a two year period of filming, Susan Lorincz is ill. Now I'm no psychiatrist but if you are police officers constantly being called to a property by a woman who is claiming all sorts of often quite trivial infractions on her property by he…
Member reviews
Sign in to rate and review. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign inMember comments
0Sign in to post a comment. Browsing stays free and open.
Sign in











