“The Perfect Neighbor,” Netflix’s Oscar-nominated documentary, has now surpassed 50 million views on the streamer since launching in October of 2025, IndieWire can reveal exclusively. Those may not be “Tiger King” numbers, but it’s safely among some of Netflix’s most-watched Oscar-nominated documentaries.
Perhaps more impressively, in the two weeks since the film received its Oscar nomination, viewing for “The Perfect Neighbor” more than tripled compared to the prior week. The film was also bolstered by a win for Best Documentary at the Independent Spirit Awards and the Critics Choice Awards (it doesn’t hurt that this week’s episode of “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” was all about police body cameras).
Director Geeta Gandbhir’s film was a surprise documentary hit on Netflix months after it first got buzz out of Sundance. It spent…
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