20 Best Netflix Original Movies Of 2018 - Ranked

4. Shirkers

Shirkers Sundance
Shirkers LLC

A riveting slice of investigative journalism as filmmaker Sandi Tan attempts to uncover the secret behind an enigmatic producer who ran away with the footage from her planned first film, Shirkers is a documentary as heartbreaking as it is bizarre.

An ode to low-fi filmmaking wrapped around a thoroughly engrossing mystery, Shirkers steadily unspools a stranger-than-fiction true story with passionate re-tellings from the cast and crew of the doomed production.

Tan is an intriguing, prickly focal figure, and following her journey to recover the missing footage is both extremely rewarding and enormously entertaining. If you're at all interested in the toil and craft of filmmaking, this is a must-see.

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