Netflix’s newest offering in the true crime documentary section, Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, has taken the internet by storm.
Since its release, Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare has become a rage among the audience, with some viewers even suggesting that they should find the real culprit.
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Viewers are shocked at how Kirat Assi was a victim of catfishing for almost a decade. The documentary revealed that Assi was catfished by none other than her own cousin, Simran Bhogal. Simran had created over 60 fake identities, and Bobby Jandu, the one she used to catfish Assi, was one of them.
A real Bobby Jandu did exist, and he was a part of their London Sikh community. However, he had no idea that his identity was being used for such a heinous act and it was only after Assi realized that she was being catfished.
If you are also one among these people who have been thoroughly impressed by the true crime documentary and cannot get enough of it, here are 7 more documentaries, shows, and films that follow a similar theme of catfishing and online deception.
Cliakbait, Catfish and more true crime shows and movies to watch if you liked Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare
1) Clickbait (2021)
This Netflix series follows Nick Brewer's (Adrian Grenier) disappearance and the eventual surfacing of a video of him holding two cards. One card mentions:
“I abuse women”
The other card mentions:
“At 5 million views I die.”
The video quickly went viral, and it became clear that it would have 5 million views soon. The series then progresses from the perspective of different characters, with each episode focusing on one individual who has some connection to Nick.
As the story progresses, dark secrets are revealed, and the perils of social media are exposed. With themes of pretending to be someone else on the internet and how far-reaching its consequences can be, Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare fans will find Clickbait equally fascinating.
2) The Tinder Swindler (2022)
Another one from Netflix, The Tinder Swindler, is a true-crime documentary that follows Shimon Hayut, an Israeli man who traveled around Europe and claimed to be the son of Lev Leviev, the diamond mogul.
He used the dating application Tinder to match with women from whom he could borrow money never to return. The documentary recounts the harrowing experience of three of his victims who believed his lies and gave him their money.
The Tinder Swindler is similar to Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare and highlights the perils of online dating. Both of them show the trauma that victims of catfishing go through and how easily people fall into manipulation when they think they are in love.
3) Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara (2024)
This Hulu documentary investigates what the queer indie rock band duo Tegan and Sara had to go through for 15 years.
Tegan Rain Quin takes the help of investigator and documentary filmmaker Erin Lee Carr to find the person who has been pretending to be her and has also terrorized her fans with unexpected and sinister tweets.
Similar to Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, Fanatical: The Catfishing of Tegan and Sara shows the terrifying and violating nightmare that Tegan and Sara and their friends and family went through because someone on the internet pretends to be Tegan.
4) Fisher (2021)
Fisher focuses on Clara Banks, an eighteen-year-old girl who enjoys catfishing random internet men online and receiving their affection. However, the problem is that the pictures Clara shares with these online men are not of her own. She has scraped them from the internet. Things go south when she attracts the attention of someone she doesn’t know.
As all hell breaks loose, Clara’s life changes and the disaster that catfishing incidents can bring forth is shown.
Fans of Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare will enjoy Fisher because of their similar themes of online deception and also the quality of being an edge-of-the-seat thriller.
5) Catfish (2010)
This 2010 documentary follows Nev, a young photographer living in New York. One day, he receives a stunning painting of one of his pictures from Abby Pierce, the young child prodigy artist.
Soon, they become friends on Facebook, and gradually, Nev gets acquainted with the rest of Abby’s family, including Abby's mother, Angela; Angela’s husband, Vince; and Megan, Abby’s older and attractive half-sister.
This introduction to Abby and her family leads Nev down a path of intriguing details that reveal that no one here is what they say. Nev discovers a lot of inconsistencies in Megan’s stories as he begins a relationship with her, and that gradually leads to the final reveal.
Viewers who enjoyed Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare will find Catfish on Prime Video equally interesting because the story keeps getting increasingly twisty with each passing minute. Online deception is also the primary theme of Catfish, making it a good option to watch after Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare.
6) The Great Hack (2019)
Another one from Netflix, The Great Hack, follows the Facebook–Cambridge Analytica data scandal. The documentary explores how Cambridge Analytica, a data company, started working on behalf of Ted Cruz's campaign in an attempt to win the 2016 US Republican nomination.
The company used the social media platform Facebook to engage in the surveillance of political voters by collecting user data points. The Great Hack delved deep into this atrocious act and exposed the dark side of social media and its impact on our lives.
Though not exactly similar to Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare regarding its catfishing theme, The Great Hack does offer insight into the perils of social media and how our online information can often be used to monitor or mislead us, making it a good watch for the fans of Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare.
7) Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist (2022)
A part of the second volume of the Untold series on Netflix, The Girlfriend Who Didn’t Exist follows the life and career of r Manti Te'o, an All-American Notre Dame football, and how a secret online relationship sent everything down a spiral.
Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist shows how Lennay Kekua, Te’o’s girlfriend whom he met online never actually existed. Lennay Kekua happened to be an imaginary fabrication of Ronaiah ‘Naya’ Tuiasosopo, a transgender woman who fell for Te’o and decided to catfish him.
Losing his girlfriend and coming to know the truth about her identity massively affected Te’o and made a mess of both his personal and professional life.
Like in Sweet Bobby: My Catfish Nightmare, Untold: The Girlfriend Who Didn't Exist also aptly shows the harrowing after-effect of catfishing, especially the moment when the victims realize how badly they have been duped.
Viewers can choose the documentary from the list as per their preference.
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