Titan: The OceanGate Disaster — Netflix  

The implosion of the OceanGate Titan submersible in 2023, which resulted in the death of its five occupants, including OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, made international headlines. This documentary takes a deep and not always comfortable look at Rush, and the influence of his greed and ambition on the tragic fate of his deep-sea mission. His need for the spotlight and determination to become the next barrier-breaking tech billionaire ultimately serve as a familiar Icarus warning tale, even if in retrospect it seems horrifically obvious what the results would be...

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