India, June 16 -- Some true stories are too outrageous to have occurred in the first place. The new Netflix documentary from writer-producer Mark Monroe, Titan: The OceanGate Submersible Disaster, is one of those kinds. It examines the vaulting ambition of one powerful CEO, Stockton Rush, that led to a very man-made tragedy. (Also read: Mountainhead movie review: A hangout trip with tech billionaires turns nasty in this blunt satire by Jesse Armstrong)

The summer of 2023 turned into a frenzy of online speculation and coverage on the mysterious disappearance of the Titan submersible. The fatal accident claimed the lives of OceanGate CEO Stockton Rush, British billionaire Hamish Harding, French Titanic expert Paul-Henri Nargeolet, Pakistan...