Everything I Own
Director: Andrew Garbus | Year: 2026 | Runtime: 88 minutes | Genre: Documentary
A son films his family falling apart
When Andrew Garbus turned his camera on his parents during the week they finalized their divorce and prepared to sell the house he grew up in, he made a choice that most filmmakers would avoid. He didn't step back. He stepped in — spending seven days documenting arguments, silences, packing boxes, and the strange grief that comes not from death but from the ending of a place that once meant everything.
Everything I Own is the result. An 88-minute documentary that refuses to look away, even when looking means implicating yourself.
The title carries double weight. It's about possessions, yes — the objects you inherit or discard. But it's really about what we carry inside us long after the furniture is gone. What's striking is how Garbus won't let himself off the hook. He's in the frame. He's implicated.
Why this isn't a typical family documentary
Most documentaries made by adult children of divorce drift toward blame assignment. Even when filmmakers insist they're being fair, there's usually a quiet villain — often the parent who left, or the one who stayed but checked out emotionally.
Everything I Own doesn't work that way. Both parents get to be complicated. Right and wrong in the same sentence. Contradictory in ways that feel entirely human rather than dramatically convenient.
The film's real subject, if you push past the surface, is guilt — specifically the guilt of the adult child who moved away, who built a life elsewhere while the family home quietly accumulated decades of unresolved tension. That guilt is rarely the center of a film like this. Usually it's background noise, context. Here it's the whole point.
The craft is restrained in the best way. No sweeping score cuing you when to feel something. No experts contextualizing the family's pain. Just footage and occasional voiceover that sounds like someone writing in a journal at 2 a.m. Honestly, that restraint is the bravest choice in the whole film — it trusts the viewer to keep up, to sit with discomfort without a handrail.
Movie OTT's editorial team flagged this one early. Not for spectacle but for the specific, quiet courage it takes to make something this exposed.
When you should watch this
Everything I Own isn't for everyone. If you want resolution, tidy arcs, a family that finds its way back to each other by the final frame — this probably isn't your film.
But if you've ever stood in a house you're about to lose and felt the weight of everything that happened inside its walls, this documentary will find you somewhere specific. It's for adult children of divorce. For anyone carrying old guilt. For people who think about what home actually means once it's gone.
Fair warning: the emotional weight is real and sustained. There's no graphic content, but the subject matter — family dissolution, unresolved trauma, the end of a place — makes this better suited to adult viewers. Especially those who've experienced these things firsthand.
The film runs lean at 88 minutes, which is part of what gives it that compressed, almost claustrophobic energy. You don't have time to look away.
Where to stream Everything I Own
Everything I Own is currently available on major OTT streaming services. The where-to-watch widget at the top of this page on movieott.com shows exactly which platforms carry it right now, including any regional availability differences.
Streaming availability can shift — documentaries especially tend to move between platforms in their first year of release. If you're planning to watch this with someone who knew you when you were young (and this is very much that kind of film), check the widget before you sit down. It takes just 88 minutes, but you'll want both of you ready.
Common questions about Everything I Own
Who directed Everything I Own? Andrew Garbus directed and serves as the film's central subject. He trained the camera on his own family during the week his parents were finalizing their divorce and preparing to sell the childhood home.
Is this a real story? Yes. It's a documentary, so the events depicted are real. Garbus filmed actual events in his own family — the divorce, the sale of the home, the week of sorting through decades of accumulated life.
How long is it? 88 minutes. Lean for a documentary of this emotional scope, which is part of why it feels so compressed.
Where can I watch it? Major OTT streaming services carry it. Movie OTT tracks availability across platforms in real time, so start there if you're looking for the current options in your region.
Is it family-friendly? No. The film deals with divorce, family trauma, guilt, and sustained emotional conflict. Better suited to adults — particularly those who've experienced family dissolution firsthand. Nothing graphic, but the weight is real.
Next step: Check the where-to-watch widget above, block off 88 minutes when you're not going to be interrupted, and come back to this one if you've been carrying things you haven't said out loud yet. That's who this film is for.