Shows Like Scars of Beauty

If you liked Scars of Beauty (2025), a soap and drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.

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The Purge (2018)
★ 6.9/10Also mystery and crime
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably…
2
Death and Other Details (2024)
★ 6.6/10Also mystery and drama
How do you solve a murder in a post-fact world? Especially when sailing the Mediterranean on an ocean liner filled with the wealthy and powerful. Everyone on board is hiding something… but is one of them a killer?…
3
Cape Fear (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
When convicted murderer Max Cady is released from prison, he begins infiltrating the family of the married attorneys who helped put him behind bars.
4
Tell Me Lies (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mystery
When Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will…
5
Riverdale (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also crime and drama
Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome…
6
Sherlock & Daughter (2025)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mystery
Sherlock Holmes faces a sinister case risking friends' lives. American Amelia joins, seeking her father after her mother's murder. Despite differences, they solve a conspiracy and her mother's case.
7
Mr Inbetween (2018)
★ 8.3/10Also crime and drama
Ray Shoesmith is a father, ex-husband, boyfriend and best friend: tough roles to juggle in the modern age. Even harder when you’re a criminal for hire.
8
56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and crime
When an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.
9
24: Legacy (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
The story of military hero Eric Carter's return to the U.S. and the trouble that follows him back – compelling him to ask CTU for help in saving his life, and stopping what potentially could be one of the largest-scale…
10
Dirty John (2018)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and crime
Anthology series in which each season is based on a true crime story featuring an epic tale of love gone wrong.
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Gone (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also crime and drama
When a headmaster's wife goes missing, suspicion falls on him. Is he hiding something, or is there more to this case than meets the eye?
12
Three Pines (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Chief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache…
13
S.W.A.T. Exiles (2026)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and crime
After a high-profile mission goes sideways, Daniel 'Hondo' Harrelson is pulled out of forced retirement to lead a last-chance experimental SWAT unit made up of untested, unpredictable young recruits. Hondo must bridge…
14
Homeland (2011)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
CIA officer Carrie Mathison is tops in her field despite being bipolar, which makes her volatile and unpredictable. With the help of her long-time mentor Saul Berenson, Carrie fearlessly risks everything, including her…
15
I Will Find You (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and mystery
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
16
Knots Landing (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and soap
The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
17
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
Five years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't…
18
Inside Man (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
A prisoner on death row in the US, a vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar cross paths in the most unexpected way.
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Rig 45 (2018)
★ 6.1/10Also crime and drama
When Andrea, a damage regulator from Benthos Oil, is sent out to Rig 45 two days before Christmas to investigate a fatal accident, the rig is hit by a hurricane and all communications lost. Soon, the crew realize that…
20
Black Mirror (2011)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and mystery
Twisted tales run wild in this mind-bending anthology series that reveals humanity's worst traits, greatest innovations and more.