Shows Like Tales of the City
If you liked Tales of the City (1993), a drama and mystery 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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More Tales of the City (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mysteryLonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding happiness in San Francisco.
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The Crowded Room (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mysteryIn 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
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Tales of the City (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysteryMary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect…
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Obsession (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryA respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
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Run Away (2026)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mysteryA desperate father searching for his runaway daughter gets caught up in a murder case — and stumbles upon secrets which could destroy his family for good.
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Patrick Melrose (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaA critical and often humorous look at the upper class, tracking the protagonist's harrowing odyssey from a deeply traumatic childhood through adult substance abuse and, ultimately, toward recovery.
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Echoes (2022)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryIdentical twins Leni and Gina have secretly switched places for years. But when one sister disappears, both of their lives start to fall apart.
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Tell Me Lies (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryWhen 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…
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Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mysteryFollow Mickey Bolitar after the death of his father leads him to start a new life in suburban New Jersey. When another new student disappears, Mickey finds himself tangled in a web of secrets. With the help of two new…
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The Survivors (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mysteryFifteen years ago, the loss of three young people tore this sleepy seaside town apart. Now, the mysterious death of a young woman dredges up the past.
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The Stolen Girl (2025)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mysteryMother of two, Elisa, allows her daughter, Lucia, to go on an impromptu sleepover with her new best friend Josephine after meeting Josephine's mother, Rebecca, at her beautiful home. But when Elisa arrives to collect…
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The Haunting of Bly Manor (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and dramaAfter an au pair's tragic death, Henry Wingrave hires a young American nanny to care for his orphaned niece and nephew who reside at Bly Manor with the estate's chef Owen, groundskeeper Jamie and housekeeper, Mrs…
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One of Us Is Lying (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryThe story of what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.
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Halston (2021)
★ 7/10Also dramaHis name built an empire. His style defined an era. American fashion designer Halston skyrockets to fame before his life starts to spin out of control.
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Sugar (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mysteryJohn Sugar is a dashing private eye navigating the dark corners of sunny LA. Though he sees only the good in humanity, Sugar is haunted by a secret too dangerous to expose.
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Virgin River (2019)
★ 8/10Also dramaAfter seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.
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Long Bright River (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mysteryA police officer patrols a Philadelphia neighborhood hard-hit by the opioid crisis. When a series of murders begins in the neighborhood, Mickey realizes that her personal history might be related to the case.
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Pretty Little Liars: Original Sin (2022)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and mysteryTwenty years ago, a series of tragic events almost ripped the blue-collar town of Millwood apart. Now, in the present day, a group of disparate teen girls finds themselves tormented by an unknown Assailant and made to…
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56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mysteryWhen 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.
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My Life with the Walter Boys (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaWhen a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.