Shows Like We Were Liars

If you liked We Were Liars (2025), 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.

1
Lost (2004)
★ 8/10Also mystery and drama
Stripped of everything, the survivors of a horrific plane crash must work together to stay alive. But the island holds many secrets.
2
Surface (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also drama and mystery
A traumatic head injury leaves Sophie with extreme memory loss. In her quest to put the pieces of her life back together—with help from her husband and friends—Sophie begins to question the truth behind her…
3
The Wilds (2020)
★ 7.6/10Also mystery and drama
A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they…
4
Sterling Point (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also mystery and drama
After discovering she's inherited a remote island in Canada from the estranged grandfather she was never allowed to meet, 17-year-old Annie Jacobson decides to investigate, pulling her into a world of buried secrets…
5
Sugar (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
John 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.
6
One of Us Is Lying (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mystery
The 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.
7
Chapelwaite (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
In the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to…
8
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…
9
Lord of the Flies (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
After a plane crash, a group of schoolboys find themselves stranded on a tropical island without adults. Ralph is elected leader and, with the help of the intelligent Piggy, strives to maintain order and civilization…
10
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mystery
After losing her parents in a mysterious fire, nine-year-old Alice Hart is raised by her grandmother June on a flower farm where she learns there are secrets within secrets. But years on, an unearthed betrayal sees…
11
The Crowded Room (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mystery
In 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
12
Saint X (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mystery
A young woman's mysterious death during an idyllic Caribbean vacation creates a traumatic ripple effect that eventually pulls her surviving sister into a dangerous pursuit of the truth.
13
Dispatches from Elsewhere (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and mystery
A group of ordinary people who stumble onto a puzzle hiding just behind the veil of everyday life come to find that the mystery winds far deeper than they ever imagined.
14
Crystal Lake (2026)
★ 8.6/10Also drama and mystery
Single mother Pam Voorhees has been unable to shake her grief after her young, sickly son Jason tragically drowned in the town lake almost a year before. When two strangers arrive at Pam's door digging into her past, a…
15
The Survivors (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
Fifteen 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.
16
Insomnia (2024)
★ 6.2/10Also mystery and drama
Emma a successful woman fears of losing her mind after suffering from sleep deprivation two weeks before turning 40. Only by investigating the truth of her painful past, can she find the answers to her present.
17
Station Eleven (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama and mystery
The survivors of a devastating flu attempt to rebuild and reimagine the world anew – while holding on to the best of what’s been lost.
18
And Then There Were None (2015)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and drama
Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather…
19
The Tourist (2022)
★ 6.8/10Also mystery and drama
When a man wakes up in the Australian outback with no memory, he must use the few clues he has to discover his identity before his past catches up with him.
20
My Life with the Walter Boys (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
When 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.