Shows Like Happy Face

If you liked Happy Face (2025), a drama and crime 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
Truth Be Told (2019)
★ 7/10Also drama
Descend into the world of true-crime podcasts with Poppy Parnell, who risks everything—including her life—to pursue truth and justice.
2
MINDHUNTER (2017)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and crime
An agent in the FBI's Elite Serial Crime Unit develops profiling techniques as he pursues notorious serial killers and rapists.
3
Murdaugh: Death in the Family (2025)
★ 7/10Also drama and crime
Maggie and Alex enjoy a lavish life of privilege as members of one of South Carolina's most powerful legal dynasties. But when their son Paul is involved in a deadly boat crash, the family is faced with a test unlike…
4
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.
5
Adolescence (2025)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime
When a 13-year-old is accused of the murder of a classmate, his family, the psychological expert and the detective in charge are all left asking: what really happened?
6
Hannibal (2013)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and crime
Both a gift and a curse, Graham has the extraordinary ability to think like his prey—he sees what they see, feels what they feel. But while Graham is pursuing an especially troubling, cannibalistic murderer, Special…
7
The Following (2013)
★ 6.9/10Also crime and drama
Notorious serial killer Joe Carroll, after being found guilty of murdering 14 female students on the Virginia college campus where he taught literature, escapes from death row. The FBI calls former agent Ryan Hardy to…
8
The Hack (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also drama and crime
Set between 2002 and 2012, the drama deftly interweaves two real life stories, the uncovering of phone hacking at the News of the World, and running parallel, the investigation into the unsolved murder of private…
9
Interrogation (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
Based on a true story that spanned more than 30 years in which a young man was charged and convicted of brutally murdering his mother. Each episode is structured around an interrogation taken directly from the real…
10
DAHMER - Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story (2022)
★ 8/10Also crime and drama
This series examines the gruesome and horrific true crimes of Jeffrey Dahmer and the systemic failures that enabled one of America’s most notorious serial killers to continue his murderous spree in plain sight for over…
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The Patient (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
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Furious (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
FBI agent Alice Black is on the hunt for a mysterious and calculating female serial killer. Both walk their own paths toward justice, and as their lives start to intertwine, the line between right and wrong begins to…
13
This City Is Ours (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
After trying to leave a world of crime, Michael is dragged back into the fold to answer questions. Back in Liverpool tensions continue to bubble amongst the remaining members of the gang, and a gangster who's just been…
14
Bad Girls (1999)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout…
15
The Act (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
Gypsy Blanchard struggles to deal with the toxic relationship with her overprotective mother, but her attempts to free herself lead to murder.
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Black Bird (2022)
★ 8.1/10Also drama and crime
As Jimmy Keene begins a 10-year prison sentence, he gets an incredible offer: If he can elicit a confession from suspected killer Larry Hall, Jimmy will be freed. Completing this mission becomes the challenge of a…
17
13 Reasons Why (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.
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The Sinner (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also crime and drama
In a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.
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I Will Find You (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and crime
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
20
Mr. Mercedes (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A demented serial killer taunts a retired police detective with a series of lurid letters and emails, forcing the ex-cop to undertake a private, and potentially felonious, crusade to bring the killer to justice before…