Shows Like If Wishes Could Kill

If you liked If Wishes Could Kill (2026), a mystery 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.

1
Red Rose (2022)
★ 6.3/10Also mystery and drama
When one of a group of friends downloads the mysterious Red Rose app, plans change. What starts innocently as a game of admiration rapidly descends into something much darker.
2
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.
3
Pretty Little Liars (2010)
★ 8/10Also drama and mystery
Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their…
4
Crew Girl (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
After a family scandal, teen rower Teagan Tao moves to a small town and joins an elite prep school's all-boys crew, sparking rivalry and attraction.
5
Riverdale (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also drama and mystery
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
Run Away (2026)
★ 6.6/10Also drama and mystery
A 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.
7
The Society (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
When everyone else mysteriously vanishes from their wealthy town, the teen residents of West Ham must forge their own society to survive.
8
Carrie (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also mystery and drama
After her father's sudden, untimely death thrusts her into the unforgiving ecosystem of public high school, Carrie is forced to navigate a viral bullying scandal that tears through her community, the relentless…
9
The Bay (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
Family Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is…
10
Ravenswood (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also drama and mystery
The town of Ravenswood has been suffering from a curse for generations. Five strangers suddenly feel connected by this fatal curse and feel the need to dig in the town's mysterious and horrible history before it's to…
11
Sterling Point (2026)
★ 8.1/10Also 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…
12
13 Reasons Why (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mystery
High school student Clay Jensen lands in the center of a series of heartbreaking mysteries set in motion by a friend's tragic suicide.
13
The Patient (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
A psychotherapist finds himself held prisoner by a serial killer with an unusual request: curb his homicidal urges.
14
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…
15
Missing You (2025)
★ 6.2/10Also drama and mystery
When Detective Kat Donovan matches on a dating app with the fiancé who disappeared years before, she learns that some secrets are best left in the past.
16
Voice (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
It's 3 minutes for hearers, but a life for the callers. A crime thriller chasing even the slightest sounds to rescue people's lives calling for urgent help.
17
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.
18
Finding Carter (2014)
★ 6.6/10Also drama
A teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.
19
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.
20
Harlan Coben's Shelter (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and mystery
Follow 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…