Shows Like The Lying Game
If you liked The Lying Game (2011), 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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Ringer (2011)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and dramaSix months after deciding to pull herself together and get sober, Bridget witnesses a murder. Realizing her life is in danger and not trusting the FBI to protect her, she runs to her wealthy twin sister, Siobhan, in…
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The Fosters (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaStef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted…
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Life Unexpected (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama16-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the three form an unlikely family.
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The Hardy Boys (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryWhen Frank and Joe Hardy arrive in Bridgeport, they set out to uncover the truth behind the recent tragedy that has changed their lives. In doing so, they stumble upon something much more sinister - something only the…
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Nancy Drew (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also mystery and dramaNancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
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High Potential (2024)
★ 8.3/10Also drama and mysteryMorgan is a single mom with an exceptional mind, whose unconventional knack for solving crimes leads to an unusual and unstoppable partnership with a by-the-book seasoned detective.
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The Pretender (1996)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mysteryRaised in a secret facility built for experimenting on children, Jarod is a genius who can master any profession and become anyone he has to be. When he realizes as an adult that he's actually a prisoner and his…
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Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
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The O.C. (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaRyan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach…
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Chesapeake Shores (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaA divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
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Seven Types of Ambiguity (2017)
★ 6.1/10Also mystery and dramaThe shifting perspective of six characters following a complicated chain of events triggered when a child is taken and relationships are thrown into crisis.
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Nowhere Man (1995)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and dramaThomas Veil is a documentary photographer who, in the course of one evening, seemingly has his whole existence erased...
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Carl Weber's The Family Business (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also dramaMeet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.
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Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also drama and mysteryThe adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious…
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Steal (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryA typical day at Lochmill Capital is upended when armed thieves burst in and force Zara and her best friend Luke to execute their demands. In the aftermath, conflicted detective Rhys races against time to find out who…
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Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaBrighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife…
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Anne with an E (2017)
★ 8.7/10Also dramaA coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890s, who…
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The Rainmaker (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mysteryFresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two…
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Taken (2002)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryThe show takes place from 1944 to 2002 and follows the lives of three families: the Crawfords, who seek to cover up the Roswell crash and the existence of aliens; the Keys, who are subject to frequent experimentation…
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Scream: The TV Series (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mysteryWhat starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets…