Shows Like More Tales of the City
If you liked More Tales of the City (1998), 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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Tales of the City (1993)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and mysteryMary Ann Singleton, a naïve young secretary from the mid-west, tumbles head first into the colorful world of San Francisco, where carefree chaos revolves around the funky old apartment house at 28 Barbary Lane.
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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 Girlfriend (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryLaura has it all: a glittering career, a loving husband, and her precious son, Daniel. But her perfect life unravels when Daniel brings home Cherry, a girlfriend who changes everything. After a tense introduction…
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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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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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Good Trouble (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaAfter moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana Foster realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be.
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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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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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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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One Day (2024)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaAfter spending graduation night together, Emma and Dexter go their separate ways — but their lives remain intertwined.
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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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East of Eden (2026)
★ 8/10Also dramaIn the early 1900s, a fiercely independent woman drives a rift between two brothers, igniting a saga that unfolds across two generations.
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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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Knots Landing (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaThe domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.