Shows Like The Affair
If you liked The Affair (2014), a 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.
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Doctor Foster (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA woman suspects her husband of having an affair. After following several lines of enquiries far more unravels including a streak of violence below the surface.
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Fatal Attraction (2023)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaAn affair threatens the lives of Dan Gallagher and his wife, Beth, in this deep-dive reimagining of the classic psychosexual thriller which explores fatal attraction and the timeless themes of marriage and infidelity…
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Scenes from a Marriage (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA chronicle of the many years of love and turmoil that bind a contemporary American couple, tracking their relationship as it progresses through a number of successive stages: matrimony, parenthood, infidelity, divorce…
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The Split (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaThe Defoes, a family of female divorce lawyers, are forced to face their past following the return of their estranged father after a 30 year absence.
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The Undoing (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaGrace and Jonathan Fraser are living the only lives they ever wanted. Overnight a chasm opens in their lives: a violent death and a chain of terrible revelations. Left behind in the wake of a spreading and very public…
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Sex/Life (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaA woman's daring sexual past collides with her married-with-kids present when the bad-boy ex she can't stop fantasizing about crashes back into her life.
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Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaRecently separated forty-something Toby Fleishman dives into the brave new world of app-based dating with the kind of success he never had dating in his youth. But just at the start of his first summer of sexual…
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Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaFollow the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors come from very different backgrounds, their lives are similar – raising children, dealing with exes…
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Fatal Seduction (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaA married professor is pulled into a passionate affair with a younger man that uncovers a path of tragedy and betrayal from those closest to her.
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Wilderness (2023)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA dream holiday becomes a nightmare for a young British couple who seemingly have it all, as heartbreak turns into fury and revenge.
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National Treasure (2016)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaPaul Finchley is a bona fide "national treasure", one half of a popular, long-running comedy double act. The famous comedian's world is thrown into chaos when he is accused of historic sexual abuse.
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56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaWhen an unidentified body is found in a luxury apartment linked to Oliver Kennedy and his girlfriend Ciara Wyse, Detectives Lee Reardon and Karl Connolly reconstruct the couple's deadly romance across the past 56 days.
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The Missing (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaA gripping anthological relationship thriller series exploring the emotional fallout of a child's abduction not only on the family but on the wider community, told over two time frames.
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The Irrational (2023)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAlec Mercer is a world-renowned professor of behavioral psychology with a unique insight into human nature who lends his expertise to an array of high-stakes cases involving governments, corporations and law…
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Behind Her Eyes (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaA single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife.
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Good Girls (2018)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaThree "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
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The Newsreader (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaAn unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
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Clickbait (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaWhen family man Nick Brewer is abducted in a crime with a sinister online twist, those closest to him race to uncover who is behind it and why.
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Big Love (2006)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaThe story of Bill Henrickson and his life in suburban Salt Lake City, balancing the needs of his three wives -- Barb, Nicki and Margene-- their seven kids, three new houses and the opening of his newest hardware store…
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The Staircase (2022)
★ 7/10Also dramaAn exploration of the life of Michael Peterson, his sprawling North Carolina family, and the suspicious death of his wife, Kathleen Peterson.