Shows Like Pinocchio

If you liked Pinocchio (2014), a drama and comedy 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
Hello Monster (2015)
★ 7.3/10Also mystery and drama
A top detective is reunited with a childhood friend who has since become a leading criminal profiler. Can they join forces to stop a serial killer?
2
Disclaimer (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mystery
When an intriguing novel appears at the bedside of a journalist whose career has been built on revealing transgressions, she is horrified to realize she's a key character in a long-buried story—one that exposes her…
3
HIS & HERS (2026)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
Two estranged spouses — one a detective, the other a news reporter — vie to solve a murder in which each believes the other is a prime suspect.
4
Revenge (2011)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mystery
When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's…
5
Unmasked (2025)
★ 8/10Also comedy and mystery
In modern-day Seoul, a crack team of investigative journalists fight for their careers after broadcasting a controversial story. With time running out, the team are given an impossible task if they want to save their…
6
Shining Girls (2022)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mystery
Years after a brutal attack left her in a constantly shifting reality, Kirby Mazrachi learns that a recent murder is linked to her assault. She teams with veteran reporter Dan Velazquez to understand her ever-changing…
7
The Art of Sarah (2026)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and drama
A body found in the middle of town. A luxe label on the rise. A detective tests every stitch of a woman's story that keeps changing. What really happened?
8
My Strange Hero (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and comedy
When Kang Bok-Soo was a high school student, he was falsely accused of committing violence and kicked out of school. This was caused by his first love Son Soo-Jung and a male student Oh Se-Ho. Kang Bok-Soo is a now an…
9
The Forbidden Marriage (2022)
★ 7/10Also drama and mystery
A hilarious royal scheme begins when a fraud pretends to bring back the crown princess with spirit possession.
10
Home Before Dark (2020)
★ 7.5/10Also mystery and drama
Young investigative journalist Hilde Lisko moves with her family to the small town her father left behind, only to unearth shocking secrets in her pursuit of the truth.
11
DTF St. Louis (2026)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
A love triangle among three adults experiencing middle-age malaise leads to one of them ending up dead.
12
Celebrity (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and mystery
Fame. Money. Power. One young woman fights to become the next hottest celebrity in the glamorous yet scandalous world of influencers in Seoul.
13
Stay Close (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama and mystery
When Carlton Flynn vanishes 17 years to the night after Stewart Green did, it sets off a chain reaction in the lives of people connected to both men.
14
Adamas (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also mystery and drama
Twin brothers Woo-sin and Soo-hyun lose their father in a murder case. Twenty-two years later, the brothers seek to clear their father's name.
15
Why Women Kill (2019)
★ 7.9/10Also comedy and drama
Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.
16
The Pact (2021)
★ 7/10Also drama and mystery
How far would you go to protect those you love? Divided loyalties test the ties of family and friends—because secrets always have consequences.
17
The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart (2023)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and mystery
After losing her parents in a mysterious fire, nine-year-old Alice Hart is raised by her grandmother June on a flower farm where she learns there are secrets within secrets. But years on, an unearthed betrayal sees…
18
56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and mystery
When 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.
19
Ludwig (2024)
★ 7.8/10Also mystery and drama
John Taylor lives in quiet solitude, designing puzzles for a living, under the nom-de-plume of 'Ludwig'. When his identical twin, James, disappears off the face of the earth, John takes over his brother's identity in a…
20
Suspect (2022)
★ 6/10Also drama and mystery
A Veteran detective is called to a hospital mortuary to identify a corpse only to find it is his estranged daughter. Traumatized by the news she apparently took her own life, Frater sets out to discover the truth about…