Shows Like Elite

If you liked Elite (2018), a crime 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.

1
Riverdale (2017)
★ 8.4/10Also crime and drama
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…
2
The Better Sister (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
Chloe moves in New York's most elite circles with her lawyer husband Adam and teenage son Ethan by her side while her estranged sister Nicky tries to make ends meet and stay clean. When Adam is brutally murdered, the…
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
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.
5
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…
6
The Night Of (2016)
★ 8/10Also crime and drama
After a night of partying with a female stranger, a man wakes up to find her stabbed to death and is charged with her murder.
7
Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
The story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.
8
Eyewitness (2016)
★ 7.2/10Also crime and drama
Two teenage boys secretly meet up in a cabin, bear witness to a shooting and barely escape with their lives. Desperate to keep their relationship a secret and in fear of being found by the perpetrator, they remain…
9
The Crowded Room (2023)
★ 7.7/10Also drama and crime
In 1979 Manhattan, a young man is arrested for a shocking crime — and an unlikely investigator must solve the mystery behind it.
10
La jauría (2020)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and crime
Blanca, student leader of the feminist movement in an occupied school, goes missing: hours later, a video of a group raping the girl goes viral. In their aim to find her, a police squad formed by three women puts their…
11
Captive (2026)
★ 7.8/10Also drama and crime
An Argentine dramatic television miniseries co-produced by TNT and FLOW. It follows the life of a nun who, after fifteen years, manages to escape from a cloistered convent where she was a victim of psychological abuse…
12
I Will Find You (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also drama and mystery
Wrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.
13
Inside Man (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and crime
A prisoner on death row in the US, a vicar in a quiet English town, and a maths teacher trapped in a cellar cross paths in the most unexpected way.
14
Crime (2021)
★ 6.5/10Also crime and drama
Detective Inspector Ray Lennox investigates the disappearance of a schoolgirl while battling cocaine addiction and a mental breakdown.
15
Cross (2024)
★ 7/10Also crime and drama
Alex Cross is a brilliant but flawed homicide detective and full of contradictions. A doting father and family man, Cross is single-minded to the point of obsession when he hunts killers. He is desperate for love, but…
16
56 Days (2026)
★ 7.4/10Also drama and crime
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.
17
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.
18
Gossip Girl (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also drama and mystery
Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.
19
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and crime
Five years after the death of schoolgirl Andie Bell, Pippa Fitz-Amobi sets out to uncover what really happened to her. Sal Singh, Andie's boyfriend, admitted to the murder before taking his own life, but Pip doesn't…
20
Bad Girls (1999)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crime
Bad Girls is a British television drama series that was broadcast on ITV from 1 June 1999 to 20 December 2006 and starred Simone Lahbib, Mandana Jones, Debra Stephenson, Linda Henry, Jack Ellis and many more throughout…