Shows Like The North Water
If you liked The North Water (2021), 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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The Head (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also mystery and dramaIn an isolated and inaccessible Antarctic research station in which winter has fallen on the South Pole and the sun will soon disappear for the next six months, a small team, known as the Winterers, remain at the…
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Below (2026)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and mysteryWhen a mysterious sea creature terrorizes a small Newfoundland town, a hard-bitten fisherman and his family fight to protect their close-knit community.
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Alias Grace (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaBased on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder…
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Inside Man (2022)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and mysteryA 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.
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The Terminal List (2022)
★ 8/10Also dramaNavy SEAL Commander James Reece turns to vengeance as he investigates the mysterious forces behind the murder of his entire platoon. Free from the military's command structure, Reece applies the lessons he's learned…
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The Alienist (2018)
★ 7.5/10Also drama and mysteryNew York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male…
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The Terror (2018)
★ 7.4/10Also mystery and dramaA chilling anthology series featuring stories of people in terrifying situations inspired by true historical events.
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The Leftovers (2014)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaWhen 2% of the world's population abruptly disappears without explanation, the world struggles to understand just what they're supposed to do about it. This is the story of the people who didn't make the cut.
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Devil in Ohio (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryDetermined to protect a young patient who escaped a mysterious cult, a psychiatrist takes the girl in, putting her own family — and life — in danger.
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The Hitchhiker (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaA young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
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Three Pines (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and mysteryChief Inspector Armand Gamache and his team investigate a series of perplexing murders, in the seemingly idyllic village of Three Pines and uncover the buried secrets of its eccentric residents. In the process, Gamache…
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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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The Sinner (2017)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaIn a small New York town, a haunted detective hunts for answers about perplexing crimes while wrestling with his own demons.
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Hightown (2020)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaAmid the drug trade on Cape Cod, a body washes ashore and is discovered by an irreverent National Marine Fisheries Service officer, Jackie Quinones, who is determined to help solve the murder even if the state cops…
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Tracker (2024)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaLone-wolf survivalist Colter Shaw roams the country as a “reward seeker,” using his expert tracking skills to help private citizens and law enforcement solve all manner of mysteries while contending with his own…
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Bates Motel (2013)
★ 8/10Also drama and mysteryA "contemporary prequel" to the 1960 film Psycho, depicting the life of Norman Bates and his mother Norma prior to the events portrayed in Hitchcock's film, albeit in a different fictional town and in a modern setting…
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The Marlow Murder Club (2024)
★ 5.9/10Also mystery and dramaRetired archaeologist and crossword setter Judith Potts believes that a brutal murder has taken place in the sleepy town of Marlow; when the police refuse to believe her story, she kicks off a private investigation…
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Black Sails (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaThe pirate adventures of Captain Flint and his men twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island.” Flint, the most brilliant and most feared pirate captain of his day, takes on a fast-talking…
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The Institute (2025)
★ 7.5/10Also mysteryWhen 14 year old genius Luke Ellis is kidnapped, he awakens at The Institute, a facility full of children who all got there the same way he did, and who are all possessed of unusual abilities. In a nearby town, haunted…
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The Knick (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaSet in downtown New York in 1900, 'The Knick' is centered on the Knickerbocker Hospital and its staff, notably Dr. John Thackery, the hospital's brilliant chief surgeon who pushes medicine's boundaries, pioneering new…