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Shows that feel likeBehind Her Eyes (2021)

A single mother enters a world of twisted mind games when she begins an affair with her psychiatrist boss while secretly befriending his mysterious wife.

If you loved Behind Her Eyes, the closest series we have are Cruel Summer (2021), Yellowjackets (2021) and Sharp Objects (2018). All three share Behind Her Eyes' twisty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Revenge (2011).

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If Behind Her Eyes hit the spot, these will too

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Cruel Summer
2021–2023 · 2 seasons · Freeform
★ 7.4mystery · dramaHulu

Both keep coming back to the same thing: psychological thriller

The difference: Easier on the ideas than Behind Her Eyes

Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.

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Yellowjackets
2021– · 4 seasons · Showtime
★ 7.7drama · mysteryNetflixParamount+

Both are built on the same subject: psychological thriller

This equal parts survival epic, psychological horror story and coming-of-age drama tells the saga of a team of wildly talented high school girls soccer players who become the (un)lucky survivors of a plane crash deep in the remote northern wilderness. The series chronicles their descent from a complicated but thriving team to savage clans, while also tracking the lives they’ve attempted to piece back together nearly 25 years later.

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Sharp Objects
2018 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8crime · drama · mysteryMax

Twisty and contemplative in the same breath

The difference: Leans harder into crime than Behind Her Eyes does

Reporter Camille Preaker confronts the psychological demons from her past when she returns to her hometown to investigate the murders of two young girls.

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Servant
2019–2023 · 4 seasons · Apple TV
★ 7.4drama · mysteryApple TV+

Both lean on unease more than on mystery

A Philadelphia couple are in mourning after an unspeakable tragedy creates a rift in their marriage and opens the door for a mysterious force to enter their home.

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Luther
2010–2019 · 5 seasons · BBC One
★ 8.4crime · drama · mysteryMaxHulu

Drama built on twists, twice over

A dark psychological crime drama starring Idris Elba as Luther, a man struggling with his own terrible demons, who might be as dangerous as the depraved murderers he hunts.

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Revenge
2011–2015 · 4 seasons · ABC
★ 7.8drama · mysteryHulu

Contemplative sci-fi & fantasy in both cases

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 going to make them pay.

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Legion
2017–2019 · 3 seasons · FX
★ 8.1action & adventure · sci-fi & fantasy · dramaHulu

Both land ideas and dream logic at once

David Haller, AKA Legion, is a troubled young man who may be more than human. Diagnosed as schizophrenic, David has been in and out of psychiatric hospitals for years. But after a strange encounter with a fellow patient, he’s confronted with the possibility that the voices he hears and the visions he sees might be real.

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Resident Alien
2021–2025 · 4 seasons · USA Network
★ 8sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPeacock

One thread runs through both: cynical

Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to assimilate into his new world. As he does, he begins to wrestle with the moral dilemma of his mission and asking the big life questions like: “Are human beings worth saving?” and “Why do they fold their pizza before eating it?”

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The Mist
2017 · 1 season · Spike
★ 5.4sci-fi & fantasy · mystery · drama

Cerebral mystery, and it commits to that

A small town family is torn apart by a brutal crime. As they deal with the fallout an eerie mist rolls in, suddenly cutting them off from the rest of the world, and in some cases, each other.

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Dark Desire
2020–2022 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 6.5mystery · dramaNetflix

The same preoccupation in both: friendship

Married Alma spends a fateful weekend away from home that ignites passion, ends in tragedy and leads her to question the truth about those close to her.

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Death Note
2006–2007 · 1 season · Nippon TV
★ 8.9animation · mystery · sci-fi & fantasyNetflixPrime Video

Common ground: supernatural

Light Yagami is an ace student with great prospects—and he’s bored out of his mind. But all that changes when he finds the Death Note, a notebook dropped by a rogue Shinigami death god. Any human whose name is written in the notebook dies, and Light has vowed to use the power of the Death Note to rid the world of evil. But will Light succeed in his noble goal, or will the Death Note turn him into the very thing he fights against?

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Dexter
2006–2013 · 8 seasons · Showtime
★ 8.6crime · drama · mysteryParamount+

Drama with a pulse of unease, in both cases

Dexter Morgan, a blood spatter pattern analyst for the Miami Metro Police also leads a secret life as a serial killer, hunting down criminals who have slipped through the cracks of justice.

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