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Shows that feel likeRatched (2020)

In 1947, Mildred Ratched begins working as a nurse at a leading psychiatric hospital. But beneath her stylish exterior lurks a growing darkness.

If you loved Ratched, the closest series we have are Bates Motel (2013), The Undoing (2020) and The Chestnut Man (2021). All three share Ratched's twisty and contemplative feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is The Alienist (2018).

★ 7.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗1 season · Netflixcreated by Evan Romanskytwistycontemplativegritty
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If Ratched hit the spot, these will too

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Bates Motel
2013–2017 · 5 seasons · A&E
★ 8.1drama · crime · mysteryPrime Video

Both keep coming back to the same thing: motel

A "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. The series begins after the death of Norma's husband, when she purchases a motel located in a coastal Oregon town so she and Norman can start a new life.

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The Undoing
2020 · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.4drama · crime · mysteryMax

Both land twists and stillness at once

Grace 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 disaster, Grace must dismantle one life and create another for her child and her family.

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The Chestnut Man
2021–2026 · 2 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.6drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Both lean on grit more than on mystery

At a grisly murder scene sits a figurine made of chestnuts. From this creepy clue, two detectives hunt a killer linked to a politician's missing child.

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The Alienist
2018–2020 · 2 seasons · TNT
★ 7.7drama · crime · mystery

Twisty drama in both cases

New 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 prostitutes.

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Scream: The TV Series
2015–2019 · 3 seasons · MTV
★ 7drama · crime · mystery

Crime with a pulse of stillness, in both cases

What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

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A Good Girl's Guide to Murder
2024– · 3 seasons · BBC Three
★ 6.8drama · crime · mysteryNetflix

Gritty mystery, and it commits to that

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 believe he's responsible and teams up with Sal's brother Ravi to uncover the truth. If Sal Singh isn't a murderer and the real killer is still out there, how far will they go to keep Pip from finding out the truth?

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Defending Jacob
2020 · 1 season · Apple TV
★ 7.7drama · mystery · crimeApple TV+

Drama built on twists, twice over

A family's lives are irreparably disrupted when the 14-year-old son is accused of murdering a fellow classmate.

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Quantico
2015–2018 · 3 seasons · ABC
★ 6.7crime · drama · mystery

Contemplative crime, and it commits to that

A diverse group of recruits has arrived at the FBI Quantico Base for training. They are the best, the brightest and the most vetted, so it seems impossible that one of them is suspected of masterminding the biggest attack on New York City since 9/11.

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The Outsider
2020 · 1 season · HBO
★ 7.6drama · mystery · crimeMax

Mystery with a pulse of grit, in both cases

When an insidious supernatural force edges its way into a seemingly straightforward investigation into the gruesome murder of a young boy, it leads a seasoned cop and an unorthodox investigator to question everything they believe in.

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Slow Horses
2022– · 6 seasons · Apple TV
★ 8.4crime · drama · mysteryApple TV+

The same drama instincts

Follow a dysfunctional team of MI5 agents—and their obnoxious boss, the notorious Jackson Lamb—as they navigate the espionage world's smoke and mirrors to defend England from sinister forces.

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The Night Of
2016 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8.4crime · drama · mysteryMax

Crime in the same key

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.

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Mare of Easttown
2021 · 1 season · HBO
★ 8.4drama · crime · mysteryMax

Both working the same mystery territory

A detective in a small Pennsylvania town investigates a local murder while trying to keep her life from falling apart.

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