If Based on a True Story (our verdict: 8/10) left you scrolling for something similar, these 8 picks scratch the same itch. Every one has been watched and reviewed by us — no algorithm filler, just what actually comes next.
Based on a True Story streams on Peacock; the picks below are spread across the usual suspects, and each review says where to watch.
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Why it's a match: Hand-picked next binge after Based on a True Story.
The earlier seasons are undoubtedly better, but Joe remains gloriously unhinged the entire way through.
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Why it's a match: Same thriller and dark-comedy energy.
A bored MI6 desk jockey and a chaos-goblin assassin fall into the most toxic cat-and-mouse obsession television has ever dared to romanticize.
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Why it's a match: Same satire energy.
Fleshed out characters and amazing burns. Ended a season or 2 too soon.
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Why it's a match: Same thriller energy.
Big Little Lies is a powerfully acted, darkly comedic mystery that expertly unpacks the secrets and social pressures in an idyllic, wealthy community.
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Why it's a match: Same thriller energy.
A masterfully dark and disturbing psychological thriller, steeped in Southern Gothic dread.
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Why it's a match: Same dark-comedy energy.
Grief is messy. Friendship is chaotic. Somehow, Shrinking turns both into one of the warmest shows on television.
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Why it's a match: Same true-crime energy.
Three true-crime obsessed neighbors turn their Upper West Side building into a podcast studio — and a crime scene.
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Why it's a match: Same dark-comedy energy.
Kristen Bell dies, goes to the wrong afterlife, and somehow turns ethics homework into one of the most watchable comedies Netflix ever made.
Read the review →Start with You or Killing Eve. Both sit in the same corner of The Stream as Based on a True Story, and we've reviewed every title on this page so you're not going in blind.
We gave it 8/10. A true-crime obsessed couple bankroll a serial killer's podcast. What could possibly go wrong.
We list 8 shows like Based on a True Story: You, Killing Eve, Suburgatory, Big Little Lies, Sharp Objects, Shrinking, Only Murders in the Building, The Good Place. Every one has a full Stream & Scream review.
Suburgatory is our highest-rated pick here with 9/10, streaming on Hulu. Fleshed out characters and amazing burns. Ended a season or 2 too soon.
The picks on this page are spread across Netflix, BBC America, Hulu, HBO Max, while Based on a True Story itself streams on Peacock. Each review says where to watch.