If Murder for Hire (our verdict: 7.5/10) 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.
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Why it's a match: Hand-picked next binge after Murder for Hire.
A documentary so full of twists and turns you'll be checking your own inbox by the credits.
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Why it's a match: Hand-picked next binge after Murder for Hire.
A documentary about the months of spreadsheets, dry runs, and quiet alibis that preceded a single act of violence. Procedurally fascinating.
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Why it's a match: Hand-picked next binge after Murder for Hire.
A real-time crime doc that feels less like television and more like a heart attack.
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Why it's a match: Same documentary and murder energy.
A Florida law professor's murder unravels into a jaw-dropping conspiracy involving a custody battle, ex-lovers, and a hit job that took 11 years to solve.
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Why it's a match: Same documentary and true-crime energy.
Two young women, a deadly nerve agent, and a story too strange to be fiction.
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Why it's a match: Same documentary and true-crime energy.
Was Karen Read guilty or framed? Our true-crime review breaks down the snowstorm murder trial that turned a college town into a conspiracy battleground.
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Why it's a match: Same documentary and true-crime energy.
A Glasgow pathologist meets a man on Tinder, gets engaged within weeks, and learns he killed a cyclist and buried the body. Then she stays — and helps police bring him down.
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Why it's a match: Same true-crime and murder energy.
One of the original documentaries that started my obsession with true crime. Heart wrenching, psychotic, unthinkable — the only Murdaugh series you need to watch.
Read the review →Start with A Toxic Love Story or A Plan to Kill. Both sit in the same corner of The Scream as Murder for Hire, and we've reviewed every title on this page so you're not going in blind.
We gave it 7.5/10. Bungled hitmen stories are always so satisfying
We list 8 shows like Murder for Hire: A Toxic Love Story, A Plan to Kill, Crime in Progress, Welcome to the Family: The Murder of Dan Markel, Assassins, The Trial of Karen Read, Should I Marry a Murderer?, Murdaugh Murders: A Southern Scandal. Every one has a full Stream & Scream review.
Crime in Progress is our highest-rated pick here with 9/10. A real-time crime doc that feels less like television and more like a heart attack.
The picks on this page are spread across Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, Max. Each review says where to watch.