Finished ‘His & Hers’ on Netflix? These Are the Best Thriller Shows to Watch Next

If you burned through all six episodes of ‘His & Hers’ faster than you planned, you are not alone. The limited series starring Tessa Thompson and Jon Bernthal brought in 98.2 million views in its first 90 days, amounting to over 428 million hours viewed, and became the first new Netflix original of 2026 to crack the platform’s all-time Top 10 Most Popular Shows ranking. That kind of viewership does not happen without a reason.

Set in the sweltering heat of Atlanta, the story follows Anna, a journalist living in haunting isolation who is snapped back to life when she hears about a murder in Dahlonega, the small Georgia town where she grew up.

Detective Jack Harper grows suspicious of her involvement, pulling her into the center of his investigation, with the premise hinging on the idea that there are two sides to every story, which means someone is always lying. Once the credits rolled on that jaw-dropping finale, the question became the same for millions of viewers. What do I watch next?

The Psychological Thriller Series That Started the Conversation

Before diving into recommendations, it is worth understanding exactly why ‘His & Hers’ landed so hard. The series holds a 70% Tomatometer score on Rotten Tomatoes, with critics’ consensus reading: “A moody mystery whose questions are more interesting than its answers, ‘His & Hers’ gets most of its rooting interest from Jon Bernthal and Tessa Thompson’s riveting performances.”

The divide between critical reception and raw viewer enthusiasm says everything about the show’s real appeal.

Michael Peyton of IGN rated it an “Amazing” 9 out of 10, crediting the chemistry between the leads for elevating the story into a genuinely bingeable treat, while noting that the show starts as a typical murder mystery before evolving into an examination of grief, marriage, and parenthood. That emotional layering beneath the whodunit surface is exactly what makes finding the right follow-up feel so urgent.

Instead of presenting crime as a puzzle with easy answers, the series leans into emotional fallout and psychological tension, using fractured relationships, unreliable perspectives, and the lasting cost of uncovering the truth as its core ingredients. Any show worth recommending in its wake needs to deliver on at least some of those same terms.

Murder Mystery Limited Series With the Same DNA

The most natural place to start is ‘Sharp Objects’. The HBO psychological thriller holds a near-perfect 92% critics’ score on Rotten Tomatoes, and like ‘His & Hers’, revolves around a small town filled with mystery as Amy Adams’ Camille Preaker, a journalist, returns to her hometown to cover the murders of two local girls. The parallel is almost uncanny.

There are several striking similarities in setting, plot, and the shocking yet satisfying way it wraps up its overarching mystery, though critics argue that ‘Sharp Objects’ plays many of the same notes but with more grace, subtlety, and depth. If you can handle a slower pace in exchange for richer character work, this HBO miniseries is arguably the superior experience.

‘Long Bright River’ is another miniseries worth adding to the queue, starring Amanda Seyfried as Mickey Fitzpatrick, a patrol officer working in the high-crime neighborhood of Kensington, Philadelphia, where she discovers that a woman’s death may be the work of a serial killer, all while her own sister is missing. The personal stakes tangled into the investigation mirror ‘His & Hers’ in all the right ways.

‘Defending Jacob’ features a stellar ensemble including Chris Evans in a great departure of a role, along with Michelle Dockery, Cherry Jones, J.K. Simmons, and ‘His & Hers’ alumni Pablo Schreiber, and at its core is a riveting family drama about a man who goes to great lengths to protect his family. It is a slower burn but one that rewards patience.

Shows Like ‘His & Hers’ Built on Unreliable Narrators

The unreliable narrator is the heartbeat of ‘His & Hers’, and few shows play that card with more skill than ‘Behind Her Eyes’. Based on Sarah Pinborough’s novel, ‘Behind Her Eyes’ follows Louise Barnsley, a single mother who starts an affair with her new boss while also forming an unlikely friendship with his mysterious wife, blurring the lines between reality and illusion as Louise is drawn into the couple’s dangerous web, which conceals a hidden paranormal agenda.

Like ‘His & Hers’, ‘Behind Her Eyes’ encourages viewers to question what they are seeing and why characters interpret events the way they do. The paranormal twist is polarizing, but for viewers who enjoyed being genuinely shocked by the finale of ‘His & Hers’, the ending of ‘Behind Her Eyes’ delivers a similar gut-punch sensation that you will be thinking about for days.

‘You’ is another series that fully understands how charming and terrifying an unreliable narrator can be, following Joe Goldberg, played with unsettling perfection by Penn Badgley, a seemingly thoughtful bookstore manager who also happens to be a deeply disturbed serial killer who narrates his life like the hero of a romantic comedy. The multi-season run means there is no shortage of content once you fall into its trap.

The Beast in Me and the Netflix Thriller Ecosystem

For viewers who want to stay entirely within the Netflix ecosystem, one series kept appearing in every recommendation list compiled after ‘His & Hers’ dominated the charts. ‘The Beast in Me’, a breakout Netflix thriller from late 2025, follows struggling author Aggie Wiggs, played by Claire Danes, who begins to write her next book about her new next-door neighbor, a man named Nile Jarvis played by Matthew Rhys, who just happens to have been the prime suspect in his wife’s murder.

Claire Danes and Matthew Rhys evoke powerhouse chemistry, and Brittany Snow as Nile’s second wife is a true standout, with the series being filled with enough left turns and shocks to make you question your instincts even when the ending seems obvious. The cat-and-mouse dynamic between the two leads scratches the same itch that Thompson and Bernthal’s electric tension created.

‘The Perfect Couple’, based on a novel by Elin Hilderbrand, presents a murder mystery set at a wedding, filled with family secrets, tensions, and unexpected twists, making it a strong candidate for fans of juicy whodunnits looking for something a little lighter in tone. It lacks the brooding atmosphere of ‘His & Hers’ but delivers the same addictive pacing and soap-worthy secrets.

Whether you gravitate toward the gothic atmosphere of ‘Sharp Objects’, the paranormal dread of ‘Behind Her Eyes’, or the neighbor-next-door menace of ‘The Beast in Me’, the common thread is a genre that refuses to let go of you until the very last frame, so if any of these titles scratched that same itch that ‘His & Hers’ first created, share which one hit hardest and whether anything came close to topping that finale.