Five Netflix shows to watch if you loved ‘The Perfect Lie’
Dinner has been served on Netflix with The Perfect Lie, a thrilling Dutch adaptation of Saskia Noort’s bestselling novel The Dinner Club, AKA De Eetclub. And viewers are officially seated for dessert.
The story centres on Karen, who relocates to the affluent town of Bergen with her family in hopes of a fresh start. Upon their arrival, Karen and co are invited to the Dinner Club, an exclusive circle of friends who seem to have it all – palatial villas, successful careers, expensive taste, and happy families.
But underneath the glitz and glam, a lot is rotten, and it all comes unravelling when a villa goes up in flames, killing one of the members.
While the inciting incident is the start of fragmentation, now that the central mystery is done and dusted, here are five more Netflix shows to binge like The Perfect Lie.
Five Netflix shows to stream after The Perfect Lie
The Hunting Wives (Jennifer Getzinger, Cheryl Dunye, Melanie Mayron, and Julie Anne Robinson, 2025-Present)
Similar to The Perfect Lie, The Hunting Wives, based on May Cobb’s bestselling novel, blends steamy domestic drama, small-town corruption, and a high-stakes murder mystery. The crime thriller follows Sophie O’Neil, who, like Karen, moves with her family from the Northeast to a small, wealthy town in East Texas. Although she initially feels a bit out of place, Sophie soon finds herself drawn into the magnetic, intoxicating orbit of Margo Banks, the charismatic ringleader of an elite clique of rich housewives.
As Margo introduces Sophie to her exclusive circle of friends, what starts as late-night shooting outings, affairs, and wild social gatherings spirals out of control when a body turns up in the woods, redirecting every eye of suspicion towards the newcomer. If you like how the characters in The Perfect Lie led double lives, maintaining a high-society ruse all along, The Hunting Wives is the quintessential follow-up on Netflix.
Quicksand (Per-Olav Sørensen and Lisa Farzaneh, 2019)
While The Perfect Lie is a Dutch thriller, Quicksand is a Swedish thriller on Netflix that equally tears down the illusion of an enviable life. Like the Dutch adaptation, the 2019 limited series also focuses on high-society, wealthy enclaves where life looks flawless on the outside. Additionally, the primary catalyst of the tension is the realisation that these polished circles are built on half-truths, hidden resentments, and systemic corruption.
Quicksand opens with a bloody massacre in a classroom at the affluent Stockholm prep school, where 18-year-old high school student Maja Norberg is found alive and uninjured. The findings immediately prompt the authorities to arrest Maja on suspicion of being a co-conspirator in the tragic mass shooting. The Netflix miniseries follows a split timeline that transitions between Maja’s murder trial and flashbacks of her turbulent relationship with a troubled, wealthy classmate.
Behind Her Eyes (Erik Richter Strand, 2021)
Again, if you loved the psychological mystery, hidden motives, and characters leading double lives in The Perfect Lie, Behind Her Eyes on Netflix is unskippable. While both stories centre on an outsider protagonist who enters an elite, pre-existing dynamic, the core tension in the shows originates from characters hiding skeletons in their closets, not just from their partners but also from those they call friends.
Behind Her Eyes tells the story of Louise, a single mother and part-time receptionist who kisses a man named David in a bar, only to discover he’s her new boss the very next day. Although David is married, that passionate kiss leads to a whirlwind affair with Louise. At the same time, Louise develops an unlikely friendship with his wife, which may come across as a love triangle before evolving into a dark tale of twisted suspense.
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (Michael Lennox, George Kane, and Rachna Suri, 2026)
How to Get to Heaven from Belfast ventures into the same mystery-and-secrets territory as The Perfect Lie, albeit as a dark comedy thriller. Created by Lisa McGee, whose Netflix credits include Derry Girls, the eight-episode series follows three childhood friends in their late 30s who receive word that the fourth member of their teenage group, Greta, has passed away unexpectedly after being out of touch for years.
As the trio reunites to travel to her wake in Donegal, eerie occurrences take centre stage, convincing the gang there’s more to the case than meets the eye. How to Get to Heaven from Belfast revolves around Saoirse, Robyn, and Dara, as they launch their own amateurish investigation across Ireland to uncover what really happened and whether there’s any truth to the claims of Greta’s death.
Apple Cider Vinegar (Jeffrey Walker, 2025)
Lastly, for The Perfect Lie-post-recommendation viewing, we recommend Apple Cider Vinegar, which serves as a stark critique of constructed social facades and double lives. The 2025 limited series captures the quick ascent and eventual descent of Belle Gibson, an Australian wellness influencer who builds a massive online empire, falsely claiming she cured her terminal brain cancer through clean eating and holistic healing.
Set during the early days of Instagram, Apple Cider Vinegar sheds light on the toxic side of influencer culture, where she not only fabricates a fatal cancer diagnosis but also launches a successful health app, publishes a cookbook, and gains global fame. Central to both narratives is the concept of a “perfect lie,” in which characters go to any extent to maintain status, wealth, and control, convincing those around them that their lives are pristine.