Netflix’s latest true crime miniseries The Watcher is garnering a lot of attention over social media due to both the ending (see our review of the series here) and the fact that it is based on a true story. The 7-episode series follows a family who move into a new home in the suburbs and receive creepy letters from an anonymous person who calls themselves “The Watcher.”
If you’ve already binged The Watcher and are looking for other true crime miniseries, we have 5 series you can start streaming right now.
A Friend of the Family (2022)
Who’s in it: Jake Lacy, Colin Hanks, Anna Paquin, Hendrix Yancey, McKenna Grace, Lio Tipton
Synopsis: “Tells the harrowing true story of the Broberg family, whose daughter Jan was kidnapped multiple times over a period of years by a charismatic, obsessed family “friend.””
Where to watch: Peacock
Candy (2022)
Who’s in it: Jessica Biel, Melanie Lynskey, Pablo Schreiber, Timothy Simons, Raúl Esparza
Synopsis: “Candy Montgomery is a 1980 housewife and mother who did everything right—good husband, two kids, nice house, even the careful planning and execution of transgressions—but when the pressure of conformity builds within her, her actions scream for just a bit of freedom. With deadly results.”
Where to watch: Hulu
Landscapers (2021)
Who’s in it: Olivia Colman, David Thewlis, Kate O’Flynn, Dipo Ola, Daniel Rigby, Samuel Anderson
Synopsis: “A devoted and mild-mannered British couple become the focus of an extraordinary investigation when two dead bodies are discovered in the back garden of a house in England.”
Where to watch: HBO, Hulu
The Staircase (2022)
Who’s in it: Colin Firth, Toni Collette, Michael Stuhlbarg, Patrick Schwarzenegger, Sophie Turner, Dane DeHaan, Odessa Young, Juliette Binoche, Olivia DeJonge, Rosemarie DeWitt, Parker Posey, Maria Dizzia
Synopsis: “Tells the story of Michael Peterson, a crime novelist accused of killing his wife Kathleen after she is found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their home, and the 16-year judicial battle that followed.”
Where to watch: HBO Max
Under The Banner of Heaven (2022)
Who’s in it: Andrew Garfield, Daisy Edgar-Jones, Sam Worthington, Denise Gough, Wyatt Russell, Billy Howle, Chloe Pirrie, Rory Culkin, Seth Numrich,
Synopsis: “A devout detective’s faith is tested as he investigates a brutal murder seemingly connected to an esteemed Utah family’s spiral into LDS fundamentalism and their distrust in the government.”
Where to watch: FX, Hulu
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