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Liane Moriarty’s 2021 best-selling mystery novel Apples Never Fall is now a miniseries on Peacock and premiered on March 14th with all 7 episodes. The ensemble cast is made up of Annette Bening (Nyad, Death on the Nile), Sam Neill (The Twelve, Jurassic Park), Jake Lacey (The White Lotus, A Friend of the Family), Conor Merrigan Turner (Thai Cave Rescue), Alison Brie (GLOW, Somebody I Used to Know), Georgia Flood (Anzac Girls, Wentworth), Essie Randles (The Speedway Murders), Jeanine Serralles (Hightown, The Woman in the Window), and Dylan Thuraisingham (Head High).
Following the seemingly picture-perfect Delaney family, Stan (Sam Neill) and Joy (Annette Bening) have sold their successful tennis academy and are ready to the next chapter of their retired lives. While they look forward to spending time with their four adult children (Jake Lacy, Alison Brie, Conor Merrigan-Turner, Essie Randles), everything changes when a wounded young woman arrives at their home bringing the excitement they’ve been missing. But when Joy suddenly disappears, her children are forced to re-examine their parents’ so-called perfect marriage as their family’s darkest secrets begin to surface.
If you’re looking for more shows filled with mystery, family drama, and twists, here are 7 shows Like Apples Never Fall to watch next.
Dear Child (2023 miniseries)
Cast: Kim Riedle, Naila Schuberth, Sammy Schrein, Hans Löw, Haley Louise Jones, Justus von Dohnányi, Julika Jenkins
Synopsis: “A mysterious woman’s escape from her harrowing captivity points investigators toward the dark truth behind an unsolved disappearance 13 years earlier.”
Where to watch: Netflix
Full Circle (2023 miniseries)
Cast: Zazie Beetz, Claire Danes, Timothy Olyphant, Dennis Quaid, Suzanne Savoy, Jharrel Jerome, Gerald Jones, CCH Pounder, Jim Gaffigan, Adia, Sheyi Cole, Gerald Jones, Phaldut Sharma, William Sadler
Synopsis: “An investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present-day New York City.”
Where to watch: Max
Gone for Good (2021 miniseries)
Cast: Finnegan Oldfield, Nicolas Duvauchelle, Guillaume Gouix, Garance Marillier, Nailia Harzoune, Tómas Lemarquis, Grégoire Colin, Jacques Bonnaffé
Synopsis: “Guillaume Lucchesi had drawn a line under the terrible tragedy which saw the two people he loved the most die: Sonia, his first love, and Fred, his brother. Ten years later, Judith, his new lover, suddenly disappears. To find her, Guillaume will have to face all the truths hidden by his family and friends, as well as the ones he’d decided to ignore. For better, but mostly for worse.”
Where to watch: Netflix
The Last Thing He Told Me (2023 miniseries)
Cast: Jennifer Garner, Angourie Rice, Aisha Tyler, Augusto Aguilera, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, John Harlan Kim, Geoff Stults
Synopsis: “This gripping limited series follows Hannah, a woman who must forge a relationship with her 16-year-old stepdaughter Bailey in order to find the truth about why her husband has mysteriously disappeared.”
Where to watch: Apple TV+
Little Fires Everywhere (2020 miniseries)
Cast: Reese Witherspoon, Kerry Washington, Joshua Jackson, Rosemarie DeWitt, Jade Pettyjohn, Lexi Underwood, Gavin Lewis, Megan Stott
Synopsis: “Based on Celeste Ng’s 2017 bestseller, Little Fires Everywhere follows the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and an enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives. The story explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, the ferocious pull of motherhood – and the danger in believing that following the rules can avert disaster.”
Where to watch: Hulu
Safe (2018 miniseries)
Cast: Michael C. Hall, Amanda Abbington, Marc Warren, Audrey Fleurot, Hannah Arterton, Nigel Lindsay, Laila Rouass, Joplin Sibtain, Emmett J. Scanlan, Amy James-Kelly, Freddie Thorp, Hero Fiennes Tiffin
Synopsis: “After his teenage daughter goes missing, a widowed surgeon in an affluent neighborhood begins unearthing dark secrets about the people closest to him.”
Where to watch: Netflix
The Stranger (2020 miniseries)
Cast: Richard Armitage, Siobhán Finneran, Jennifer Saunders, Hannah John-Kamen, Shaun Dooley, Paul Kaye, Dervla Kirwan, Kadiff Kirwan, Jacob Dudman, Anthony Head, Stephen Rea, Misha Handley, Brandon Fellows
Synopsis: “When a stranger makes a shocking claim about his wife, family man Adam Price becomes entangled in a mystery as he desperately searches for answers.”
Where to watch: Netflix
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