The Stranger

Series Similar to The Stranger

If you enjoyed The Stranger, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. T@gged

   2016 · Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   A series of violent videos from an unknown user named "monkeyman" target Hailey, Rowan and Elisia. A group of high school students whose pasts are inexplicably connected. T@gged is a modern day thriller that explores the terrifying risks of social media in a world of anonymity.

2. Six Four

   2023 · Crime, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Six Four is a dark and compelling story of kidnap, corruption, betrayal and an uncompromising search for the truth, when Chris and Michelle O'Neill's teenage daughter goes missing.Serving police detective, Chris is provided with a startling revelation about an infamous, unsolved case that once divided the police when a local girl called Julie Mackie disappeared. Now, reeling from the news that his own daughter has gone missing, Chris is approached by a journalist who tells him that fatal mistakes were covered-up in Julie's disappearance. Revisiting the case, Chris uncovers a series of undeniable errors, corruption and unbridled ambition.

3. Momgap

   2022 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   A disaster-thriller that unfolds after a major earthquake hits a building where ransom bargaining for various reasons took place. It depicts the merciless struggle of human beings to survive in the chaos created by complete disconnection from the outside world.

4. The Stolen Girl

   2025 · Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

   In The Stolen Girl, a seemingly ordinary decision turns the world of Elisa, mum to two young kids, upside down. When Elisa's nine-year-old daughter asks to go on an overnight playdate with her new best friend, Elisa agrees. But when she says goodnight to her daughter, she has no idea that she is about to be thrust into every parent's worst nightmare, and when Elisa goes to pick her up, she discovers that the beautiful house was a holiday rental, while her daughter has disappeared. What follows is a manhunt across Europe, while Elisa and husband Fred find themselves the object of police scrutiny.

5. Secrets & Lies

   2014 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   A gripping new whodunit guaranteed to keep you guessing, TEN's ready to reveal the cast of its hotly anticipated drama Secrets & Lies.The six-part thriller, which has just kicked off production in Brisbane, is the twisty tale of family man Ben Gundelach, who discovers the body of a young boy and quickly finds himself the prime suspect.

6. Most Dangerous Game

   2020 · Action, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Most Dangerous Game follows the story of a terminally ill man named Dodge Tynes who will do anything to provide for his pregnant wife before he dies. In the throes of desperation, he accepts an offer to participate in a deadly hunt, only to discover that he's not the hunter, but the prey.

7. Veronika

   2024 · Drama, Thriller · returning

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   When a police officer with a tablet addiction sees a dead boy, she questions her sanity, but she realizes that she is facing victims of unsolved crimes and that her past can help to catch a killer on the loose.

8. Our Zoo

   2014 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Our Zoo is a drama series based on the true story of the Mottershead family who, in the face of staunch opposition and huge personal sacrifice, founded Chester Zoo in the 1930s.

9. Cold Courage

   2020 · Drama, Crime, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile.

   Two young Finnish women in London are drawn inexorably together via the Studio - a clandestine group dedicated to bringing justice to those beyond the law.Cold Courage is an international crime-drama series based on the Studio book series and named after the first installment by Pekka Hiltunen.

10. Vaka

    2026 · Thriller · returning

    Recommended for similar Thriller profile, hidden gem.

    Vaka centers on the survival of Stockholm's population when an epidemic of insomnia sweeps the city, turning everyone's lives into a waking nightmare of chaos. As the disease spreads, fates and lives collide against an unstoppable threat. While a disgraced prime minister battles to control the city and his image while protecting his reckless son, a dedicated ambulance nurse risks everything to save her infected lover, and a teenage girl defends a young neighbor after his family falls victim to illness and conspiracies.