Twisted

Series Similar to Twisted

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

1. Cruel Summer

   2021 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile, also on Freeform.

   Cruel Summer follows two young women: Kate Wallis, the popular girl with a charmed life who one day goes missing, and Jeanette Turner, the nerdy wannabe who is accused of being connected to Kate's disappearance. All signs point to Jeanette's guilt, but is Kate really who she seems to be? Set over three summers and told through shifting points of view, the series challenges perception and follows how one girl can go from being a sweet outlier to the most despised person in America.

2. The Lying Game

   2011 · Drama, Thriller · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller profile, also on Freeform.

   The Lying Game follows Emma, a kind-hearted foster kid who learns she has an identical twin sister, Sutton. Sutton, unlike Emma, was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial meeting, Sutton talks Emma into stepping into her life for a few days while she pursues a lead on the mysterious identity of their birth mother. After Sutton inexplicably fails to return to the girls' designated meeting place, Emma must decide whether to come clean about her identity and risk her own safety in the hope of uncovering her twin sister's whereabouts, along with the truth about why they were separated in the first place.

3. Hidden Palms

   2007 · Drama, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   Johnny Miller was a happy, well-adjusted 15-year-old with good grades and a roomful of sports trophies until the terrible night a year ago that his father committed suicide. Now, Johnny lives in the surreal, sun-drenched city of Palm Springs with his mother and her new husband. On the outside, Palm Springs is a shimmering paradise of resorts, swimming pools, golf courses and country clubs. But as Johnny learns the secrets that lie just beneath the surface of this seemingly typical neighborhood, he and his family are forced to ask the question: how well do you really know the people who live right next door?

4. The Watchful Eye

   2023 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile, also on Freeform.

   The Watchful Eye follows Elena Santos, a young woman with a complicated past, maneuvering her way into working as a live-in nanny for an affluent family in Manhattan. She quickly learns that everyone in the mysterious building has deadly secrets and ulterior motives. What they don't know, however, is that Elena has some shocking secrets of her own.

5. The Nine

   2006 · Drama, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Mystery profile, hidden gem.

   The Nine is a complex character drama series that will unravel the mystery of what transpired during a bank robbery turned 52-hour hostage situation in Los Angeles. Chronological flashbacks of what happened inside the bank will open each episode, but the heart of the series is how that harrowing experience impacts the key characters in their present day lives as they continue to intertwine, deepen and complicate the connections to one another.

6. Pretty Little Liars

   2010 · Romance, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile, also on Freeform.

   Rosewood is a perfect little town. So quiet and pristine, you'd never guess it holds so many secrets. Some of the ugliest ones belong to the prettiest girls in town: Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily, four friends whose darkest secrets have been unraveling since Alison, the Queen Bee of their group disappeared. As the mystery surrounding Ali's disappearance resurfaces, the girls begin getting messages from a mysterious "A," who they quickly realize is out to get them. Now, after years of tormenting and numerous shocking revelations, the Liars are united and ready to kick some "A" and uncover the truth! No longer just wanting to sit by and wait for "A's" latest cruel attack, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer take matters into their own hands and try to finally put a stop to their tormentor. As relationships are put to the test, new and old secrets are revealed and the stakes are raised higher than ever before as the Liars come closer to the truth. Will all of their sacrifices be worth it in the end?

7. 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.

8. God's Gift: 14 Days

   2014 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

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

   Kim Soo Hyun experiences the unfathomable when her daughter is kidnapped and murdered. Discovering a miraculous ability to go back in time exactly two weeks before the event, Soo Hyun races against the clock to unravel the plot and save her daughter. But when a private investigator sheds new light on the crime, Soo Hyun uncovers a secret far more treacherous than she could have ever imagined.

9. Bloodline

   2015 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile.

   Bloodline is a dramatic thriller that explores the demons lurking beneath the surface of a contemporary American family. The Rayburns are hard-working pillars of their Florida Keys community. But when the black sheep son comes home for the 45th anniversary of his parents' hotel, he threatens to expose the Rayburns' dark secrets and shameful past, pushing his siblings to the limits of family loyalty.

10. Thirteen

    2016 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

    Recommended for similar Thriller / Mystery profile.

    After thirteen years held captive by her kidnapper, Ivy Moxam escapes. Piecing back together the version of family life that existed before is no easy task.