If You Liked Desperate Housewives, Watch These Next
Finished Desperate Housewives (2004) and want more of the same? These 20 TV shows are what its fans watched next, ranked by how often people who liked it also liked these. Like Desperate Housewives, most of them are mystery, drama, comedy.
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20 titles · updated 2nd October 2026
1.Why Women Kill(2019)
7.9ComedyCrimeDramaAlso comedy and drama
Three women living in three different decades: a housewife in the '60s, a socialite in the '80s and a lawyer in 2018, deal with infidelity in their marriages.
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2.The Purge(2018)
6.9MysteryCrimeDramaAlso mystery and drama
Set in a dystopian America ruled by a totalitarian political party, the series follows several seemingly unrelated characters living in a small city. Tying them all together is a mysterious savior who’s impeccably equipped for everything the night throws at them. As the clock winds down with their fates hanging in…
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3.Santa Clarita Diet(2017)
7.4ComedyMysteryCrimeAlso comedy and mystery
They're ordinary husband and wife realtors until she undergoes a dramatic change that sends them down a road of death and destruction. In a good way.
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4.How to Get to Heaven from Belfast(2026)
7.1MysteryComedyDramaAlso mystery and comedy
Three lifelong pals embark on a chaotic quest to solve the mystery of their old friend's suspicious death and keep their own dark secret under wraps.
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5.The Beast in Me(2025)
7.0DramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
A famous author is pulled into a twisted mind game with her rich, powerful new neighbor — who might be a murderer.
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6.The Woman in the House Across the Street from the Girl in the Window(2022)
6.5MysteryCrimeComedyAlso mystery and comedy
For Anna, every day is the same. She sits with her wine, staring out the window, watching life go by without her. But when a handsome neighbor moves in across the street, Anna starts to see a light at the end of the tunnel. That is until she witnesses a gruesome murder… Or did she?
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7.The Afterparty(2022)
7.1MysteryComedyCrimeAlso mystery and comedy
Nothing is as it seems in this hilarious murder mystery where each suspect's story is told through a different film genre.
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8.Wilfred(2011)
7.5ComedyDramaMysteryAlso comedy and drama
Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ryan the man how to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the…
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9.Shining Vale(2022)
7.4ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
A dysfunctional family moves from the city to a small town into a house in which terrible atrocities have taken place. But no one seems to notice except for Patricia “Pat” Phelps, who’s convinced she’s either depressed or possessed – turns out, the symptoms are exactly the same.
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10.FROM(2022)
8.5MysteryDramaSci-Fi & FantasyAlso mystery and drama
Unravel the mystery of a nightmarish town in middle America that traps all those who enter. As the unwilling residents fight to keep a sense of normalcy and search for a way out, they must also survive the threats of the surrounding forest – including the terrifying creatures that come out when the sun goes down.
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11.Carter(2018)
6.7DramaComedyMysteryAlso drama and comedy
A Canadian actor on an American police procedural TV series returns home after a public meltdown. Partnering with his police detective friend, he tries to use his acting experience to solve real crimes.
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12.Dead to Me(2019)
7.3DramaComedyCrimeAlso drama and comedy
A hotheaded widow searching for the hit-and-run driver who mowed down her husband befriends an eccentric optimist who isn't quite what she seems.
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13.Based on a True Story(2023)
7.0ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
The lives of a realtor, a plumber and a former tennis star unexpectedly collide, exposing America’s obsession with true crime, murder and the slow-close toilet seat.
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14.Vanished(2026)
6.8DramaMysteryAlso drama and mystery
When a romantic getaway to Paris takes a dark turn with the sudden disappearance of her boyfriend Tom aboard a train to the south of France, Alice is plunged into a web of intrigue and danger, uncovering shocking secrets about the man she thought she knew.
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15.Ginny & Georgia(2021)
8.0ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
Free-spirited Georgia and her two kids, Ginny and Austin, move north in search of a fresh start but find that the road to new beginnings can be bumpy.
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16.Grotesquerie(2024)
7.3DramaMysteryCrimeAlso drama and mystery
A series of heinous crimes have unsettled a small community, and Detective Lois Tryon feels they are eerily personal, as if someone—or something—is taunting her.
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17.Weeds(2005)
7.5ComedyCrimeDramaAlso comedy and drama
After the unexpected death of her husband, a suburban mom resorts to selling weed to support her family.
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18.Only Murders in the Building(2021)
8.4ComedyMysteryCrimeAlso comedy and mystery
Three strangers share an obsession with true crime and suddenly find themselves wrapped up in one.
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19.And Just Like That…(2021)
7.2ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life and friendship in their 50s.
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20.With Love(2021)
6.2ComedyDramaAlso comedy and drama
The Diaz siblings, Lily and Jorge, are on a mission to find love and purpose. They cross paths with seemingly unrelated residents during some of the most heightened days of the year—the holidays.
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