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The second season of You is now on Netflix, but if you've already binged the whole thing, here are some more equally addictive and sinister thrillers.
Few TV shows have caught the public's imagination quite like You over the last 12 months. Released on Netflix on Boxing Day 2018 with little publicity or fanfare, the psychological thriller became a word-of-mouth sensation.
Based on the 2014 novel by Caroline Kepnes, the story of New York bookstore manager and killer Joe Goldberg and his obsession with customer and aspiring writer Guinevere Beck, the series was a terrifying portrayal of a psychopath stalker in the digital age.
The perfect binge-watch melodrama, the series took influences from TV series and films such as Dexter, Gone Girl and American Psycho and brought them together with a modern toxic twist.
Season two landed on Boxing Day if you've already binged through the whole season, you're probably on the hunt for another psychological thriller.
If you need your fix of quippy internal monologues and soapy twists, here are seven other shows you will love...
Killing Eve
BBC
How can I watch it?
Catch up on season 1 and 2 on BBC iPlayer.
What’s it about?
Killing Eve topples the typical spy-action thriller as two fiercely intelligent women, equally obsessed with each other, go head to head in an epic game of cat and mouse.
Why should I watch it?
One of the best TV shows of the decade, Sandra Oh and Jodie Comer are sensational in the serial killer thriller.
Filled with twisted humour and razor-sharp dialogue, just like You, it explores the idea of psychopaths with an original and dynamic twist.
Desperate Housewives
ABC/Rex/Shutterstock
How can I watch it?
Buy the box set on Amazon Prime Video.
What's it about?
The lives and loves of the women of picture perfect Wisteria Lane brought together the unforgettable characters Susan Mayer, Lynette Scavo, Bree Van De Kamp, Gabrielle Solis and Edie Britt,
A juicy soap opera that became the biggest TV show in America when it launched in 2004, thanks to the mixture of secrets, lies and melodrama.
Why should I watch it?
If you loved the monologues in You, check out the Queen of the art-form, Marc Cherry’s Desperate Housewives. A smash hit TV hit phenomenon when it launched in 2004, the quality of the series occasionally dipped a little bit in the middle of its 8 seasons, but the first season still holds up as a masterclass in blending soap, comedy and mystery to make addictive popcorn TV.
Pretty Little Liars
ABC
How can I watch it
All seven seasons are streaming now on Netflix
What's it about?
An American teen drama loosely based on the novel series of the same name written by Sara Shepard.
The series follows the lives of four high school girls whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their leader. One year later, the estranged friends are reunited as they begin receiving messages from a mysterious figure named ‘A’ who threatens to expose their deepest secrets.
Why should I watch it?
If you couldn’t get enough of You, you'll be a PLL addict in no time. Shay Mitchell, who plays Peach in You is a connecting factor between both shows, but they also both have a thrilling mix of secrets, lies and missing bodies.
Safe
Netflix
How can I watch it
It's streaming now on Netflix
What’s it about?
Safe is the tale of grieving widower Tom (Michael C Hall) who is stunned when his teenage daughter disappears from their gated community on the outskirts of London. As he begins a frantic search to find her, mysterious circumstances concerning the night of his wife's death come to light.
Why should I watch it?
Created by thriller author Harlan Coben and Shameless writer Danny Brocklehurst, this tense gated community thriller is a classic Netflix binge-watch.
Addictive and claustrophobic, you'll be on the edge of your seat throughout and its almost impossible to resist the urge of just one more episode.
What/If
Netflix
How can I watch it?
It’s streaming on Netflix now.
What's it about?
A series that explores the ripple effects of what happens when acceptable people start doing unacceptable things, with a central character played by a fabulously game Renee Zellweger.
The storyline revolves around her character's lucrative but dubious offer to a cash-strapped pair of San Francisco newlyweds.
Why should I watch it?
Gasp-inducing, soapy, silly, and binge-tastic, this 10 episode anthology drama is not going to win any awards.
However, the gloriously OTT melodrama is never ever boring. Piling up the twists on top of the sexy thrills, it’s a true guilty pleasure.
Bates Motel
Rex/Shutterstock/NBC
How can I watch it?
All five seasons are streaming on Netflix.
What's it about?
Freddie Highmore and Vera Farmiga star in this contemporary prequel to Alfred Hitchcock’s iconic 1960 film Psycho.
Why should I watch it?
Highmore and Farmiga deserved more recognition for this underrated TV gem, which managed to delicately work around the Hitchcock masterpiece and create something haunting and darkly comic.
The dynamic between Norman and Norman is hypnotic and in the fifth and final season, Rihanna arrives as Marion Crane.
You season 1 and 2 are streaming now on Netflix.
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