If you’re sad The Sinner is over, then watch these nine shows next

The fourth and final season of The Sinner has just dropped on Netflix. This series sees Detective Harry Ambrose try to solve the disappearance of Percy Muldoon, a local woman whose family runs the town thanks to their successful fishing business. The eight part series sees Bill Pullman and Jessica Hecht reprise their roles and they’re joined by new cast members including Alice Kremelberg and Frances Fisher.

In November it was announced this season of The Sinner would be the last. The show’s creator Derek Simonds described the four seasons as an “incredible journey” but the series would be ending.

He said: “It’s been a huge pleasure and a privilege to be able to tell the kind of stories we have on The Sinner these past four seasons.

“[Universal Content Productions] and USA have been ideal partners and continually supportive of our creative goals, and I’m so pleased to complete Harry Ambrose’s dramatic series-long arc as we intended in this final season.

“A huge thank you to my partner-in-crime, Bill Pullman, and to the talented actors, writers, directors, and crew who gave their all to help realise this show. It’s been an incredible journey.”

So in order to fill The Sinner shaped hole in your life, you need to watch these nine shows like The Sinner:

Mind Hunter

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Mind Hunter is a great series option for those who like the psychological element of The Sinner. The show has two seasons available on Netflix and stars Jonathan Groff as an FBI agent working in the Behavioural Science Unit.

Throughout the series he interviews serial killers in order to find out how the criminal mind works and solve ongoing cases. In season two they feature Charles Manson and David Berkowitz aka Son of Sam.

Basically if you’re interested in knowing more about the minds of serial killers in a dramatic setting this is the show for you.

Mare of Easttown

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Mare of Easttown is a HBO series starring Kate Winslet which first came out in April last year.

Kate plays the role of a detective in a small Pennsylvania town attempting to solve two high profile cases – the murder of a teenage mother and the disappearance of a young girl. She is solving these crimes whilst battling her own demons of the death of her son and her divorce.

The series has seven episodes and has received a 95 per cent score on Rotten Tomatoes.

Stay Close

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Stay Close is Harlan Coben’s latest series to come to Netflix. The eight part series is an adaptation of Coben’s novel of the same name.

It tells the story of a number of interconnected characters who are all battling secrets from their past. There’s Megan, played by Cush Jumbo, who is a former stripper now living a classic suburban life. Richard Armitage plays Ray Levine, a failed photographer who is crushed with the pain of losing the woman he loved. And there’s James Nesbit’s character detective Michael Broome who is still thinking about a man called Stewart Green who went missing 17 years ago.

Their three storylines come together when another man goes missing on the anniversary of Green’s disappearance.

The Fall

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The Fall is a BBC series available on Netflix and stars Jamie Dornan and Gillian Anderson. If those two aren’t enough to convince you to watch it then the plot should be.

The three season show follows Gillian Anderson as detective Stella Gibson who is attempting to catch serial killer Paul Spector played by Jamie Dornan.

Rather than being a traditional “who dunnit” series, The Fall identifies Jamie Dornan as the murderer and then attempts to understand the motive behind his crimes.

Top of the Lake

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Top of the Lake is a two series show created for the BBC which is now available on Netflix.

The show stars Elisabeth Moss as detective Robin Griffin who is investigating the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl in New Zealand. The second series takes place five years later and sees Griffin return to solve the murder of an unidentified Asian girl who is found on Bondi Beach in Australia.

In the second season Nicole Kidman and Gwendoline Christie join the cast and the series has been praised for its exploration of rape culture.

Criminal

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Netflix’s Criminal is an interesting series with the majority of each episode taking place within a police interrogation.

There are seven episodes across two seasons and each episode focuses on a different person accused of a crime. The detectives are seen interrogating their suspects in order to try and solve the cases.

The cast for Criminal is pretty impressive. Katherine Kelly, Mark Stanley and Nicholas Pinnock are part of the investigating team. David Tennant, Kit Harington, Hayley Atwell, Kunal Nayyar, Sophie Okonedo and Sharon Hogan all star as individuals suspected of crimes.

Manhunt: Unabomber

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Manhunt is a fictionalised version of the FBI’s hunt for the Unabomber in the late 1990s. The series stars Sam Worthington as criminal profiler Jim Fitzgerald and Paul Bettany as the Unabomber.

The series has eight episodes and has been given a 93 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes.

Midnight Mass

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A big part of The Sinner is the often cultish like behaviour of some of the characters and storylines. If you’re gonna miss this then watch Midnight Mass on Netflix.

Midnight Mass is a seven part mini-series which was released on Netflix last year. The plot of the series focuses on Riley who returns to his small island home town after serving four years in prison for killing someone during a drunk driving accident.

At the same as Riley arrives a new priest also arrives on the island. Soon after the priest’s arrival the town experiences numerous supernatural events.

Unbelievable

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Unbelievable is a Netflix series inspired by the true story of a series of rapes which took place between 2008 and 2011.

The series focuses on the first victim Marie who after bullying from police, retracted her statement about the rape and was charged with making a false report of rape.

The eight part season stars Toni Collette, Merritt Wever and Kaitlyn Dever and has received a score of 98 per cent on Rotten Tomatoes.

The Sinner season four is available on Netflix now. For all the latest Netflix news, drops, quizzes and memes like The Holy Church of Netflix on Facebook. 

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