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Shows Like The White Lotus, Sorted by What You Actually Miss
By Jordan A. · · Updated · 5 min read
The White Lotus works because it is three shows stacked on top of each other. There is a murder structure that gives every episode a countdown. There is a class satire where the rich are not villains so much as people who have never had to finish a thought. And there is a resort, which traps a cast of strangers somewhere beautiful and lets them curdle.
Most lists recommended after it grab only the first layer and hand you a whodunnit. Three seasons have aired on HBO since 2021 and a fourth has been ordered, so you have a wait. These picks are grouped by which layer you want back. Where each streams changes, and the title page on BingeNext shows current US options.
If you want the class satire
Succession ran four seasons on HBO from 2018 to 2023 and is the show White Lotus is in conversation with. Mike White's guests are people money happened to; Jesse Armstrong's family is people who made the money and cannot survive each other. It shares the comic cruelty and the sense that nobody will learn anything. The difference is that it is a boardroom show, so the pleasure is verbal rather than atmospheric. Choose it if the dialogue was your favorite part.
Your Friends and Neighbors has run two seasons on Apple TV since April 2025, with season two finishing in June 2026. Jon Hamm plays a hedge fund manager who loses his job and starts robbing his neighbors' houses. It shares the specific observation that wealth is mostly a set of manners. It is more of a caper than a slow burn, which makes it easier to watch and slightly less unsettling.
Palm Royale ran two seasons on Apple TV from March 2024 to January 2026. Kristen Wiig tries to force her way into 1969 Palm Beach society. It shares the study of people who want in badly enough to be humiliating about it. It is broader and much brighter in tone. Choose it if you want the satire without the dread.
If you want the resort trap
Nine Perfect Strangers has run two seasons on Hulu since 2021. Nicole Kidman runs a wellness retreat where the guests are being dosed. It shares the format almost exactly: beautiful location, wealthy strangers, something wrong under the surface. It is more of a genre thriller and less interested in the staff, which is where White Lotus finds most of its edge.
The Resort is a single eight-episode season on Peacock from 2022. A couple on a Yucatan anniversary trip stumbles into a fifteen-year-old disappearance. It shares the vacation-gone-wrong structure and the sense of a place with a memory. It is stranger and more melancholy than it first appears, and it is short.
The Perfect Couple is a six-episode Netflix limited series from September 2024, set around a Nantucket wedding with a body in the water. It shares the wealthy-enclave setting and the ensemble of suspects. It is straighter and pulpier, which is either a relief or a disappointment depending on what you came for.
If you want the moral rot under the surface
Big Little Lies ran two seasons on HBO in 2017 and 2019, with a third confirmed and undated. Monterey, expensive houses, a death you know about from the first scene. It shares the structure White Lotus borrowed, and it is where a lot of this template comes from. The difference is that it is genuinely interested in its women rather than amused by them. Choose it if you want the emotional version.
Bad Sisters ran two seasons on Apple TV from 2022 to December 2024. Five Irish sisters and a brother-in-law everyone would prefer dead. It shares the black comedy and the pre-announced corpse. It is warmer than anything else here, because the sisters actually love each other, and it is very funny.
Sirens is a five-episode Netflix limited series from May 2025. A woman turns up at a coastal estate to rescue her sister from what looks like a cult built around a rich employer. It shares the seaside wealth, the power imbalance between staff and owner, and the tonal wobble between comedy and threat. It is the closest thing on this list to a direct descendant.
If you want the murder engine
The Undoing is a six-episode HBO limited series from late 2020, with Nicole Kidman and Hugh Grant as Manhattan wealth under investigation. It shares the immaculate surfaces and the slow reveal. It is a straight thriller and the ending is divisive.
Death and Other Details is a ten-episode Hulu series from 2024, a locked-room mystery on a luxury Mediterranean cruise ship with Mandy Patinkin as the detective. It shares the confined-luxury setting and the ensemble of the awful. It is much more of a puzzle box and it was canceled after one season, so it does resolve its case but not its world.
A Good Girl's Guide to Murder is a BBC production that started in July 2024 and has run two seasons. A sixth-form student reopens a closed case in a pretty English town. It shares the community-full-of-liars structure. It is aimed younger and is far less cynical, which makes it a good pick when you want the shape without the nastiness.
Where to start
If you want the sharpest writing, watch Succession. If you want the closest match to the White Lotus feeling in one sitting, watch Sirens, then The Resort. If you want to keep the beach and lose the meanness, Bad Sisters. If you want the original template, Big Little Lies.
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Topics covered: dark-comedy, mystery, drama, ensemble-cast, prestige-tv, streaming
About the author
Jordan A., Founder, BingeNext
Jordan A. is the founder of BingeNext and is responsible for every guide published on this site. He built the recommendation engine after one too many nights lost to the streaming menu. Dates, season counts and where-to-watch details in these guides are checked against official sources before publishing, and corrections are welcome at Jordan@Bingenext.com.