Want a Netflix mystery miniseries you can watch in one weekend? I've got 3 recommendations that will hook you
We love a good whodunnit in all formats, but especially when it's a mystery miniseries. You don't have to wait multiple seasons for a satisfying conclusion to the story, and yet there's more than enough run time to ramp up the tension and leave you guessing.
And Netflix, one of the best streaming services around, is home to plenty of pulpy, puzzling limited series that will keep you clicking "next episode" all weekend long. From a Nicole Kidman-led, New England-set mystery drama to a Spanish-language adaptation of a Harlan Coben page-turner (just one of many on the streamer, from "Lazarus" to "Stay Close" to "Missing You"), these Netflix miniseries will leave you equal parts entertained and engrossed.
So, if you want to spend a few days binge-watching some addictive streaming originals, here are three Netflix mystery miniseries that will have you hooked from the very first episode.
'The Perfect Couple'
Nicole Kidman, a crazy wig and a mysterious death to unravel—really, what more could you need from a Netflix show? Set over a lavish summer wedding on the picturesque island of Nantucket, "The Perfect Couple" is a soapy, sunkissed mystery based the Elin Hilderbrand beach read of the same name.
Kidman leads a star-studded ensemble (Liev Schreiber, Eve Hewson, Meghann Fahy, Dakota Fanning and Sam Nivola) as Greer Garrison Winbury, a famous novelist and the matriarch of the super-wealthy Winbury family. When a dead body shockingly washes ashore just hours before her son's nuptials, everyone becomes a suspect.
(And if you want more frothy mysteries full of complex family dynamics, here are 5 five shows like 'The Perfect Couple' to also add to your watchlist.)
Stream "The Perfect Couple" on Netflix now
'The Innocent'
Adapted from Harlan Coben's seventh standalone novel, 2005's "The Innocent," this twisty Spanish miniseries centers on Mateo "Matt" Vidal (played by Mario Casas), a Barcelona man who was imprisoned for four years for accidental negligent homicide after trying to break up a bar brawl. Matt is trying to start his life over and rebuild his relationship with his wife Olivia (Aura Garrido), when all of those plans are derailed by a mysterious phone call that sends him on the path to find the truth.
The eight-episode mystery has a picture-perfect 100% approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes; in her review for Fotogramas (translated to English), critic María Juesas praised the series for how "it approaches each chapter like a movie, focusing each time on a different character, telling us almost all his secrets as if he were adding one more piece to the puzzle...'The Innocent' knows how to play with a labyrinthine plot that hides a puzzle of crime, deception and mysteries."
Watch "The Innocent" on Netflix now
'Bodies'
Why have one detective story when you can have four? In this Netflix limited series based on the graphic novel by Si Spencer, four different investigators (played by Kyle Soller, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Amaka Okafor and Shira Haas) are working the same across four very different timelines: 1890, 1941, 2023, and 2053, respectively.
As each dive into the case of a dead body in Longharvest Lane across eight episodes, it soon becomes clear that those seemingly disparate investigations might not be so disparate after all and may be linked to a larger conspiracy that has the potential to destroy all of London. (If you like your murder mysteries with a bit of a sci-fi edge, this one is for you.)
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