8 Best TV Series About Small Town Mysteries if You Miss 'From', Ranked by IMDb
These projects have it all – from dark secrets to criminal investigations and touching stories to chilling suspense.
It's no surprise that From has become one of the biggest hits in recent years – it's a mystical horror show about a space-time loop from and monsters that torment people at night.
For those waiting for the fourth season, which won't be released until 2026, we've recalled projects similar to From – with gripping plots and mysterious small-town atmosphere.
8. 'Outer Range', 2022-2024
IMDb Score: 7.1/10
The plot centers on the downfall of the Abbott family. Royal Abbott owns a huge ranch in Wyoming, but a wealthy neighboring landowner is trying to take it away, piece by piece.
Frustrated by his repeated failures, Royal rides through his lands and one day discovers a wide, bottomless hole in the western part of the ranch. Over time, the hole will become a box of secrets for the head of the family.
7. 'Wayward Pines', 2015-2016
IMDb Score: 7.3/10
Secret agent Ethan Burke and his colleague travel to Idaho to find Ethan's former partner. Along the way, Ethan gets into an accident and wakes up in a hospital in the small town of Wayward Pines.
Under the ominously attentive supervision of doctors, Ethan senses that something is wrong and runs away. However, it is impossible to leave the town because it is surrounded by a high wall.
While continuing to search for a way back to Seattle, Ethan uncovers the secrets of the local scientists and authorities, who have decided to sacrifice people's freedom to hide a terrible truth.
6. 'The Outsider', 2020
IMDb Score: 7.6/10
A respected school coach has been accused of murdering his son. However, he didn't commit the crime – on the day of the murder, he was 70 miles away from the scene.
However, no one believes the coach, including Ralph Anderson, who lost a son a couple of years ago. The coach is shot right outside the courthouse, and the investigation hits a wall.
Anderson had already been removed from the case, but a series of terrible deaths in the area and a suspicious stranger who had settled nearby forced him to return to the investigation.
5. 'Evil', 2019-2024
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
Kristen, a psychiatrist from the district attorney's office, didn't believe in mysticism until she encountered a strange case. A captured serial killer doesn't have a mental illness – he seems to be possessed by demons.
Kristen didn't want to believe this, but the deeper she delved into the case, the closer the creatures from the underworld seemed to get to her.
To finally convince her of Satan's existence, a Catholic Church consultant meets with her and offers her a job: to disprove or prove possession.
4. 'The OA', 2016-2019
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
The OA is one of the most underrated sci-fi series that Netflix unfairly killed off.
Seven years after her disappearance, Prairie returns to her hometown. She doesn't tell her parents or the police where she went. Instead, she invites three schoolchildren and a teacher to hear her story.
It turns out that Prairie and four others were held hostage by a mad scientist named Hap the entire time. Hap hoped to use them to prove the existence of an afterlife, but found something else during his experiments.
3. 'Broadchurch', 2013-2017
IMDb Score: 8.3/10
In a British seaside town, 11-year-old Danny is murdered. Ellie Miller and Alec Hardy, the new inspector at the Broadchurch station, investigate the murder.
The entire population is affected by this huge tragedy, and everyone is a suspect. Over time, Hardy and Miller uncover the terrible secrets the locals are hiding.
2. 'Dark', 2017-2020
IMDb Score: 8.7/10
Dark is the most twisted and gripping time travel series. The story takes place in the small German town of Winden.
After a teenager disappears, a group of teens search the forest for drugs he stashed. During the nighttime search, they become frightened and flee.
The next morning, they discover that one of the children, Mikkel, never returned home. This event sets off a chain of events and discoveries that will shake the lives of four Winden families to their foundations.
1. 'Fargo', 2014-2024
IMDb Score: 8.8/10
Noah Hawley's crime anthology is based on the Coen brothers' movie of the same name. In the first season, Hawley reworked the plot of a man who hates his wife and becomes involved with a killer, setting it in the present day.
The subsequent seasons are the showrunner's pure fantasy based on the world of the original film. Hawley transformed Fargo from an imitation of his favorite filmmakers into a unique statement.
