Finished You Season 5? These 7 Twisted Shows Will Keep You Up All Night

You’s fifth and final season has finally arrived on Netflix, giving some sort of closure to Penn Badgley’s Joe Goldberg and his fear-inducing hunt for young women he’s obsessed with.

Launched back in 2018, You stands out as one of the most acclaimed psychological thriller series on modern TV, but that’s not the only one of its kind either.

With more and more people also becoming obsessed with an idea to dive deep into Joe Goldberg’s mind to figure his motives out, other TV series also can offer a bunch of morally ambiguous and complex characters you will stick to once you’re over You’s season 5.

Dexter ( 2006 — 2013)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Dexter has scores of 71% and 81% from critics and viewers
• On IMDb, the show is rated 8.6/10

Probably that one hit drama which inspired Netflix’s You, Dexter follows the eponymous character living in Miami and working as a blood splatter expert; however, this is just one part of his life since Dexter doesn’t only solve crimes, but commits his own too.

The whole matter is something he constantly analyses, justifying himself with the fact that he kills only bad ones. On top of that, Dexter might even get really close to exposing his double life to his cop sister who, however, doesn’t suspect anything at all.

Dahmer – Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story ( 2022)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, The Jeffrey Dahmer Story owns scores of 57% and 82% from critics and audiences
• On IMDb, the series rates 7.9/10

Created by American Horror Story ’s Ryan Murphy, The Jeffrey Dahmer Story is based on real and pretty horrifying events involving American serial killer Jeffrey Dahmer.

The show tracks the latter’s path to becoming one of the most notorious criminals in the country’s history, following him throughout several encounters with his future victims and flashing back to Jeffrey’s traumatic childhood.

Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story holds scores of 45% and 56% from critics and viewers
• On IMDb, the show’s rating is 7.8/10

Also a part of Murphy’s Monsters anthology series, The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story follows the eponymous brothers charged for brutally killing their parents back in 1989.

The show stirred controversy on release, mostly slammed for suggesting weird relationship nature between the brothers, but was still praised for performances and cinematography, as well as for the stunning fifth episode shot in a single take.

Hannibal ( 2013 — 2015)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Hannibal holds scores of 93% and 94% from critics and viewers
• On IMDb, the show is rated 8.5/10

One of the most acclaimed psychological thrillers on modern TV, Hannibal follows FBI special investigator Will Graham whose search for a complicated serial killer meets a dead end when he gets some help from renowned psychiatrist Hannibal Lecter.

The two manage to make a great team for what Graham pursues, but the more they delve into the matter, the more Hannibal’s dark nature gets exposed.

In the end, Graham is far from realising how much in common his partner actually has with those they both are trying to bring to justice.

The Fall (2013 — 2016)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, The Fall keeps scores of 85% from critics and audiences
• On IMDb, the show is rated 8.1/10

The show focuses on a cat-and-mouse game led by a serial killer trapping his victims in the area around Belfast and the London Metropolitan Police’s female detective trying to catch him.

As the storyline moves forward, The Fall reveals some shocking truth about the latter’s expertise in crime cases involving sexual abuse and the former’s other part of the life no one can ever get suspicious of.

Dirty John (2018 — 2020)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Dirty John holds scores of 78% and 73% from critics and audiences
• On IMDb, the show’s rating is 7.3/10

Alexandra Cunningham’s true crime anthology series initially follows Debra Newell, a wealthy and successful interior designer who seeks love on dating websites and eventually finds one with charismatic John Meehan.

However, there’s no place for a happy ending among all the secrets, lies, denial and manipulation that John brings into Debra’s life, eventually resulting in terrifying ramifications for her entire family.

Mindhunter ( 2017 — 2019)

• On Rotten Tomatoes, Mindhunter holds scores of 97% and 95% from critics and viewers
• On IMDb, the series is rated 8.6/10

Directed by David Fincher and produced by Charlize Theron, Mindhunter is a brilliant mystery thriller show that sees two FBI agents Holden Ford and Bill Tench trying to get into serial killers’ way of thinking to understand their motives and potentially catch them in places those criminals have always considered police-safe.

With time, the investigators polish their skills and become the ones to create modern serial-killer profiling.