Scripted series · Netflix
The Perfect Lie
Who's in it
Cast
The principal ensemble across the run of the series.
The Nutevio profile
TV DNA
How The Perfect Lie actually feels to watch, measured on the traits our editors track across every series.
Signature profile
The Perfect Lie reads strongest on Serialized, Cliffhanger Intensity and Tension.
How much each hour depends on the one before it.
How often an episode ends on a hook you can't ignore.
The sustained pressure the series keeps you under.
Visual ambition — scale, craft and set-piece filmmaking.
The scale, internal logic and texture of the world.
How much the series is designed to affect you.
How often the series is genuinely funny, by design.
How fully written and psychologically layered the ensemble is.
How hard it is to stop after one episode.
The story
What it's about
When Karen moves with her family to Bergen, they are warmly welcomed into the dinner club, a seductive group of friends who fully indulge in an extravagant and hedonistic lifestyle. Until one of the luxurious villas goes up in flames, and their friend Evert is killed. His wife and children barely survive. Karen soon discovers that their close friendship is held together by lies. Everyone has something to hide. Nothing is what it seems. So Karen sets out in search of the truth, but at what cost?
Where to watch
Streaming
Availability verified against regional listings.
Checking regional listings…
If you liked this
Similar Series
Series that share this one's texture, not just its genre tags.
GuAn
2026
Character-driven drama · Same television era
Off Campus
2026
Character-driven drama · Same television era
The Chosen
2019
Character-driven drama · Same television era
Teach You a Lesson
2026
Character-driven drama · Same television era
The Pitt
2025
Character-driven drama · Same television era
The Rookie
2018
Character-driven drama · Same television era
FROM
2022
Character-driven drama · Same television era
House of the Dragon
2022
Character-driven drama · Same television era
Yellowstone
2018
Character-driven drama · Same television era
9-1-1
2018
Character-driven drama · Same television era
High Potential
2024
Character-driven drama · Same television era
Where to go from here
Watch Next
Our editors' suggestion for the show you should start tonight — and why.
GuAn
2026
Keep the scale up — another series that spends its budget on screen.
Teach You a Lesson
2026
A palate cleanser with real writing behind the jokes.
FROM
2022
If the world-building is what held you, this is the next map to walk.
Yellowstone
2018
Another masterpiece of long-form storytelling, chosen to follow this one.
Silo
2023
Another invented world built with the same seriousness — start at episode one.
Reacher
2022
A crime story told with the patience of a novel.
Never stop watching
Related Collections
No related collections yet
This title isn't in a published Nutevio collection yet. It will appear here automatically as soon as it is.
Join the conversation