While the French detective series with Hatik, Noémie Schmidt and Camille Lou is a hit on Netflix, here are 4 series similar to Anthracite to discover on the streaming platform: Entrapped, The Forest, Gone Forever as well as'Apocalypse in Waco.
A sect, unresolved mysteries of the past and an investigation led by marginal characters: all that was needed for the series to Anthracite sits comfortably in Netflix's top 10. Inspired by a true story, this French creation is particularly inspired by the strangeness of Twin Peaks to develop his macabre tale.
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But if you have devoured all 6 episodes ofAnthracite and you already know the legendary work of David Lynch by heart, here are 4 other thrillers to watch in streaming on Netflix.
Entrapped on Netflix, crime from the cold
If Anthracite so fascinating, it is in particular thanks to its very particular atmosphere, immersed in the freezing climate of the French Alps. To find this polar atmosphere, you can give Icelandic style a chance Entrapped. In this thriller, constructed as a sequel to Trappedeven like a season 3, we find the character of Andri, a dark and solitary cop.
This investigator from Seyoisfjörour, a small coastal village in Iceland, is here confronted with three intertwined intrigues: an assassination committed in a sect, drug trafficking in a biker gang and the disappearance of a young girl who haunts him.
Entrapped finds everything that made the salt of Trapped : violent crimes, a detective obviously still tormented by his past and, above all, sumptuous Icelandic natural landscapes. Six episodes perfect for traveling into the great outdoors, with a touch of chilling unease, obviously.
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- To see if you liked: Trapped ; Deadwind ; The Valhalla Murders ; Broadchurch ; Harry Bosch ; The Killing
- To see if you are looking for: drama ; police officer ; thriller; Icelandic series; mystery ; violence ; chills; long episodes; suspense; lone cop; investigation ; touches of the supernatural; learn (maybe) to pronounce the Icelandic word Seyoisfjörour; want to jump on the first plane to reach Iceland
The forest on Netflix, crime made in France
With The forestwe leave the AlpsAnthracite to cross all of France and land in the heart of the Ardennes. There, a young high school student disappears in a mysterious forest, just after calling her French teacher, who was herself found in the same place in her childhood…
Suzanne Clement (Mommy) and Samuel Labarthe (The Little Murders of Agatha Christie) lead this French investigation which focuses, as often, on the psychology of its characters and on secrets from the past which suddenly resurface.
Far from renewing the genre, The forest nevertheless distills its revelations with captivating mastery. A dark thriller to be recommended mainly to fans of stories of disappearances of all kinds, which populate our screens since the cardboard of Broadchurchin 2013.
- To see if you liked: Blank Zone ; In the woods ; Broadchurch ; The Missing ; The Truce; Disappeared
- To see if you are looking for: drama ; police officer ; psychological thriller; French series; chills; long episodes; cerebral; investigation ; suspense; mystery ; yet another story of disappearance
Gone forever on Netflix, the crime imagined by the master of the genre
If you liked the investigation into several eras ofAnthraciteyou should love it Gone forever. Imagined by the master of the genre, Harlan Coben, this story tells us the story of Guillaume, a thirty-year-old who experienced a family tragedy ten years earlier. But when his mother has just died, his great love, Judith, disappears. He then sets out in search of her and discovers in the process great buried truths about his own past…
As always with Harlan Coben, expect twists and turns and labyrinthine puzzles, this time located in France, in Nice. Finnegan Oldfield (Gears), Guillaume Gouix (Polar Park) and Garance Marillier (Severe) solidly carry this family and detective intrigue over 5 episodes, until an inevitably unexpected outcome.
It's probably not the best series adapted from Harlan Coben, but Gone forever still offers a perfect thriller to enjoy in just a few hours.
- To see if you liked: Double trap ; Don't move away; Without a word ; Innocent ; In the woods ; Bullying; Safe
- To see if you are looking for: drama ; police officer ; investigation ; mystery ; psychological thriller; family secrets; cerebral; enigma; labyrinth; chills; turn your brain upside down; book adaptation; long episodes; sob out ; continue to admire Harlan Coben's talent for cascading twists
Apocalypse in Waco on Netflix, the very real crime
This part of American history, rather little known in our region, is told through sometimes unpublished archive images, but above all through testimonies from survivors, in this documentary series in just 3 episodes. Apocalypse in Waco unfortunately does not escape an overly sensationalist tone, but still allows us to draw a necessary assessment of this catastrophe, thirty years later.
- To see if you liked: Waco ; Wild Wild Country ; Rael: The Prophet of Extraterrestrials ; The program ; The Gurus’ Journey
- To see if you are looking for: documentary series; drama ; investigation ; stock footage; American history; sect story; violence ; long episodes; understand Waco's continuing impact on the United States
