“Adolescence” is Netflix’s latest hit.
The drama’s views have nearly doubled in the past week, according to Netflix’s charts.
The series has just four episodes, so here are nine other documentaries and TV series to watch next.

“Adolescence,” Netflix’s latest hit, is a four-episode limited crime drama with each filmed in a single take.

Tackling the UK’s knife crime epidemic and the impact of misogynistic influencers on boys, the series follows a working-class father (Stephen Graham) who discovers his son (Owen Cooper) has murdered a girl from his school.

Fans and critics have praised the series for its innovative use of filming episodes in one take and stellar performances from the cast, including Graham and Cooper. They’ve also praised the show for highlighting how boys are being influenced by misogynistic and sexist messaging on social media.

The show, co-created by Graham and Jack Thorne, is also racking up views on Netflix.

Netflix said the series received 42 million views this week, almost double the total for its premiere week.

If you’ve already seen it, here are nine shows and documentaries similar to “Adolescence” or expand on its themes.

Stephen Graham’s first foray with single takes was “Boiling Point,” a 2021 film and a follow-up miniseries of the same name.

Graham stars in both and became a co-creator of the series.

The film and the series are like a British equivalent of the Emmy-winning show “The Bear,” focusing on the intense and unhealthy working environments inside a restaurant kitchen in London. While the film is entirely one-take, the TV series has a single-take sequence at the start.

The “Boiling Point” miniseries is available on Prime Video and Roku. The movie is available on Peacock.

‘Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story’

Cooper Koch plays Erik Menendez in “Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story.” Miles Crist / Netflix

“Monster: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story,” the second miniseries in Netflix’s true crime anthology created by Ryan Murphy and Ian Brennan, follows the 1990s case of two siblings who killed their parents. They later admitted to the crime and said that their parents abused them.

The series is far from as grounded as “Adolescence” with soap opera acting, multiple perspective shifts, and scenes of sensationalized violence.

This is all stripped away in episode five, where Erik Menendez (Cooper Koch) first tells Leslie Abramson (Ari Graynor), his lawyer, about his abuse. It’s the shortest episode of the season but the most powerful, with the single take focusing solely on Erik’s chilling and emotional confession.

Fans and critics had mixed opinions about the series, but it may be worth watching for that remarkable episode alone.

The limited series is available on Netflix.

‘Criminal: UK’

“Criminal: UK” has guest stars in each episode, including British stars such as Kit Harington. Colin Hutton

Fans of “Adolescence” episode three might love “Criminal: UK,” a Netflix crime series set only in the interrogation room of a police station, and its European spin-off.

“Criminal” lacks the action and adrenaline rush of usual crime shows that show the chase to find the culprit. Yet it’s just as suspenseful, displaying interrogators’ mind games and other tactics to get the criminal to crack and confess.

The two seasons of “Criminal: UK” is available on Netflix.

‘Defending Jacob’

Chris Evans stars as a district attorney in “Defending Jacob.” AppleTV+

Like “Adolescence,” “Defending Jacob” is about two parents who are confused and distraught after their teenage son is arrested following the murder of a classmate.

In this dark murder mystery series, Chris Evans stars as Andy Barber, a father and district attorney who tries to prove his son’s innocence. Meanwhile, his wife Laurie (Michelle Dockery) has doubts about their son after his arrest.

This series focuses on the parents’ reaction to the accusation and what they would do to help the child, leaving it ambiguous if the son did, in fact, commit the crime.

The limited series is available on Apple TV+.

‘The Social Dilemma’

Skyler Gisondo in “The Social Dilemma.” Expsoure Labs / Netflix

“The Social Dilemma” is a part-documentary, part-narrative drama that delves deeper into the negative impact social media can have on younger people in particular.

The documentary section features interviews with former workers of social media platforms and a psychologist who discusses how these platforms affect mental health.

The drama section follows a family with two social media-addicted children: a boy who is being radicalized online, and a girl who is depressed due to unrealistic beauty standards online.

The docudrama is available on Netflix.

‘I Am Andrew Tate’

Andrew Tate is a former kickboxer turned influencer. DANIEL MIHAILESCU/Getty Images

In recent years, Andrew Tate has become the most recognizable “manosphere” figure — a term for podcasters and influencers who promote masculinity and misogyny.

This documentary depicts Tate’s rise and fall after the influencer and his brother, Tristan, were arrested in December 2022 in Romania. They were charged with human trafficking, rape, and forming an organized crime group. Both have denied the charges and are yet to face a trial.

The documentary is available on Peacock.

‘Social Studies’

“Social Studies” gives a glimpse of teens’ lives in a digital age. Lauren Greenfield / INSTITUTE

“Social Studies,” a documentary series about growing up in the digital age, is another great series to watch for greater insight into young people’s lives and how social media affects them.

The series follows a group of diverse teens from Los Angeles for a year, addressing issues from vigilante justice on social media to sexual exploration.

The limited series is available to stream on Hulu.

‘Baby Reindeer’

Richard Gadd in “Baby Reindeer.” Ed Miller/Netflix

If you somehow missed the hype around “Baby Reindeer” last year, the dark comedy focuses on a male comedian who is stalked by a woman and receives little help from the authorities due to the stigma against male victims of harassment.

The show was loosely based on the experiences of the creator and lead star, Richard Gadd, though Netflix labeling the show as a true story got the streamer in legal difficulties.

There’s not much crossover with the key themes of “Adolescence,” but “Baby Reindeer” is another British hit from Netflix that innovatively tackles a wider social issue.

The limited series is available to stream on Netflix.