How to Get to Heaven From Belfast is a British and Irish crime thriller dark comedy series created by Lisa McGee. The Netflix series revolves around three close female friends from Belfast who learn that their fourth friend has died and decide to travel to County Donegal in the north-west of Ulster to pay their respects. They soon discover something sinister behind her death and decide to investigate it, but find themselves in grave danger. How to Get to Heaven From Belfast stars Roisin Gallagher, Sinead Keenan, Caoilfhionn Dunne, Bronagh Gallagher, Darragh Hand, Natasha O’Keeffe, and Michelle Fairley. So, if you loved the thrilling mystery, hilarious comedy, and compelling characters in How to Get to Heaven From Belfast, here are some similar shows you should check out next.
Search Party (Netflix & Rent on Prime Video)
Search Party is a dark comedy series co-created by Sarah-Violet Bliss, Charles Rogers, and Michael Showalter. The TBS and later on HBO Max series revolves around four middle-aged narcissistic friends as they set out on a dangerous adventure to find one of their friends who mysteriously disappeared. Search Party stars Alia Shawkat, John Reynolds, John Early, Meredith Hagner, and Brandon Micheal Hall.
Bad Sisters (Apple TV)
Bad Sisters is an Irish thriller dark comedy series co-developed by Sharon Horgan, Dave Finkel, and Brett Baer. Based on a Belgian series titled Clan, the Apple TV series revolves around the close-knit Garvey sisters as they come together after the abusive husband of one of the sisters dies under suspicious circumstances. Bad Sisters stars Sharon Horgan, Anne-Marie Duff, Eva Birthistle, Sarah Greene, Eve Hewson, Brian Gleeson, Daryl McCormack, Assaad Bouab, Claes Bang, and Owen McDonnell.
Big Little Lies (HBO Max & Rent on Prime Video)
Big Little Lies is a psychological dark comedy-drama series created by David E. Kelley. Based on Liane Moriarty’s 2014 novel of the same name, the HBO series is set in an idyllic small community in California and revolves around three wealthy women whose lives are upended after a murder reveals their hidden secrets. Big Little Lies stars Reese Witherspoon, Nicole Kidman, Shailene Woodley, Alexander Skarsgård, Adam Scott, Zoë Kravitz, and James Tupper.
Dead to Me (Netflix)
Dead to Me is a dark comedy thriller series created by Liz Feldman. The Netflix series follows Jen Harding, a sardonic woman grieving the recent loss of her husband, who died in a hit-and-run accident. She soon meets Judy, an optimistic, free-spirited woman in a grief support group, but what Jen doesn’t know is that Judy is hiding a dark secret. Dead to Me stars Christina Applegate, Linda Cardellini, James Marsden, Max Jenkins, and Sam McCarthy.
Bodkin (Netflix)
Bodkin is a mystery thriller dark comedy series created by Jez Scharf. The Netflix series follows American podcaster Gilbert Power as he teams up with a British investigative journalist and an intern to travel to Bodkin in order to make a podcast about the disappearance of three people decades ago. Bodkin stars Will Forte, Siobhan Cullen, Robyn Cara, David Wilmot, and Chris Walley.
The Flight Attendant (HBO Max & Rent on Prime Video)
The Flight Attendant is a dark comedy, mystery, thriller, and drama series developed by Steve Yockey. Based on Chris Bohjalian’s 2018 novel of the same name, the HBO Max series follows Cassie Bowden, a reckless alcoholic flight attendant who wakes up in a hotel room in Bangkok next to the dead body of the man she spent the night with. With no memories of the previous night, she must figure out who killed him. The Flight Attendant stars Kaley Cuoco, Michiel Huisman, Zosia Mamet, T.R. Knight, Michelle Gomez, Colin Woodell, and Merle Dandridge.
Derry Girls (Netflix)
Derry Girls is an Irish period coming-of-age comedy series created by Lisa McGee. The Channel 4 series is set in the 1990s in Derry, Northern Ireland, and follows a group of four girls and a boy attending the girls’ Catholic secondary school as they embark on various misadventures with hilarious results. While Derry Girls differs from How to Get to Heaven from Belfast in plot, it does share similar humor, which is an effect of having the same creator. Derry Girls stars Saoirse-Monica Jackson, Louisa Harland, Nicola Coughlan, Jamie-Lee O’Donnell, and Dylan Llewellyn.