10 Shows Like Beef to Stream After Season 2

Key Takeaways

• Dead to Me offers similar dark comedy with Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini navigating lies and tragedy
• Bad Sisters earned Emmy nominations for its pitch-dark Irish comedy about sisters and a suspicious death
• Barry and Fargo deliver escalating chaos and dark humor across multiple seasons

Netflix's Beef just concluded its second season, and the anthology series continues to prove that watching other people's lives spiral out of control is deeply entertaining television. Creator Lee Sung Jin delivered another round of wealthy characters making terrible decisions. This time Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan played country club managers locked in conflict with their staff, portrayed by Cailee Spaeny and Charles Melton.

The first season gave us Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in a road-rage scenario that escalated to operatic levels of chaos. Both seasons share the same DNA: dramatic, funny, and packed with characters who cannot stop making things worse for themselves.

If you've burned through both seasons and need more conflict-driven dark comedy, here are 10 shows that scratch the same itch.

Dead to Me (2019-2022)

Christina Applegate and Linda Cardellini form one of television's great pairings in this dark, twisty comedy about two women united by tragedy and lies. Applegate plays Jen Harding, a realtor whose husband was killed in a hit-and-run. She's not handling it well.

Cardellini's Judy seems like the opposite. She's maintained a cheery disposition after her fiancé Steve died from a heart attack. Except Steve is secretly still alive. And Judy has a storage unit with a car that looks suspiciously like the one that killed Jen's husband. That's all just the first episode. The show gets wilder from there. Like Beef, but sneakier and more passive-aggressive. Stream it on Netflix.

The Other Black Girl (2023)

Nella Rogers works as an editorial assistant at Wagner Books, a major NYC publisher. She's also the only Black woman at the company. When Hazel-May McCall (Ashleigh Murray) gets hired as another editorial assistant, Nella is initially thrilled to no longer be alone.

The quiet Nella and outspoken Hazel bond at first. Then Nella starts receiving threatening notes. Hazel's advice gets her in trouble. Is this a comedy about workplace competition? Or is there a deeper mystery? It's very much the second one. Stream on Disney+ and Hulu.

Bad Sisters (2022-2024)

This Irish import is a pitch-perfect and pitch-dark comedy that earned several Emmy nominations in its first year. Writer and co-creator Sharon Horgan leads the cast as Eva Garvey, the oldest of five sisters.

One sister, Grace (Anne-Marie Duff), is married to John Paul, an abusive and isolating husband. When John Paul winds up dead under suspicious circumstances, insurance investigator Tom (Brian Gleeson) starts digging. We know the sisters wanted John Paul dead. But did they actually kill him? Tom's family business will go under if he has to pay out on the life insurance policy, so he's motivated to find any evidence of foul play.

The White Lotus (2021-Present)

Mike White's anthology series follows wealthy vacationers at luxury resorts, and the results are never pretty. Each season opens with a death, then rewinds to show how tensions among guests and staff escalated to that point.

Season one took place in Hawaii. Season two moved to Sicily. Both feature ensemble casts of privileged people behaving badly, oblivious staff navigating impossible situations, and sharp satire of class dynamics. The humor is cringe-inducing in the best way.

Your Friends and Neighbors (2025-Present)

This newer series explores what happens when neighborhood relationships turn toxic. The title says it all. The people closest to you geographically can become your biggest problems.

Barry (2018-2023)

Bill Hader created and stars in this HBO series about a hitman who discovers acting. Barry Berkman travels to Los Angeles for a job and ends up in an acting class taught by Gene Cousineau (Henry Winkler). He decides he wants a new life in the theater.

The problem? His criminal employers aren't thrilled about his career change. Barry tries to leave violence behind while violence keeps dragging him back. The show balances genuine darkness with absurdist comedy, and each season raises the stakes. The final season pushes Barry to places you won't see coming.

Fargo (2014-2024)

Noah Hawley's anthology series takes inspiration from the Coen Brothers film but tells entirely new stories each season. Different time periods, different characters, same Minnesota setting, and the same blend of dark crime and dark humor.

Each season features ordinary people who make one bad decision, then watch their lives collapse into chaos. The cast rotations have included Billy Bob Thornton, Kirsten Dunst, Ewan McGregor, Chris Rock, and Jon Hamm. Five seasons across a decade, all worth watching.

How to Get to Heaven from Belfast (2026-Present)

This new series blends dark comedy with Northern Ireland's complicated history. The title alone signals the show's approach: mixing the sacred and the specific, with humor that comes from place and character.

I Hate Suzie (2020-2022)

Billie Piper stars as Suzie Pickles, a former teen pop star turned actress whose life implodes when her phone gets hacked. Intimate photos leak to the public. Her marriage, career, and sense of self all unravel.

The show follows Suzie through distinct emotional stages: shock, denial, fear, shame, bargaining, guilt, anger, and acceptance. Each episode focuses on one stage as Suzie tries to hold her life together. It's uncomfortable, funny, and painfully honest about public humiliation in the social media age.

No Good Deed (2024)

When a house goes up for sale in Los Angeles, multiple families compete to buy it. Each has secrets they're trying to escape or hide. The sellers have their own complicated history with the property.

The real estate transaction becomes a vehicle for examining marriage, family dysfunction, and the lies people tell themselves. Lisa Kudrow and Ray Romano lead the cast in this dark comedy about the desperation underneath suburban aspiration.

What These Shows Share

All of these series understand something Beef nails: conflict is compelling when the characters are smart enough to avoid escalation but emotionally incapable of backing down. The comedy comes from recognizing yourself in their worst impulses.

They also share a willingness to let situations get genuinely dark. These aren't sitcoms where everything resets by the next episode. Actions have consequences that compound across seasons.

Frequently Asked Questions

Is Beef season 2 connected to season 1?

No. Beef is an anthology series with new characters each season. Season 2 features Oscar Isaac and Carey Mulligan in completely different roles from Steven Yeun and Ali Wong in season 1.

Which show is most similar to Beef?

Dead to Me shares the closest DNA. Both feature escalating conflict between two people, dark humor, and situations that spiral out of control. The three-season Netflix series is a quick watch.

Are any of these shows still releasing new episodes?

The White Lotus, Your Friends and Neighbors, and How to Get to Heaven from Belfast are ongoing series. The others have concluded their runs.

Where can I stream these shows?

Dead to Me, No Good Deed, and Beef are on Netflix. The Other Black Girl is on Disney+ and Hulu. Bad Sisters and Barry are on Apple TV+ and HBO respectively. Fargo streams on Hulu.

Source: Lifehacker