Knives Out Meets Gone Girl In Prime Video’s Underrated 8-Part Crime Thriller

Published Aug 2, 2026, 8:00 AM EDT Sean is a senior writer for ScreenRant and has been writing about new TV releases since December 2023. He has received multiple advance screenings of popular shows and ideated his own coverage read by hundreds of thousands of readers. Sean is a self-published author of a Western novel. Sean has also written award-winning opinion pieces related to local politics while getting his Bachelor's degree in journalism. Prime Video has an eight-episode miniseries that combines the best aspects from both Gone Girl and Knives Out, two of the most acclaimed crime thrillers of the 21st century, but it flew under the radar when it was first released. Gone Girl and Knives Out are two of the best crime thriller movies ever made, but they represent two very different sides of the genre. Gone Girl leans more into the psychological thriller area, while Knives Out is more of a traditional murder mystery whodunnit. Both Knives Out and Gone Girl changed the crime thriller genre in their own ways. Knives Out and its sequels completely upended the murdery mystery formula in such a way that the very structure of the movies is part of the suspense. Gone Girl is still one of the most intricate and analyzed movies of the 21st century, and its commentary on gender roles and society is still important. The only problem with how unique these films are is that it can be hard to get more of them, yet they're so good that viewers likely want more. Luckily, one of the best shows on Prime Video perfectly caters to fans of both Gone Girl and Knives Out. That series, The Better Sister, based on the novel of the same name by Alafair Burke, flew under the radar when it first premiered in May 2025. Despite the great reviews The Better Sister got, it went underrated by fans. While it wasn't popular at first, the show is absolutely perfect for crime thriller fans looking to recapture the magic of Gone Girl and Knives Out. The Better Sister Has The Same Psychological Thriller Aspects As Gone Girl The Better Sister's similarities to Gone Girl are the most obvious to see. The Better Sister revolves around Chloe (Jessica Biel), whose husband is murdered in their own home, similarly to how Gone Girl focuses on Amy's disappearance and Nick's apparent guilt. Both of these stories play with that central crime in much the same way, weaving a thriller that twists and turns constantly and leaves viewers on the edge of their seats. Like in Gone Girl, as The Better Sister progresses, old secrets, buried sins, and new characters emerge to make the central mystery even juicier. The Better Sister also has the same quality of toying with the audience's opinions of who is a victim and who is a perpetrator that made Gone Girl so engaging. Very few crime thrillers can play with the concept of perception that way and fool not only the characters but also the viewers; The Better Sister is one of them. The Better Sister and Gone Girl also have a lot of thematic overlap. As Chloe and Nick, respectively, deal with the fallout of everything, media attention and the court of public opinion become an almost oppressive presence in the story. The Better Sister also focuses very much so on gender roles and abusive relationships, just as Gone Girl did, and both have a very novel take on the subjects. The Better Sister honestly feels like a sequel to or spinoff of Gone Girl. The Better Sister Also Plays With The Rules Of Murder Mysteries Like Knives Out The Better Sister has the complicated psychological thriller aspects of Gone Girl, but it also plays with the rules of its genre in the same way Knives Out does. Knives Out, rather famously, convinced audiences that Marta was the killer, only to pull the rug out at the last minute and reveal that Benoit Blanc had the real killer figured out the entire time. It upended the structure of the murdery mystery, where audiences expect to try to figure out who the killer is on their own, and made an immediate impression with audiences. Like Knives Out, The Better Sister also does this, albeit not to the same extent. The way it presents Chloe and Nicky (Elizabeth Banks) convinces audiences that they have everything figured out, that their gut instincts about these characters are correct, only to slowly unravel those preconceived notions. Nothing is what it seems, and it uses viewers' expectations of what a crime thriller is supposed to be against them to surprise them. Additionally, Knives Out, Glass Onion, and Wake Up Dead Man all have a heavy focus on delivering true justice, even if that doesn't coincide with the letter of the law. When Benoit Blanc can't arrest the real killer, he makes sure the person who is in the right morally wins somehow. Without delving into spoilers for The Better Sister's ending, that show takes the same approach of delivering justice where it's due to the people who really deserve it. The Better Sister is hugely satisfying in that regard. Release Date 2025 - 2025-00-00 Network Prime Video