Shows like The Resort

Vacations rarely go according to plan in these stories. They focus on the friction between a relaxing getaway and the sudden intrusion of an unsolved crime across shifting timelines. These narratives thrive on the gap between what characters expect from a trip and the messy, often humorous reality of lingering secrets.

Viewers attracted to the structural puzzles inside The Resort will find similar puzzle-box mechanics in The Afterparty and The White Lotus. Expect parallel histories and local mysteries that turn a brief period in paradise into a long, complicated reckoning with the past.