Cruel Summer (2021)

Taking place over three summers - 1993, 1994, 1995 - in a small Texas town, a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.

Genres: Mystery, Drama

What to watch after Cruel Summer

• Pretty Little Liars (2010) — Two steps away in the credits
• Tell Me Lies (2022) — A loose match in how its finales land
• Home Before Dark (2020)
• You (2018) — Same subject: psychological thriller
• Revenge (2011) — Elle Triedman wrote for both
• The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022) — Same subject: summer