True crime shows have been a fascination of the public, something scientists and psychologists say may be remnants of a need to protect ourselves. While depictions of crime may often depict masculine figures as the spearheads of mobs, murders, and theft, there are some pretty interesting statistics about the role of women in crime. There are incentives for women to not participate in certain affairs, but, statistically, according to IZA World of Labor, it seems that women are more likely to commit theft or fraud if they are involved with breaking the law. And, perhaps, this is why television shows like The Dropout have become so popular lately.

Amanda Seyfried stars in Hulu’s The Dropout, an eight-part series about the founder of Theranos, Elizabeth Holmes. Holmes was once the leader of a rising start-up in the tech world and claimed that the technology she was creating could revolutionize blood-testing. However, this was all a ruse — Holmes did not have the technology she claimed to have, thus convicting her of fraud in court. This seems to be a common trend in television: crime is no longer a boys’ club. Interested in shows in a similar vein as The Dropout? We have you covered with these 7 shows.

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7 Inventing Anna

     Netflix

Anna Sorokin, more popularly known as Anna Delvey, took the world by storm when she revealed the extent of her fraud. New York’s elite circles knew her as Anna Delvey, a German heiress that would soon get her fortune when she turns a certain age. In Netflix’s original series Inventing Anna, Julia Garner portrays Delvey, creating an entirely new fascination with her peculiar accent — is it Russian? German? — and the charismatic way she dresses and presents herself. Anna Chlumsky stars as Vivian Kent, a pregnant journalist working to uncover Anna’s web of deceit.

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6 Pieces of Her

Another Netflix original sieres, Pieces of Her opens with an intense scene, setting the stage for a grand thriller and drama. Andy (Bella Heathcote) and her mother (Toni Collette) are eating at a local diner when a mass shooting occurs. Andy watches, horrified, as her mother engages with the shooter, skillfully taking him down. This opens up an entirely new avenue of questions about her mother’s past, thus forcing her on the run to hunt down the truth behind what is actually going on.

5 Bad Vegan

Pure Food and Wine, a vegan restaurant in New York City, used to be the center of one of America’s newest obsessions: clean eating. Sarma Melngailis, one of the restaurant’s owners, put herself into debt to gain complete ownership of it after a nasty breakup, but when she met a man online, it unraveled everything she ever worked for. What drew her to him? The possibility of making her dog immortal. Bad Vegan is four-part documentary series on Netflix that nods to the struggles of the restaurant industry with a dash of crime.

4 Pam & Tommy

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Lily James and Sebastian Stan star in Pam & Tommy, a Hulu miniseries documenting the marriage between Pamela Anderson and Tommy Lee. The series only had eight episodes, but its fleeting nature mimics the short relationship between Anderson and Lee. The two made a sex tape that would become notorious after being leaked to the public, something neither of them actually consented to. Pam & Tommy was made without any input from Anderson, even though the show specifically covers the aftermath of the sex tape’s leak.

3 Killing Eve

     Sid Gentle Films

BBC One’s Killing Eve has been around for four seasons now, but fans cannot get enough of it. Its leads are Eve (Sandra Oh), a member of the United Kingdom’s counter-intelligence agency, and Villanelle (Jodie Comer), an assassin Eve is tracking. The two cross paths in their respective careers, creating a paradox where their lives begin to constantly intersect. Set up to originally be enemies, they defy the expectations of their given roles to create gray areas in morality, gender dynamics, and the security of everyday living.

2 WeCrashed

     Zaftig Films

WeCrashed tells the story of WeWork, a start-up that failed its initial public offering amidst concern about whether it was actually profitable or not. The company also has had quite a bit of legal issues, which may have hindered its reputation even further throughout the years. Anne Hathaway and Jared Leto make an unlikely pair in this AppleTV+ series. Leto portrays Adam Neumann, the company’s co-founder, and Hathaway, his wife Rebekah.

1 The Girl from Plainville

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Elle Fanning stars as Michelle Carter in Hulu’s The Girl From Plainville, a dramatization of the events that led up to the court case against Carter. Carter’s boyfriend Conrad Roy III commits suicide at the beginning of the series, and the evidence against her wrongdoing slowly begins to stack against her. But, at the same time, the show does not point fingers at who exactly is to blame, instead choosing to delve into the realm of mental health awareness.