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The Better Sister

★ 7.0 23K votes 2025–2025 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Prime Video
Secrets & liesHidden truths straining every relationship.This show: 9/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10Family sagaBonds and fractures across generations of one family.This show: 7/10Female perspectiveWomen's experience as the defining lens.This show: 7/10Strong female leadA complex woman drives the story.This show: 7/10SerializedContinuous arcs where every episode builds on the last.This show: 7/10TenseSustained suspense and pressure from start to finish.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Elizabeth BanksJessica BielCorey StollKim DickensMaxwell Acee DonovanBobby Naderi
Starring
Elizabeth BanksJessica BielCorey StollKim DickensMaxwell Acee DonovanBobby Naderi
Ratings per Episode
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Votes per Episode
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About

"Sibling resentment collides with a murder investigation"

Two estranged sisters, one a polished magazine executive married to a successful attorney, the other a recovering addict with a complicated past, are forced back together after a sudden murder upends both their lives. As secrets from their shared history resurface, old resentments and buried guilt bubble up alongside the investigation. It plays as a glossy, twisty limited series that leans on flashbacks to slowly reveal what really happened between them. The pace is brisk and binge-friendly, carried mostly by the two lead performances and a steady drip of reveals rather than deep thematic ambition.

Watch it for

the tense sisterly dynamic and performances driving every twist.

Maybe skip if

you want grounded realism instead of soapy thriller contrivances.

Written by our AI editor to help you decide, spoiler-free by design.

All Seasons

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Miniseries2025
7.24K87h 42m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1She's My Sister7.1
60460 min
▶2Lotta Sky7.2
51253 min
▶3Incoming Widow7.1
45853 min
▶4Gazpacho7.0
43157 min
▶5Just Ask7.0
41459 min
▶6Steadying Hand7.5
44061 min
▶7Back from Red7.3
39058 min
▶8They're in Their World7.2
41561 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Elizabeth Banks Nicky Macintosh
Jessica Biel Chloe Taylor
Corey Stoll Adam Macintosh
Kim Dickens Nancy Guidry
Maxwell Acee Donovan Ethan Macintosh
Bobby Naderi Matt Bowen
Gabriel Sloyer Jake Rodríguez
Matthew Modine Bill Braddock
Lorraine Toussaint Catherine Lancaster
Gloria Reuben Michelle Sanders

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