What to read, watch, and listen to if you lovedNothing to Hide
Fred Cavayé · Film · 2018
If you loved Nothing to Hide, start with Perfect Strangers (Nora Roberts) — a book from the same story. Below: 4 books, 4 series and 2 podcasts, each matched to Nothing to Hide across media.
If you loved the way Nothing to Hide weaponizes digital secrets to dismantle social veneers, you will appreciate these tense, revelatory stories.
Start with the source
Adaptation
The Perfect Secret
Bora Dağtekin · Film · 2019
Books on the same thread
Hold Tight
Harlan Coben · Book · 2008
Explores: Teen Suicide, Parent-Teen Relationships, Privacy.
Like the characters in Nothing to Hide, these parents cross personal boundaries to uncover hidden truths, proving that the digital tools meant for connection often lead to devastating domestic consequences.
Little Fires Everywhere
Celeste Ng · Book · 2018
Shares a thread with Nothing to Hide: Secrets and lies.
Just as the dinner party in Nothing to Hide exposes the fragile reality behind polished exteriors, this story dissects the suffocating expectations and buried secrets hiding within a seemingly perfect community.
Night of Happiness
Tabish Khair · Book · 2018
Shares a thread with Nothing to Hide: Secrets and Lies.
This narrative mirrors the slow unraveling of characters seen in Nothing to Hide, as a professional relationship becomes a vehicle for exposing the lies that define a person's identity.
MY FRIENDS
Fredrik Backman · Book
Explores: nostalgia, artistic legacy, intergenerational secrets.
Much like the ensemble dynamics of Nothing to Hide, this story uses a singular point of interest to peel back layers of memory and expose the secrets connecting a group.
Series on the same thread
Your Friends & Neighbors
Jonathan Tropper · Series · 2025
Shares a thread with Nothing to Hide: dark comedy.
If you enjoyed the moral decay and social betrayal in Nothing to Hide, you will find this exploration of a man robbing his own social circle equally dark and compelling.
Big Little Lies
David E. Kelley · Series · 2017
Shares a thread with Nothing to Hide: Secrets and Lies.
This series captures the same tension as Nothing to Hide by showing how a facade of suburban perfection can be shattered when the private secrets of friends are finally revealed.
The House of Flowers
Manolo Caro · Series · 2018
Shares a thread with Nothing to Hide: Dark Comedy.
Similar to the social satire of Nothing to Hide, this story focuses on the high stakes of maintaining a reputation when an outsider threatens to expose the family's deepest dirty secrets.
The White Lotus
Mike White · Series · 2021
Shares 2 threads with Nothing to Hide: Dark Comedy, Social Satire.
This ensemble piece echoes the biting social critique of Nothing to Hide by placing flawed individuals in a pressure cooker environment where their true, darker natures inevitably come to light.
Podcasts on the same thread
Phone Truths with Carl Mullan
Podcast
Explores: personal stories, nostalgia, modern communication.
This podcast leans into the same obsession with phone culture found in Nothing to Hide, using personal devices to strip away public personas and reveal the raw truth underneath.
The Truth
The Truth · Podcast · 2026
Explores: human condition, experimental storytelling, moral ambiguity.
These stories mirror the moral ambiguity of Nothing to Hide, challenging your perspective through short, cinematic explorations of the human condition and the secrets people desperately try to keep.
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Common questions
Is Nothing to Hide based on a book?
Nothing to Hide is a 2018 film directed by Fred Cavayé. It is an adaptation of the Italian story Perfect Strangers, which was originally conceived as a screenplay. The concept of friends sharing phone contents during a dinner party serves as the foundation for this specific adaptation.
What is the relationship between Nothing to Hide and The Perfect Secret?
Nothing to Hide and The Perfect Secret are both film adaptations of the same source material, Perfect Strangers. While Nothing to Hide was released in 2018, The Perfect Secret was released in 2019. Both films explore the consequences of friends sharing their private messages during a dinner party.
Should I watch The Perfect Secret if I enjoyed Nothing to Hide?
If you enjoyed the premise of Nothing to Hide, you may appreciate The Perfect Secret. Both films follow the same narrative structure regarding friends who agree to share every private message on their phones, leading to disastrous results for the group during their dinner party.
How does Nothing to Hide relate to the original Perfect Strangers story?
Nothing to Hide is a French adaptation of the original Perfect Strangers story. It maintains the core plot of the source material, where a dinner party among old friends turns chaotic after they agree to make all incoming phone messages public to the rest of the group.