Netflix is bringing the series first announced as De Eetclub to screens worldwide as The Perfect Lie on Thursday, September 10, 2026. The Dutch seven-part thriller is one new series with two names, not an older show returning under a fresh label.
Netflix has not listed a title-specific launch clock. Its originals typically arrive globally at 12:00 a.m. Pacific Time, which would put the expected India release at around 12:30 p.m. IST on September 10. That timing is the usual Netflix schedule rather than a separate guarantee for this title.
The Perfect Lie Netflix release date and India time
- Release date: September 10, 2026
- Streaming platform: Netflix
- Availability: Worldwide
- Expected India time: Around 12:30 p.m. IST, based on Netflix’s standard global release schedule
- Format: Seven-part Dutch drama series
- Original production title: De Eetclub
The seven-episode run starts globally on September 10, and the The Perfect Lie Netflix page is already live.
Why De Eetclub is called The Perfect Lie on Netflix
Production company Fiction Valley first announced filming under the Dutch name De Eetclub. Netflix now presents the series internationally as The Perfect Lie. This is not an older show being added under a new label; it is the 2026 Netflix series adaptation of Saskia Noort’s bestselling novel The Dinner Club.
The change matters because the English title describes the show’s central pressure point rather than translating the dinner-club name literally. Four polished couples share expensive evenings and enviable lives, but the image begins to crack after a deadly house fire.
What the seven-part series is about
Karen moves with her family to Bergen and is welcomed into an affluent circle of friends. Then a villa burns, Evert is killed, and his wife and children narrowly survive. As Karen searches for answers, the friendships around her start to look less like a support system and more like a carefully maintained pact.
This is a Dutch TV thriller and a drama based on a bestseller. Creator and head writer Dorien Goertzen, working with co-writer Jop Esmeijer, has said the adaptation uses a different narrative structure and gives the story and characters a contemporary update. That makes the seven-episode version a reworking of the book rather than a scene-by-scene transfer.
Who is in The Perfect Lie?
The ensemble includes Loes Haverkort, Teun Luijkx, Remko Vrijdag, Rifka Lodeizen, Charlie-Chan Dagelet, Matthijs van de Sande Bakhuyzen, Noortje Herlaar and Edwin Jonker. Dana Nechushtan and Margien Rogaar direct, with Fiction Valley producing.
The cast setup fits the mystery: this is not a lone-detective story but a pressure cooker built around couples whose private alliances become harder to read after the fire. For the full actor-character map, read our The Perfect Lie cast and character guide.
Should you add it to your Netflix list?
The Perfect Lie is aimed at viewers who like domestic thrillers where wealth, friendship and suspicion collide. The trailer sells unease rather than action, with glamorous dinners giving way to distrust and betrayal. Its seven-part length also makes this a more compact season than a sprawling multi-season drama.
The only date to save is September 10, 2026. Search for The Perfect Lie on Netflix even if you first heard about the project as De Eetclub.
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