Apple Cider Vinegar

Two young women advocate for wellness remedies to cure deadly illnesses, unraveling their lives as they unknowingly — and knowingly — mislead the world.

Apple Cider Vinegar (2025) is an Australian true-story crime drama miniseries created by Samantha Strauss for Netflix. Kaitlyn Dever plays wellness influencer Belle Gibson, whose claims of curing her cancer through natural remedies win her a devoted online following and a growing business. Alycia Debnam-Carey plays Milla Blake, a friend and collaborator drawn into the lie, while Aisha Dee and Mark Coles Smith appear among the people whose trust and livelihoods depend on Belle's story. The engine of the six-episode run is the slow, escalating cost of keeping a fabricated illness alive: every new post, product launch and public appearance demands another untruth, and every loyal follower becomes a potential witness. Each episode steps through the mechanics of online fame, from glossy photo shoots and crowdfunded wellness campaigns to the anxious private moments when the people closest to Belle begin to doubt. The series is a limited run in a single season, told with a restless, unsettling mix of glossy social media aesthetics and grounded dread. Its tone is sardonic yet melancholic, with a hard look at how wellness culture rewards certainty over evidence. Fans of The Dropout, Inventing Anna and Ozark will find resonance in its portrait of a charismatic fraud and the people who enable her.

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers rating the miniseries moderately while engaging with its dramatization of a wellness influencer's deception.

• The Dropout (2022)scandal driven by a charismatic fraud, social media fame, serialized true-story dramatization
• Inventing Annadramatized real-life con built on public deception and personal branding
• OzarkAustralian true-story drama about a deceptive public figure and moral unraveling

Created by

Samantha Strauss

Release Date

2025-02-06

Episode runtime

60 min

Rating

7.1 / 10 (108)

What is Apple Cider Vinegar about?

A young wellness influencer's fabricated cancer story unravels as the women around her wrestle with what they know and what they choose to believe.

What is Apple Cider Vinegar like to watch?

Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Apple Cider Vinegar as measured, its intensity as moderate and its storytelling as easy to follow.

Is Apple Cider Vinegar violent?

No — Ember's analysis finds no violence in Apple Cider Vinegar.

What did critics think of Apple Cider Vinegar?

Audience reception is mixed, with viewers rating the miniseries moderately while engaging with its dramatization of a wellness influencer's deception.

Which shows are like Apple Cider Vinegar?

Shows with a similar feel include The Dropout (2022), Inventing Anna, and Ozark.

How long is Apple Cider Vinegar?

Apple Cider Vinegar: 1 season, 6 episodes.

Is Apple Cider Vinegar still running?

No, Apple Cider Vinegar has ended.

Where can I watch Apple Cider Vinegar?

In United States, Apple Cider Vinegar streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.