Shows like The Queen's Gambit

My Brilliant Friend

2018

female friendship, fictional biography, based on novel or book · Drama

Alias Grace

2017

intimate, historical, miniseries · Drama

Great Expectations

2011

historical, historical drama, miniseries · Drama

Harlots

2017

social issues, historical, based on novel or book · Drama

The Crown

2016

intimate, historical drama · Drama · on Netflix

One Day

2024

intimate, miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama · on Netflix

One Hundred Years of Solitude

2024

intimate, miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama · on Netflix

Masters of Sex

2013

1960s, 1950s, historical drama · Drama

Boy Swallows Universe

2024

coming of age, miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama · on Netflix

Unorthodox

2020

intimate, social issues, miniseries · Drama · on Netflix

Mildred Pierce

2011

miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama

Olive Kitteridge

2014

miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama

Halston

2021

miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama · on Netflix

All the Light We Cannot See

2023

miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama · on Netflix

Anne with an E

2017

orphan, coming of age, based on novel or book · Drama

The Hour

2011

modern history, historical, 1950s · Drama

Pachinko

2022

intimate, based on novel or book · Drama

Jane Eyre

2006

orphan, miniseries, based on novel or book · Drama

War and Peace

2016

historical drama, based on novel or book · Drama

The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

2023

based on novel or book · Drama

The English Game

2020

miniseries · Drama · on Netflix

Call the Midwife

2012

social issues, historical, 1950s · Drama

Dept. Q

2025

Also Scott Frank · based on novel or book · Drama · with Chloe Pirrie · Flitcraft · on Netflix

Band of Brothers

2001

historical, historical drama, miniseries · Drama