swap_horiz Patrick Melrose Alternatives

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Lonesome Dove

Lonesome Dove is a 1989 U.S. CBS miniseries adapted from Larry McMurtry's novel, widely noted for reviving the televisio...

Drama Cbs 1980S Literary

9.4 Excellent

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Unbelievable

Unbelievable is a 2019 Netflix miniseries based on real reporting, following a dismissed rape report and the detectives...

Drama Netflix Crime True Story

8.6 Great

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The Hollow Crown

The Hollow Crown is a 2012 BBC Shakespeare miniseries adapting Richard II, Henry IV, and Henry V with major British stag...

Drama Historical Bbc 2010S

8.5 Great

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Olive Kitteridge

Olive Kitteridge is a 2014 HBO miniseries based on Elizabeth Strout's novel, notable for Frances McDormand's Emmy-winnin...

Drama Family Hbo Literary

8.4 Great

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The Virtues

The Virtues is a 2019 Channel 4 drama by Shane Meadows and Jack Thorne, notable for Stephen Graham's performance in a st...

Drama Social Trauma 2010S

8.3 Great

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Escape at Dannemora

Escape at Dannemora is a 2018 Showtime miniseries directed by Ben Stiller, dramatizing the 2015 prison escape from Clint...

Showtime Crime True Story Prison

8.2 Great

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Genius: Einstein

Genius: Einstein is the 2017 first season of National Geographic's anthology, dramatizing Albert Einstein's life with Ge...

Drama Science Biography 2010S

8.2 Great

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Feud: Bette and Joan

Feud: Bette and Joan is a 2017 FX miniseries created by Ryan Murphy, dramatizing the rivalry between Bette Davis and Joa...

Drama Fx Biography Hollywood

8.2 Great

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War & Peace

War & Peace is a 2016 BBC One adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's novel, written by Andrew Davies and starring Paul Dano, Lily J...

Historical Bbc Literary 2010S

8.2 Great

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Show Me a Hero

Show Me a Hero is a 2015 HBO miniseries created by David Simon and William F. Zorzi, dramatizing a real Yonkers housing...

Drama Hbo True Story Political

8.1 Great

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The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses

The Hollow Crown: The Wars of the Roses is a 2016 BBC sequel adapting Henry VI and Richard III, with Benedict Cumberbatc...

Drama Historical Bbc 2010S

8.1 Great

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I Know This Much Is True

I Know This Much Is True is a 2020 HBO miniseries based on Wally Lamb's novel, notable for Mark Ruffalo playing twin bro...

Drama Family Hbo Literary

8.0 Great

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Alias Grace

Alias Grace is a 2017 Canadian miniseries adapted from Margaret Atwood's novel, revisiting convicted 19th-century servan...

Netflix Crime Literary Period

7.9 Good

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Fellow Travelers

Fellow Travelers is a 2023 Showtime miniseries based on Thomas Mallon's novel, tracing a gay romance through U.S. politi...

Drama Showtime Historical Lgbtq+

7.9 Good

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Waco

Waco is a 2018 American miniseries dramatizing the 1993 standoff between federal agents and the Branch Davidians near Wa...

Drama Crime True Story 2010S

7.8 Good

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Fleishman Is in Trouble

Fleishman Is in Trouble is a 2022 U.S. FX miniseries based on Taffy Brodesser-Akner's novel about divorce, ambition, and...

Drama Literary Relationship Hulu

7.7 Good

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The Crimson Petal and the White

The Crimson Petal and the White is a 2011 BBC Two drama serial adapted from Michel Faber's novel, starring Romola Garai...

Drama Bbc Victorian 2010S

7.6 Good

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George and Tammy

George and Tammy is a 2022 American miniseries about country singers George Jones and Tammy Wynette, starring Michael Sh...

Music Drama Showtime Biography

7.4 Good

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Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere is a 2020 U.S. Hulu miniseries based on Celeste Ng's novel, notable for starring Reese Witherspo...

Drama Literary Suburban Hulu

7.4 Good

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The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey

The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey is a 2022 U.S. Apple TV+ miniseries starring Samuel L. Jackson as a man with dementia give...

Drama Memory Apple Tv+ Literary

7.4 Good