swap_horiz The North Water Alternatives

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The Queen's Gambit

The Queen's Gambit is a 2020 Netflix limited drama series created by Scott Frank and Allan Scott from Walter Tevis's 198...

Drama Netflix Period Chess

8.9 Great

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Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light

Wolf Hall: The Mirror and the Light is a historical television miniseries adapting the final novel in Hilary Mantel's Th...

Historical Bbc Period Tudor

8.4 Great

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Wives and Daughters

The BBC miniseries *Wives and Daughters* presents Elizabeth Gaskell’s incomplete Victorian novel. Adapted by Andrew Davi...

Bbc Literary 1990S Period

8.1 Great

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I Know This Much Is True

The HBO miniseries *I Know This Much Is True* adapts Wally Lamb’s acclaimed novel into a dramatic exploration of family...

Drama Family Hbo Literary

8.0 Great

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Alias Grace

Alias Grace is a 2017 Canadian television miniseries written by Sarah Polley and directed by Mary Harron, adapted from M...

Netflix Crime Literary Period

7.9 Good

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Quiz

"Quiz" is a 2020 three-part British television miniseries created by James Graham and directed by Stephen Frears. It dra...

Drama Crime True Story 2020S

7.8 Good

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The Way We Live Now

The Way We Live Now is a four-part British television miniseries produced by the BBC in 2001. It is an adaptation of Ant...

Bbc 2000S Literary Period

7.8 Good

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Fleishman Is in Trouble

Fleishman Is in Trouble is a 2022 American television miniseries produced by FX Networks and based on Taffy Brodesser-Ak...

Drama Literary Relationship Hulu

7.7 Good

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Devs

Devs is a 2020 science fiction miniseries written and directed by Alex Garland for FX. It follows a software engineer wh...

Sci Fi Tech Fx Thriller

7.7 Good

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Little Fires Everywhere

Little Fires Everywhere is an American drama miniseries released on Hulu in 2020, adapted from Celeste Ng's 2017 bestsel...

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 drama miniseries adapted from the novel by Walter Mosley, streaming exclusively...

Drama Memory Apple Tv+ Literary

7.4 Good

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Tiny Beautiful Things

Tiny Beautiful Things is a 2023 American drama miniseries streaming on Hulu, created by Liz Tigelaar. Based on the bests...

Drama Family Literary Hulu

7.1 Good

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Too Close

Too Close is a three-part British psychological drama first broadcast by ITV in 2021. Emily Watson plays forensic psychi...

Drama Psychological Thriller 2020S

7.0 Good

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Ridley Road

Ridley Road is a four-part British television drama first broadcast on BBC One in 2021 and adapted from Jo Bloom's novel...

Historical Thriller Bbc 1960S

7.0 Good

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Self Made

Self Made is a 2020 Netflix drama miniseries inspired by the life of entrepreneur and philanthropist Madam C. J. Walker....

Business Netflix Period Biography

6.9 Fair

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The Undeclared War

The Undeclared War is a British television cyber-thriller created and directed by Peter Kosminsky for Channel 4. Its fir...

Cyber Political Thriller 2020S

6.7 Fair

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Barkskins

Barkskins is a 2020 historical drama miniseries developed by Elwood Reid for National Geographic and based on Annie Prou...

Historical Literary 2020S Frontier

6.6 Fair

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Behind Her Eyes

Behind Her Eyes is a 2021 British psychological thriller miniseries released by Netflix and adapted from Sarah Pinboroug...

Netflix Mystery Psychological Thriller

6.4 Fair

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Apples Never Fall

Apples Never Fall is a 2024 limited mystery drama series released by Peacock and adapted from Liane Moriarty's 2021 nove...

Family Mystery Literary 2020S

6.3 Fair

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Faraway Downs

Faraway Downs is a six-part limited series created and directed by Baz Luhrmann from material shot for his 2008 film Aus...

Drama Western Period Hulu

6.2 Fair