37 Days

Series Similar to 37 Days

If you enjoyed 37 Days, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. Atlantic Crossing

   2020 · Drama, War, History · ended

   Recommended for similar War / History profile, hidden gem.

   1940. Norway is occupied by Nazi Germany. Crown Princess Märtha and her children find shelter as political refugees in the White House. Her presence in Washington soon influences President Roosevelt's views on the tragic events unfolding in Europe and eventually changes the dynamics of U.S. politics significantly. What starts as an affair turns into love and turmoil when Märtha speaks out publicly against the Nazi tyranny. In an attempt to fight for her country, she puts her marriage at risk and convinces the President to support Norway – a first step in the struggle that will lead to the U.S. joining the War. However, Märtha's actions cause her to make many enemies, some of them even closer than she thinks: within the walls of the White House.

2. This England

   2022 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, hidden gem.

   This England will tell the tale of some of the most devastating events to ever befall the United Kingdom, and of a Prime Minister leading in these unprecedented times. The drama will trace the impact on Britain from this once in a generation pandemic, and the response of scientists, nurses, and doctors as they worked tirelessly and heroically to contain and overcome the virus. It is based on the first-hand testimony of people from all walks of life; from Number 10 Downing Street, the Department of Health, The Scientific Advisory Group for Emergencies (SAGE), and from hospitals and care homes across the country.

3. The Kennedys

   2011 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, hidden gem.

   The dramatic event The Kennedys relives the public and private joys and tragedies of the most influential family in the world, including fraternal rivalries, mob associations, drugs, and women. The event recreates the political crises that John F. Kennedy dealt with in the early days of his presidency, including the Bay of Pigs invasion, the Cuban Missile Crisis that brought the world to the brink of nuclear war, and the Civil Rights Movement.

4. The Crown

   2016 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, highly rated (8.4).

   The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the world -- Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street - and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

5. Parade's End

   2012 · Drama, War, History · ended

   Recommended for similar War / History profile, also on BBC Two.

   In the dying days of the Edwardian Empire, Christopher Tietjens enters into a destructive marriage with the beautiful but cruel socialite Sylvia.

6. John Adams

   2008 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, highly rated (8).

   This seven-part epic miniseries event explores American history through one of its greatest founding fathers, a fiercely independent spirit whose unwavering vision steered America through a tumultuous period.

7. Titanic: Blood and Steel

   2012 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, hidden gem.

   "Titanic: Blood & Steel" chronicles the story of human relationships and adversity, that led to the birth of the legendary RMS Titanic. To its wealthy investors, it was a dream. To the middle class who oversaw the project, it was a challenge. But to the working class who built it, Titanic was the start of a revolution. With Ireland under British rule, and the Protestant and Catholic struggle intensifying, Titanic was more than a ship - it was a symbol of ambition, hope and unity.

8. The Long Road Home

   2017 · Drama, War, History · ended

   Recommended for similar War / History profile.

   Based on Martha Raddatz's bestseller, The Long Road Home chronicles the events of April 4th, 2004, when a platoon was ambushed in Sadr City, Baghdad, in an attack that came to be known as "Black Sunday".

9. The Devil's Whore

   2008 · Drama, War, History · ended

   Recommended for similar War / History profile.

   Colourful four-part drama about the seismic events of 17th-century England, when political disobedience turned to revolution and bloody civil war.

10. The Book of Negroes

    2015 · Drama, War, History · ended

    Recommended for similar War / History profile, hidden gem.

    Abducted from her village in West Africa, eleven-year-old Aminata Diallo is forced into a slave coffle and must endure a horrific ocean crossing. She is brought to a South Carolina plantation where she makes herself useful by using midwifery skills learned at her mother's side, all the while keeping the attentions of her jealous slave master, Robinson Appleby, at bay. Soon after Aminata reencounters Chekura, a fellow slave from West Africa, they are married in a clandestine ceremony. When their first baby is brutally abducted and sold by Appleby she vows to return one day to her homeland.