All My Children

Series Similar to All My Children

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

1. Days of Our Lives

   1965 · Drama, Family, Romance · returning

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile.

   Days of our Lives is set in the fictitious Midwestern town of Salem. The core families are the Bradys, the Hortons and the DiMeras, and the multi-layered storylines involve elements of romance, adventure, mystery, comedy and drama.Beginning on September 12, 2022, DAYS became exclusive to streaming on Peacock.

2. Army Wives

   2007 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Army Wives follows the struggles, dreams and friendships of a diverse group of women—and one man—living with their spouses and families on an active Army post.

3. Downton Abbey

   2010 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, highly rated (8.7).

   The Downton Abbey estate stands a splendid example of confidence and mettle, its family enduring for generations and its staff a well-oiled machine of propriety. But change is afoot at Downton--change far surpassing the new electric lights and telephone. A crisis of inheritance threatens to displace the resident Crawley family, in spite of the best efforts of the noble and compassionate Earl, Robert Crawley; his American heiress wife, Cora his comically implacable, opinionated mother, Violet and his beautiful, eldest daughter, Mary, intent on charting her own course. Reluctantly, the family is forced to welcome its heir apparent, the self-made and proudly modern Matthew Crawley himself none too happy about the new arrangements. As Matthew's bristly relationship with Mary begins to crackle with electricity, hope for the future of Downton's dynasty takes shape. But when petty jealousies and ambitions grow among the family and the staff, scheming and secrets--both delicious and dangerous--threaten to derail the scramble to preserve Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey offers a spot-on portrait of a vanishing way of life.

4. Once and Again

   1999 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, also on ABC.

   Once and Again explored brave new territory with the compelling story of two families blending at the seams. The second marriage of Lily Manning to Rick Sammler pushes both to the limit as they try for domestic normalcy while navigating divorce, parenting, financial hardship and many other life lessons.

5. The Fosters

   2013 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile.

   The Fosters is a critically-acclaimed series that centers on biracial lesbian couple Stef and Lena Foster, who are raising a multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids. The second season will continue to explore the growing Fosters clan, with all the triumphs and travails, twists and turns, that fans of the series have come to expect. Callie and Jude will try to adjust to their new roles in the family, and everyone will deal with the fallout from their previous actions. Past mistakes will come home to roost, consequences will be handed out, and victories will be hard fought, and ultimately well-won. Their deep bonds will grow, enabling America's most modern family to face the future head on, with love in their hearts.

6. The Heritage of Lancaster County

   2011 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, highly rated (8.3).

   Journey into the fascinating world of the Amish with the three-part story of a young woman who must face her past in order to discover her future.

7. Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge

   2015 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Molly and Ryan share a profound friendship their first semester in college. At their favorite bookstore and coffee shop, The Bridge, they spend countless hours studying and inspiring the other to dream. But can Molly and Ryan's unspoken love survive the expectations of others as to what their lives should ultimately be?Based on #1 New York Times bestselling author Karen Kingsbury's "The Bridge: A Novel".

8. Everwood

   2002 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile.

   As a world-class neurosurgeon, Dr. Andrew Brown is a hero. As a father, he's a zero. But that is changing. Tragedy makes him a single parent to his two children. And as the first act of his new life, Andy leaves Manhattan and moves his family to Everwood, the tiny Colorado town where big dreams can grow.

9. Offspring

   2010 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile.

   Offspring follows Nina's quest to manage the intensity of her job delivering babies along with the challenges of raising her daughter Zoe in the midst of the fabulously unpredictable Proudman family - all while trying to establish a decent love life for herself.

10. Mask

    2015 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Family / Romance profile, hidden gem.

    Byun Ji Sook has always had a hard life with her father constantly going into debt and being chased by loan sharks. She desperately wants to know what life is like if she was born into a better family and didn't have to worry about money all the time. When a series of circumstances brings Ji Sook to Eun Ha, a woman from a wealthy family who strongly resembles Ji Sook, she grabs hold of the chance for a better life and assumes Eun Ha's identity and begins to live her elite life. She meets Min Woo, a chaebol heir who is mistrusting of the people around him. But when he realizes that Ji Sook is not like the other women he has met, he is drawn to her. How long can Ji Sook keep up the charade and hide her true identity?