Anne of Green Gables

Series Similar to Anne of Green Gables

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

1. Anne with an E

   2017 · Drama, Family, History · ended95% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile, also on CBC.

   Anne with an E is a coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890's, who, after an abusive childhood spent in orphanages and the homes of strangers, is mistakenly sent to live with an elderly spinster and her aging brother. Over time, 13-year-old Anne will transform their lives and eventually the small town in which they live with her unique spirit, fierce intellect and brilliant imagination.

2. The Heritage of Lancaster County

   2011 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8.3), hidden gem.

   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.

3. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

   2023 · Drama, Family · ended89% match

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

   The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart tells the compelling story of a young girl, Alice Hart, whose violent childhood casts a dark shadow over her adult life. After a family tragedy in which she loses both her abusive father and beloved mother in a mysterious fire, 9-year-old Alice is taken to live with her grandmother June on a flower farm, where she learns that there are secrets within secrets about her and her family's past. Set against Australia's breathtaking, natural landscape, and with native wildflowers and plants providing a way to express the inexpressible, this enthralling family drama spans decades, as Alice grows from a child into a woman. Her journey is epic and visceral, building to an emotional climax as Alice finds herself fighting for her life against a man she loves.

4. Karen Kingsbury's The Bridge

   2015 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended89% match

   Recommended for similar Family 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".

5. Little House on the Prairie

   1974 · Drama, Family, Western · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   The life and adventures of the Ingalls family in the 19th century American West.

6. Move to Heaven

   2021 · Drama, Family · ended88% match

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

   Finding life in all that's left behind, a trauma cleaner with Asperger's and his ex-con uncle deliver the untold stories of the departed to loved ones.

7. Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman

   1993 · Drama, Family, Western · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   The trials and adventures of a female doctor in a small wild west town.

8. Being Mary Jane

   2013 · Drama, Family · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile.

   Mary Jane Paul is a one-woman show: a successful TV news anchor, entirely self-sufficient – an all-around powerhouse who remains devoted to a family that doesn't share her motivation. As Mary Jane juggles her life, her work and her commitment to her family, we find out how far she's willing to go to find the puzzle pieces that she, and society, insist are missing from her life as a single Black female.

9. Recovery Road

   2016 · Drama, Family · ended88% match

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   Maddie is a high school party girl who doesn't think she has a problem until she's confronted one day by her guidance counselor and is forced to choose between expulsion and a recovering facility. Maddie makes the difficult decision to live with other recovering addicts at Recovery Road, while facing the daily pressures of her teenage life.

10. Years and Years

    2019 · Drama, Family, Science-Fiction · ended88% match

    Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8.2).

    Drama series following a tumultuous 15 years in Britain through the eyes of one family.