Brief Encounters

Series Similar to Brief Encounters

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

1. Bunheads

   2012 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   A former ballerina turned Vegas showgirl decides to take a gamble on a new marriage and a fresh start in Paradise, CA.

2. Jane by Design

   2012 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   Jane by Design follows Jane Quimby a quirky teen with an eclectic chic fashion sense who lands a job at a hip fashion house when they mistake her for an adult. Torn between her love of fashion and the need to finish high school, Jane conceals her true age to assist the demanding, but talented Gray Chandler Murray who travels the world in search of the next big style trend.

3. Red Band Society

   2014 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   What if a hospital was your high school, boarding school and summer camp rolled into one? What if it was the place where you fell in love for the first time and made friendships that lasted a lifetime? And what if it was all weirdly hilarious and the most fun you ever had in your entire life? This is the world of Red Band Society.

4. Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip

   2006 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   The executive producer of a late night sketch comedy show sparks a media frenzy when he has an on-air meltdown during a live broadcast. The newly minted network president has to scramble to make things right by hiring back two former prized employees to become the new executive producers of her network's flagship program.

5. Not Safe for Work

   2015 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   Katherine, a civil servant, is reluctantly relocated from London to Northampton as part of public sector cuts. Recently divorced and troubled by secrets in her past, her relocation may just be the last straw for her.Things are made even more difficult for Katherine when she meets her new co-workers: Anthony, who is cited in Katherine's divorce papers, so their relationship is complicated to say the least. The perma-wasted Danny, a chancer who has somehow found himself managing Katherine's new office after he pretended to be a devout Muslim. Struggling to work around his fondness for drink and drugs, he's constantly led astray by his feisty PA, Angela, a terrible influence. Jenny, irrepressibly and irritatingly upbeat. Jenny is a ball of energy with a relentlessly sunny disposition that hides a profound vulnerability. Meanwhile Nathanial, is naïve and well meaning, trying his best to do his job, but never quite certain what his job actually involves. Shell-shocked Jeffries, head of Human Resources and responsible for Katherine and Danny's relocation. She's as surprised as everyone else to find herself on the receiving end of her own wave of cuts. Behind her stoical and affable nature, and with her own problems at home, she's as lost as everyone else..

6. Men in Trees

   2006 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, hidden gem.

   To help Marin get rid of issues that weigh her down, Cash takes her to visit a guru. On the way back down the mountain trail, an arctic cyclone erupts. Jack goes out to look for them and a pregnant Lynn can't do anything to stop him. Everyone hunkers down at the Chieftain to wait out the storm, and they learn some surprising things about each other. Mai and Buzz argue over his first choice of a wife, the engaged Patrick and Annie see her competitive spirit at work, Celia and Dick take their relationship to a new intimacy level, and Sara tells Ben about her mysterious court summons much to the chagrin of wife Theresa.

7. Sirens

   2011 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   A team of world-weary paramedics are forced to confront the dregs of society - not to mention their own inadequacies - in this comedy drama.

8. Rake

   2010 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

   Cleaver Greene, a talented but self-destructive barrister who uses unconventional methods and usually defends those beyond redemption. With unyielding optimism he takes on only the most difficult court cases that no one else wants, from suicide bombing to sex offences and thefts to psychotic school girl drama. At the same time the Sydney barrister tries to put his personal life in order, where his addiction to short term highs and women land him into trouble.

9. Horace and Pete

   2016 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   Horace and Pete run a small family bar in the heart of Brooklyn, with the help of their Uncle Pete. The bar has always been run by, and passed down to, a Horace and a Pete, cousins or brothers. The bar serves no mixed drinks, only a few types of liquor and one brand of beer, Budweiser, in keeping with their commitment to having an old fashioned, traditional, family-owned bar. Horace, a divorced father of a grown daughter, lives in the apartment above the bar with Pete, who is single. Horace and Pete are battling with extended family members regarding the fate of the bar. Some want to sell, others do not. Various regulars come in and out, and take up their places in booths, or on barstools. The story unfolds over ten episodes, and takes place in the bar, and in the apartment above the bar. Ultimately it is a story of a family and the struggles and laughs that go into running a bar for generations.

10. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

    2017 · Drama, Comedy · ended

    Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile, highly rated (8).

    It's 1958 Manhattan and Miriam "Midge" Maisel has everything she's ever wanted - the perfect husband, kids, and Upper West Side apartment. But when her life suddenly takes a turn and Midge must start over, she discovers a previously unknown talent - one that will take her all the way from the comedy clubs of Greenwich Village to a spot on Johnny Carson's couch.