Les Misérables

Series Similar to Les Misérables

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

1. War & Peace

   2016 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   In a new adaptation of Leo Tolstoy's timeless novel, three young people experience life, love and loss against the epic backdrop of Russia's wars with Napoleon.

2. North and South

   1985 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, highly rated (8.1).

   Patrick Swayze, Kirstie Alley and Lesley-Anne Down star in a 1985 miniseries based on John Jakes' novel about the Civil War and its effect on two families.

3. Wolf Hall

   2015 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, hidden gem, also on BBC One.

   Historical drama chronicling the rise of Thomas Cromwell, the son of a humble blacksmith who became King Henry VIII's chief minister, as he navigated the corridors of power in the Tudor court.

4. Leonardo

   2021 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile.

   Leonardo Da Vinci is a twenty-year-old illegitimate son of a notary and a painter, who works in Florence in the workshop of Andrea Del Verrocchio. Always curious about science and nature, the artist expresses in all his works the complex and enigmatic personality that leads him, over the years, to create the masterpieces we all know but also to experience great inner conflicts.

5. The Paradise

   2012 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile, also on BBC One.

   An intoxicating love story set in England's first department store in the 1870s.

6. The Dovekeepers

   2015 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

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

   Based on Alice Hoffman's historical novel about the Siege of Masada, the miniseries focuses on four extraordinary women whose lives intersect in a fight for survival at the siege of Masada. Set in ancient Israel, "The Dovekeepers" is based on the true events at Masada in 70 C.E. After being forced out of their home in Jerusalem by the Romans, 900 Jews were ensconced in a fortress at Masada, a mountain in the Judean desert. Besieged at Masada, the Jews held out for months against the vast Roman armies. The project will recount the events from the perspective of a few extraordinary women who arrive at Masada with unique backstories, but a common bond for survival. Additionally, these women, who work together daily as dovekeepers, are all concealing substantial secrets.

7. Becoming Elizabeth

   2022 · Drama, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile.

   Becoming Elizabeth is the fascinating story of the early life of England's most iconic Queen. Long before she ascended the throne, young Elizabeth Tudor was an orphaned teenager who became embroiled in the political and sexual politics of the English court. With no clear heir, the death of King Henry the VIII sets into motion a dangerous scramble for power. His surviving children find themselves pawns in a game between the great families of England and the powers of Europe who vie for control of the country.Elizabeth struggles to control her own destiny and take real power as the men around her attempt to claim her sovereignty. Her fascinating and factual journey to secure the crown is filled with scheming, betrayal and illicit relationships that threaten to bring forth her demise at a time in which every man or woman of the court is on the wheel of fortune, which may take them to a position of great power one moment, or the executioner's block the next.

8. Gentleman Jack

   2019 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance / History profile, also on BBC One.

   Gentleman Jack is a remarkable and unlikely love story set in the complex, changing world of 1832 Halifax - the cradle of the industrial revolution - just as it's all kicking off. The drama will explore Anne Lister's relationships at home with her family, her servants, her tenants and her industrial rivals, who will use any dirty tricks they can to bring her down. At its heart is her relationship with her would-be wife, the wealthy heiress Ann Walker. It has all the warmth, wit, humour and complexity that audiences have come to associate with Sally Wainwright's writing.

9. Red Sleeve

   2021 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

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

   Red Sleeve tells the record of a royal court romance between the King of Joseon who believes his duty is to his country first above love, and a court lady who wants to protect the life she has chosen.

10. The Borgias

    2011 · Drama, Romance, History · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance / History profile.

    This expansive drama series stars Oscar winner Jeremy Irons in his Golden Globe-nominated role as Pope Alexander VI, the cunning, manipulative patriarch of the infamous Borgia dynasty, who builds an empire by bribing, buying and muscling his way into the papacy.