Ruby and the Well

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

1. The Way Home

   2023 · Drama, Family, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Fantasy profile.

   The Way Home follows the lives of three generations of women within the Landry family that spans the years through a time travel twist.

2. The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart

   2023 · Drama, Family · ended

   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.

3. Mako Mermaids

   2013 · Drama, Family, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Fantasy profile.

   A boy is magically turned a merman, and discovers his underwater origins, after he comes in contact with the magic waters at the mysterious Mako Island guarded by a trio of mermaids.

4. Go Back Couple

   2017 · Drama, Family, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Fantasy profile.

   Choi Ban Do and Ma Jin Joo are both 38-years-old and a married couple. Choi Ban Do has been burdened with being the breadwinner and Ma Jin Joo is a housewife with low self-esteem. Even though they loved each other when they married, they now hate each other. They both regret marrying at such a young age. The couple travel through time and find themselves as 20-year-old university students, when they met for the first time.

5. Move to Heaven

   2021 · Drama, Family · ended

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

   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.

6. H2O: Just Add Water

   2006 · Drama, Family, Fantasy · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Fantasy profile.

   H2O: Just Add Water is a story about three normal teenage girls stumble upon a ancient cave they undergo a transformation that wll change their lives forever. H2O - Just Add Water, sees three very different girls facing everyday teen problems with an added twist - they're mermaids with incredible powers over water.

7. Years and Years

   2019 · Drama, Family, Science-Fiction · ended

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

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

8. Being Mary Jane

   2013 · Drama, Family · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

   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. Stay with Me

   2023 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

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

   Su Yu, a high school student who lives a simple life with his father, faces a major change when his mother remarries a wealthy man, introducing him to his step-brother Wu Bi. Despite their initial differences-Wu Bi being a cold and arrogant top student, while Su Yu is an unreasonable underachiever-their relationship takes an unexpected turn after an accident. As they gradually warm up to each other, their bond grows stronger. However, when a heated fight arises, their true identities are revealed.

10. Little Women

    2022 · Drama, Family · ended

    Recommended for similar Family profile, hidden gem.

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