The Good Lord Bird

Series Similar to The Good Lord Bird

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1. Underground

   2016 · Drama, History · ended

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   Underground follows a group of slaves who plan a daring escape from a Georgia plantation to cross 600 miles to freedom.

2. Show Me a Hero

   2015 · Drama, Crime, History · ended

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   In an America generations removed from the civil rights struggles of the 1960s, the young mayor (Oscar Isaac) of a mid-sized city is faced with a federal court order to build a small number of low-income housing units in the white neighborhoods of his town. His attempt to do so tears the entire city apart, paralyzes the municipal government and, ultimately, destroys the mayor and his political future.

3. I, Claudius

   1976 · Drama, History · ended

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

   Acclaimed blackly comic historical drama series. Set amidst a web of power, corruption and lies, it chronicles the reigns of the Roman emperors - Augustus, Tiberius, Caligula and finally Claudius.

4. Roots

   1977 · Drama, History · ended

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

   The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestseller Roots: The Saga of an American Family. The docu-drama covers a period of history that begins in mid-1700s Gambia, West Africa and concludes during post-Civil War United States, over 100 years later. This 1977 miniseries eventually won 9 Emmy awards, a Golden Globe award, and a Peabody award, and still stands as the most watched miniseries in U.S. history.

5. Sungkyunkwan Scandal

   2010 · Drama, Comedy, History · ended

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

   Sungkyunkwan Scandal is set in Sungkyunkwan University in the late Joseon era during the reign of King Jeongjo, revolving around the exploits and love stories of four youths. When her younger brother's illness worsens and their family is in danger of being evicted from their house for lack of money, Kim Yoon Hee enters the school under his name, disguised as a boy in her desperation to support him. There, she becomes friends with the intelligent and upright Lee Sun Joon, the playboy Goo Yong Ha and rebellious Moon Jae Shin.

6. Boots

   2025 · Drama, Comedy · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama / Comedy profile.

   They're underdogs, misfits — and if they can survive basic training, Marines.

7. The Great

   2020 · Drama, Comedy, History · ended

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   The Great is a satirical, comedic drama about the rise of Catherine the Great from outsider to the longest reigning female ruler in Russia's history. A fictionalized, fun and anachronistic story of an idealistic, romantic young girl, who arrives in Russia for an arranged marriage to the mercurial Emperor Peter. Hoping for love and sunshine, she finds instead a dangerous, depraved, backward world that she resolves to change. All she has to do is kill her husband, beat the church, baffle the military and get the court onside. A very modern story about the past which encompasses the many roles she played over her lifetime as lover, teacher, ruler, friend, and fighter.

8. The Serpent Queen

   2022 · Drama, History · ended

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   The Serpent Queen is a period drama about Catherine de Medici, Renaissance Queen of France. Considered an immigrant, common and plain, Catherine de Medici is married into the 16th century French court as an orphaned teenager expected to bring a fortune in dowry and produce many heirs, only to discover that her husband is in love with an older woman, her dowry is unpaid and she's unable to conceive. Yet, only with her intelligence and determination, she manages to keep her marriage alive and masters the bloodsport that is the monarchy better than anyone else, ruling France for 50 years.

9. Knight Flower

   2024 · Comedy, History · ended

   Recommended for similar History profile, hidden gem.

   Set in the Joseon era, Knight Flower is an action-comedy drama starring Lee Ha Nee as Jo Yeo Hwa, a woman who has lived a quiet and modest life as a virtuous widow by day for 15 years. However, she is secretly leading a double life: at night, she valiantly sneaks out to help and take care of those in need.

10. Chernobyl

    2019 · Drama, History · ended

    Recommended for similar History profile, highly rated (8.9).

    Chernobyl dramatizes the true story of one of the worst man-made catastrophes in history and tells of the brave men and women who sacrificed to save Europe from unimaginable disaster. The miniseries focuses on the heartbreaking scope of the nuclear plant disaster that occurred in Ukraine in April 1986, revealing how and why it happened and telling the shocking, remarkable stories of the heroes who fought and fell.