Years and Years

Series Similar to Years and Years

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

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Oasis

   2017 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8.4).

   Set in the near future, Oasis tells the story of priest Peter Leigh, who is called to a remote planet where a mysterious multinational company is building the first permanent off-Earth human colony. The planet, Oasis, is humanity's last chance to escape from Earth's impending collapse, but it quickly becomes apparent that it may not be as hospitable to humanity as it seems…

4. Kings

   2009 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Kings is a modern variation on the David-and-Goliath story, David Shepherd, a brave warrior in a city under siege, wins the gratitude of his king by rescuing the prince from enemy territory. His ensuing fame and rise through the ranks earns him the affection of the king's daughter, but David begins to realize it's getting harder and harder to tell his allies from his enemies. Although the series is loosely based on the Biblical story of King David, it is set in a kingdom that is culturally and technologically similar to the present-day United States.

5. Downton Abbey

   2010 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Family profile, highly rated (8.7).

   The Downton Abbey estate stands a splendid example of confidence and mettle, its family enduring for generations and its staff a well-oiled machine of propriety. But change is afoot at Downton--change far surpassing the new electric lights and telephone. A crisis of inheritance threatens to displace the resident Crawley family, in spite of the best efforts of the noble and compassionate Earl, Robert Crawley; his American heiress wife, Cora his comically implacable, opinionated mother, Violet and his beautiful, eldest daughter, Mary, intent on charting her own course. Reluctantly, the family is forced to welcome its heir apparent, the self-made and proudly modern Matthew Crawley himself none too happy about the new arrangements. As Matthew's bristly relationship with Mary begins to crackle with electricity, hope for the future of Downton's dynasty takes shape. But when petty jealousies and ambitions grow among the family and the staff, scheming and secrets--both delicious and dangerous--threaten to derail the scramble to preserve Downton Abbey. Downton Abbey offers a spot-on portrait of a vanishing way of life.

6. Voyagers!

   1982 · Adventure, Family, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Family / Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   A kids-oriented fantasy about a 'time cop' and his young companion who travel through history. Their stops include ancient Egypt, World War I France and 1903 Ohio (to visit the Wright Brothers). The lead character is named Phineas Bogg, a nod to Jules Verne's 'Around the World in Eighty Days' hero, Phileas Fogg.

7. Army Wives

   2007 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

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

   Army Wives follows the struggles, dreams and friendships of a diverse group of women—and one man—living with their spouses and families on an active Army post.

8. The Heritage of Lancaster County

   2011 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

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

   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.

9. Eleventh Hour

   2006 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

   Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8), hidden gem.

   Follow the adventures of Professor Ian Hood, Special Advisor to the government's Joint Sciences Committee, who troubleshoots threats stemming from or targeting "scientific endeavour". He is joined by Rachel Young, a Special Branch operative who acts primarily as his bodyguard, as Hood has made powerful enemies through his work.

10. John Doe

    2002 · Drama, Science-Fiction · ended

    Recommended for similar Science-Fiction profile, highly rated (8).

    A man who knows literally everything---except his own identity---helps the Seattle police solve crimes as he tries to figure out who he is and where he came from.