Shows Like The Blue and the Gray
If you liked The Blue and the Gray (1982), a drama series created by John Leekley, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Roots (1977)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaThe 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…
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Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
★ 7/10Also dramaQueen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early…
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The Bible (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaThe story of God's creation of the Earth and the landmark events leading up to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
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Sons of Liberty (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaA radical group of young men band together in secrecy to change the course of history and make America a nation.
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Fosse/Verdon (2019)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe story of the romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. He was a filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors; she was the greatest Broadway dancer of all…
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When We Rise (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaThe personal and political struggles, setbacks and triumphs of a diverse family of LGBT men and women who helped pioneer one of the last legs of the U.S. Civil Rights movement from its turbulent infancy in the 20th…
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Shōgun (1980)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaAn English navigator becomes both a player and pawn in complex political games in feudal Japan.
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The Winds of War (1983)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaAgainst the backdrop of world events that led to the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor in 1941, Victor 'Pug' Henry is a career naval officer who, along with his family, learns to navigate the waters of his dangerous…
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Lady Chatterley (1993)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaAfter a crippling injury leaves her husband impotent, Lady Chatterly is torn between her love for her husband and her physical desires. With her husband's consent, she seeks out other means of fulfilling her needs.
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Our World War (2014)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaOur World War is a gripping factual drama series offering viewers first-hand experience of the extraordinary bravery of young soldiers fighting 100 years ago. Drawing on real stories of World War One soldiers it uses…
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Army Wives (2007)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaArmy Wives is an American drama series that follows the lives of four army wives, one army husband, and their families.
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The State Within (2006)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaThe State Within is a six-part British television political thriller serial written and created by Lizzie Mickery and Daniel Percival, broadcast on BBC One from 2 November to 7 December 2006. After a plane explodes…
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Scarlett (1994)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaScarlett is a 1994 American television miniseries loosely based on Alexandra Ripley's eponymous 1991 book of the same name, a sequel to Margaret Mitchell's 'Gone with the Wind' (1936). Filmed across the United States…
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The Kennedys (2011)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaThe triumphs and tragedies of the most popular political family in American history.
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The Devil's Whore (2008)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaThe Devil's Whore is a four-part television drama serial produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4, broadcast from 19 November to 10 December 2008. As the English Civil War rages, when both politics and religion…
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Into the West (2005)
★ 8/10Also dramaThe lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
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Roots: The Next Generations (1979)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaRoots: The Next Generations is a television miniseries, introduced in 1979, continuing, from 1882 to the 1960s, the fictionalized story of the family of Alex Haley and their life in Henning, Lauderdale County…
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If Tomorrow Comes (1986)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaTracy Whitney was in love, pregnant and engaged to marry into one of America's best family. And then, with one phone call, she lost everything. After 5 years of unjust imprisonment, Tracy emerges from prison a new…
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Downton Abbey (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
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12 O'Clock High (1964)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaThis series chronicles the adventures--in the air and on the ground--of the men of the 918th Bombardment Group of the U.S. Eighth Air Force. First commanded by irascible General Frank Savage--and later by Colonel Joe…