Shows Like A Thousand Blows

If you liked A Thousand Blows (2025), a drama series, 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.

1
The Buccaneers (2023)
★ 7/10Also drama
A group of fun-loving American girls burst onto the scene in tightly corseted 1870s London, kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. Sent to secure husbands and status, the buccaneers' hearts are set on much more…
2
Killing Eve (2018)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
A security consultant hunts for a ruthless assassin. Equally obsessed with each other, they go head to head in an epic game of cat-and-mouse.
3
Strike (2017)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A war veteran turned private detective operates out of a tiny office in London’s Denmark Street. Although wounded both physically and psychologically, his unique insight and background as a military police investigator…
4
The Nevers (2021)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
In the last years of Victoria's reign, London is beset by the "Touched": people — mostly women — who suddenly manifest abnormal abilities, some charming, some very disturbing. Among them are Amalia True, a mysterious…
5
The Frankenstein Chronicles (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Inspector John Marlott investigates a series of crimes in 19th century London, which may have been committed by a scientist intent on re-animating the dead.
6
The Hitchhiker (1983)
★ 6.2/10Also drama
A young hitchhiker introduces characters who are about to experience a frightening and sometimes supernatural incident of some kind in this moody anthology series.
7
Small Axe (2020)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
An anthology series of five stories looking at the lives of a group of friends and their families in London’s West Indian community from the late 1960s to the early 80s.
8
Penny Dreadful (2014)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
Some of literature's most terrifying characters, including Dr. Frankenstein, Dorian Gray, and iconic figures from the novel Dracula are lurking in the darkest corners of Victorian London. Penny Dreadful is a…
9
Dracula (2013)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
It's the late 19th century, and the mysterious Dracula has arrived in London, posing as an American entrepreneur who wants to bring modern science to Victorian society. He's especially interested in the new technology…
10
Taboo (2017)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.
11
Capital (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Set on a single street in South London, Capital is a portrait of a road transformed by soaring property prices: what was once the home of modest lower-middle class families, Pepys Road has been continuously gentrified…
12
The Hunting Wives (2025)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
Sophie trades New England for East Texas and falls into a wealthy socialite's magnetic orbit — where a clique of housewives hide deadly secrets.
13
Unchosen (2026)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
When a young mother from a sheltered cult crosses paths with a mysterious stranger, she embarks on a risky affair that awakens desires and dark secrets.
14
London Spy (2015)
★ 7/10Also drama
A chance romance between two men from very different worlds, one from the headquarters of the Secret Intelligence Service, the other from a world of clubbing and youthful excess, leads into mystery after one of them…
15
Step Up (2018)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Twins Tal and Janelle relocate from Ohio to Atlanta, where at their new school High Water is always a beat.
16
Tip Toe (2026)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
An ordinary Manchester suburb becomes a minefield of lies and violence when Leo gives neighbour Clive his spare key.
17
Ripper Street (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A drama set in the East End of London in 1889, during the aftermath of the "Ripper" murders. The action centres around the notorious H Division – the police precinct from hell – which is charged with keeping order in…
18
Arrow (2012)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Spoiled billionaire playboy Oliver Queen is missing and presumed dead when his yacht is lost at sea. He returns five years later a changed man, determined to clean up the city as a hooded vigilante armed with a bow.
19
The Clearing (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
When a local girl goes missing, a woman is forced to face the demons from her traumatic childhood.
20
The Romanoffs (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
An anthology series centered around people who believe themselves to be the modern-day descendants of the Romanov family.