Shows Like Anne Frank: The Whole Story
If you liked Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001), 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.
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A Small Light (2023)
★ 8/10Also dramaMiep Gies didn't hesitate when her boss Otto Frank came to her and asked her to hide his family from the Nazis during World War II. For the next two years, Miep, her husband Jan, and the other helpers watched over the…
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The Diary of Anne Frank (2009)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaFive-part adaptation of Anne Frank's famous wartime diaries in which a young teenager and her family go into hiding from the Nazis in wartime Amsterdam.
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Holocaust (1978)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaBerlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the…
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Anne with an E (2017)
★ 8.7/10Also dramaA coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890s, who…
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Les Misérables (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaFrance, 1815. Jean Valjean, a common thief, is released from prison after having lived a hell in life for 19 years, but a small mistake puts the law again on his trail. Ruthless Inspector Javert pursues him thorough…
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Jane Eyre (2006)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaCharlotte Bronte's classic about an orphan girl who grows up to become a governess in a gloomy manor in Yorkshire, where she falls in love with the mysterious Edward Rochester.
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The Mysterious Benedict Society (2021)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaFour gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission. Placed undercover at a boarding school known as The Institute, they must foil a nefarious plot with global ramifications, while…
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Parenthood (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
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The Young and the Restless (1973)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City. The lives and loves of a wide variety of characters mingle through the generations, dominated by the Newman…
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Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
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Road to Avonlea (1990)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaIn the fictional small town of Avonlea, Prince Edward Island, in the early 20th century, 10-year-old Montreal heiress Sara Stanley is sent by her wealthy father to live with her two maiden aunts, Hetty and Olivia King…
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Rich Man, Poor Man (1976)
★ 7.9/10Also dramaBased on the best-selling 1969 novel by Irwin Shaw, the series follows the divergent career courses of the impoverished German American Jordache brothers.
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Days of Our Lives (1965)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaThe Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.
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A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaCount Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of an opulent hotel, where, oblivious to the world outside, he discovers…
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Anne of Green Gables (1985)
★ 8.6/10Also dramaAnne Shirley, an orphan, is fostered by farmer Matthew Cuthbert and his sister Marilla, who were expecting a boy to be sent them to help with their farm work. They accept Anne, who quickly endears herself to them and…
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Brothers and Sisters (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
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Little Disasters (2025)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaWhen Jess takes her baby to hospital with an unexplained head injury, her close friend, A&E doctor Liz, makes the excruciating decision to call social services, igniting an explosive chain of events.
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Murder in a Small Town (2024)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaKarl Alberg moves to a quiet coastal town to soothe a psyche that has been battered by big-city police work but finds himself needing to call upon all his skills to solve the murders that continue to wash up on his…
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SkyMed (2022)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaLife, death and drama at 20,000 feet. The series weaves together intense character journeys and high-stakes medical rescues, as we follow the triumphs, heartbreaks and tribulations of budding nurses and pilots flying…
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Sense and Sensibility (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaSense and Sensibility is a 2008 British television drama, based on Jane Austen's 1811 novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Andrew Davies, who said that the aim of the series was to make viewers forget…