Shows Like East of Eden
If you liked East of Eden (2026), a drama and crime 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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Mildred Pierce (2011)
★ 7/10Also dramaMildred Pierce depicts an overprotective, self-sacrificing mother during the Great Depression who finds herself separated from her husband, opening a restaurant of her own and falling in love with a man, all the while…
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Virgin River (2019)
★ 8/10Also dramaAfter seeing an ad for a midwife, a recently divorced big-city nurse moves to the redwood forests of California, where she meets an intriguing man.
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Animal Kingdom (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also crime and drama17-year-old Joshua "J" Cody moves in with his freewheeling relatives in their Southern California beach town after his mother dies of a heroin overdose. Headed by boot-tough matriarch Janine "Smurf" Cody and her…
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The House of the Spirits (2026)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaThe epic tale of a proud and passionate family, secret loves, and bloody revolution. The Trueba family's passions, struggles, and secrets span a century of violent social change, culminating in a crisis that hurls the…
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Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story (2024)
★ 7.6/10Also drama and crimeThe story of the Menéndez brothers, who were convicted in 1996 of murdering their parents José and Mary Louise “Kitty” Menéndez.
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Julia (2022)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaThrough Julia Child’s life and her singular joie de vivre, the series explores a pivotal time in American history – the emergence of public television as a new social institution, feminism and the women's movement, the…
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Knots Landing (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaThe domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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Firefly Lane (2021)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaFor decades, childhood best friends Kate and Tully have weathered life's storms together -- until a betrayal threatens to break them apart for good.
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Ballard (2025)
★ 7.2/10Also drama and crimeDetective Renée Ballard plunges into a web of murder and corruption as she hunts a ruthless serial killer and uncovers a sinister police conspiracy that threatens everything she stands for. With her own demons nipping…
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My Life with the Walter Boys (2023)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaWhen a tragedy disrupts her life, a teen moves in with her guardian's big family in a small town and learns new lessons about love, hope and friendship.
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Hatfields & McCoys (2012)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaIt’s the true American story of a legendary family feud—one that spanned decades and nearly launched a war between Kentucky and West Virginia. The Hatfield-McCoy saga begins with Devil Anse Hatfield and Randall McCoy…
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This Is Us (2016)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaFollows the lives and families of three adults living and growing up in the United States of America in present and past times. As their paths cross and their life stories intertwine in curious ways, we find that…
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The Bay (2019)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and crimeFamily Liaison Officer Lisa Armstrong becomes a little too emotionally involved with a case (to the point where she might compromise it) concerning a pair of missing Morecambe twins to whose distraught parents she is…
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Sweet Magnolias (2020)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaLifelong friends Maddie, Helen and Dana Sue lift each other up as they juggle relationships, family and careers in the small Southern town of Serenity.
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One Tree Hill (2003)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaIn Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the…
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Chapelwaite (2021)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaIn the 1850s, Captain Charles Boone relocates his family of three children to his ancestral home in the small, seemingly sleepy town of Preacher’s Corners, Maine after his wife dies at sea. Charles will soon have to…
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Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaFollow the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in their opulent Savannah, Georgia, mansion.
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Hell on Wheels (2011)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaThe epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a…
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Ransom Canyon (2025)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaPassions run deep in a small Texas town, as three ranching dynasties fight for their land, their legacies and the people they love.
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Franklin (2024)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaIn December 1776, Benjamin Franklin is world-famous for his electrical experiments. But his passion and power are put to the test when he embarks on a secret mission to France—with the fate of American independence…