Shows Like The L Word
If you liked The L Word (2004), a drama and soap 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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The L Word: Generation Q (2019)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaIn this sequel to The L Word, we continue to follow the intermingled lives of Bette Porter, Alice Pieszecki and Shane McCutcheon, along with a new generation of diverse, self-possessed LGBTQIA+ characters experiencing…
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Good Trouble (2019)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaAfter moving to The Coterie in Downtown Los Angeles, Callie and Mariana Foster realize that living on their own is not all that it’s cracked up to be.
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Knots Landing (1979)
★ 6.9/10Also drama and soapThe domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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Lip Service (2010)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaSex, lies and true love in modern Scotland. Following the lives and loves of a group of twenty-something lesbians living in Glasgow.
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Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also soap and 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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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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The Newsreader (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaAn unconventional relationship in a world on the cusp of change; a star newsreader and an ambitious bisexual reporter join forces in a ruthless 1986 newsroom, as events unfold that will change their lives.
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Tales of the City (2019)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaMary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect…
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Being Human (2011)
★ 7/10Also dramaThree paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.
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Tyler Perry's If Loving You Is Wrong (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also soap and dramaFollow the relationships of a group of husbands and wives that live and love on the same street. While the neighbors come from very different backgrounds, their lives are similar – raising children, dealing with exes…
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Tell Me Lies (2022)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaWhen Lucy Albright and Stephen DeMarco meet at college, they are at that formative age when seemingly mundane choices lead the way to irrevocable consequences. They quickly fall into an addictive entanglement that will…
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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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Clique (2017)
★ 6.3/10Also dramaIn the first year of uni, childhood best friends Holly and Georgia find themselves drawn to an elite clique. When Holly begins to suspect darkness lurks beneath the glamour, she will do anything to save her soulmate.
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Queens (2021)
★ 7.1/10Also soap and dramaEstranged and out-of-touch, four women in their 40s reunite for a chance to recapture their fame and regain the swagger they had as the Nasty Bitches—their ‘90s group that made them legends in the hip-hop world.
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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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Vida (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaTwo Mexican-American sisters from the Eastside of Los Angeles who couldn't be more different or distanced from each other are forced to return to their old neighborhood, where they are confronted by the past and…
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Pretty Little Liars (2010)
★ 8/10Also dramaBased on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their…
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More Tales of the City (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaLonely inhabitants at 28 Barbary Lane search for love and identity, turning to each other in the hope of finding happiness in San Francisco.
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La Brea (2021)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaAn epic adventure begins when a massive sinkhole opens in the middle of Los Angeles, pulling hundreds of people and buildings into its depths. Those who fell in find themselves in a mysterious and dangerous primeval…
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Blood & Water (2020)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaAfter crossing paths at a party, a Cape Town teen sets out to prove whether a private-school swimming star is her sister who was abducted at birth.