Shows Like The Crimson Petal and the White

If you liked The Crimson Petal and the White (2011), 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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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
Desperate Romantics (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Six-part drama series set in and among the alleys, galleries and flesh-houses of 19th-century industrial London, following the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, a vagabond group of English painters, poets and critics.
3
Harlots (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
Brothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
4
A Thousand Blows (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Hezekiah and Alec, two friends from Jamaica, finds themselves thrust into the criminal underbelly of London's East End. Here they meet Mary Carr, Queen of an all-female criminal gang known as the Forty Elephants, and…
5
Miss Scarlet (2020)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
When Eliza Scarlet's father dies, he leaves her penniless, but she resolves to continue his detective agency. To operate in a male-dominated world, though, she needs a partner... step forward a detective known as the…
6
The Essex Serpent (2022)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
London widow Cora Seaborne moves to Essex to investigate reports of a mythical serpent. She forms a surprising bond of science and skepticism with the local vicar—but when tragedy strikes, locals accuse her of…
7
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.
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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…
9
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.
10
Dracula (2020)
★ 7/10Also drama
Transylvania, 1897. The blood-drinking Count Dracula is drawing his plans against Victorian London. And be warned: the dead travel fast.
11
The Crown (2016)
★ 8.2/10Also drama
The gripping, decades-spanning inside story of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the Prime Ministers who shaped Britain's post-war destiny. The Crown tells the inside story of two of the most famous addresses in the…
12
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…
13
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.
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Obsession (2023)
★ 6.5/10Also drama
A respected London surgeon's affair with his son's fiancée turns into an erotic infatuation that threatens to change their lives forever.
15
The Hollow Crown (2012)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
A series of British television films featuring William Shakespeare's History Plays.
16
Dancing on the Edge (2013)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
An explosive 1930s drama following a jazz band in London at a time of huge change.
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
Towards Zero (2025)
★ 6.1/10Also drama
After a scandalous divorce, a tennis star, his ex-wife and a volatile mix of guests converge at a coastal estate. When murder strikes, a troubled detective must unravel the truth.
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The Tudors (2007)
★ 7.8/10Also drama
The Tudors is a history-based drama series following the young, vibrant King Henry VIII, a competitive and lustful monarch who navigates the intrigues of the English court and the human heart with equal vigor and…
20
Rillington Place (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
A three-part drama about serial killer John Christie and the murders at 10 Rillington Place in the 1940s and early 1950s.