Shows Like Great Expectations

If you liked Great Expectations (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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A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Count 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…
2
Les Misérables (2018)
★ 7.3/10Also drama
France, 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…
3
David Copperfield (1999)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
A young man journeys from a difficult childhood to maturity, exploring social injustice, personal development, and the complexities of human relationships.
4
The Hardacres (2024)
★ 8/10Also drama
The sweeping rags to riches story of the Hardacres, a working-class family in 1890s Yorkshire who strike it rich and move from a grimy fish dock to a vast estate.
5
Grace (2021)
★ 6.8/10Also drama
Brighton based Detective Superintendent Roy Grace is a hard-working police officer who has given his life to the job, but his career is currently at rock bottom. He’s fixated by the disappearance of his beloved wife…
6
Tess of the D'Urbervilles (2008)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.
7
Anne with an E (2017)
★ 8.7/10Also drama
A 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…
8
Dickensian (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Dickensian intertwines the realm of fictional characters in Charles Dickens’ novels—including Scrooge, Fagin and Miss Havisham—in half-hour episodes, as their lives intertwine in 19th century London. The Old Curiosity…
9
Downton Abbey (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
A chronicle of the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants in the post-Edwardian era—with great events in history having an effect on their lives and on the British social hierarchy.
10
Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
★ 7/10Also drama
Queen is the story about Easter, the illegitimate daughter of James Jackson, III and her lifelong affair with plantation owner Tim Daly, which would result in the birth of Queen. Queen's story revolves around her early…
11
The Fosters (2013)
★ 7.5/10Also drama
Stef Foster, a dedicated police officer, and her partner Lena Adams, a school vice principal, have built a close-knit, loving family with Stef's biological son from a previous marriage, Brandon, and their adopted…
12
Fingersmith (2005)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
A young woman is hired as a maid to an heiress who lives a secluded life on a large countryside estate with her domineering uncle. But, the maid has a secret: she is a pickpocket recruited by a swindler posing as a…
13
The Rainmaker (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
Fresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two…
14
Daniel Deronda (2002)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
In 1870s England, idealist Daniel Deronda seeks his mysterious origins and becomes entangled in the lives of the self-centered Gwendolen Harleth, who is trapped in a loveless marriage, and Jewish singer Mirah Lapidoth.
15
Agatha Christie's Marple (2004)
★ 7.9/10Also drama
The adventures of Miss Jane Marple, an elderly spinster living in the quiet little village of St Mary Mead. During her many visits to friends and relatives in other villages, Miss Marple often stumbles upon mysterious…
16
Recovery Road (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also drama
Maddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between…
17
Neverwhere (1996)
★ 6.7/10Also drama
Richard Mayhew leads an ordinary life in London when one day a girl named Door falls, injured, across his path. The next thing he knows, his life is gone and he's pulled into the fantastical world of London Below…
18
Offspring (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also drama
An exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.
19
Banished (2015)
★ 7.2/10Also drama
Banished is a British period drama television serial created by Jimmy McGovern. The seven-part serial first aired on BBC Two from 5 March to 16 April 2015. It received mixed reviews, with most of the criticism for its…
20
Upstairs Downstairs (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also drama
Set in 1936, the show takes viewers, old and new, back to the lavish world of Belgravia, London. A new set of occupants reside at 165 Eaton Place and viewers see how external and internal influences of the tumultuous…