Shows Like Upstairs, Downstairs
If you liked Upstairs, Downstairs (1971), 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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Downton Abbey (2010)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA 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.
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Upstairs Downstairs (2010)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaSet 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…
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Offspring (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaAn 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.
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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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Brothers and Sisters (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
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Seeking Persephone (2026)
★ 8.9/10Also dramaTo save her family, Persephone marries a cold, distant duke - never expecting to awaken a love that could change them both forever.
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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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Sullivan's Crossing (2023)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaAfter Neurosurgeon Maggie Sullivan’s personal and professional life are thrown into turmoil she returns home to Sullivan’s Crossing. While there, Maggie is forced to navigate her complicated present while confronting…
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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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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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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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Dickensian (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaDickensian 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…
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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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Swagger (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaA basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.
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Melrose Place (1992)
★ 5.8/10Also dramaFollow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
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War and Peace (2016)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe love story of young Countess Natasha Rostova and Count Pierre Bezukhov is interwoven with the Great Patriotic War of 1812 against Napoleon's invading army.
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Doctor Thorne (2016)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaThe story of the penniless Mary Thorne, who grows up with her rich aunt/cousins at Greshamsbury Park estate.
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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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London Kills (2019)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaWith a documentary style delivery, this drama tells the story of a team of top murder detectives with each episode featuring a different murder while also following a serialized story involving the lead detective’s…
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The Forsytes (2025)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaChronicles the lives of four generations of an upper-class family of stockbrokers, set against the backdrop of a rapidly evolving late-Victorian world.