Shows Like The Book of Negroes
If you liked The Book of Negroes (2015), 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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TURN: Washington's Spies (2014)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaThe story of New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence.
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John Adams (2008)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaAdapted from David McCullough's Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, this lavish seven-part miniseries chronicles the life of Founding Father John Adams, starting with the Boston Massacre of 1770 through his years as an…
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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…
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Roots (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaAn adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
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Underground (2016)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaA group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Railroad as they attempt to evade the people…
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The Testaments (2026)
★ 8.3/10Also dramaGrowing up in Gilead is all they have ever known. As a new generation of young women grapple with the bleak future that awaits them, they will be forced to search for allies, new and old, to help in their fight for…
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The Twisted Tale of Amanda Knox (2025)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaAmanda Knox arrives in Italy for her study abroad only to be wrongfully imprisoned for murder weeks later. Follow Knox's relentless fight to prove her innocence and reclaim her freedom and examines why authorities and…
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Full Circle (2023)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaAn investigation into a botched kidnapping uncovers long-held secrets connecting multiple characters and cultures in present day New York City.
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New Worlds (2014)
★ 6.1/10Also dramaNew Worlds is a four-part 2014 British television drama serial created by Peter Flannery and Martine Brant, a follow-up to their 2008 series The Devil's Whore, produced by Company Pictures for Channel 4. During the…
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The Slap (2015)
★ 5.9/10Also dramaHector and his wife Aisha plan a party for family and friends, but the day doesn't turn out as they expected when Hector's hot-headed cousin Harry slaps a misbehaving child. The party ends abruptly with the child's…
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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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Harlots (2017)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaBrothel owner, Margaret Wells, struggles to raise her daughters in London during the 18th century.
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When They See Us (2019)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaFive teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.
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Tyler Perry's Ruthless (2020)
★ 8.4/10Also dramaA spinoff of "The Oval," follows Ruth Truesdale as she's forced to play nice with a scandalous religious cult of powerful sex crazed fanatics in the hopes of freeing herself and her daughter.
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The White Princess (2017)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaThe story of Elizabeth of York, the White Queen's daughter, and her marriage to the Lancaster victor, Henry VII. Based on the Philippa Gregory book of the same name.
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Mary & George (2024)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaIn 17th century England, Mary Villiers molds her beautiful son, George, to seduce King James I, intending to gain riches and influence through outrageous schemes.
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Desperate Romantics (2009)
★ 7.4/10Also dramaSix-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.
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The Good Lord Bird (2020)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaHenry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Frederick Douglass and Harriet Tubman, and he finds himself as a part of the…
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The Survivors (2025)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaFifteen years ago, the loss of three young people tore this sleepy seaside town apart. Now, the mysterious death of a young woman dredges up the past.
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I Will Find You (2026)
★ 8.2/10Also dramaWrongfully imprisoned for murdering his own son, a father sets out on a desperate rescue mission after learning the boy may still be alive.