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  1. The Great 2020

    Series

    A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relationship with husband Peter, the emperor of Russia.

    The sides of The Great

    • A young Catherine at the Russian court
    • A childish, cruel emperor named Peter
    • A plan to take the throne from her own husband

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a court where murder is a party trick.
    • you like rude, quick, very modern lines in period costume.
    • you like watching a young wife plot to seize an empire.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather avoid a lot of crude sex scenes.
    • you need history told the way it really happened.

    About: ambition · marriage · power

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  2. The White Queen 2013

    Series

    Set against the backdrop of the Wars of the Roses, the series is the story of the women caught up in the protracted conflict for the throne of England.

    The sides of The White Queen

    • Elizabeth Woodville marrying a king in secret
    • Three women fighting over the English throne
    • The Wars of the Roses seen from the palace

    Good for you if

    • you like the Wars of the Roses told from inside the court.
    • you like mothers and queens plotting to put a son on the throne.
    • you like a secret royal marriage that starts a feud.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not watch sex scenes, or you watch with others.
    • you want big battle scenes, not palace intrigue.

    About: ambition · motherhood · loyalty

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  3. The Crown 2016

    Series

    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 world – Buckingham Palace and 10 Downing Street – and the intrigues, love lives and machinations behind the great events that shaped the second half of the 20th century. Two houses, two courts, one Crown.

    The sides of The Crown

    • Elizabeth II from her young reign to old age
    • Weekly meetings with her Prime Ministers
    • A royal family torn between duty and love

    Good for you if

    • you like the second half of the 20th century seen from inside Buckingham Palace.
    • you like a family drama where a sister, a husband and children all come second to the Crown.
    • you like who really decides things between the palace and Downing Street.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum, and many episodes are quiet conversations in palace rooms.
    • six seasons of royal life is too much for you.

    About: duty · family · the monarchy

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  4. At the age of 26, when his reign began, Sultan Süleyman sought to build an empire more powerful than Alexander the Great and to render the Ottomans invincible. Throughout his 46-year reign, his fame as the greatest warrior and ruler of his age spreads both to the East and West. With his companion Pargalı İbrahim, Süleyman achieves great victories, and makes his name known in the Muslim World. Süleyman called İbrahim his brother, friend and advisor. The television series shows Süleyman's consolidation of his power: Pargalı İbrahim being grand minister of state, reinforcing the rule of law throughout the empire, meeting foreign diplomats, and preparing for military campaigns, all set against the backdrop of the tension between Christian Europe and the Ottoman Empire.

    The sides of The Magnificent Century

    • Sultan Süleyman building an empire
    • A slave girl rising through the harem
    • Ibrahim, the sultan's closest friend

    Good for you if

    • you like the Ottoman court of the 16th century in full costume.
    • you like palace intrigue where every wife, vizier and son plays for power.
    • you like the love story between Süleyman and Hürrem.

    Bad for you if

    • you won't read subtitles for a Turkish series.
    • four seasons of very long episodes is too much for you.

    About: ambition · loyalty · jealousy · power

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  5. Raised from birth as a man, the Lady Oscar commands the palace guards at Versailles in the years before the French Revolution. Her beauty and noble spirit make her a shining figure in the eyes of both men and women but she is torn between her chosen life of service and duty to class and country and her own heart and desires. She lives as a noble amidst the opulence of Versailles but her keen senses and compassion are not blinded to the poverty of the French people.

    The sides of The Rose of Versailles

    • A woman raised as a man
    • The guard of Marie Antoinette
    • Versailles before the Revolution

    Good for you if

    • you like the French Revolution seen from inside the palace.
    • you like Oscar and André's love growing over years.
    • you like being moved to tears by Oscar, torn between her duty and her heart.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you find 1970s animation dated.

    About: duty · gender · revolution

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  6. The Borgias 2011

    Series

    Set in 15th century Italy at the height of the Renaissance, The Borgias chronicles the corrupt rise of patriarch Rodrigo Borgia to the papacy, where he proceeds to commit every sin in the book to amass and retain power, influence and enormous wealth for himself and his family.

    The sides of The Borgias

    • A cardinal who buys his way to the papacy
    • Cesare and Lucrezia, his ambitious children
    • Renaissance Rome full of poison and plots

    Good for you if

    • you like Rodrigo Borgia buying votes and making enemies to stay pope.
    • you like Renaissance Italy with its cardinals, kings and courts.
    • you like following a family you shouldn't root for.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand stabbings, poisonings and torture.
    • you'd rather avoid sex scenes, or you watch with others.

    About: corruption · family · faith

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  7. Oppenheimer 2023

    Film

    The story of J. Robert Oppenheimer's role in the development of the atomic bomb during World War II.

    The sides of Oppenheimer

    • The man who built the bomb
    • A secret town in the desert
    • A hearing that decides his fate

    Good for you if

    • you like a lead performance carried by the eyes.
    • you like rooms full of brilliant people arguing.
    • you want to feel the first test in your chest.

    Bad for you if

    • three hours of talking is too much for one evening.
    • you want action. It's mostly meetings and hearings.
    • you want a story told in order. It jumps between periods.

    About: guilt · power · science

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  8. Fleabag 2016

    Series

    A portrait into the mind of a dry-witted, sexual, angry, porn-watching, grief-riddled woman, trying to make sense of the world. As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, with all its frenetic energy, late nights, and bright lights.

    The sides of Fleabag

    • A woman who talks to the camera
    • A failing guinea pig café in London
    • A priest she falls for

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing at a woman's worst moments as she tells you about them.
    • you like Phoebe Waller-Bridge winking at you through the camera.
    • you want two short seasons you can watch in a weekend.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather avoid frank sex talk and sex scenes.
    • you can't take grief and guilt hidden under the jokes.

    About: grief · guilt · loneliness · sisters

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  9. The King 2019

    Film

    England, 15th century. Hal, a capricious prince who lives among the populace far from court, is forced by circumstances to reluctantly accept the throne and become Henry V.

    The sides of The King

    • A young prince crowned Henry V
    • The muddy battle of Agincourt
    • Robert Pattinson as a mocking French Dauphin

    Good for you if

    • you like the Hundred Years' War told from inside the court.
    • you like a medieval battle fought in mud, close and chaotic.
    • you like Timothée Chalamet as young Hal, reluctant, quiet and watchful.

    Bad for you if

    • you need momentum and long council scenes lose you.
    • you can't stand bodies crushed and stabbed in battle.

    About: power · duty · fathers and sons

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  10. Dickinson 2019

    Series

    Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world's greatest poet.

    The sides of Dickinson

    • A young Emily Dickinson who wants to be a poet
    • A strict father in 1850s Amherst
    • Modern music and slang in a period setting

    Good for you if

    • you like a young woman fighting her family to write.
    • you like a period piece that talks like today.
    • you like 19th-century New England seen through a rebel's eyes.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't stand surreal scenes like Death driving a ghostly carriage.
    • you need action, not poems and parlour quarrels.

    About: creativity · freedom · first love

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  11. Marco Polo 2014

    Series

    Set in a world of greed, betrayal, sexual intrigue and rivalry, this lavish drama series follows explorer Marco Polo's adventures in the 13th century.

    The sides of Marco Polo

    • Marco Polo at the court of Kublai Khan
    • The Mongol Empire against the Song dynasty
    • A blind monk named Hundred Eyes

    Good for you if

    • you like the 13th century Mongol court.
    • you like lavish costumes, palaces and armies.
    • you like court intrigue around a great Khan.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not watch sex scenes.
    • you can't stand bloody battles and executions.

    About: empire · loyalty · ambition

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  12. The Post 2017

    Film

    A cover-up that spanned four U.S. Presidents pushed the country's first female newspaper publisher and a hard-driving editor to join an unprecedented battle between journalist and government. Inspired by true events.

    The sides of The Post

    • Katharine Graham running The Washington Post
    • The Pentagon Papers on the Vietnam War
    • Editors racing a court order to print

    Good for you if

    • you like the true story of the Pentagon Papers.
    • you like a newspaper standing up to the Nixon White House.
    • you like newsroom arguments between Meryl Streep and Tom Hanks.

    Bad for you if

    • you need more than phone calls and printing presses.
    • you roll your eyes at speeches about freedom of the press.

    About: freedom of the press · courage · women in power

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  13. Maomao lived a peaceful life with her apothecary father. Until one day, she's sold as a lowly servant to the emperor's palace. But she wasn't meant for a compliant life among royalty. So when imperial heirs fall ill, she decides to step in and find a cure! This catches the eye of Jinshi, a handsome palace official who promotes her. Now, she's making a name for herself solving medical mysteries!

    The sides of The Apothecary Diaries

    • A young apothecary sold to the imperial palace
    • Poisonings and illnesses to solve
    • A handsome palace official named Jinshi

    Good for you if

    • you like a poison or an illness to explain in each case.
    • you like Maomao, blunt and curious, unimpressed by royalty.
    • you like court intrigue in an imperial palace inspired by ancient China.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch anime.
    • you need fights and chases, not deductions.

    About: knowledge · court life · curiosity

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  14. Queen Cleopatra 2023

    Documentary

    As Egypt's last pharaoh, Cleopatra fights to protect her throne, family and legacy in this docuseries featuring reenactments and expert interviews.

    The sides of Queen Cleopatra

    • Egypt's last pharaoh
    • Her alliances with Caesar and Mark Antony
    • Reenactments with expert interviews

    Good for you if

    • you like Egypt's last pharaoh and her fight for the throne.
    • you like Cleopatra playing Caesar and Mark Antony against Rome.
    • you like experts explaining a real queen between scenes.

    Bad for you if

    • you want history without reenacted scenes and invented dialogue.
    • you want battle scenes more than interviews with historians.

    About: power · legacy · family

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  15. When Patrizia Reggiani, an outsider from humble beginnings, marries into the Gucci family, her unbridled ambition begins to unravel the family legacy and triggers a reckless spiral of betrayal, decadence, revenge, and ultimately… murder.

    The sides of House of Gucci

    • An outsider marrying into the Gucci family
    • A fashion empire torn apart
    • A murder ordered by a wife

    Good for you if

    • you like true stories about a famous family and a real crime.
    • you like Lady Gaga as Patrizia Reggiani.
    • you like a family fighting over who owns a fashion house.

    Bad for you if

    • two hours and forty minutes is too much for you.
    • you'd rather not watch sex scenes with others in the room.

    About: ambition · betrayal · money

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  16. Blackadder 1983

    Series

    Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.

    The sides of Blackadder

    • A scheming Edmund Blackadder across the centuries
    • Baldrick and his cunning plans
    • The trenches of the First World War

    Good for you if

    • you like Rowan Atkinson insulting everyone around him.
    • you like English history played as a farce, from the Middle Ages to 1917.
    • you laugh at the plague, executions and the trenches.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1980s British television dated.
    • you can't root for a hero who is cruel, cowardly and selfish.

    About: cynicism · class · the absurdity of war

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  17. Vikings 2013

    Series

    The adventures of Ragnar Lothbrok, the greatest hero of his age. The series tells the sagas of Ragnar's band of Viking brothers and his family, as he rises to become King of the Viking tribes. As well as being a fearless warrior, Ragnar embodies the Norse traditions of devotion to the gods. Legend has it that he was a direct descendant of Odin, the god of war and warriors.

    The sides of Vikings

    • A farmer who dreams of the West
    • Raids on England and France
    • Gods, kings and sons

    Good for you if

    • you like shield walls and raids.
    • you like Travis Fimmel's Ragnar, a farmer with a strange smile who wants to sail west.
    • you like a farmer's rise to the throne, and the earls and Saxon kings he has to outwit.

    Bad for you if

    • brutal, bloody battles ruin a show for you.
    • six seasons is more than you want to start.

    About: ambition · faith · family

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  18. In 1950s London, a renowned dressmaker's meticulous lifestyle begins drastically changing as his relationship with his young muse intensifies.

    The sides of Phantom Thread

    • A dressmaker in 1950s London
    • A waitress who becomes his muse
    • Breakfasts eaten in tense silence

    Good for you if

    • you like Daniel Day-Lewis as a man ruled by his habits.
    • you like a quiet power struggle that builds slowly.
    • you like gowns, fabrics and rooms filmed with care.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't spend two hours beside a cold, controlling man who belittles the woman he loves.
    • you want a warm and simple love story.

    About: control · obsession · love

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  19. Darkest Hour 2017

    Film

    In May 1940, the fate of World War II hangs on Winston Churchill, who must decide whether to negotiate with Adolf Hitler or fight on knowing that it could mean the end of the British Empire.

    The sides of Darkest Hour

    • Churchill in his first weeks as prime minister
    • A war cabinet debating peace with Hitler
    • Dunkirk seen from London

    Good for you if

    • you want to watch Gary Oldman disappear into Churchill.
    • you like May 1940 seen from inside Westminster.
    • you like a war fought with speeches and cabinet arguments.

    Bad for you if

    • you want battles, and this stays in rooms in London.
    • you roll your eyes at a big speech in Parliament as the climax.

    About: leadership · doubt · courage

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  20. Carol 2015

    Film

    In 1950s New York, a department-store clerk who dreams of a better life falls for an older, married woman.

    The sides of Carol

    • A shop clerk and an older married woman
    • 1950s New York at Christmas
    • A road trip west

    Good for you if

    • you like a love story told in looks, gloves and long lunches.
    • you like desire that builds slowly, one glance at a time.
    • you love the grainy colours and rainy windows of 1950s New York.

    Bad for you if

    • you'd rather not watch sex scenes, or you watch with others.
    • you need a love story that tells you exactly how it ends.

    About: desire · freedom · motherhood

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