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poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
87
8.6
/127250/
86
/5622/
81
/899/
92
/103/
95
85
/61/
cc age 18+

Deadwood (2004)
The story of the early days of Deadwood, South Dakota; woven around actual historic events with most of the main characters based on real people. Deadwood starts as a gold mining camp and gradually turns from a lawless wild-west community into an organized wild-west civilized town. The story focuses on the real-life characters Seth Bullock and Al Swearengen.
poster
HBO Max Amazon Channel
86
8.6
/216230/
83
/9566/
80
/1205/
92
/227/
95
83
/85/
cc age 18+

Boardwalk Empire (2010)
Atlantic City at the dawn of Prohibition is a place where the rules don't apply. And the man who runs things -- legally and otherwise -- is the town's treasurer, Enoch "Nucky" Thompson, who is equal parts politician and gangster.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
83
82
7.4
/9377/
72
/482/
72
/144/
95
/110/
76
92
/37/
cc age 16+

The Underground Railroad (2021)
Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora discovers no mere metaphor, but an actual railroad full of engineers and conductors, and a secret network of tracks and tunnels beneath the Southern soil.
poster
Apple TV
82
7.6
/22336/
78
/1478/
85
/966/
92
/121/
92
72
/44/
cc age 14+

Dickinson (2019)
Emily Dickinson. Poet. Daughter. Total rebel. In this coming-of-age story, Emily’s determined to become the world's greatest poet.
poster
Netflix
81
7.7
/29874/
76
/1457/
75
/159/
100
/72/
76
82
/39/
cc age 15+

Dark Winds (2022)
This psychological thriller follows two Navajo police officers, Leaphorn and Chee, in the 1970s Southwest as their search for clues in a grisly double murder case forces them to challenge their own spiritual beliefs and come to terms with the trauma of their pasts.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
81
8.7
/158993/
83
/5044/
82
/853/
89
/27/
78
69
/12/
cc age 15+

1883 (2021)
Follow the Dutton family as they embark on a journey west through the Great Plains toward the last bastion of untamed America. A stark retelling of Western expansion, and an intense study of one family fleeing poverty to seek a better future in America’s promised land — Montana.
poster
Netflix
81
7.6
/41300/
74
/2077/
71
/336/
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81
/30/
cc age 15+

Alias Grace (2017)
Based on the true story of Grace Marks, a housemaid and immigrant from Ireland who was imprisoned in 1843, perhaps wrongly, for the murder of her employer Thomas Kinnear. Grace claims to have no memory of the murder yet the facts are irrefutable. A decade after, Dr. Simon Jordan tries to help Grace recall her past.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
80
7.7
/10345/
76
/872/
70
/128/
91
/45/
90
79
/32/
cc age 14+

Manhattan (2014)
Set against the backdrop of the greatest clandestine race against time in the history of science with the mission to build the world's first atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico. Flawed scientists and their families attempt to co-exist in a world where secrets and lies infiltrate every aspect of their lives.
poster
Hulu
80
79
7.9
/5811/
79
/346/
66
/77/
96
/40/
89
75
/32/
cc age 15+

Underground (2016)
A 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 charged with bringing them back, dead or alive.
poster
Netflix
79
IMDb 27
8.0
/118108/
78
/7415/
77
/1666/
83
/64/
88
69
/35/
cc age 16+

11.22.63 (2016)
An English teacher travels back in time to prevent the Kennedy assassination, but discovers he is attached to the life he has made in a bygone era.
poster
79
7.9
/40038/
76
/2922/
71
/396/
84
/143/
85
83
/69/
cc age 18+

Masters of Sex (2013)
William Masters and Virginia Johnson are real-life pioneers of the science of human sexuality. Their research touched off the sexual revolution and took them from a midwestern teaching hospital to the cover of Time magazine and multiple appearances on Johnny Carson's couch. He is a brilliant scientist out of touch with his own feelings, and she is a single working mother ahead of her time. The series chronicles their unusual lives, romance, and unlikely pop culture trajectory.
poster
78
7.6
/8254/
72
/563/
67
/100/
98
/51/
74
84
/25/
cc age 18+

The Good Lord Bird (2020)
Enslaved teenager Henry Shackleford, aka Little Onion, becomes a member in abolitionist John Brown’s motley family during the Bleeding Kansas era before the Civil War.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
79
77
7.9
/9006/
76
/328/
69
/171/
96
/47/
75
83
/33/

Roots (2016)
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
poster
The Roku Channel
77
8.3
/59260/
81
/4040/
76
/453/
73
/70/
89
64
/44/
cc age 14+

Hell on Wheels (2011)
The epic story of post-Civil War America, focusing on Cullen Bohannon, a Confederate soldier who sets out to exact revenge on the Union soldiers who killed his wife. His journey takes him west to Hell on Wheels, a dangerous, raucous, lawless melting pot of a town that travels with and services the construction of the first transcontinental railroad, an engineering feat unprecedented for its time.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
75
7.5
/29837/
73
/662/
79
/956/
cc age 7+

Little House on the Prairie (1974)
When the big woods of Wisconsin becomes a difficult spot for hunting, Charles Ingalls reluctantly decides to move his family, pioneering west. Their life on the farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s is full of adventure, tragedy, and triumph. Based on the books of Laura Ingalls Wilder.
poster
74
7.7
/64242/
75
/3223/
75
/670/
77
/102/
80
60
/31/
cc age 16+

The Alienist (2018)
New York, 1896. Police commissioner Theodore Roosevelt brings together criminal psychologist Dr. Laszlo Kreizler, newspaper illustrator John Moore and secretary Sara Howard to investigate several murders of male prostitutes.
poster
Netflix
78
74
7.2
/5493/
70
/251/
71
/104/
81
/37/
100
cc age 9+

Little Women (2017)
Set against the backdrop of the American Civil War, the story follows sisters Jo, Meg, Beth and Amy March on their journey from childhood to adulthood. With the help of their mother, Marmee, and while their father is away at war, the girls navigate what it means to be a young woman: from sibling rivalry and first love, to loss and marriage.
poster
Hulu
75
73
7.9
/8075/
72
/303/
70
/69/
80
/87/
83
68
/36/
cc age 15+

Fosse/Verdon (2019)
The story of the romantic and creative partnership between Bob Fosse and Gwen Verdon. He was a filmmaker and one of theater's most influential choreographers and directors; she was the greatest Broadway dancer of all time. Together, they changed the face of American entertainment — at a perilous cost.
poster
Paramount+ Amazon Channel
74
72
7.4
/5875/
70
/338/
68
/67/
75
/26/
89
68
/13/
cc age 14+

Another Period (2015)
Set at the turn of the century, “Another Period” follows the misadventures of the Bellacourts, Newport, RI’s first family, who have absolutely nothing to offer to the world, but who have so much money it doesn’t matter. The series focuses on sisters “Lillian” and “Beatrice”, who care only about how they look, what parties they attend and becoming famous, which is a lot harder in 1902.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
72
7.5
/11331/
71
/652/
61
/69/
81
/38/
80
67
/30/
cc age 16+

Copper (2012)
Kevin Corcoran is a rugged young Irish immigrant policeman trying to keep the peace in the historical Five Points neighborhood in 1860s New York City while searching for information on the disappearance of his wife and death of his daughter.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
76
72
8.1
/6647/
76
/237/
69
/55/
71
/41/
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65
/22/
cc age 16+

Good Girls Revolt (2015)
A look at the personal and professional lives of employees at an American news magazine in the late 1960s.
poster
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70
7.6
/9328/
72
/408/
68
/86/
64
/25/
91
57
/15/
cc age 16+

Damnation (2017)
Seth Davenport is masquerading as a small town Iowa preacher in the hopes of starting a full-blown insurrection against the status quo, unaware that an industrialist tycoon has hired a professional strikebreaker to stop the uprising by any means necessary. An epic saga of the secret history of the 1930’s American heartland, chronicling the mythic conflict and bloody struggle between big money and the downtrodden, God and greed, charlatans, and prophets.
poster
70
7.4
/7975/
68
/501/
68
/81/
66
/47/
81
63
/34/
cc age 16+

Mob City (2013)
Based on the real-life accounts of the cops and gangsters of 1940's Los Angeles, this is the seductive story of the violent crime underbelly of America's most glamorous city and those who wanted to control it.
poster
AMC+
69
7.1
/22262/
70
/856/
64
/131/
70
/37/
71
68
/28/
cc age 15+

Pan Am (2011)
In this modern world, air travel represents the height of luxury and Pan Am is the biggest name in the business. The planes are glamorous, the pilots are rock stars and the stewardesses are the most desirable women in the world. They're trained to handle everything from in-air emergencies to unwanted advances—all without rumpling their pristine uniforms or mussing their hair.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
68
7.6
/13828/
73
/581/
69
/95/
65
/42/
73
57
/32/
cc age 18+

Magic City (2012)
Set in 1959 Miami, Florida shortly after the Cuban Revolution, Magic City tells the story of Ike Evans, the owner of Miami's most glamorous hotel, the Miramar Playa. Evans is forced to make an ill-fated deal with Miami mob boss Ben Diamond to ensure the success of his glitzy establishment.
poster
68
7.3
/7726/
70
/476/
69
/59/
67
/43/
65
68
/30/
cc age 14+

Vegas (2012)
Ralph Lamb wants to be left in peace to run his ranch, but Las Vegas is now swelling with outsiders and corruption which are intruding on his simple life. Recalling Lamb's command as a military police officer during World War II, the Mayor appeals to his sense of duty to look into a murder of a casino worker – and so begins Lamb’s clash with Vincent Savino, a ruthless Chicago gangster who plans to make Vegas his own.
poster
Netflix
67
7.2
/78523/
73
/3285/
76
/1217/
62
/99/
69
50
/32/
cc age 16+

Ratched (2020)
An origins story, beginning in 1947, which follows Ratched's journey and evolution from nurse to full-fledged monster tracking her murderous progression through the mental health care system.
poster
78
67
8.0
/8107/
74
/200/
80
/75/

Into the West (2005)
The lives of two families, one white American, one native American, become mingled through the momentous events of American expansion, between 1825 and 1890.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
66
6.9
/6330/
72
/293/
73
/77/

Jamestown (2017)
The early 17th Century story of three courageous, dynamic women who leave their dark pasts behind in England, and make the journey of a lifetime across the ocean for a new life in America.
poster
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63
6.8
/4429/
66
/319/
72
/125/
57
/30/
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61
/22/
cc age 14+

The Right Stuff (2020)
At the height of the Cold War, newly formed NASA selects seven of the military’s best test pilots to become astronauts. Competing to be the first in space, these men achieve the extraordinary, inspiring the world to turn towards a new horizon of ambition and hope.
poster
62
7.5
/43507/
74
/1690/
71
/333/
58
/134/
75
56
/35/
cc age 16+

Hollywood (2020)
In post-World War II Hollywood, an ambitious group of aspiring actors and filmmakers will do almost anything to make their showbiz dreams come true.
poster
62
6.1
/11355/
63
/742/
67
/353/
74
/35/
47
60
/16/
cc age 17+

Penny Dreadful: City of Angels (2020)
Rooted in the conflict between characters connected to the deity Santa Muerte and others allied with the Devil, this saga explores an exciting mix of the supernatural and the combustible reality of 1938 Los Angeles, a time and place deeply infused with Mexican-American folklore and social tension.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
61
7.3
/13032/
72
/719/
69
/307/
42
/26/
51
/16/

Houdini (2014)
Harry Houdini emerges as America's first bonafide world-renowned superstar.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
78
60
7.8
/2524/
74
/121/
64
/23/
100
/8/
77
/9/

The Book of Negroes (2015)
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone, in an attempt to secure her freedom in the 19th century.
poster
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6.9
/2815/
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/113/
68
/18/
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/28/
90
69
/22/
cc age 15+

Public Morals (2015)
Set in the early 1960's in New York City's Public Morals Division, where cops walk the line between morality and criminality as the temptations that come from dealing with all kinds of vice can get the better of them.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
53
51
6.6
/7786/
64
/312/
65
/150/
18
/50/
65
44
/29/
cc age 14+

Crisis in Six Scenes (2016)
A comedy that takes place in the 1960s during turbulent times in the United States when a middle class suburban family is visited by a guest who turns their household completely upside down.
poster
Hoopla
58
50
6.9
/3467/
67
/162/
67
/46/
31
/13/
60

The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco (2018)
During the thrilling social change of the mid-1950s, four remarkable women who previously served secretly during WWII as code-breakers, turn their skills to solving murders overlooked by police. In the process they are plunged into fascinating corners of the city, forge powerful relationships, and rediscover their own powers and potential.
poster
67
47
7.0
/2356/
66
/126/
64
/27/
70
/14/

Saints & Strangers (2015)
The trials and tribulations of the Mayflower Pilgrims in the New World; men, women and children who sailed on a chartered ship for a place they had never seen.
poster
66
47
7.6
/3986/
63
/43/
61
/55/
cc age 13+

The Big Valley (1965)
The Big Valley is an American western television series which ran on ABC from September 15, 1965, to May 19, 1969. The show stars Barbara Stanwyck, as the widow of a wealthy nineteenth century California rancher. It was created by A.I. Bezzerides and Louis F. Edelman, and produced by Levy-Gardner-Laven for Four Star Television.
poster
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45
7.6
/2979/
68
/99/
51
/12/
43
/35/
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49
/26/
cc age 14+

Swingtown (2008)
This period and relationship drama takes viewers back to the 1970s for a look at suburban households testing the murky waters of sexual revolution following swingers throughout open marriages, "key parties" and other swingers extravaganzas.
poster
74
42
7.8
/1551/
63
/23/
82
/9/
82
/11/
65
/20/

Christy (1994)
Christy is an American historical fiction drama series which aired on CBS from April 1994 to August 1995, for twenty episodes. Christy was based on the novel Christy by Catherine Marshall, the widow of Senate chaplain Peter Marshall. The novel had been a bestseller in 1968, and the week following the debut of the TV-movie and program saw the novel jump from #120 up to #15 on the USA Today bestseller list. Series regular Tyne Daly won an Emmy Award for her work on the series.
poster
Starz
66
41
7.6
/4185/
61
/28/
65
/29/

Wagon Train (1957)
The series initially starred veteran movie supporting actor Ward Bond as the wagon master, later replaced upon his death by John McIntire, and Robert Horton as the scout, subsequently replaced by lookalike Robert Fuller a year after Horton had decided to leave the series. The series was inspired by the 1950 film Wagon Master directed by John Ford and starring Ben Johnson, Harry Carey Jr. and Ward Bond, and harkens back to the early widescreen wagon train epic The Big Trail starring John Wayne and featuring Bond in his first major screen appearance playing a supporting role. Horton's buckskin outfit as the scout in the first season of the television series resembles Wayne's, who also played the wagon train's scout in the earlier film.
poster
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40
6.2
/6146/
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/208/
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/48/
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/28/
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/28/
cc age 16+

The Playboy Club (2011)
It's the early '60s, and the legendary Playboy Club in Chicago is the door to all your fantasies... and the key is the most sought-after status symbol of its time.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
71
38
7.8
/2882/
63
/44/
73
/22/

The Young Riders (1989)
The Young Riders was an American Western television series created by Ed Spielman that presents a fictionalized account of a group of young Pony Express riders based at the Sweetwater Station in the Nebraska Territory during the years leading up to the American Civil War. The series premiered on ABC on September 20, 1989 and ran for three seasons until the final episode aired on July 23, 1992.
poster
58
38
7.8
/1931/
67
/77/
57
/12/
15
/20/
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/18/
cc age 15+

Glory Daze (2010)
Glory Daze is an American comedy-drama television series. The one-hour series revolves around a group of college freshmen who pledge a fraternity in 1986.
poster
71
31
7.6
/1860/
67
/31/
70
/22/

Alex Haley's Queen (1993)
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 years as a slave who yearns to know who her father is, and her condition as a fair skin mixed race woman who spends her life trying to figure out where exactly she fits in.
poster
72
28
7.2
/658/
72
/36/
74
/10/
70
/4/

American Soul (2019)
The story of entrepreneur Don Cornelius, who developed the Soul Train show, which rose to prominence in the 1970s.
poster
Amazon Prime Video
60
28
6.2
/1533/
59
/53/
61
/27/

New Worlds (2014)
New 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 turbulent Restoration period of the 1600s, young, idealistic renegade Abe Goffe is determined to fight for England to become a true republic. A romantic at heart, he falls for privileged Beth—daughter of Countess of Abingdon Angelica Fanshawe—and brings her into his quest for a new future, transforming her from the innocent young woman she starts out as.


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