20 best shows like Little Dorrit (2008)

List of the best shows and series like Little Dorrit (2008): Bleak House, The Shadow Line, The Innocents, The Crimson Petal and the White, Revenge, The Spanish Princess, 11.22.63, Jack the Ripper, House of Anubis, Riverdale.

Markimdb: 8.3
Genredrama
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration08:30

Bleak House is a fifteen-part BBC television drama serial adaptation of Charles Dickens' novel Bleak House, which was originally published in 1852–53. Produced with an all-star cast, the serial was shown on BBC One from October to December 2005, and drew much critical and popular praise. It has been reported that the total cost of the production was in the region of £8 million.

Markimdb: 8
Genredrama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:59

A noir thriller with diverse individuals whose worlds become interwoven after the murder of drug baron Harvey Wratten. From the cop with a bullet in his brain, whose amnesia leaves him doubtful of his own moral compass; to the drug-lord driven by a profound personal tragedy, risking it all on one last deal; to the brilliantly lethal puppet-master who gradually emerges from the shadows to bring the story to its shocking climax The Shadow Line explores the morality of these characters as they negotiate the repercussions of Wratten's death and attempt to navigate the fine line between right and wrong. As the thread around Wratten's operation begins to unravel, the web of intrigue becomes more complex and the question of which side of the line they stand on becomes increasingly blurred. An intelligent and gripping conspiracy thriller that delves to the heart of human morality, The Shadow Line will have audiences enthralled over six taut and thrilling episodes. Faced with similar dilemmas, on which side of the line would you stand?

Markimdb: 6.2
Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration02:42

When a teenage couple runs away to be together, the extraordinary gift they possess unleashes powerful forces intent on dividing them forever.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUnited Kingdom
Duration00:59

Follow Sugar into the underbelly of Victorian London seething with vitality, sexuality, ambition and emotion.

Markimdb: 7.8
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration00:43

When Emily Thorne moves to the Hamptons, everyone wonders about the new girl, but she knows everything about them, including what they did to her family. Years ago, they took everything from her. Now, one by one, she's going to make them pay.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, military, history
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration01:55

The beautiful Spanish princess, Catherine of Aragon, navigates the royal lineage of England with an eye on the throne.

Markimdb: 8.2
Genrefantastic, thriller, melodrama, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:47

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.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration03:06

Jack the Ripper is a 1988 two-part television film/miniseries portraying a fictionalized account of the hunt for Jack the Ripper, the unidentified serial killer responsible for the Whitechapel murders of 1888. The series coincided with the 100th anniversary of the murders.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, family, detective
CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
Duration00:22

House of Anubis is a jointly Nickelodeon British, American, and Belgian mystery television series based on the Dutch-Belgian television series Het Huis Anubis aired in the Netherlands and Belgium. The series was created by Hans Bourlon and Gert Verhulst and premiered on Nickelodeon on New Year's Day 2011 in the United States and on 25 February 2011 in the United Kingdom. The series is the first Nickelodeon series to be filmed overseas, the first soap opera created by Nickelodeon and the channel's first soap opera aimed at children and teenagers. As of 25 February, the program will be broadcast on TeenNick. The show has since concluded its third season and as of 28 September 2013 Nickelodeon has not announced a fourth season.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:10

    Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryAustralia, United Kingdom, New Zealand, USA
    Duration05:00

    A woman haunted by her past, Detective Robin Griffin, investigates complex and unsettling cases.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrethriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:55

    Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle between free will and destiny; the storyline mixes Christian theology with gnosticism and Masonic lore, particularly that of the Knights Templar.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:59

    When a pizza delivery driver is shot dead in south London, a tenacious detective goes after the people traffickers behind his murder and unravels a conspiracy that goes to the top.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration02:09

    A woman's search to uncover the mystery of the disappearance of her husband leads her to the Congo, where she's forced to seek the truth about what happened to the man she loved.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:59

    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 years, driven by a twisted sense of justice, while Valjean reforms himself, thrives and dedicates his life to good deeds. In 1832, while the revolution ravages the streets of Paris, Valjean and Javert cross their paths for the last time.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:59

    A year after the disappearance of their son, Gabe and Eve Caleigh and their two daughters attempt to start anew, they head to Crickley Hall - a seemingly perfect countryside house. But when cellar doors start to open on their own, phantom children's cries are heard through the night and a frenzied cane-wielding specter rears its head - the Caleigh's realize the house comes with a lot more than they bargained for. Just as they're ready to move out, Eve Caleigh hears Cam's cries and all bets are off.

    Markimdb: 5.8
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration04:00

    A young medical student discovers that something sinister is going on in her hospital after routine procedures send more than a few seemingly healthy patients into comas on the operating table.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration04:00

    The story of Tess Durbeyfield, a low-born country girl whose family find they have noble connections.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:52

    Father Brown is based on G. K. Chesterton's detective stories about a Catholic priest who doubles as an amateur detective in order to try and solve mysteries.

    Markimdb: 6.3
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration03:56

    When a mysterious object crashes to Earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have assigned the task of preventing the impending Apocalypse.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genremelodrama, drama, history
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration01:44

    Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genrefantastic, thriller, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:50

    The Utopia Experiments is a legendary graphic novel shrouded in mystery. When a group of strangers find themselves in possession of an original manuscript, their lives suddenly and brutally implode.

    Markimdb: 7
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    In Victorian England, the young and beautiful Alice tells a tale of a strange new land that exists on the other side of a rabbit hole. Thinking Alice insane, her doctors aim to make her forget everything. While Alice is ready to put it all behind her, she knows this world is real. In the nick of time, the Knave of Hearts and the White Rabbit save her from a doomed fate. Together, the trio tumble down the rabbit hole to Wonderland, where nothing is impossible.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:04

    After reluctantly returning to her tourist-trap hometown of Roswell, New Mexico, the daughter of undocumented immigrants discovers a shocking truth about her teenage crush who is now a police officer: He’s an alien who has kept his unearthly abilities hidden his entire life. She protects his secret as the two reconnect and begin to investigate his origins, but when a violent attack and long-standing government cover-up point to a greater alien presence on Earth, the politics of fear and hatred threaten to expose him and destroy their deepening romance.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:04

    Mary Ann returns to present-day San Francisco and is reunited with her daughter and ex-husband, twenty years after leaving them behind to pursue her career. Fleeing the midlife crisis that her picture-perfect Connecticut life created, Mary Ann is quickly drawn back into the orbit of Anna Madrigal, her chosen family and a new generation of queer young residents living at 28 Barbary Lane.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:30

    Danny is a gregarious, hedonistic romantic who gets drawn into the dangerous world of British espionage in this contemporary, emotional thriller. He falls for the anti-social but enigmatic Alex, both from opposite worlds, and they soon realise they’re perfect for each other. But when Alex suddenly disappears, Danny is utterly ill-equipped to take on his complex and codified world. Young, innocent and adrift he needs to decide whether he’s prepared to fight for the truth?

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genrehorror, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    Bedlam was a British supernatural drama television series created by David Allison, Neil Jones and Chris Parker. It first aired on 7 February 2011 on Sky Living and Sky Living HD. The series finale was aired on 15 March 2011. In December 2011, it was announced that a second series had been commissioned for airing in Spring 2012 with an updated cast. Series 2 began airing in June 2012 with Lacey Turner taking the lead as a suspended paramedic who can see dead people. On 13 November 2012 Jack Roth who plays Max in the series revealed that Bedlam may return for Series 3 and that a decision on the shows future is to be made around Christmas 2012. On 11 March 2013 Roth announced on Twitter that Bedlam would not be returning for a third series.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration02:30

    The social and class divisions in early 20th century England through the intersection of three families - the wealthy Wilcoxes, the gentle and idealistic Schlegels and the lower-middle class Basts.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genremelodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration03:00

    Adaptation of PD James's bestselling homage to Pride and Prejudice. Elizabeth and Darcy, now six years married, are preparing for their annual ball when festivities are brought to an abrupt halt.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:43

    In Overton, a remote little village in the English countryside, the townsfolk have two interests which are farming and racehorses. Life there seems simple but the village teens resort to playing chicken over razor-sharp blades spinning atop farm silos and other dangerous games to kill their boredom.Then, quite suddenly, life in Overton becomes a lot less boring. Another, much more literal type of killing is revealed when someone finds the body of a local teen under the wheels of a tractor. Now a murder investigation will bring to light all those secrets this close-knit community has been hiding, and life in Overton will never be the same.

    Markimdb: 8
    Genrefantasy, melodrama, drama, adventure, detective, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:59

    The series follows the "untold" story of Leonardo Da Vinci: the genius during his early years in Renaissance Florence. As a 25-year old artist, inventor, swordsman, lover, dreamer and idealist, he struggles to live within the confines of his own reality and time as he begins to not only see the future, but invent it.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration00:30

    The black sheep of the Argyll family, Jack Argyll, was accused of murdering their matriarch a year ago, but now a man shows up on their doorstep claiming Jack’s innocence. The family must come to terms with this news and the fact that the real killer might still be among them.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genredrama, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration04:00

    When the decomposed body of Melissa Young is found by a couple in their new flat, Detective Len Harper is determined to discover what happened to her and why nobody noticed she was missing.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:56

    A brilliant surgeon searches for proof of life after death.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:54

    Consumed by the mystery surrounding the donor heart that saved her life, a young patient starts taking on sinister characteristics of the deceased.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genredrama, detective, military
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    The story of a young woman who goes to present-day Israel/Palestine determined to find out about her soldier grandfather's involvement in the final years of Palestine under the British mandate.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrethriller, melodrama, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    In Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, a group of three college friends struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a lie and an alibi.

    Markimdb: 7.3
    Genreaction, thriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountrySpain
    Duration01:34

    Plague decimates late 16th century Seville, a crowded city where many have arrived to embark for the New World to seek their fortune.

    Markimdb: 6.6
    Genrethriller, fantasy, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom
    Duration00:45

    Members of a secret society chase immortality by seeking refuge in the bodies of others.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, United Kingdom

    The Martian Chronicles deals with the exploration of Mars and the inhabitants there.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrehorror, thriller, drama, crime, detective, biography
    CountryUSA
    Duration01:07

    An intense and fictionalized account of actual events and people surrounding Lizzie’s life after her controversial acquittal of the horrific double murder of her father and stepmother in 1892.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, Italy, Germany
    Duration04:30

    Zen is a British television mini series produced by Left Bank Pictures for the BBC, co-produced with WGBH Boston for its Masterpiece anthology series, Mediaset and ZDF. It stars Rufus Sewell and Caterina Murino and is based on the Aurelio Zen detective novels by Michael Dibdin. The series was filmed on location in Italy, but the dialogue is in English. The series, which comprises three 90-minute films, was broadcast in the United Kingdom on Sunday evenings from 2 January 2011 on BBC One. The three films were based on the books Vendetta, Cabal and Ratking.

    Markimdb: 8.3
    Genrefantasy, comedy, melodrama, drama, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration15:46

    A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:30

    Ten strangers, drawn away from their normal lives to an isolated rock off the Devon coast. But as the mismatched group waits for the arrival of the hosts -- the improbably named Mr. and Mrs. U.N. Owen -- the weather sours and they find themselves cut off from civilization. Very soon, the guests, each struggling with their conscience, will start to die -- one by one, according to the rules of the nursery rhyme 'Ten Little Soldier Boys' -- a rhyme that hangs in every room of the house and ends with the most terrifying words of all: '... and then there were none.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom

    Two detectives are dispatched to investigate the murder of a young girl on the outskirts of Dublin, but as the case of the missing children intensifies, both are forced to confront the darkness that lies in their past.

    Markimdb: 6.4
    Genredrama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom
    Duration00:40

    Set in a 1950s Britain rising from the ashes of the Blitz into the grip of a new Cold War, our beekeeping duo stumble into a world of murder, undercover agents and cold war conspiracy. Tuppence is a woman who sees adventure round every corner, throwing herself head first into every mystery with passion and fervour, determined to get to the truth no matter what it takes, much to the dismay of her more cautious husband Tommy.

    Markimdb: 9.1
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUnited Kingdom, USA
    Duration01:30

      A modern update finds the famous sleuth and his doctor partner solving crime in 21st century London.

      Markimdb: 7.7
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom
      Duration01:00

      "The Game" is a 1970s Cold War spy thriller set in the world of espionage. It tells the story of the invisible war fought by MI5 as it battles to protect the nation from the threats of the Cold War.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrethriller, drama, detective
      CountryUnited Kingdom

      Faith, a small-town Welsh lawyer, is forced to cut short her extended maternity leave when her husband and business partner, Evan, goes missing. As the truth of his actions surface, Faith must fight to protect her family and her sanity.




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