WHAT TO WATCH IF YOU LIKE ‘THE GILDED AGE’
Something that we’ve been sharing lots of is watchalike lists. Putting them together is a challenging thing, yes, but it’s also fun because you get to try to find all the titles that fit the same mold or feel alike to whatever film or TV series we’re likening titles to. On this day, the show that is taking the spotlight is things to watch if you like The Gilded Age. The show is a period drama from Julian Fellowes and it’s a show that fits nicely in its genre and among the things we love best about a Fellowes story.
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This story from Fellowes pen is a show about the battle between old traditional money vs new money ideals. This showdown comes down to being between two strong females which is Agnes and Bertha Russell. Of course, there are many other characters including sisters, children and newcomers to the glittering society. In this society are battles, which usually retain politeness because manners and of course, there is romance too. Let’s just get into this and discover the if you like The Gilded Age watch these titles. Here we go.
WHAT to WATCH if you like THE GILDED AGE
THE AGE of INNOCENCE, film
It’s been way too long since I saw this, but from what I remember, it wasn’t a favorite. The reason for this is the story ends up being kind of sad. It’s based on the novel by Edith Wharton and is directed by Martin Scorsese. Michelle Pfeiffer, Daniel Day-Lewis, and Winona Ryder leads the cast.
Story: In late-19th century New York, society scion Newland Archer is engaged to May Welland, but his well-ordered life is upset when he meets May’s unconventional cousin, the Countess Olenska. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with Netflix; or digitally rent / buy on Prime Video
ARISTOCRATS, tv miniseries
This isn’t at all in the same era as The Gilded Age, but it is about women, sisters in this story, trying to make good matches and securing their future. The miniseries is six episodes and has Anne-Marie Duff, Alun Armstrong, Toby Jones and even Jodhi May. Also, fun is seeing, for two episodes, Julian Fellowes play a duke! And yes, it is the Fellowes now creating our favorite romantic period TV shows. I watched part of this, but haven’t finished it – at least not yet.
Story: Based on a true story by Stella Tillyard, a chronicle of the turbulent lives of the Lennox sisters, daughters of the Duke of Richmond, in the eighteenth century. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with Prime Video
BELGRAVIA, tv series
Fellowes also had a hand in creating this, as is true of most of the TV shows on this list. The story is about upper class families and the secrets that nearly tear them apart. Its first season is a six-episode collection and then a kind of “second season” appeared that takes place many years after the first season with a subtitle The Next Chapter. Also, can we just talk about how beautiful the promotion for this was?
Story: The Trenchard family have recently ascended to the aristocratic society of London’s Belgravia, but a decades old love affair comes back to haunt them and jeopardize the happiness of many. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with MGM+; or digitally purchase on Prime Video
THE BUCCANEERS, tv series
This one has a BBC miniseries and an Apple TV+ show. Both are similar in terms of story which is inspired by a novel by Edith Wharton. The BBC version is a bit more “traditional” and seemingly respectful of its era while Apple modernizes the heck out of the story including with the music which often takes me “out” of the era. The plot however follows mostly the same ideas which is about a group of American girls who travel to England in the hopes of enjoying the season and making advantageous matches.
1995’s Story: Two American sisters travel to Victorian England in search of love, wealth and aristocracy. – Roku
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2024’s Story: In the first season of “The Buccaneers,” a group of fun-loving young American girls exploded into the tightly corseted London of the 1870s…setting hearts racing and kicking off an Anglo-American culture clash. – Apple TV+ Press
Stream, at publication, the 1995 adaptation with Roku; stream the 2024 TV series with Apple TV+
CRANFORD, tv miniseries
Inspired by the novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, these are delightful. The story does dip into sadness here and th4ere, but overall, it ends up being sweet and happy when it comes time to end.
Story: This witty story, starring the Oscar-winning Judi Dench, follows the absurdities and tragedies in the lives of the people of Cranford. Set in the 1840s, Cranford is a small northern English town on the cusp of change. Talk of a new railway being built brings fears of the breakdown of law and order. The arrival of a handsome new doctor from London causes a stir among the ladies’ in the town. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with BritBox or Peacock; or find streaming free on Roku
DANIEL DERONDA, tv miniseries
Before he was Lord Grantham, Hugh Bonneville played a cruel man in this four-episode George Eliot adaptation. Hugh Dancy also stars as does a host of other well-known period drama stars.
Story: Andrew Davies’ adaptation of George Eliot’s last novel, charts a love story set in Victorian high society. Gwendolen Harleth falls in love with the idealistic Daniel Deronda, but they couldn’t be more different. When Gwendolen is forced into an oppressive marriage, Daniel becomes involved with a Jewish singer. Torn between the two women, Daniel embarks on a quest to discover his true identity. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with BritBox; or find streaming free with Roku or Tubi
DOCTOR THORNE, tv series
This was a limited series that dropped on Prime Video and is oddly absent from the streamer now. This I know because I wanted to rewatch it. The story is about a girl whose birth is called into question. watch if you like the gilded age
Story: Doctor Thorne by Anthony Trollope is the story of Dr Thomas Thorne, who lives in the village of Greshamsbury in Barsetshire, with his beautiful niece, Mary, a girl blessed with every gift except money. Mary Thorne has grown up alongside the Gresham sisters – Augusta, Beatrice and Alexandrina and their handsome brother Frank – whose home is the great house and estate at Greshamsbury Park. – Hat Trick Productions
Purchase digitally on Apple TV
DOWNTON ABBEY, tv series
Without the success of this show, we may not have gotten any of the other TV shows with Julian Fellowes credited as creator. Some don’t care for the show, but it’s a favorite of mine. Is it perfect, no. But it does entertain. The show is about the wealthy Crawley family, and the many years they live in their stately estate and trying to hang on to it through the changing decades. The story spans five years and three movies, the third of which is releasing later this year.
Story: After a tragedy at sea claims the life of the presumed heir, Lord Crawley is faced with the possibility that the house he’s loved his whole life might someday belong to a distant cousin he’s never met. Will the fate of Downton and its family be resolved? – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with BritBox or Peacock; or find streaming with Prime Video
THE ENGLISH GAME, tv miniseries
Story: The English Game. The six-part drama charts the origins of football and how those involved in its creation reached across the class divide to establish the game as the world’s most popular sport. – Netflix Media
Stream, at publication, exclusively on Netflix
THE FORSYTE SAGA, tv miniseries
Story: “The Forsyte Saga” is an epic drama spanning three generations of the powerful Forsyte family at the turn of the 20th century. Beneath the family’s imposing veneer lies a festering core of unhappy and brutal relationships. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with PBS Masterpiece; or digitally purchase on places like Prime Video
THE INHERITANCE, film
This is a long ago TV film and is quite sweet. It’s about a kind and meek heroine who falls in love with someone above her station. The story is inspired by the Louisa May Alcott novel.
Story: Forbidden love between a beautiful orphan and an eligible upper-class bachelor sparks jealousy and deceit in the family that took her in as a child in this period drama from director Bobby Roth. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with Prime Video; or find streaming free on Tubi
LILLIE
This is a 1970s miniseries about a married woman who, unhappy in her life, has multiple affairs.
Story: This classic, beloved costume drama series follows the life and loves of Lillie Langtry (Francesca Annis, “Dune”), the dazzling beauty who defied societal convention to woo a slew of wealthy admirers and become an internationally renowned actress. Featuring the legendary Peter Egan (“Downton Abbey”) as Oscar Wilde and Anton Rodgers (“The Merchant of Venice”) as Edward Langtry. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with Prime Video; or find streaming free on Roku or Tubi
THE MAGNIFICENT AMBERSONS, film
This follows a family and the “messed” up manner of their lives.
Story: In 1873, in a small Midland town, the magnificence of the Ambersons, the town’s wealthiest family, dominates the social scene. Young George Amberson is the spoiled scion of the wealthy Amberson family. Eugene Morgan is a struggling inventor who loves George’s mother Isabel, but loses her to the wealthy Wilbur Minafer. After an absence of several years, Eugene returns, now successful having invented an automobile, as a widower with an attractive daughter, Lucy. Eugene attempts to rekindle his love affair with Isabel, but George interferes. This affects not only George’s romance with Lucy, but also the fading Amberson fortunes. – Amazon
Search places like Amazon for a DVD copy
MIDDLEMARCH, tv miniseries
This is an unusual love story about a bright young woman who marries an older man, a man she believes will be an intellectual who will want to talk with her and whom she can learn from, only to later find that passion does matter when she falls for a younger man. The story goes through some political and social complications. watch if you like the gilded age
Story: A masterpiece of 19th Century literature is transformed into a triumph of 20th Century television in this turbulent classic drama. A multi-layered story of provincial life on the brink of momentous change. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, on BritBox or Prime Video; or find streaming free on Roku or Tubi
THE PALLISERES, tv miniseries
I know nothing about this one, but it’s a drama about marriage of convenience and has an Emmy Winner in the cast.
Story: Emmy® winner Susan Hampshire (The Forsyte Saga) stars as the beautiful and witty Lady Glencora, whose arranged marriage to rising politician Plantagenet Palliser (Philip Latham, “marvelous from beginning to end” —The New York Times) endures public and private crises as the family ascends the social ladder. The outstanding cast also features Jeremy Irons (The Borgias), Derek Jacobi (The King’s Speech), Anthony Andrews (Brideshead Revisited), Peter Vaughan (The Remains of the Day), and Penelope Keith (To the Manor Born). – Amazon
Search places like Amazon for a DVD copy
TITANIC, tv miniseries
Back in 2012, Julian Fellowes adaptation a four-part miniseries recounting the Titanic tragedy. Of course, the same signature Fellowes style is present and there is plenty of drama. The cast features Jenna Coleman, Stephan Campbell Moore, Linus Roache, Perdita Weeks and Celia Imrie, plus so many others!
Story: The world’s largest ship, the Titanic, meets with disaster when it strikes an iceberg on its maiden voyage. – Google Play
Digitally purchase on places like Google Play
UPSTAIRS DOWNSTAIRS, 2010
This concept is very much like Downton Abbey if I’m remembering right. Keeley Hawes stars in this drama which is set in the 1930s, so later than The Gilded Age.
Story: Six years after parlormaid Rose left 165 Eaton Place, fate brings her back, as housekeeper to its new owners. Rose soon finds she has her work cut out as she recruits a new ‘downstairs’ family to help run the the elegance of the ‘upstairs’ world. – Prime Video
Stream, at publication, with BritBox or Prime Video; or find streaming free on Roku or Tubi
WIVES and DAUGHTERS, tv miniseries
This is one I watched many times back in the day. It’s a sweet story and has themes of friendship as well as romance, and yes, heartbreak too.
Story: From the team that brought you “Pride and Prejudice.” Set in a richly portrayed society well-stocked with eccentric nobles and gossipy villagers, the story centers around 17-year-old Molly Gibson, the only daughter of a respected country Doctor. – Amazon
Search places like Amazon for a DVD set
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