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Perfectionism Addiction Sports drama Period drama Trauma Social isolation Female empowerment Coming of age Your best matches Ranked against what The Queen's Gambit is actually about, not its genre labels.
65% Reverina match Top pick 2017 · Series · Drama · Family
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Why it matches Also period drama and period drama at heart Also about social isolation and female empowerment Built around the same self-discovery More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
The Last Kingdom 2015
Watched for the same thing: character driven storytelling Centres on the same antihero figure Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 136 candidates
Centres on the same outsider figure What's different Not built around trauma or perfectionism Not really sports drama Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
The best-reviewed of the set when ranked against The Queen's Gambit.
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2023 · Series · Drama
Worth a look
Why it matches Watched for the same thing: character driven storytelling Also period drama and period drama at heart Also about female empowerment Built around the same self-discovery What's different Not built around trauma or perfectionism Not really sports drama Commitment 1 season · ~23h
Short
Where it streams Criterion Channel Why this ranked above the others
The least obvious pick of the set when ranked against The Queen's Gambit.
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2022 · Series · Drama
Worth a look
Why it matches Also period drama and period drama at heart Also about female empowerment Told the same way, epistolary Shares its melancholic and hopeful register What's different Not built around self-discovery or trauma Not really sports drama Noticeably slower Darkness Fairly light
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Commitment 4 seasons · ~19h
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Where it streams HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV Spectrum On Demand Add to watchlist Not for me
Also about social isolation Centres on the same outsider figure Rome 2005
Also period drama and period drama at heart Told the same way, epistolary Poldark 2015
Also period drama and period drama at heart Centres on the same outsider figure Teresa 2010
Also about female empowerment Centres on the same antihero figure Queen of Tears 2024
Told the same way, epistolary Shares its melancholic and hopeful register
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