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A Gentleman in Moscow

★ 7.5 14K votes 2024–2024 1 season · 8 episodes Ended Paramount+
Period pieceSet meaningfully in a past era.This show: 9/10BittersweetJoy and loss mixed so thoroughly they can't be separated.This show: 8/10Real historyReal historical events and figures woven into the story.This show: 8/10Character studyInterior life matters more than plot.This show: 8/10Tight limited runA compact, complete story told in just a few episodes.This show: 8/10Royalty & aristocracyCourts, crowns and dynasties.This show: 7/10Dialogue-drivenThe writing's voice is the main event.This show: 7/10AtmosphericMood and place thick enough to touch.This show: 7/10
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Starring
Ewan McGregorJohnny HarrisLeah HarveyJohn HeffernanLyès SalemMary Elizabeth Winstead
Starring
Ewan McGregorJohnny HarrisLeah HarveyJohn HeffernanLyès SalemMary Elizabeth Winstead
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Votes per Episode
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About

"A whole life shrunk to one hotel"

Based on Amor Towles' novel, this limited series follows an aristocrat sentenced to spend the rest of his life confined to a grand Moscow hotel after the Russian Revolution strips him of his title and freedom. Ewan McGregor anchors the show with wit and quiet dignity as decades pass and the world outside changes while he remains trapped inside gilded corridors. It's a slow, elegant, dialogue-driven watch that trades action for atmosphere, charm, and melancholy reflection on history, confinement, and what makes a life meaningful.

Watch it for

Ewan McGregor's charming, understated performance as a man finding freedom within confinement.

Maybe skip if

you need plot momentum rather than slow, character-driven historical drama.

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All Seasons

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Miniseries2024
7.84K86h 23m
EpTitleRatingYoursVotesRuntime
▶1A Master of Circumstance7.4
87048 min
▶2An Invitation7.2
60751 min
▶3The Last Rostov7.6
56547 min
▶4Good Times7.5
49551 min
▶5An Arrival8.0
50055 min
▶6The Fall8.2
50342 min
▶7An Assembly8.0
40642 min
▶8Adieu8.6
48947 min

Full Cast & Crew

Cast

Ewan McGregor Alexander Rostov
Johnny Harris Osip Glebnikov
Leah Harvey Marina Samarova
John Heffernan Bishop
Lyès Salem Andrey
Mary Elizabeth Winstead Anna Urbanova
Daniel Cerqueira Vasily
Björn Hlynur Haraldsson Emile Zhukovsky
Dee Ahluwalia Audrius
Anna Madeley Narrator

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