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Period piece

Period piece TV Series

Set meaningfully in a past era.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 690 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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690 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Hwarang: The Poet Warrior Youth

★ 8.0
8K 20 2016–2017
K-drama · Period piece
9/10

Broken Trail

★ 7.7
8K 2 2006–2006
Rural & frontier · Period piece
9/10

Howards End

★ 7.2
7K 4 2017–2018
Class divide · British TV
9/10

A Place to Call Home

★ 8.3
7K 67 2013–2018
Period piece · Class divide
9/10

Robin Hood

★ 6.8
7K 11 2025–present
Period piece · Class divide
9/10

Orb: On the Movements of the Earth

★ 8.4
7K 25 2024–2025
Faith & religion · Philosophical
9/10

Catherine the Great

★ 6.2
7K 4 2019–2019
Royalty & aristocracy
9/10

Helen of Troy

★ 6.2
7K 2 2003–2003
Period piece · War & military
9/10

The Miniaturist

★ 7.0
7K 3 2017–2018
Period piece · Female perspective
9/10

La Révolution

★ 6.6
7K 8 2020–2020
Period piece · Class divide
9/10

The Winter King

★ 6.0
7K 10 2023–2023
Period piece · Real history
9/10

North & South: Book 2, Love & War

★ 8.0
7K 6 1986–1986
Period piece · War & military
9/10

Outlander: Blood of My Blood

★ 8.1
7K 20 2025–present
Love story · Period piece
9/10

Good Girls Revolt

★ 8.1
7K 10 2015–2016
Female perspective · Period piece
9/10

The Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes

★ 8.7
7K 9 1991–1993
Detective mystery · Genius lead
9/10

King & Conqueror

★ 6.0
7K 8 2025–present
Real history · Period piece
9/10

Birdsong

★ 7.3
7K 2 2012–2012
War & military · Period piece
9/10

Joan of Arc

★ 6.6
7K 2 1999–1999
Real history · Period piece
9/10

The Bonfire of Destiny

★ 7.6
7K 8 2019–2019
Period piece · Female perspective
9/10

Transatlantic

★ 6.6
6K 7 2023–2023
Real history · Period piece
9/10

The Forgotten Army - Azaadi ke liye

★ 7.9
6K 5 2020–2020
War & military · Real history
9/10

The Restaurant

★ 8.2
6K 32 2017–2020
Family saga · Period piece
9/10

The Cook of Castamar

★ 7.4
6K 12 2021–2021
Love story · Period piece
9/10

Rise of the Raven

★ 7.6
6K 10 2024–present
Real history · Period piece
9/10