5 Best Period Dramas to Binge After 'Bridgerton' Season 4, Ranked by IMDb
From aristocratic living rooms to royal bedrooms.
With the fourth season of Bridgerton now over, we're once again left yearning for beautiful dresses, social intrigue, and love stories where even a single touch is an event.
For those who miss the aesthetics of the Regency, palace mysteries, and complex female lives, we've recalled five of the best period romance TV series.
5. 'The Buccaneers', 2023-...
IMDb Score: 6.6/10
In 1870s New York, five friends – Conchita, Nan, Jinny, Lizzy, and Mabel – live. Conchita is getting married to Lord Richard. Soon after the wedding, the friends and newlyweds depart for Great Britain.
There, the free-spirited American women encounter local traditions, attend numerous balls, and meet true gentlemen.
The plot is based on Edith Wharton's unfinished novel published in 1938. While Bridgerton focuses on family relationships, The Buccaneers focuses on sisterhood and female friendship.
4. 'The Lady's Companion', 2025
IMDb Score: 7.1/10
Elena Bianda is a renowned matchmaker in Madrid, helping young ladies find the perfect husband. She has arranged dozens of happy marriages for her clients.
Each time an aristocratic woman marries, her chaperone must find a new job. Fate has brought her to the home of the Mencía family. Three sisters have recently lost their mother and need advice on managing their love lives.
3. 'My Lady Jane', 2024
IMDb Score: 7.4/10
Jane would rather write books and study biology than think about marriage. However, the aristocrat has no choice – a marriage of convenience to Lord Guildford Dudley is imminent.
After the wedding, Jane's life changes irrevocably. King Edward VI dies, and she unexpectedly becomes the heir to the throne.
Following the example of the Netflix hit, the creators of My Lady Jane allow themselves to fantasize about the fate of a real historical figure: the uncrowned queen of 16th-century England, Jane Grey.
2. 'Belgravia', 2020
IMDb Score: 7.5/10
James Trenchard can finally afford to buy property in an aristocratic part of London. Twenty-five years earlier, his daughter Sophia had become romantically involved with Edmund Bellasis, a member of an influential family.
The young man died at the Battle of Waterloo, and Sophia died in childbirth. Fearing shame, Sophia's parents gave her illegitimate son to a foster family.
Years later, the Bellasises became neighbors with the Trenchards, and secrets from the past gradually began to emerge.
1. 'The Empress', 2022-...
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
Sixteen-year-old Elisabeth falls in love with her sister's fiancé, Emperor Franz Joseph of Austria. She soon marries the monarch and finds herself at the center of conspiracies at the Habsburg court.
On top of all this, the young empress must resist public pressure, especially from her mother-in-law, Sophie.
The Empress is a great option for those who miss Bridgerton but are tired of British dramas. This German series recounts life at the Viennese court in the 1850s and the challenging life of Elisabeth of Bavaria, also known as Sisi.
