Tired of the rolling garbage fire we’re currently calling our reality? Sorta wish you were somewhere else? Cue up these period dramas on Netflix and transport yourself to another time and place.
I mean... right? Set against the backdrop of the Regency era, this Shondaland series based on Julie Quinn’s romance novels has it all: fashion, feuding, gossip, sex, and so much more.
If you like South Korean cinema (ahem, Squid Game fans), here you go. Set in Korea’s medieval Joseon period, it tells the story of a crown prince investigating a mysterious plague. A period piece with a side of zombie apocalypse? Yes, please.
Your mom, sister, best friend, and hairstylist have all been hassling you to watch this time-traveling series for years. It’s time. Seriously. Come for Claire Randall’s impeccable wardrobe and stay for her steamy love story with Scottish warrior Jamie.
If you were obsessed with Anne of Green Gables growing up — and really, who wasn’t? — the Netflix adaptation should be next in your queue. Watch the adventures of this precocious 19th-century orphan through a new lens.
Four women from four different backgrounds find common ground as newly hired operators for a phone company in 1920s Madrid. From equality to sexuality, the series doesn’t shy away from smart and serious subject matter — wrapped up in a fun and glossy package.
Ah, ‘twas the British period drama that launched the collective viewing world’s obsession with Masterpiece TV. Set on a fictional country estate in Yorkshire in the 1920s, this riveting series chronicles the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family.