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Spartacus
2010 • Drama
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena where blood and death are primetime entertainment.
Why matched: genres Drama
Plebs
2013 • Comedy
Sitcom about three desperate young men from the suburbs who try to get laid, hold down jobs and climb the social ladder in the big city - which just happens to be ancient Rome.
Why matched: genres Comedy
The Long Song
2018 • Drama
Set during the final days of slavery in 19th century Jamaica, we follow the trials, tribulations and survival of plantation slave July and her odious mistress Caroline.
Why matched: genres Drama
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit
1999 • Drama • Mystery • Crime
In the criminal justice system, sexually-based offenses are considered especially heinous. In New York City, the dedicated detectives who investigate these vicious felonies are…
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
The Handmaid's Tale
2017 • Drama • Action & Adventure • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Set in a dystopian future, a woman is forced to live as a concubine under a fundamentalist theocratic dictatorship.
Why matched: genres Drama, Action & Adventure
Taboo
2017 • Drama • Mystery
Adventurer James Keziah Delaney returns to London from Africa in 1814 along with fourteen stolen diamonds to seek vengeance after the death of his father.
Why matched: genres Drama, Mystery
North and South
1985 • War & Politics • Drama
The story of the enduring friendship between Orry Main of South Carolina and George Hazard of Pennsylvania, who become best friends while attending the United States Military Ac…
Why matched: genres War & Politics, Drama
Roots
1977 • Drama
The epic tale of celebrated Pulitzer-prize winning author Alex Haley's ancestors as portrayed in the acclaimed twelve hour mini-series Roots, was first told in his 1976 bestsell…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Civil War
1990 • War & Politics • Documentary
A documentary on the American Civil War narrated by Ken Burns, covering the secession of the Confederacy to the assassination of Abraham Lincoln.
Why matched: genres War & Politics, Documentary
Lawmen: Bass Reeves
2023 • Drama
The story of Bass Reeves, the legendary lawman of the wild West, is brought to life. Reeves worked in the post-Reconstruction era as a federal peace officer in the Indian Territ…
Why matched: genres Drama
Underground
2016 • Drama
A group of slaves plan a daring 600-mile escape from a Georgia plantation. Along the way, they are aided by a secret abolitionist couple running a station on the Underground Rai…
Why matched: genres Drama
Roots
2016 • Drama • Action & Adventure
An adaptation of Alex Haley's "Roots", chronicling the history of an African slave, Kunta Kinte sold to America and his descendants.
Why matched: genres Drama, Action & Adventure
The Testaments
2026 • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Growing up in Gilead is all they have ever known. As a new generation of young women grapple with the bleak future that awaits them, they will be forced to search for allies, ne…
Why matched: genres Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Underground Railroad
2021 • Drama • Sci-Fi & Fantasy
Follow young Cora’s journey as she makes a desperate bid for freedom in the antebellum South. After escaping her Georgia plantation for the rumored Underground Railroad, Cora di…
Why matched: genres Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
The Good Lord Bird
2020 • War & Politics • Drama • Western
Told from the perspective of Henry 'Little Onion' Shackleford, a newly freed teenager who joins abolitionist John Brown on a holy crusade to end slavery. Onion encounters Freder…
Why matched: genres War & Politics, Drama
#blackAF
2020 • Comedy
A father takes an irreverent and honest approach to parenting and relationships.
Why matched: genres Comedy
The Blue and the Gray
1982 • Drama
The Blue and the Gray is a television miniseries that first aired on CBS in three installments on November 14, November 16, and November 17, 1982. Set during the American Civil…
Why matched: genres Drama
The Book of Negroes
2015 • Drama
Kidnapped in Africa and subsequently enslaved in South Carolina, Aminata must navigate a revolution in New York, isolation in Nova Scotia and treacherous jungles of Sierra Leone…
Why matched: genres Drama
Spartacus
2004 • War & Politics • Drama • Action & Adventure
Spartacus, who was enslaved by the Romans after they murdered his father, leads fellow slaves in an attempt to overthrow the repressive Roman Empire.
Why matched: genres War & Politics, Drama
Immortality
2022 • Drama • Animation • Action & Adventure
IMMORTALITY Fang Han, a humble family slave, always held the belief that "I would rather be a beggar than a slave", traversing the world only by himself. With an unyielding stub…
Why matched: genres Drama, Animation