7 Must-Watch Period Dramas on Netflix for Every Bridgerton Fan

Netflix is well known for its stories that immerse you in the swirl of past events, historical dramas. The platform's flagship series, Bridgerton, have exemplified this with its lavish costumes and drama set in London's high society.

Wondering what to watch after Bridgerton? Here are a few equally fascinating period pieces that are available on Netflix. For those with a particular interest in certain historical periods, we've listed them in chronological order.

7. Cathedral of the Sea

Release Date: May 23, 2018

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 84% (Audience)

Number of Seasons: 1

The action takes place in prosperous 14th century Barcelona on the Mediterranean, where a young serf has become a free man and earns money as a money changer. Only his envious rivals have complained to the Inquisition, and the man will have to face the most horrific institution of the Middle Ages.

6. The Queen and the Conqueror

Release Date: May 20, 2020

Rotten Tomatoes Score: -

Number of Seasons: 1

The Queen and the Conqueror is a Colombian historical series that tells the story of the two people behind the founding of Cartagena de Indias, the Spanish conquistador Pedro de Heredia and the Mokaná woman India Catalina, who spoke both Spanish and Indian languages and was kidnapped by the conquistador. However, the story focuses on the consequences of their love-hate relationship, as after Pedro's betrayal of her people, India Catalina decided to take revenge on him.

5. The Cook of Castamar

Release Date: April 8, 2021

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 87% (Audience)

Number of Seasons: 1

Madrid, 1720. The story centers on Clara Belmonte, who becomes agoraphobic after the death of her father. As a result, she prefers to live in isolation, taking refuge in kitchens. One day she takes a job as a cook for the Duke of Castamar, who is mourning the loss of his wife, and with whom she begins a passionate affair.

4. The Empress

Release Date: September 29, 2022

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 80%

Number of Seasons: 1

This German historical drama chronicles the life of the Bavarian Duchess Elisabeth von Wittelsbach, affectionately known as Sisi. The Empress is the complicated love story of the Empress who married Franz Joseph I, Emperor of Austria and King of Hungary.

3. Women at War

Release Date: January 19, 2023

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 83%

Number of Seasons: 1 (Miniseries)

This Franco-Belgian series takes us to the first month of the First World War, except that, as the title suggests, it is about the experiences of a motley crew of women brought together by fate in such a difficult time. Some had been sex workers in Paris before the war, some had to give up their religion to turn a convent into a military hospital, some were suffragettes who had to flee, advocating abortion rights.

2. Rebellion

Release Date: January 3, 2016

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 40%

Number of Seasons: 1 (Miniseries)

Rebellion is an Irish television series that dramatizes one of the bloodiest chapters in Irish history, the Easter Rising of 1916, when Dublin and the surrounding area rebelled against British oppression but were defeated. Although the leaders of the rebellion were executed, the very resistance marked the beginning of the Irish struggle for independence.

1. Midnight at the Pera Palace

Release Date: March 3, 2022

Rotten Tomatoes Score: 92% (Audience)

Number of Seasons: 1

If you combine Agatha Christie detectives, political thrillers and time travel, you get this Turkish series. Midnight at the Pera Palace is about a young Istanbul journalist who accidentally finds herself in 1919, where she must save future Turkish President Mustafa Kemal Atatürk from assassination by the British.