7 Amazon Prime historical dramas to watch if you love Peaky Blinders
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It has been three long years since the last series of Peaky Blinders aired – but viewers have not stopped their quest for similar TV shows.
Yes, they will be able to get their fix with the confirmed upcoming feature film – however, we’re still none the wiser over the release date, meaning it could still be a while off.
Fortunately, Amazon Prime Video is on hand with its library brimming full of historical dramas that we’re sure are worthy companions to the BBC Steven Knight drama.
From beautiful period dramas to murky crime families, the streamer has got you covered for your next binge-watch.
Here are the 7 Amazon Prime historical dramas to watch if you love Peaky Blinders
Animal Kingdom Some fans claim Animal Kingdom ‘blows Peaky Blinders out the water’ (Picture: Jesse Giddings)To fill that Peaky Blinders hole, your best bet is Animal Kingdom, which some fans have claimed ‘blows the BBC show out of the water.’
Viewers will even recognise the Amazon show’s lead actor Finn Cole, who plays J Cody, from Peaky Blinders as Michael Gray.
Animal Kingdom follows J as he moves in with his estranged relatives, who run a criminal family enterprise in California, after the death of his mother.
Black SailsFor a swashbuckling adventure, binge-watch Black Sails, a TV prequel to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic novel Treasure Island.
Set in the early 18th century, the historical drama follows the pirates of New Providence Island as they hunt for the Spanish shipwreck, Urca de Lima, to uncover treasures.
If that’s not enough to entice you Tom Long of the Detroit News previously said of Black Sails: ‘Alliances are made and broken, power shifts go this way and that, blood is spilled, and wenches keep wenching. It’s oddly addictive.’
Manhattan Manhattan told the story of Oppenheimer before Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning film (Picture: Lionsgate)Long before Christopher Nolan’s Oscar-winning film Oppenheimer, there was Manhattan, which retold the creation of the atomic bomb in Los Alamos, New Mexico.
While the show did not claim to be strictly historically accurate, it did feature real-life figures including head scientist Robert Oppenheimer played by Daniel London.
Manhattan has flown woefully under the radar since its debut more than a decade ago in 2014 but fans, who have rediscovered it on Amazon Prime Video, have described it as ‘captivating.’
Comment nowWhich of these shows will you be adding to your watchlist? Have your say in the commentsComment Now The TudorsIf you’re yearning for another British period drama after Peaky Blinders, then The Tudors is the answer.
It starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers as King Henry VIII and followed the monarch as his ability to ule was put under strain by international conflicts and political power struggles playing out in his own court.
Upon hitting screens in 2007, the show became the highest-rating Showtime series debut in three years and has been hailed as a ‘masterpiece’ and ‘phenomenal’ by viewers.
The Spanish Princess The Spanish Princess was called ‘no guilt just pleasure’ in a review (Picture: Nick Briggs)For more King Henry VIII action, look no further than The Spanish Princess, based on the life of one of his many wives.
Running for two seasons, which aired in 2019 and 2020, it stars Charlotte Hope as Catherine of Aragon, the titular princess who was crowned the Queen of England when she married King Henry VIII, played by Ruairi O’Connor.
‘The Spanish Princess is the ideal period soap, dexterously and intelligently balancing the webby intrigue of 16th century court life with the dewy eroticism of a classic melodrama. There’s no guilt here. Just pleasure,’ The Hollywood Reporter wrote in its review.
Versailles Versailles certainly gives Game of Thrones a run for its money (Picture: Canal Plus/ BBC)Lavish series Versailles caused quite a stir when it premiered in 2016 for its graphic sex scenes, including a 24-person orgy, and not shying away from gory violence.
Set in the Baroque era, the show is a no-holds-barred depiction of the court of King Louis XIV (George Blagden) – and the continuous rumours of sex sessions and gluttony that took place in the period.
Speaking about the show previously to Metro, George said: ‘I remember hearing this incredible phrase, “bedrooms were boardrooms at Versailles”, and it’s just such an amazing idea and concept to play with.’
Leonardo Leonardo lifted the life on Da Vinci’s personal life and sexuality (Picture: Fabio Lovino/Lux Vide/Sony Pictures Television)Leonardo has all the ingredients of a classic TV show – a beautiful period backdrop, a complex historical figure and an accusation of murder – so fetch your remote.
It stars Poldark’s Aidan Turner as Leonardo da Vinci and lifts the lid on the Italian artist, inventor and Renaissance man’s personal life, including the belief that he had male lovers.
Describing the series, Aidan previously told Metro: ‘It’s not just a straightforward historical look at his life. We were trying to get to the essence as to who the man was behind the artist.’
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