There is a romantic component in almost every story. Below are the series where it is essential, the romantic series.
My top five !
- Bodyguard / Netflix / A gripping story of a protection officer who falls in love with her VIP. He faces terrorists, organized crime and… politicians !
- Carnival Row / Amazon / A top notch series which I adore, close to perfection : an inspector investigates the murder of a fairy, a despised creature.
- Friends / Netflix until 2024 / THE CLASSIC that made so many people love series. What to say ? Bravo !
- Poldark / Cornwall, 1783. A captain comes back after the war of independance. He is noble, without money. But he will find love and new fights.
- Upload / Amazon / An incredible love story between two soulmates, one in real life, the other in virtual reality
These are also very good !
- Bridgerton / Netflix / Not exactly uchronic, but a reinvented Regency : romances and rumors at the court.
- Castle / Disney+ / Richard Castle is a famous mystery novelist. In search for a new source of inspiration, he becomes a consultant to the NYPD.
- Citadel / Amazon / Citadel, an independant agency founded to ensure peace, is destroyed by its rival. But two top-spies survive.
- Citadel Diana / Amazon / Citadel’s spin-off, based on the Italian part of Manticore. Diana is a double agent recruited by both secret organizations.
- Citadel, Honey Bunny : a prequel, about Nadia’s parents, two agents in India, and her childhood.
- Downton Abbey / Netflix / Great Britain, 1920. Dramas and joys in a noble family and its household. A classic (very classic)
- How I met your mother / Disney+ / New York, the 2000’s. Ted and his group of friends go through the turmoils of young adult’s life
- My lady Jane / Amazon / In a dystopic England, Jane Grey becomes Queen of a nation divided between “normal” humans and metamorphic ones
- Never have I ever / Netflix / Devi is a nerdy Indian girl in a californian high-school. A fresh, funny, moral booster series !
- Nobody wants this / Netflix / Joanne, used to dead-end relationships, meets Noah, a Rabbi. Against all odds and their respective families, they fall in love
- New girl / Disney+ / Jess shares a flat with three young men and turns their lives upside down.
- The catch / Disney / A woman running a private detective agency discovers that her fiancé has conned her
- The Empress / Neflix / From 1854, the fate of the famous “Sissi”, empress Elizabeth of Austria. A romantic series, faithful to historical reality
- The law according to Lidia Poët / Netflix / Italy, 1883. Based on the true story of the first female advocate, investigating crime in the serie.
- Woman at war / Netflix / France, 1914, on the border with Germany. Four women struggle to heal the wounded and protect their families