Like Game of Thrones? Then you will love these shows (9 Pictures)

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Like Game of Thrones? Here are other shows you should check out.

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The Expanse

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A police detective in the asteroid belt, the first officer of an interplanetary ice freighter and an earth-bound United Nations executive slowly discover a vast conspiracy that threatens the Earth’s rebellious colony on the asteroid belt.

Stars: Thomas Jane, Steven Strait and Shohreh Aghdashloo
Network: Syfy
Trailer: https://youtu.be/8X5gXIQmY-E

My Take: Critics call it “Game of Thrones in Space”. I would say it’s more Firefly meets Star Trek.


Vikings

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Vikings follows the journey of Ragnar Lothbrok, the first Viking to emerge from Norse legend and onto the pages of history.

Stars: Travis Fimmel, Clive Standen and Katheryn Winnick
Network: History
Trailer: https://youtu.be/dWP8ejky7yk

My Take: This show has some of the best battle scenes I’ve ever seen for a TV show.


Turn: Washington Spies

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Follows New York farmer, Abe Woodhull, who bands together with a group of childhood friends to form The Culper Ring, an unlikely group of spies who turn the tide in America’s fight for independence

Stars: Jamie Bell, Heather Lind and Angus Macfadyen
Trailer: https://youtu.be/m-q_lPaaWqU
Network: AMC (Season 1-2 on Netflix right now)

My Take: A very good show that shows you how the Revolutionary war played out with spies.


Outlander

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The story of Claire Randall, a married combat nurse from 1945 who is mysteriously swept back in time to 1743, where she is immediately thrown into an unknown world where her life is threatened.

Stars: Caitriona Balfe and Sam Heughan
Trailer: https://youtu.be/KAS01FFj1fQ
Network: Starz

My Take: There is a lot of nudity.


Black Sails

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Captain Flint and his pirates, twenty years prior to Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic “Treasure Island”.

Stars: Toby Stephens and Luke Arnold
Network: Starz
Trailer: https://youtu.be/Pvxpv_fycl8

My Take: Also a lot of nudity.


Peaky Blinders

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A gangster family epic set in 1919 Birmingham, England and centered on a gang who sew razor blades in the peaks of their caps, and their fierce boss Tommy Shelby, who means to move up in the world.

Stars: Cillian Murphy, Helen McCrory, Annabelle Wallis and Sam Neill
Network: BBC Two and Netflix
Trailer: https://youtu.be/JwXfVGjSz-4

My Take: If you only watch two shows on this list, make sure this is one of them.


The Tudors

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A dramatic series about the reign and marriages of King Henry VIII.

Stars: Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Henry Cavill, That Smirking Whore from Highgarden
Network: Showtime
Trailer: https://youtu.be/WXNf9dxnQrM (This trailer is horrible btw)

My Take: The Tudors delivers 4 solid seasons.


Penny Dreadful

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Explorer Sir Malcolm Murray, American gunslinger Ethan Chandler, scientist Victor Frankenstein and medium Vanessa Ives unite to combat supernatural threats in Victorian London.

Stars: Eva Green, Josh Hartnett, Timothy Dalton and Billie Piper
Network: Showtime
Trailer: https://youtu.be/YFXHfEqMcis

My Take: I have a confession to make, I only made this post because i’m worried Penny Dreadful is going to get cancelled after season 3. Please watch this show! Eva Green is unbelievably amazing in it!

Sauce: www.imdb.com

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