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Ever since it premiered in 2016, The Crown has been a Netflix favorite for its intimate storytelling and all-star cast, which features Elizabeth Debecki, Imelda Staunton, Dominic West, and more this season. The latest installment in the royal family drama takes place in the ’90s, when the marriage between Lady Diana Spencer (Debecki) and Prince Charles (West) really begins to disintegrate.
If you’ve already made it through Season 5 and are looking for more of The Crown, you’re in luck — there’s another season coming up. While the series was originally supposed to end with Season 5, creator Peter Morgan decided this summer to add one final season to the show.
“As we started to discuss the storylines for Series 5, it soon became clear that in order to do justice to the richness and complexity of the story we should go back to the original plan and do six seasons,” he said at the time. “To be clear, Series 6 will not bring us any closer to present-day – it will simply enable us to cover the same period in greater detail.”
But before you get too excited, just note that Season 5 won’t premiere until sometime in 2023. What will we possibly watch until then? We’ve got a few ideas. Check out our list of The Crown inspired shows to stream next.
'The Royal House of Windsor'
Unlike The Crown, Netflix’s The Royal House of Windsor is a documentary series, but the content is still all about the royal family. Using the castle’s royal archives, plus research and interviews with experts and insiders, The Royal House of Windsor paints a picture of the famous British family and how they’ve survived over the decades, beginning with World War I. The series, which was released in 2017, only consists of one season, but there are six episodes packed full of history ready for you to binge next.
'The Windsors'
While The Royal House of Windsor sticks with hard, cold evidence for its story of the royal family, The Windsors does just the opposite. The 2017 parody starring Hugh Skinner, Louise Ford, Harry Enfield and Morgana Robinson gives the royals the soap opera treatment, turning Prince William, Duchess Kate and more into caricatures of themselves. All three seasons of the comedy are now streaming on Netflix, so if you’re looking for a lighter take on royal life after The Crown, we suggest you queue up The Windsors and have a laugh next.
'The Royals'
2015’s The Royals creates its own fictitious family, with Queen Helena (Elizabeth Hurley) and King Simon (Vincent Regan) leading London. The series, which marked E!’s first scripted drama, presents a royal family that’s plagued by scandal after scandal, thanks to party girl Princess Eleanor (Alexandra Park) and her playboy brother, Prince Liam (William Moseley). The Royals ended after four seasons in 2018, but you can still catch the soapy series on streaming.
'The Last Czars'
Another Netflix Original, The Last Czars follows the life of Russia’s Czar Nicholas II (Robert Jack), the last emperor of the Romanov Dynasty. The docudrama chronicles the ruler’s rise to power in 1894 all the way to his execution in 1918, making room for plenty of drama and steamy sex scenes in between the show’s history lessons. There is one full season of The Last Czars now streaming on Netflix.
'Victoria'
Victoria, historical drama from PBS, also spotlights the British monarchy, but chooses Queen Victoria as its subject. Played by Jenna Coleman, the young queen rises to power at just age 18 after the 1837 death of King WIlliam IV. With the help of prime minister Lord Melbourne (Rufus Sewell) and the comfort of her husband, Prince Albert (Tom Hughes), by her side, Victoria settles into her role as leader.
'Catherine the Great'
Helen Mirren stars in Catherine the Great, an HBO miniseries about the famous monarch. Over the course of four episodes, the show follows the Russian empress at the end of her reign when she begins an affair with military leader Grigory Potemkin (Jason Clarke) and changes the course of Russian politics. And Catherine the Great isn’t the only recent series about the Russian leader — Hulu’s The Great plays with history to put a comedic spin on her story.
'Wolf Hall'
Based on Hilary Mantel’s bestelling books “Wolf Hall” and “Bring Up the Bodies,” Wolf Hall tells the story of Thomas Cromwell (Mark Rylance), who worked his way up from a humble blacksmith’s son to the chief minister for King Henry VIII (Damian Lewis). The BBC and PBS miniseries follows Cromwell’s life as part of the Tudor Court, where he helped the king end his marriage to Anne Boleyn (Claire Foy). Wolf Hall also stars Bernard Hill, Thomas Brodie-Sangster, Anton Lesser and more.
