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On a random September day, Netflix decided to pluck fans out of the modern era and drop them right into the heart of a tumultuous historical period, defined by its violent political changes, with the complex love story of Emilia Sauri in Lovesick, both in person and in profession.

Driven by an irrepressible desire to become a doctor, as she defies the norms of the time to make her dream a reality, Emilia finds herself stuck between a difficult choice: choosing between Daniel, her childhood best friend and a revolutionary at heart, whom she’s secretly in love with, and Antonio, a young doctor seeking peace amidst war.

And if you loved the historical romance and political tension of the Mexican period drama, which spotlights strong female leads and self-discovery, and you still crave more, well, we’ve got you covered.

So, if you’re eyeing a proper marathon, here are five Netflix shows to stream after Lovesick.

Five Netflix shows to binge if you loved Lovesick

The Cook of Castamar (Iñaki Peñafiel and Norberto López Amado, 2021)

Set in 18th-century Spain, The Cook of Castamar, like Lovesick, mixes historical romance, forbidden love, and social barriers. The historical drama opens during the reign of Philip V, centring on Clara Belmonte, a highly skilled agoraphobic cook, who takes a job in the grand ducal kitchens to escape her traumatic past at a time when the Duke of Castamar is still mourning the tragic death of his wife, who died in a horse accident while pregnant.

But with her exquisite cooking skills and immeasurable intelligence, Clara soon sways the Duke, sparking a whirlwind cross-class romance, a union deemed scandalous and forbidden due to class differences. The Cook of Castamar follows Clara as she navigates the envy of the servants’ quarters and the dangerous political games of the nobility, paving her own way towards a shared future with the Duke she’s determined to protect.

Daughter from Another Mother (Fernando Sariñana, Carolina Rivera and Sebastián Sariñana, 2021-2022)

Lovesick tackles themes of female agency and relationships through a historical lens to highlight the generational and societal complexities and reservations surrounding love. Meanwhile, Daughter from Another Mother deals with the evolving definitions of love and family in contemporary Mexico. The character-driven dramedy focuses on two babies from disparate families who end up switched at birth.

Daughter from Another Mother follows two polar opposite mothers – Ana, a wealthy, older, hard-working, rule-abiding woman, and Mariana, a younger, rebellious university student – who realise the mix-up four months after giving birth in the same hospital. Unwilling to part the babies they have already grown to love and uproot them from their comfort spaces, they decide to move in together and form an unconventional family.

Morocco: Love in Times of War (David Pinillos, Manuel Gómez Pereira, and Eduardo Chapero-Jackson, 2017)

Similar to Emilia’s medical journey on the brink of the Mexican Revolution in Lovesick, Morocco: Love in Times of War, set in the early 1920s during the Rif or Morocco War, follows a group of nurses, sent by Queen Victoria Eugenia, to set up a hospital in the war-torn region of Melilla. Led by high-society personalities and veteran supervisors, the series centres on the young upper-class trainees who arrive to open a Red Cross hospital.

As the nurses witness the harsh realities of war firsthand, treating severe battlefield injuries, they find themselves navigating strict social hierarchies and unexpected romances. One of the central characters, Julia, heads to the front lines driven by personal motives to find her missing brother and fiancé, only to get entangled with a military doctor. Morocco: Love in Times of War highlights how a certain segment of women left their lives and loves behind in Spain only to discover new bonds, passions, and jealousies along the way.

My Brilliant Career (Alyssa McClelland and Anne Renton, 2026)

Speaking of love and ambition against a historical backdrop like that of Lovesick reminds viewers of My Brilliant Career, the Australian adaptation that just released on Netflix. Set in rural turn-of-the-century Australia, the period drama follows Sybylla Melvyn, a headstrong, ambitious young woman, who refuses to bow to societal pressures and traditional domestic expectations of the era, harbouring dreams of becoming an author.

But when she moves in with wealthy relatives at a time when she’s expected to enter high society, Sybylla falls in love with a charming, eligible suitor, Harry. Forced to navigate class barriers, intense personal feelings, and societal pressures, Sybylla faces the core dilemma in My Brilliant Career that can be seen in Lovesick: choosing between a comfortable life of romantic devotion and the hard-won independence of pursuing her own career.

The Law According to Lidia Poët (Matteo Rovere and Letizia Lamartire, 2023-2026)

Like Emilia fights to study medicine in Lovesick, Lidia makes her fight all about practising law in 1800s Italy in The Law According to Lidia Poët. The legal drama series, set in Turin in 1884, follows Italy’s first modern female lawyer as she fights a disbarment and solves complex murder mysteries of the time. The story opens with Lidia’s disbarment as she’s forbidden to practise law just because she’s a woman.

Left with no funds to materialise her dream, she takes a job at her brother’s law firm to prepare an appeal while investigating several murder cases and navigating Turin’s hidden underbelly with the help of her brother-in-law. The Law According to Lidia Poët captures Lidia’s journey of never backing down as she climbs the ladder with grit and resilience to rewrite the rigid legal system.