Items20The creator’s order
  1. 1Somebody Somewhere (2022)Somebody Somewhere (2022) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 16 Jan 2022The freedom here is that Sam does not have to turn her unsettled middle age into a triumphant makeover. Returning to Kansas, she finds music, friendship and room to be difficult. Its small encounters make companionship feel earned, especially if you want a life opening out without pretending grief…0
  2. 2Mum (2016)Mum (2016) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 May 2016Cathy's family can fill a room with noise while barely noticing what she wants. Lesley Manville makes those silences funny, painful and wonderfully expressive. This is the gentle starting point for anyone tired of older women being useful to everybody except themselves, with a tentative romantic…0
  3. 3The Change (2023)The Change (2023) 7.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 21 Jun 2023Linda measures the invisible work she has done for her family, then takes her motorbike into the Forest of Dean. Bridget Christie's menopause comedy gives that familiar frustration an eccentric, woodland escape route. Choose it for women around fifty getting to be angry, curious and ridiculous,…0
  4. 4Better Things (2016)Better Things (2016) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 8 Sept 2016Sam Fox is raising three daughters, working as an actor and negotiating a demanding mother, but the show keeps making space for her appetites and contradictions. Its loose, episodic rhythm feels closer to a crowded life than a neat reinvention story. A strong choice when you want motherhood to…0
  5. 5The Split (2018)The Split (2018) 7.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 24 Apr 2018Hannah Defoe can untangle a client's marriage more confidently than her own. The family law cases give this glossy drama a useful counterpoint to its sisters, loyalties and private evasions. Come for Nicola Walker's tightly held performance and stay for adults discovering that professional…0
  6. 6Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022)Fleishman Is in Trouble (2022) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 17 Nov 2022A separated doctor's apparent new freedom becomes a much less comfortable story about who gets to describe a marriage. The shifting perspective is its strength: midlife disappointment looks different when somebody else is finally heard. It is more anxious and emotionally punishing than a dating…0
  7. 7Borgen (2010)Borgen (2010) 8.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 26 Sept 2010Birgitte Nyborg's political advancement keeps colliding with the practical realities of marriage and parenthood. The attraction is watching a capable woman make decisions that bring genuine gains and genuine losses. Start with the original Danish series, where public negotiation and domestic…0
  8. 8Happy Valley (2014)Happy Valley (2014) 8.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 29 Apr 2014Catherine Cawood is experienced, funny, furious and carrying responsibilities that never stop when her police shift ends. Sarah Lancashire makes authority feel hard-earned rather than effortless. This is the bleakest end of the selection, with sexual violence and bereavement central to its world,…0
  9. 9Enlightened (2011)Enlightened (2011) 7.5/10 on IMDbFirst aired 10 Oct 2011Amy returns from a breakdown determined to live differently, while colleagues and relatives remember exactly how difficult she can be. Laura Dern makes idealism and self-absorption uncomfortably compatible. Pick this when you want a midlife awakening examined rather than applauded automatically,…0
  10. 10Men of a Certain Age (2009)Men of a Certain Age (2009) 8.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 7 Dec 2009Three friends approach fifty with stalled hopes, ordinary jobs and habits that have become harder to excuse. Ray Romano, Andre Braugher and Scott Bakula give the low-key conversations an ease that makes disappointment feel specific. Its appeal lies in men acknowledging fear without every scene…0