What to watch after Pride and Prejudice

Finishing Pride and Prejudice creates a very specific problem: you want more, but not just anything with a waistcoat will do. The next watch depends on which part of the story is still tugging at you.

Here is the practical path.

If you watched 2005 and want the full story: Pride and Prejudice (1995)

Go straight to the 1995 BBC/A&E miniseries. Jennifer Ehle and Colin Firth lead the cast, Andrew Davies writes, and Simon Langton directs. It gives you the subplots and supporting characters that Joe Wright’s film has to compress.

This is the best next step if you want more Charlotte Lucas, more Mr. Collins, more Wickham context, more Gardiners, and more time inside the social consequences.

If you watched 1995 and want romantic intensity: Pride & Prejudice (2005)

If you began with the miniseries, the 2005 film is the best contrast. Keira Knightley and Matthew Macfadyen give Elizabeth and Darcy a younger, more physically charged dynamic. The story moves faster, but the images stay.

It is also a good test of what you value in adaptation: completeness or atmosphere.

If you want Mary Bennet: The Other Bennet Sister

The Other Bennet Sister is the obvious watch after either major adaptation if Mary caught your attention. Ella Bruccoleri plays Mary in the BBC/BritBox series adapted from Janice Hadlow’s novel. Ruth Jones and Richard E. Grant play Mrs. and Mr. Bennet, with Indira Varma, Richard Coyle, Dónal Finn, and Laurie Davidson in the wider cast.

As of June 18, 2026, Rotten Tomatoes lists the series at 97% Tomatometer and 90% Popcornmeter. More importantly, it gives the overlooked middle sister the one thing most adaptations deny her: narrative patience.

If you want a modern rom-com: Bridget Jones’s Diary

Bridget Jones’s Diary is the easiest modern branch. Renée Zellweger plays Bridget, Colin Firth plays Mark Darcy, and Hugh Grant plays Daniel Cleaver. The Pride and Prejudice structure is loose but visible, and the casting turns the 1995 Darcy legacy into part of the joke.

Watch this when you want Austen’s romantic misjudgment translated into work, friends, embarrassment, and London dating.

If you want music and color: Bride & Prejudice

Gurinder Chadha’s Bride & Prejudice stars Aishwarya Rai as Lalita Bakshi and Martin Henderson as Will Darcy. It moves the story through India, the UK, and the US, turning courtship into a cross-cultural musical romance.

It is not the most restrained adaptation. That is the point. Watch it when you want the plot to dance.

If you want a great recent update: Fire Island

Fire Island, directed by Andrew Ahn and written by Joel Kim Booster, is one of the best modern Austen updates. It shifts the plot to queer chosen family, class tension, race, body politics, and vacation-house status on Fire Island.

The cast includes Booster, Bowen Yang, Conrad Ricamora, James Scully, and Margaret Cho. Rotten Tomatoes currently lists it at 94% Tomatometer.

If you want the internet version: The Lizzie Bennet Diaries

The Lizzie Bennet Diaries is a 100-episode YouTube adaptation created by Hank Green and Bernie Su, starring Ashley Clements as Lizzie. It won a 2013 Emmy for interactive media and remains the landmark transmedia Austen adaptation.

Watch it when you want to see how Pride and Prejudice works as vlogs, social posts, companion channels, and controlled self-narration.

If you want a sequel: Death Comes to Pemberley

Death Comes to Pemberley is the murder mystery sequel path. Based on P. D. James’s novel, the 2013 BBC series stars Matthew Rhys as Darcy, Anna Maxwell Martin as Elizabeth, Matthew Goode as Wickham, and Jenna Coleman as Lydia.

Watch it when you want to know what happens when Pemberley becomes a crime scene instead of a reward.

If you want something ridiculous: Pride and Prejudice and Zombies

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies stars Lily James as Elizabeth and Sam Riley as Darcy, with Burr Steers directing. The reviews are mixed, and the tone is uneven, but the premise is irresistible: Bennet sisters, marriage market, undead plague.

Watch it with the right expectations. It is a branch path, not a main road.

If you want Austen fandom itself: Austenland

Austenland is about a woman obsessed with Austen and Mr. Darcy who visits a Regency fantasy resort. Keri Russell stars, with JJ Feild, Jennifer Coolidge, Bret McKenzie, and Jane Seymour in the cast. Jerusha Hess directs.

It is not a direct Pride and Prejudice adaptation. It is a comedy about what adaptations have done to viewers.

If you want the next big version: Netflix’s 2026 Pride and Prejudice

Netflix has a six-part Pride and Prejudice series coming in 2026, written by Dolly Alderton and directed by Euros Lyn. Emma Corrin plays Elizabeth Bennet, Jack Lowden plays Darcy, Olivia Colman plays Mrs. Bennet, and Rufus Sewell plays Mr. Bennet.

No reviews yet. But it will become part of the comparison the moment it arrives.

Source notes

Source checks include Rotten Tomatoes pages for the named films and series, BritBox, Bad Wolf, Netflix Tudum, and the Television Academy. Review scores checked June 18, 2026.