TV series

Wind at My Back

1996–2001 · 5 seasons

A gentle, heartfelt period drama that balances Depression-era hardship with warmth, family bonds, and quiet resilience.

Overview: A recently widowed mother loses her children to a cold mother-in-law in Ontario during the Great Depression of the 1930s. Based loosely on the books "Never Sleep Three in a Bed" and "The Night We Stole the Mounties’ Car" by Max Braithwaite
How it feels: Melancholic, warm, earnest and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Family, survival, class, parenthood
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
Note: Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

Your rating is saved. See your suggestions, or find titles like this one below.

Rate it, and Mesmero finds titles that feel like it. You do not need an account.

Add to a list: Wind at My Back

Free in the US

More options Data from JustWatch

In your watch list

More like this

Like Wind at My Back, but

Written by AI. It can be wrong.

Full breakdown

Tone: melancholicstrength 2 of 3
warmstrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: family
survival
class
parenthood
grief
Places: small town
countryside
home
Era: period
Audience: family
Form: serialised
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none