Shows Like The Fosters
If you liked The Fosters (2013), a drama series, here are 20 shows with a similar feel, based on TMDB's recommendations. Each one links to its cast, trailer and where it's streaming.
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Life Unexpected (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also drama16-year-old Lux was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the three form an unlikely family.
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Party of Five (1994)
★ 7/10Also dramaFive brothers and sisters are determined to stay together following the tragic loss of their parents.
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The Lying Game (2011)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaEmma, a kind-hearted foster kid who can't catch a break, finds out she has an identical twin sister, Sutton, who - unlike Emma - was adopted by wealthy parents and is seemingly living an ideal life. After their initial…
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The O.C. (2003)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaRyan Atwood, a teen from the wrong side of the tracks, moves in with a wealthy family willing to give him a chance. But Ryan's arrival disturbs the status quo of the affluent, privileged community of Newport Beach…
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Parenthood (2010)
★ 7.5/10Also dramaThe trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
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Anne with an E (2017)
★ 8.7/10Also dramaA coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890s, who…
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Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaFollow the lives of a group of teenagers living in the upscale, star-studded community of Beverly Hills, California and attending the fictitious West Beverly Hills High School and, subsequently, the fictitious…
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Brothers and Sisters (2006)
★ 7.1/10Also dramaThe close-knit Walker family deals with struggles and triumphs.
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Tyler Perry's The Oval (2019)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaA seemingly perfect interracial first family becomes the White House's newest residents. But behind closed doors they unleash a torrent of lies, cheating and corruption.
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Days of Our Lives (1965)
★ 6.2/10Also dramaThe Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.
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Heartstopper (2022)
★ 8.6/10Also dramaTeens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.
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Carl Weber's The Family Business (2018)
★ 8.5/10Also dramaMeet the Duncans, a prominent family from Jamaica, Queens. By day, they’re an upstanding family; by night, they live a dangerous secret life.
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Dawson's Creek (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also dramaDawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
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McLeod's Daughters (2001)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaWhen Jack McLeod passes away, his two daughters inherit Drovers Run, a vast cattle ranch in the Australian outback. Ultimately, Tess and Claire decide to run the ranch together, with their housekeeper, Meg, her teenage…
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Chesapeake Shores (2016)
★ 7.8/10Also dramaA divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
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The Young and the Restless (1973)
★ 7/10Also dramaThe rivalries, romances, hopes and fears of the residents of the fictional Midwestern metropolis, Genoa City. The lives and loves of a wide variety of characters mingle through the generations, dominated by the Newman…
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Degrassi (2001)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaThe life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
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Nancy Drew (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaNancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
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The Thorn Birds (1983)
★ 7.2/10Also dramaFollows the Cleary family over several decades, focusing on the central, tragic romance between Meggie and Father Ralph, who is torn between his vows and his love for her.
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Offspring (2010)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaAn exuberant drama set in Melbourne's Fitzroy, centering on Nina Proudman and her struggle to deal with her fabulously messy family, her hunt for a decent love life and her tendency to overthink and fly off into fantasy.