Shows Like Looking for Alaska
If you liked Looking for Alaska (2019), 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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Gossip Girl (2007)
★ 8.1/10Also dramaAn exclusive group of privileged teens from a posh prep school on Manhattan's Upper East Side whose lives revolve around the blog of the all-knowing albeit ultra-secretive Gossip Girl.
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The Magicians (2015)
★ 7.6/10Also dramaBrakebills University is a secret institution specializing in magic. There, amidst an unorthodox education of spellcasting, a group of twenty-something friends soon discover that a magical fantasy world they read about…
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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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Hex (2004)
★ 6.5/10Also dramaShy college student Cassie Hughes only wants to be accepted by others, but is only truly loved by her best friend Thelma Bates. Cassie later discovers that she possesses dangerous powers, and is being drawn into a…
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Recovery Road (2016)
★ 6.4/10Also dramaMaddie is a teenage girl dealing with addiction who has a reputation as a party girl who doesn’t think she has a problem, until she’s confronted one day by her school guidance counselor and is forced to choose between…
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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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Roswell (1999)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaBizarre things start happening in the little New Mexico town where UFOs were spotted in 1947. Cut to 1999, when a cute high-school student saves the life of a teenage waitress. Surrounded by cliques of clever…
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Pretty Little Liars: The Perfectionists (2019)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaIn Beacon Heights, a seemingly perfect town, a group of three college friends struggle with the stress of being overachievers. In the aftermath of the town’s first murder, each Perfectionist hides behind a secret, a…
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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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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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Famous in Love (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also dramaOrdinary college student Paige gets her big break after auditioning for the starring role in a Hollywood blockbuster. She must now navigate her new star-studded life and the highs and lows that come with being the new…
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The Rainmaker (2025)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaFresh out of law school, Rudy Baylor goes head to head with courtroom lion Leo Drummond as well as his law school girlfriend, Sarah. Rudy, along with his boss, Bruiser, and her disheveled paralegal, Deck, uncovers two…
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Degrassi: Next Class (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaFollow a group of high school freshmen, sophomores, juniors, and seniors from Degrassi Community School, a fictional school in Toronto, Ontario, as they encounter some of the typical issues and challenges common to a…
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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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Felicity (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also dramaFelicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things…
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Swagger (2021)
★ 7.7/10Also dramaA basketball prodigy must navigate a maze of pressure if he's going to overcome the odds against him and learn what it truly means to have swagger.
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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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A Gentleman in Moscow (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also dramaCount Alexander Rostov finds himself going from riches to rags following the Russian revolution. A Soviet tribunal banishes him to the attic room of an opulent hotel, where, oblivious to the world outside, he discovers…
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Scream: The TV Series (2015)
★ 6.9/10Also dramaWhat starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets…