Shows Like Merlí. Sapere Aude

If you liked Merlí. Sapere Aude (2019), a comedy and 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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Merlí (2015)
★ 8.6/10Also comedy and drama
He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the…
2
Looking (2014)
★ 7.5/10Also comedy and drama
Three friends in San Francisco who explore the fun and sometimes overwhelming options available to a new generation of gay men.
3
The Sex Lives of College Girls (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
Follow four college roommates as they arrive at New England's prestigious Essex College. A bundle of contradictions and hormones, these girls are equal parts lovable and infuriating as they live out their new, free…
4
Normal People (2020)
★ 8.1/10Also drama
Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.
5
Girls (2012)
★ 6.4/10Also drama and comedy
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
6
House of Guinness (2025)
★ 7.6/10Also drama
Dublin, 1868. The Guinness family patriarch is dead, and his four children — each with dark secrets to hide — hold the brewery's fate in their hands.
7
And Just Like That… (2021)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
This new chapter of “Sex and the City” follows Carrie, Miranda and Charlotte as they navigate the journey from the complicated reality of life and friendship in their 30s to the even more complicated reality of life…
8
A Teacher (2020)
★ 7.1/10Also drama
Claire Wilson, a young teacher at a suburban Texas high school, begins an affair with her student, Eric Walker. But their relationship accelerates faster than anticipated and the permanent damage becomes impossible to…
9
Love, Victor (2020)
★ 8.5/10Also comedy and drama
Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he…
10
You Me Her (2016)
★ 6.9/10Also comedy and drama
An unusual, real-world romance involving relatable people, with one catch - there are three of them! You Me Her infuses the sensibilities of a smart, grounded indie rom-com with a distinctive twist: one of the two…
11
DTF St. Louis (2026)
★ 7/10Also drama and comedy
A love triangle among three adults experiencing middle-age malaise leads to one of them ending up dead.
12
Master of None (2015)
★ 7.4/10Also comedy and drama
30-year-old New York actor Dev takes on such pillars of maturity as the first big job, a serious relationship, and busting sex offenders on the subway.
13
Ally McBeal (1997)
★ 6.5/10Also drama and comedy
Ally McBeal is a young lawyer working at the Boston law firm Cage and Fish. Ally's lives and loves are eccentric, humorous, dramatic with an incredibly overactive imagination that's working overtime!
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The L Word (2004)
★ 7.7/10Also drama
A group of lesbian friends struggle with romance and careers in Los Angeles.
15
A Different World (2026)
★ 7.6/10Also comedy and drama
Deborah Wayne enters her freshman year at her parents' HBCU alma mater and finds their shadow difficult to escape. She sets out to build her own legacy – while having the time of her life – alongside a whole new…
16
The Bisexual (2018)
★ 6.4/10Also comedy and drama
New Yorker Leila lives in London in a seemingly perfect decade-long relationship with her girlfriend and business partner Sadie. However, Leila discovers that she is actually bisexual and begins to explore her…
17
Fresh Meat (2011)
★ 7.2/10Also comedy and drama
Six students — Vod Nordstrom, Oregon Shawcross, Josie Jones, Kingsley Owen, JP Pembersley, and Howard McGregor — are freshmen (save for second year Howard) at Manchester Medlock University. Having applied late to…
18
Ballers (2015)
★ 6.8/10Also drama and comedy
Looking at the lives of former and current football players, the show follows former superstar Spencer Strasmore as he gets his life on track in retirement while mentoring other current and former players through the…
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Nobody Wants This (2024)
★ 7.3/10Also comedy and drama
An agnostic sex podcaster and a newly single rabbi fall in love, but can their relationship survive their wildly different lives and meddling families?
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Chemistry (2011)
★ 6.6/10Also comedy and drama
The scandalous lives of Liz and Michael, a cop and a lawyer who meet in a near-fatal coincidence. Drama and comedy with inevitable and powerful chemistry between a man and woman that completely alter a destined life…