Shows Like Hollyoaks

If you liked Hollyoaks (1995), a soap 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.

1
Degrassi (2001)
★ 7.6/10Also soap
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
2
Days of Our Lives (1965)
★ 6.2/10Also soap
The 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.
3
Casualty (1986)
★ 6.2/10Also soap
Drama series about the staff and patients at Holby City Hospital's emergency department, charting the ups and downs in their personal and professional lives.
4
Dawson's Creek (1998)
★ 7.3/10Also soap
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
5
The Young and the Restless (1973)
★ 7/10Also soap
The 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…
6
Neighbours (1985)
★ 6.1/10Also soap
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera. The show's storylines concern the domestic and professional lives of the people who live and work in Erinsborough, a fictional suburb of Melbourne, Victoria. The…
7
Home and Away (1988)
★ 6.4/10Also soap
Home and Away is set in the fictional town of Summer Bay, a coastal town in New South Wales, and follows the personal and professional lives of the people living in the area. The show initially focused on the Fletcher…
8
Guiding Light (1952)
★ 5.9/10Also soap
Guiding Light is an American television soap opera that is credited by the Guinness Book of World Records as the longest-running television drama in history, broadcast from 1952 until 2009, preceded by a 15-year…
9
Empire (2015)
★ 7.1/10Also soap
A powerful family drama about the head of a music empire whose three sons and ex-wife all battle for his throne.
10
Melrose Place (1992)
★ 5.9/10Also soap
Follow the lives of a group of young adults living in a brownstone apartment complex on Melrose Place, in Los Angeles, California.
11
Felicity (1998)
★ 6.6/10Also soap
Felicity 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…
12
Dark Shadows (1966)
★ 7.4/10Also soap
Dark Shadows is an American gothic soap opera that originally aired weekdays on the ABC television network, from June 27, 1966, to April 2, 1971. The show was created by Dan Curtis. The story bible, which was written…
13
Chicago Hope (1994)
★ 7.2/10Also soap
Chicago Hope is an American medical drama television series, created by David E. Kelley. It ran on CBS from September 18, 1994, to May 4, 2000. The series is set in a fictional private charity hospital in Chicago…
14
Famous in Love (2017)
★ 6.8/10Also soap
Ordinary 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…
15
Dynasty (1981)
★ 6.5/10Also soap
The saga of a wealthy Denver family in the oil business: Blake Carrington, the patriarch; Krystle, his former secretary and wife; his children: Adam, lost in childhood after a kidnapping; Fallon, pampered and spoiled…
16
Soap (1977)
★ 7.3/10Also soap
The antics of a wealthy family, the Tates, and a working-class family, the Campbells, in the fictional town of Dunn's River, Connecticut.
17
Point Pleasant (2005)
★ 6.8/10Also soap
A series of supernatural events begins in a small coastal New Jersey town after the arrival of a mysterious teenage girl, who apparently has the ability to influence the people and events around her.
18
A Place to Call Home (2013)
★ 7.4/10Also soap
A mysterious woman is perched between the harsh legacy of World War II and the hope of a new life in Australia. A sweeping romantic drama set in 1950s rural Australia following the lives of the Blighs, a wealthy and…
19
Na Corda Bamba (2019)
★ 3.2/10Also soap
Filled with noble characters and locations, “Na Corda Bamba” strives for constant surprise and addresses a universal question: How far would you be willing to go to make a dream come true?
20
Lady of Tides (2024)
★ 6.7/10Also soap
On her birthday, Joana's joy turns to despair when her abusive husband discovers her pregnancy and attempts to harm her. Fleeing the city, she finds refuge on a boat with criminals, but realizing the danger, she sees…