Shows like Growing Up (2011)
Loved Growing Up? Here are 24 shows with a similar feel, picked from what fans of Growing Up watch next and from titles with the same mix of drama and comedy.
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Freaks and Geeks (1999)
High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
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2
One Tree Hill (2003)
In Tree Hill, North Carolina two half brothers share a last name and nothing else. Brooding, blue-collar Lucas is a talented street-side basketball player, but his skills are appreciated only by his friends at the river court. Popular,…
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3
Awkward. (2011)
An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of…
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Nancy Drew (2019)
Nancy Drew makes plans to leave her hometown for college, but finds herself drawn into a supernatural murder mystery instead.
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Shake It Up (2010)
Best pals CeCe and Rocky dream of dancing stardom. And they seem on the verge of realizing that goal when they win places as backup dancers on the local TV show "Shake It Up, Chicago." While they get to show off their moves, they find out…
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How I Met Your Father (2022)
In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out…
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Swagger (2021)
A 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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Parenthood (2010)
The trials and tribulations of the very large, colorful and imperfect Braverman family.
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My Mad Fat Diary (2013)
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her…
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10
My So-Called Life (1994)
The life of a 15 year-old high school student, whose angst-ridden journey through adolescence, friendship, parents, and life teaches her what it means to grow up.
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Tyler Perry's Sistas (2019)
There's nothing that bonds a group of single black women together more than sidestepping the land mines of living, working and dating in Atlanta. In a sea of swipe-lefts, social media drama and unrealistic #relationshipgoals, these friends…
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12
Degrassi (2001)
The life of a group of adolescents going through the trials and tribulations of teendom at Degrassi Community School.
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13
The Jewel of Section E (2025)
A girl transfers into a high school class of boys who want her to quit. But will her resolve to stay turn her chief tormentor’s hatred into love?
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The Facts of Life (1979)
Mrs. Edna Garrett, housemother and dietitian at the Eastland School, teaches a group of girls in her charge how to solve those problems that every teenager has to face.
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Cuckoo (2012)
Cuckoo is every parent's worst nightmare - a slacker full of outlandish, New Age ideas. Ken is the over-protective father of a girl who's impulsively married an American hippie on her gap year.
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Degrassi: Next Class (2016)
Follow 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 teenager's life.
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Light on Me (2021)
A high school loner who has difficulty making new friends joins the school's student council to meet new people — but discovers that making friends may be harder than it seems.
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18
The Next Step (2013)
Follow the lives of an elite group of young dancers who train at The Next Step Studio.
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19
Serendipity's Embrace (2024)
After 10 years in the US, Hu-young returns to Korea and meets his first love, Hong-ju, at a café by chance. Just as the window into which Peter Pan flew happened to be Wendy's room. Just as the prince happened to find Cinderella's glass…
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20
Girlfriends (2000)
A friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family to relationships, Joan, Maya, Lynn and Toni support each other despite their differing backgrounds.
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100 Things to Do Before High School (2014)
With real life and teen drama awaiting her after 8th grade graduation, CJ Martin has only a short time left to make the most of her middle school years. Together with her two lifelong best friends Fenwick and Crispo, she is determined to…
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Pride (2004)
Haru Satonaka is the captain of an ice-hockey team, a star athlete who stakes everything on hockey but can only consider love as a game. Aki Murase is a woman who has been waiting for her lover who went abroad two years ago. These two…
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Popular (1999)
Brooke McQueen, a popular cheerleader at Jacqueline Kennedy High School, and Sam McPherson, the editor of the school paper, are polar opposites. When their single parents unexpectedly meet and get engaged, Brooke and Sam have to deal with…
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Saved by the Bell: The New Class (1993)
Six friends grow and learn at Bayside High.