9 Best Teen TV Dramas to Binge After 'The Summer I Turned Pretty', Ranked by IMDb
These teen projects deal with first love, difficult relationships with peers, and the search for one's identity.
The Summer I Turned Pretty is in full swing on Amazon Prime Video – and this chapter will be the show's final one. If you're bracing yourself for the finale and looking for shows to fill the void, check out these teen dramas.
9. 'Surviving Summer', 2022-2023
IMDb Score: 6.6/10
After being expelled from Brooklyn high school, Summer's mother sends her to Australia to live with an old friend's family. Summer doesn't want to leave because she was born for New York.
Yet fate throws her into the small town of Shorehaven on the Australian coast. There is absolutely nothing to do there except surfing. After standing on a surfboard for the first time, Summer realizes that Shorehaven is not so bad.
Moreover, at her mother's friend's house, she meets Ari, who feels like a kindred spirit.
8. 'My Life with the Walter Boys', 2023-...
IMDb Score: 6.9/10
Fifteen-year-old Jackie Howard is forced to move from New York City to a small Colorado town. After her parents died in a car accident, Jackie was taken in by the Walter family, her mother's best friends.
The Walters have ten sons, and Jackie's friends predict that a beautiful, romantic story awaits her. Jackie brushes it off – she needs to think about getting into an Ivy League school.
Yet, upon arriving at the Walters', Jackie instantly falls in love with Alex, the shy intellectual, and then with Cole, the mysterious rebel.
7. 'Everything Sucks!', 2018
IMDb Score: 7.4/10
The story takes place in the mid-90s at a high school in a small town aptly named Boring. A shy protagonist named Luke joins the school video club, where he meets a girl and instantly falls in love.
After an unsuccessful attempt to win her love, the production is disrupted and the theater club declares war on the video club.
6. 'One Tree Hill', 2003-2012
IMDb Score: 7.8/10
Lucas and Nathan, two young men, seem to have nothing in common except their love of basketball. But they share a dark secret: the same father.
Nathan is the star of his high school basketball team, he's confident and arrogant, and comes from the richest family in town.
In contrast, quiet Lucas is the only child of a single mother. Lucas has always kept his distance from Nathan, but their lives collide when he ends up on Nathan's team.
5. 'Red Oaks', 2014-2017
IMDb Score: 7.9/10
Set in the 1980s, Red Oaks follows college student David as he spends his summer working as a tennis coach at a prestigious country club. David is searching for his purpose: should he follow in his father's footsteps and become an accountant, or pursue his dream of becoming a film director?
While the sun is shining, though, he can put adult problems on hold and flirt with Skye, the daughter of the club's influential president. Meanwhile, David's parents are experiencing a midlife crisis, and his best friend is trying to win the heart of an unattainable lifeguard.
4. 'The End of the F***ing World', 2017-2019
IMDb Score: 8.0/10
Teenagers Alyssa and James met at school. Neither of them fit into the framework of normality: as a child, James experienced a terrible shock, after which he stopped feeling anything.
Alyssa feels like an outsider in her own home with her mother and stepfather, the latter of whom often looks at Alyssa in a way that a stepfather should not. Alyssa suggests to James they run away together to find her biological father.
3. 'One Day', 2024
IMDb Score: 8.0/10
One Day is a touching story about the twenty-year relationship between Emma and Dexter, which began with a brief encounter after graduation in Edinburgh.
Emma is a quiet dreamer who aspires to be a writer; Dexter is a charming playboy who aspires to conquer television. Over the years, the characters' paths diverge and cross again.
The series depicts not only what happens during their meetings but also in between them. Each episode takes place on June 15 in different years, allowing us to follow the changes in the characters' lives.
2. 'Young Royals', 2021-2024
IMDb Score: 8.2/10
This teen melodrama follows Wilhelm, a fictional Swedish prince who is sent by his family to a prestigious boarding school.
There, he escapes the media spotlight, makes friends, and explores his sexuality. However, when he learns that he is next in line to the throne, Wilhelm must choose between duty and love.
1. 'Heartstopper', 2022-2024
IMDb Score: 8.5/10
Charlie Spring is an awkward, curly-haired high school student who feels like an outcast. Since coming out, his classmates have bullied him for no reason.
One day, Charlie meets Nick, a handsome, kindhearted athlete, and immediately falls in love with him. However, Charlie doesn't know how to tell Nick about his feelings without ruining their warm, heartfelt friendship.
