Shows that feel likeLooking for Alaska (2019)
If you loved Looking for Alaska, the closest series we have are Young Royals (2021), The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022) and Heartstopper (2022). All three share Looking for Alaska's contemplative and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.
Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Blue Box (2024).
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If Looking for Alaska hit the spot, these will too
Both are working the same pair: friendship, boarding school
Common ground in both: romance and growing up
One thread runs through both: friendship
Both are built on the same subject: romance
The difference: Trades the warmth of Looking for Alaska for an angle of its own
The same preoccupation in both: growing up
The difference: Sits closer to comedy than Looking for Alaska does
Contemplative where it counts, warm underneath
The same hand behind both of them: Josh Schwartz
The difference: Easier on the warmth than Looking for Alaska
Drama built on stillness, twice over
Drama with a pulse of warmth, in both cases
Both keep coming back to the same thing: miniseries
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