Shows that feel likeNever Have I Ever (2020–2023)
If you loved Never Have I Ever, the closest series we have are Heartstopper (2022), Merlí (2015) and Merlí. Sapere Aude (2019). All three share Never Have I Ever'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 Looking for Alaska (2019).
If Never Have I Ever hit the spot, these will too
First love handled with real tenderness under the school chaos
The difference: Almost entirely gentle — the messy, selfish streak is gone
A mentor figure prodding teenagers into examining their own lives
The difference: Catalan and franker — the classroom, not the crush, is the engine
The messy freedom of growing up landing all at once
The difference: College-aged and darker — drinking and drift replace family warmth
A teen torn between who they are and who everyone expects
The difference: Moody Scandinavian restraint — barely any jokes
Both are working the same pair: friendship, romance
The difference: Easier on the wit than Never Have I Ever
Figuring yourself out while high school watches your every move
The difference: Earnest where Devi is chaotic — it plays things safer
A love triangle the heroine keeps making worse for herself
The difference: Full-swoon melodrama — the comedy has been drained out
An unlikely pair whose shared hobby melts the social walls
The difference: Anime fan-service alongside the sweetness — an odd mix
A teen's awkward push for independence upending the whole family
The difference: Gentler rhythms — the comedy never gets that spiky
School social hierarchy versus one girl who refuses to fold
The difference: Old-school K-drama melodrama — mean and swoony in bigger doses
A girl juggling impossible new duties and a rude, magnetic boy
The difference: Supernatural fantasy — school life is barely the point
The same two preoccupations: high school, and growing up
The difference: Takes it somewhere less witty than Never Have I Ever does
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