
Shows that feel likeThe Summer I Turned Pretty (2022–2025)
If you loved The Summer I Turned Pretty, the closest series we have are Looking for Alaska (2019), Young Royals (2021) and Heartstopper (2022). All three share The Summer I Turned Pretty'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 Merlí. Sapere Aude (2019).
If The Summer I Turned Pretty hit the spot, these will too


First love that aches because the world keeps deciding for the lovers
The difference: Colder Swedish boarding school — duty and scandal, no beach-house glow

First crushes treated as world-shaking events, never as filler
The difference: Far gentler — no love-triangle agony, mostly uncomplicated sweetness

Two people who keep finding and losing each other as they grow up
The difference: Adult and quietly devastating — one series, no comfort-watch glow

A teen girl making chaotic romantic choices while carrying a loss
The difference: Plays it for laughs — snappy comedy where you want wistfulness

Young love and self-discovery taken seriously, never mocked
The difference: College-set and franker about sex — the innocence is gone

A heroine torn between two boys who both genuinely deserve her
The difference: The app gimmick keeps you at arm's length — concept over warmth

Privileged young lives where every romance feels like the whole world
The difference: Cattier and colder — scheming replaces the sun-soaked sincerity

A sun-drenched enclave where each season rewrites who loves whom
The difference: Broader soap swings — brawls and scandals over quiet longing

Crushes, friendships and growing pains given real emotional weight
The difference: A teacher's classroom drives it — romance is just one thread

One thread runs through both: friendship
The difference: Less wistful, more its own thing

A tutoring deal that melts into real feelings, written to swoon
The difference: Steamier college romance — none of the family or grief layers
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