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Shows that feel likeYoung Royals (2021–2024)

Prince Wilhelm adjusts to life at his prestigious new boarding school, Hillerska, but following his heart proves more challenging than anticipated.

If you loved Young Royals, the closest series we have are Heartstopper (2022), Looking for Alaska (2019) and The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022). All three share Young Royals' contemplative and warm feel, which is what we rank on before quality.

Seen the big three already? The under-the-radar pick below is Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story (2023).

★ 8.2 IMDb ↗TMDB ↗3 seasons · Netflixcreated by Lisa Ambjörncontemplativewarmwistfulromantic
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If Young Royals hit the spot, these will too

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Heartstopper
2022–2024 · 3 seasons · Netflix
★ 8.5dramaNetflix

Both are working the same pair: coming out, friendship

Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.

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Looking for Alaska
2019 · 1 season · Hulu
★ 8drama

The same two preoccupations: boarding school, and romance

Miles enrolls in a new boarding school seeking adventure. There, he befriends a group of quirky students led by the captivating and troubled Alaska. As they pull pranks and explore dark secrets, a night of celebration takes a tragic turn, forcing the group to grapple with loss and the complexities of growing up.

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The Summer I Turned Pretty
2022–2025 · 3 seasons · Prime Video
★ 7.2dramaPrime Video

The same preoccupation in both: growing up

Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.

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Never Have I Ever
2020–2023 · 4 seasons · Netflix
★ 7.8comedy · dramaNetflix

Common ground: lgbt

The difference: Leans harder into comedy than Young Royals does

After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.

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Normal People
2020 · 1 season · BBC Three
★ 8.4dramaHulu

One thread runs through both: romance

The difference: Takes it somewhere less warm than Young Royals does

Marianne and Connell weave in and out of each other's lives in this exploration of sex, power and the desire to love and be loved.

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Love, Victor
2020–2022 · 3 seasons · Hulu
★ 7.9comedy · dramaHuluDisney+

Both keep coming back to the same thing: lgbt teen

The difference: Trades the romance of Young Royals for an angle of its own

Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.

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Merlí. Sapere Aude
2019–2021 · 2 seasons · TV3
★ 7.7comedy · dramaNetflix

Both are built on the same subject: friendship

In this drama set at a university, a wayward philosophy student navigate life on campus while seeking guidance from an intriguing new professor.

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Merlí
2015–2018 · 3 seasons · TV3
★ 8.6comedy · drama

From the 2010s, and it lands the same way

He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the classroom.

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Baby Reindeer
2024 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.7dramaNetflix

Contemplative where it counts, warm underneath

When a struggling comedian shows one act of kindness to a vulnerable woman, it sparks a suffocating obsession which threatens to wreck both their lives.

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Descendants of the Sun
2016 · 1 season · KBS2
★ 8.2drama · action & adventure

Romantic drama in both cases

After a chance meeting in a hospital, an ardent soldier falls for a gifted surgeon. Opposing philosophies tear them apart, but fate has other plans.

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Euphoria
2019–2026 · 3 seasons · HBO
★ 8.1dramaMax

Wistful drama, and it commits to that

A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.

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Queen Charlotte: A Bridgerton Story
2023 · 1 season · Netflix
★ 7.6dramaNetflix

Both keep coming back to the same thing: royalty

Young Queen Charlotte's marriage to King George of England sparks an epic love story and transforms high society in this "Bridgerton" universe prequel.

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