30 Bingeworthy Young Adult Films and TV Shows Released in Recent Years
There’s no doubt that young adult movies and television shows have had a resurgence in the past decade, especially in the era of streaming.
Many know the feeling of sitting down, excited to binge-watch a new show, but feel lost on what to watch once it ends. Especially if you’re looking for something in the same YA genre, with all the feels of young romance, awkwardness, heartbreak, friendship drama — and sometimes, a hint of mystery.
Some fan favorites include The Summer I Turned Pretty, Euphoria, Elite, My Fault: London, Ginny & Georgia, All American, My Life with the Walter Boys and more.
Below, THR has compiled a list of top YA-skewing projects that have debuted in recent years, or are currently in production for another season or sequel.
(THR also recognizes that there are many popular YA shows and movies not included in the list, as they released or wrapped up years ago.)
The Prime Video series, based on Jenny Han’s book trilogy, follows a love triangle between one girl, Belly, and two brothers, Conrad and Jeremiah. Along the way, she navigates heartbreak, friendship and family drama, all while searching for the magic of that one perfect summer. The Han-created show stars Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman, Rain Spencer, Jackie Chung and Rachel Blanchard.
Seasons one and two are currently streaming on Prime Video, with the show’s third and final season premiering July 16, 2025.
The Netflix series, inspired by Mindy Kaling’s childhood, follows the complicated life of a first-generation Indian-American teen girl, Devi Vishwakumar, as she takes on high school and relationships, all while grieving the death of her father. The comedy-drama stars Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Darren Barnet, Jaren Lewison, Lee Rodriguez, Richa Moorjani, Ramona Young and Benjamin Norris.
All four seasons are currently streaming on Netflix.
The Netflix series, a spinoff of the 1993 Australian film The Heartbreak Kid, follows the students and teachers of Hartley High School as they navigate racial tensions in Australia, high school romances and teenage angst. The cast includes Ayesha Madon, James Majoos, Chloe Hayden, Asher Yasbincek, Thomas Weatherall, Will McDonald, Josh Heuston and Gemma Chua-Tran.
Seasons one and two of Heartbreak High, which has been renewed for a third and final season, are streaming on Netflix.
The hit HBO show, created by Sam Levinson, takes a look at life for a group of high school students as they grapple with issues of drugs, sex and violence. The Emmy-winning drama stars Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi, Maude Apatow, Alexa Demie, Sydney Sweeney, Angus Cloud, Barbie Ferreira and Javon ‘Wanna’ Walton.
Euphoria was renewed for a third season. The first two seasons are currently streaming on Max.
Where to stream Euphoria onlineMax; Max channel on Hulu, Prime Video, DirecTV
The Netflix show follows three working-class teens who start attending an exclusive private school in Spain. But the clash between them and the wealthy students leads to murder. The cast of the Spanish-language series includes Omar Ayuso, Itzan Escamilla, Miguel Bernardeau, Arón Piper, Claudia Salas, Georgina Amorós, Manu Ríos and Mina El Hammani.
All eight seasons of Elite are streaming on Netflix.
The Netflix series, a spinoff of the To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before franchise, sees teen Kitty Song Covey travel to South Korea to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend at the same boarding school attended by her late mom. But she quickly realizes relationships are a lot more complicated when it’s your own heart on the line. The show, created by Jenny Han, stars Anna Cathcart, Minyeong Choi, Gia Kim, Sang Heon Lee, Anthony Keyvan, Peter Thurnwald and Jocelyn Shelfo.
The first two seasons of XO, Kitty are streaming on Netflix, and has been renewed for a third season. The To All the Boys film trilogy can also be watched on the streaming service.
In the Prime Video movie, a feud between the U.S. president’s son, Alex Claremont-Diaz, and Britain’s Prince Henry threatens to drive a wedge in the two countries’ relations. The two are then forced into a staged truce for the media but that sparks something deeper. The film, based on Casey McQuiston’s romance novel of the same name, stars Taylor Zakhar Perez, Nicholas Galitzine, Uma Thurman, Jemma Redgrave, Sarah Shahi and Bridget Benstead.
Red, White & Royal Blue is currently streaming on Prime Video, with a sequel currently in development.
The CW series, based on the Archie Comics characters, follows a group of friends who become entangled in dark mysteries within the town of Riverdale following the mysterious death of a popular high school student. At the same time, the group is also navigating young love, school and family. The show’s cast includes Lili Reinhart, K.J. Apa, Camila Mendes, Cole Sprouse, Madelaine Petsch and Casey Cott.
Riverdale, including its seventh and final season, is streaming on Netflix.
The series, created by Mindy Kaling and Justin Noble, follows four freshman college roommates as they navigate hormones, their sexual orientation and sex life amid their newfound freedom on campus. The show stars Pauline Chalamet, Reneé Rapp, Amrit Kaur and Alyah Chanelle Scott.
All three seasons of The Sex Lives of College Girls are currently streaming on Max.
Where to stream The Sex Lives of College Girls online Max; Max channel on Hulu, Prime Video, DirecTV
Prime Video’s My Fault (Culpa Mía) is based on the book trilogy of the same name by Mercedes Ron. In the Spanish-language film, Noah (Nicole Wallace) has to leave her life in her hometown behind to move into the mansion, owned by her mother’s new husband. It’s there that she meets her new stepbrother Nick (Gabriel Guevara). While they initially clash, an irresistible attraction forms between them, but they must work to keep their relationship secret. The movie also stars Marta Hazas, Iván Sánchez, Eva Ruiz, Victor Varona and Ivan Massagué.
My Fault and its sequel, Your Fault, are currently streaming on Prime Video. The third film in the franchise, Our Fault, premieres in October 2025.
The Netflix series follows a group of teens who work to figure out what happened to John B’s missing father. Along the way, they discover a legendary treasure linked to his father’s disappearance and go to great lengths to keep it. The show stars Chase Stokes, Madelyn Cline, Madison Bailey, J.D., Rudy Pankow, Drew Starkey, Charles Esten, Austin North and Carlacia Grant.
The first four seasons of Outer Banks are currently streaming on Netflix, with the fifth and final season releasing in 2026.
The revived series of the original Gossip Girl centers on a new generation of New York private school teens who use social media to spread gossip, leading to drama and turmoil among friends, relationships and family. The remake stars Jordan Alexander, Whitney Peak, Tavi Gevinson, Eli Brown, Thomas Doherty, Emily Alyn Lind, Evan Mock, Johnathan Fernandez and Adam Chanler-Berat.
Gossip Girl‘s two seasons are streaming on Max. The original series, which aired from 2007 to 2012, is also on the streamer.
Where to stream Gossip Girl onlineMax; Max channel on Hulu, Prime Video, DirecTV
The Netflix series is about a teen boy with a sex therapist mom who teams up with a high school classmate to set up an underground sex therapy clinic at school. The show stars Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa, Emma Mackey, Connor Swindells, Kedar Williams-Stirling, Aimee Lou Wood, Alistair Petrie and Mimi Keene.
The four seasons of Sex Education are streaming on Netflix.
The Netflix movie, a gender-swapped remake of the 1999 film She’s All That, follows a teen girl who takes on a bet to give an unpopular classmate the ultimate high school makeover, but a romantic connection ends up forming between them. The film stars Addison Rae, Tanner Buchanan, Madison Pettis, Rachael Leigh Cook, Matthew Lillard and Peyton Meyer.
He’s All That and She’s All That are both streaming on Netflix.
The fifth installment in the After franchise, based on Anna Todd’s book series, follows a college student, Tessa Young, who falls for a guy, Hardin Scott, with a dark secret, leading to a rocky relationship. As for After Everything, the final movie in the film series, it sees Hardin travel to Portugal after breaking up with his true love to try and find himself as well as to attempt to make amends for his past behavior. The movie stars Hero Fiennes Tiffin, Josephine Langford, Mimi Keene and Stephen Moyer.
The franchise’s five films, After, After We Collided, After We Fell, After Every Happy and After Everything, are streaming on Netflix.
The series, inspired by the 2018 film Love, Simon, follows Victor, a new student a Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, challenges, new city adjustments and struggles with his sexual orientation. The cast includes Michael Cimino, Rachel Hilson, Anthony Turpel, Bebe Wood, Mason Gooding, George Sear, Isabella Ferreira and Mateo Fernandez.
Love, Victor‘s three seasons can be streamed on Disney+ and Hulu.
The Netflix series sees Wednesday Addams during her years as a student at Nevermore Academy. While there, she attempts to master her emerging psychic ability, thwart a killing spree and solve the mystery that embroiled her parents 25 years ago, all while navigating news friendships and relationships. The show stars Jenna Ortega, Emma Myers, Hunter Doohan, Joy Sunday, Percy Hynes White, Christina Ricci and Victor Dorobantu.
Season one of Wednesday is currently streaming on Netflix, with season two premiering in August 2025.
The Netflix show is about Ginny Miller, an angsty teen, who is trying to navigate high school, friendships and relationships, all while trying to deal with her irresistible and dynamic mother Georgia Miller, whom she often feels more mature than. But as they work to get settled into a new town, Georgia’s past threatens their family’s new life. The cast includes Brianne Howey, Antonia Gentry, Felix Mallard, Sara Waisglass, Katie Douglas, Chelsea Clark, Diesel La Torraca, Scott Porter and Raymond Ablack.
The first three seasons of Ginny & Georgia are streaming on Netflix, and the series has been renewed for a fourth season.
The show, a spinoff of The Fosters, follows Callie and Mariana Foster as they move to Los Angeles and begin their lives as young adults, navigating new jobs, friendships and relationships. The series stars Cierra Ramirez, Maia Mitchell, Zuri Adele, Sherry Cola, Emma Hunton, Tommy Martinez and Josh Pence.
Good Trouble‘s five seasons are currently streaming on Hulu.
A spinoff of ABC’s Black-ish, the series follows Zoey Johnson as she heads off to college and must live outside the nest for the first time. Along the way, she finds herself navigating drugs, sex and relationships. The show stars Trevor Jackson, Yara Shahidi, Diggy Simmons, Francia Raisa, Emily Arlook, Jordan Buhat, Chloe Bailey, Luka Sabbat and Halle Bailey.
The first six seasons of Grown-ish are streaming on Hulu.
The CW show, inspired by the life of pro football player Spencer Paysinger, follows a rising high school football player from South L.A. who is recruited to play for Beverly Hills High School. But the wins, losses and struggles of two families from vastly different worlds begin to collide. The cast includes Daniel Ezra, Samantha Logan, Michael Evans Behling, Greta Onieogou, Bre-Z, Cody Christian, Taye Diggs and Karimah Westbrook.
All American‘s first seven seasons are currently streaming on Netflix, and the series has been renewed for an eighth and final season.
In the Netflix show, Charlie and Nick, two British teen schoolboys, discover that their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school drama and new, young relationships. The series stars Joe Locke, Kit Connor, William Gao, Yasmin Finney, Tobie Donovan, Cormac Hyde-Corrin and Rhea Norwood.
The first three seasons of Heartstopper are currently streaming on Netflix, and will conclude with a feature film, based on Alice Oseman’s Heartstopper Volume 6.
In the movie, based on the novel by Judy Blume, 11-year-old Margaret must maneuver her way through the beginning of adolescence in a new school after her family moves from the city to the suburbs. The film stars Abby Ryder Fortson, Rachel McAdams, Kathy Bates, Benny Safdie and Elle Graham.
Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret can be streamed on Apple TV+.
The Netflix show, based on the novel of the same name by Ali Novak, follows Jackie Howard, a 15-year-old Manhattanite who has to adapt to a new life in rural Colorado with her guardian and eight rowdy boys after losing her family in a tragic accident. The cast includes Nikki Rodriguez, Sarah Rafferty, Marc Blucas, Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Connor Stanhope, Johnny Link, Corey Fogelmanis, Dean Petriw, Lennix James, Alix West Lefler, Isaac Arellanes and Myles Perez.
Season one of My Life with the Walter Boys is currently streaming on Netflix, with season two debuting in August 2025. The show has also been renewed for a third season.
It Ends with Us, adapted from Colleen Hoover’s book of the same name, will follow a young woman, Lily, who gets into a relationship with Ryle, who she believes is her true love. But when a painful incident triggers past trauma, she must decide if love is enough to keep the marriage alive. Along the way, her first love, Atlas, also returns to her life to make things more complicated. The film’s cast includes Blake Lively, Justin Baldoni (who is also directing), Brandon Sklenar, Jenny Slate, Hasan Minhaj, Alex Neustaedter and Isabela Ferrer.
It Ends with Us can be streamed on Netflix.
Motorheads, created by John A. Norris, follows a group of high schoolers in a dying Rust Belt town who bond over their love of cars and street racing while navigating family mysteries and teen drama. The show stars Ryan Phillippe, Michael Cimino, Melissa Collazo, Uriah Shelton, Nicolas Cantu, Josh Macqueen, Drake Rodger, Mia Healey, Nathalie Kelley, Audrey Gerthoffer, Johnna Dias-Watson and Deacon Phillippe.
Season one of Motorheads is currently streaming on Prime Video.
The German show, based on a German book trilogy by Mona Kasten, was created by Martin Schreier and Tarek Roehlinger. The first season is adapted from the first novel in the series, Save Me. It follows Ruby, a scholarship student, who unwittingly witnesses a secret at the elite Maxton Hall private school. Wealthy and arrogant heir James is determined to silence her; however, their clash ignites an unexpected romantic spark between them. The series stars Harriet Herbig-Matten, Damian Hardung, Sonja Weißer, Fedja van Huêt, Andrea Guo, Justus Riesner, Ben Felipe and Runa Greiner.
Maxton Hall: The World Between Us season one is currently streaming on Prime Video and has been renewed for a second and third season.
Following the success of the Spanish-language film, My Fault (Culpa Mía), Prime Video developed another movie series based on the book trilogy by Mercedes Ron. The English-language film, My Fault: London, is slightly different as it follows Noah, an 18-year-old girl who moves from America to London with her mother and wealthy stepfather. When she meets her stepbrother, Nick, an attraction sparks despite their efforts. The movie, directed by Charlotte Fassler and Dani Girdwood, stars Asha Banks and Matthew Broome.
My Fault: London is currently streaming on Prime Video, and two sequels have also been announced, Your Fault: London and Our Fault: London, to complete the trilogy.
The Prime Video series, a remake of the beloved 1999 film Cruel Intentions, follows step-siblings Caroline (Sarah Catherine Hook) and Lucien (Zac Burgess), who, after a hazing incident at their elite college, set out to preserve their power and reputation by seducing the daughter of the vice president of the United States. The show from creators Phoebe Fisher and Sara Goodman also stars Savannah Lee Smith.
Cruel Intentions season one is streaming on Prime Video.
We Were Liars, based on author E. Lockhart’s novel of the same name, tells the story of Cady Sinclair (Emily Alyn Lind), a 17-year-old from a wealthy family who spends her summers on a private island with her cousins Johnny (Joseph Zada) and Mirren (Esther McGregor) and friend Gat (Shubham Maheshwari). After suffering a terrible accident, she struggles to remember events that happened in her past and returns the following summer to try and piece together the shocking truth about that previous summer and her family. The series, created by Carina Adly MacKenzie and Julie Plec, also stars Caitlin FitzGerald, Mamie Gummer, Candice King, Rahul Kohli and David Morse.
We Were Liars is streaming on Prime Video.
