12 Best Teen Drama Series

By Vlad Zakh · April 11, 2026

My So-Called Life and The O.C. set the earnest, hyper-articulate template; Gossip Girl made it glossier. Euphoria took the genre somewhere darker and more visually ambitious.

Pretty Little Liars (2010) 01

Pretty Little Liars (2010)

IMDb ★ 8.0

Four friends stalked by an anonymous figure who seems to know their darkest secrets.

Heartstopper (2022) 02

Heartstopper (2022)

IMDb ★ 8.6

A gentle, earnest romance between two British schoolboys discovering their feelings for each other.

Sex Education (2019) 03

Sex Education (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A teenager with an unusual gift for sex advice starts an underground clinic at his school.

One Tree Hill (2003) 04

One Tree Hill (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.8

Two half-brothers competing on and off the basketball court in a small North Carolina town.

Never Have I Ever (2020) 05

Never Have I Ever (2020)

IMDb ★ 8.0

An Indian-American teenager processing grief while chasing popularity and her first real romance.

Freaks and Geeks (1999) 06

Freaks and Geeks (1999)

IMDb ★ 8.2

A single-season cult classic about outsiders navigating high school in the early 1980s.

Skins (2007) 07

Skins (2007)

IMDb ★ 8.1

A raw, unflinching British drama following a rotating cast of teenagers across each generation.

Riverdale (2017) 08

Riverdale (2017)

IMDb ★ 8.4

A dark, soapy reimagining of the Archie comics as a murder-mystery small town drama.

The O.C. (2003) 09

The O.C. (2003)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A troubled teen adopted into a wealthy Orange County family, upending the neighborhood's social order.

My So-Called Life (1994) 10

My So-Called Life (1994)

IMDb ★ 7.7

A quietly influential drama about a teenage girl navigating identity, friendship, and first love.

Gossip Girl (2007) 11

Gossip Girl (2007)

IMDb ★ 8.1

Manhattan's wealthiest teenagers, narrated by an anonymous blogger who knows everyone's secrets.

Euphoria (2019) 12

Euphoria (2019)

IMDb ★ 8.3

A raw, visually explosive look at teenagers navigating addiction, love, and identity.

Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

Founder, Movieix

I've been watching and cataloguing films for over 15 years. I built Movieix around the lists I wished existed: real picks from real viewings, organized by who's in them, where they're from, and what mood you're actually in tonight.