Hunter Schafer and Zendaya, Euphoria
Euphoria always keeps us entertained. What other show is serving glitter makeup, lesbian Brokeback Mountain reenactments, and elaborately staged school plays? HBO's gritty high school series is one of a kind, but if you're looking for other shows about the ups and downs of being a teenager, we're here to help.
The shows on our list all capture the most important moments of those cursed adolescent years, and will either leave you horrified about what kids today are getting up to or remind you, for better or worse, of your own youth.
Looking for more recommendations of what to watch next? We have a ton of them! And if you're looking for more hand-picked recommendations based on shows you love, we have those too, as well as recommendations for Netflix (movies/shows), Amazon Prime Video (movies/shows), Hulu (movies/shows), Disney+ (movies/shows), HBO Max (movies/shows), Apple TV+, and Peacock.
Blake Lively and Leighton Meester, Gossip Girl
The things that seemed scandalous on Gossip Girl back in 2007, like all the incredibly PG sex scenes that prompted ads claiming the series was “every parent's nightmare,” are nothing compared to what currently happens on a show like Euphoria, but it's important to acknowledge the elders that paved the way. Gossip Girl revolves around a group of very privileged, very fashionable students who go to an elite Upper East Side high school and have their every dramatic move watched and reported on by an omniscient blogger. This is quite simply an instrumental entry in the “teens behaving badly” genre, and much like Euphoria, it made stars out of its young cast, which includes Blake Lively, Penn Badgley, and Leighton Meester. Its influence is so great that it inspired a 2021 revival, which is, uh, not as good, but still fun!
Grand Army
Naiya Ortiz, Brittany Adebumola, Odley Jean, and Crystal Sha're Nelson, Grand Army