Gossip Girl

Series Similar to Gossip Girl

If you enjoyed Gossip Girl, these series share similar themes, tone, and quality. Each recommendation is scored on genre overlap, tonal match, and critical acclaim.

1. The O.C.

   2003 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   A slick hit about a troubled L.A. teen taken in by an idealistic lawyer and his family in affluent Orange County. The series filled the youth-soap hole left by the departed '90210,' but quickly proved itself far more gritty---and witty. In addition, early plots set up an appealing balance between the kids and grown-ups, who were portrayed as real people with real problems, instead of sounding boards for the unblemished Romeos and Juliets.

2. Looking for Alaska

   2019 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

   Looking for Alaska thrusts us into the perspective of Miles "Pudge" Halter who is done with his safe life at home. His whole life has been one big non-event, and his obsession with famous last words has only made him crave "the Great Perhaps" even more (Francois Rabelais, poet). He heads off to the sometimes crazy and anything-but-boring world of Culver Creek Boarding School, and his life becomes the opposite of safe. Because down the hall is Alaska Young. The gorgeous, clever, funny, sexy, self-destructive, screwed up, and utterly fascinating Alaska Young. She is an event unto herself. She pulls Pudge into her world, launches him into the Great Perhaps, and steals his heart. Then. . . After. Nothing is ever the same.

3. Pretty Little Liars

   2010 · Romance, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Rosewood is a perfect little town. So quiet and pristine, you'd never guess it holds so many secrets. Some of the ugliest ones belong to the prettiest girls in town: Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily, four friends whose darkest secrets have been unraveling since Alison, the Queen Bee of their group disappeared. As the mystery surrounding Ali's disappearance resurfaces, the girls begin getting messages from a mysterious "A," who they quickly realize is out to get them. Now, after years of tormenting and numerous shocking revelations, the Liars are united and ready to kick some "A" and uncover the truth! No longer just wanting to sit by and wait for "A's" latest cruel attack, Aria, Emily, Hanna and Spencer take matters into their own hands and try to finally put a stop to their tormentor. As relationships are put to the test, new and old secrets are revealed and the stakes are raised higher than ever before as the Liars come closer to the truth. Will all of their sacrifices be worth it in the end?

4. One Tree Hill

   2003 · Drama · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile, also on The CW.

   One Tree Hill explores the delicate balance that contemporary young people face as they endeavor to build and define what their lives will be, while overcoming difficulties and embracing the good things that they sometimes take for granted. The series celebrates the most important things -- among them the quest for love, laughter, health, friends, career and family -- timeless pursuits that have always mattered, and matter still.

5. Young Royals

   2021 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile, hidden gem.

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

6. Dawson's Creek

   1998 · Drama, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Dawson Leery, Joey Potter, and Pacey Witter are life long friends, whose lives start to rapidly change when a new girl, Jen Lindley, moves in next door to Dawson and the foursome start high school. Chronicling the passage from adolescence to young adulthood, they are joined by two other newcomers to Capeside: brother and sister Jack and Andie McPhee and, when they go to college, by Audrey Liddell. Set in the fictional town of Capeside, MA., Dawson's Creek is the coming of age story of a close knit group of friends on the verge of adulthood.

7. The Fosters

   2013 · Drama, Family, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   The Fosters is a critically-acclaimed series that centers on biracial lesbian couple Stef and Lena Foster, who are raising a multi-ethnic family mix of foster and biological kids. The second season will continue to explore the growing Fosters clan, with all the triumphs and travails, twists and turns, that fans of the series have come to expect. Callie and Jude will try to adjust to their new roles in the family, and everyone will deal with the fallout from their previous actions. Past mistakes will come home to roost, consequences will be handed out, and victories will be hard fought, and ultimately well-won. Their deep bonds will grow, enabling America's most modern family to face the future head on, with love in their hearts.

8. My Mad Fat Diary

   2013 · Drama, Comedy, Romance · ended

   Recommended for similar Romance profile.

   Drama looking at life from the perspective of funny, music-mad Rae.

9. 13 Reasons Why

   2017 · Drama, Thriller, Mystery · ended

   Recommended for similar Drama profile.

   13 Reasons Why is based on the New York Times bestselling YA book by Jay Asher, was created by Pulitzer Prize and Tony Award winner Brian Yorkey, who also wrote the pilot. 13 Reasons Why is the story of Hannah Baker, a high schooler who commits suicide. Clay receives a box of tapes from Hannah, his late classmate and crush after she kills herself. On the tapes, which get passed along to other students based on Hannah's instructions, Hannah reveals the 13 reasons why she took her own life.

10. Mistresses

    2013 · Drama, Romance · ended

    Recommended for similar Romance profile.

    Based on the hit UK television series of the same name, Mistresses is a provocative and thrilling drama about the scandalous lives of a sexy and sassy group of four girlfriends, each on her own path to self-discovery. These four friends find support and guidance with each other as they brave their turbulent journeys and life's storms of excitement, secrecy and betrayal, all the while bound by the complex relationships they've created.