The Spanish TV series industry, which attracted the attention of the audience with La Casa de Papel, presented the youth series Elite to the audience in 2018. Elite is an in-depth drama, filled with elements of love, jealousy, education and suspense, and dealing with the emotional distress of young people. The series takes place in Las Encinas, a fictional elite school. Although it is a youth drama, the series about the relationships between 3 working class students and their wealthy classmates who enrolled in school with the scholarship they won, always deals with more progressive problems.
If you liked Elite’s plot, characters, and atmosphere, it probably means you enjoy teen dramas full of intrigue. We have listed youth dramas for you that are similar to Elite in terms of subject, characters and the way they make the audience feel, although they are not exactly the same as Elite. Have a good time already.
Series recommendations for elite lovers
- Riverdale
- The Society
- Gossip Girl
- Pretty Little Liars
- Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
- Skins
- Sex Education
- Euphoria
Riverdale about Archie and his friends
- Released: 2017
- IMDb score: 6.8
- Season: 6 seasons released, 7th season is expected.
- Director: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Stars: K. J. Apa, Lili Reinhart, Camila Mendes
Riverdale is an American teen action series based on Archie Comics characters. Warner Bros. and CBS Television Studios, Berlanti Productions and Archie Comics produce the series, adapted for The CW by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa, Archie Comics chief creative officer. Originally conceived as a feature film adaptation for Warner Bros., the idea was released as a TV series for Fox.
Riverdale chronicles Archie Andrews’ life in the small town of Riverdale and explores the darkness behind his seemingly perfect image. The series beautifully chronicles the various events that take place in the town of Riverdale in different time periods and the friendship, love, tragedy and crimes between Archie’s friends. Riverdale is similar to Elite in the characters and the relationships between the characters.
The Society, where young people had to form a new community
- Released: 2019
- IMDb score: 7.1
- Season: Canceled after the first season.
- Director: Christopher Keyser
- Stars: Kathryn Newton, Gideon Adlon, Sean Berdy
The Society is a series about a group of American teenagers created by Christopher Keyser and released on Netflix on May 10, 2019. Catherine Newton, Gideon Adlon, Sean Birdie take the lead roles in the series. Although a second season was planned, the series was unfortunately canceled after one season as a result of the COVID-19 outbreak.
The Society follows the story of a group of teenagers who must manage their community after the rest of the townspeople mysteriously disappear. In The Society, the mystery begins when local high school students return early from a canceled school field trip and discover that everyone is gone.
A dense forest appears surrounding the city in the series. In this environment where there is no such thing as the outside world, it is not possible to communicate over the phone or the internet. In the series, young people try to build a new community by making their own rules in order to survive with limited resources.
Gossip Girl from the diary of the gossip girl
- Released 2007
- IMDb score: 7.4
- Season: It ended after 6 seasons.
- Directors: Stephanie Savage, Josh Schwartz
- Cast: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley
Gossip Girl, which is also an old series like Skins, can be called the youth drama with the most intrigue. Gossip Girl is a series about an elite group of privileged teenagers from a posh high school on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, revolving around the blog of the all-knowing but top-secret Gossip Girl.
Pretty Little Liars about a group of friends receiving threats
- Released 2010
- IMDb score: 7.4
- Season: It ended after 7 seasons.
- Director: I. Marlene King
- Cast: Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale
Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series is about the lives of four girls, Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily, whose group disintegrates after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. In the series, they start receiving messages from someone named A, who they think only Alison knows, and who threatens to reveal their secrets, including long-hidden ones.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, which tells a familiar story
- Released: 2018
- IMDb score: 7.5
- Season: Ended after 4 seasons.
- Director: Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
- Stars: Kiernan Shipka, Ross Lynch, Lucy Davis
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina is an American horror supernatural television series developed by Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa for Netflix and based on the Archie comic book series of the same name. The series is produced by Warner Bros. Television, Berlanti Productions and Archie Comics are taking over.
Chilling Adventures of Sabrina takes place in the fictional town of Greendale. Sabrina Spellman must reconcile her dual nature, half-witch and half-dead, as she battles the evil forces that threaten her, her family, and the daytime world in which humans live.
An English drama: Skins
- Released 2007
- IMDb score: 8.2
- Season: It ended after 7 seasons.
- Directors: Jamie Brittain, Bryan Elsley
- Cast: Kaya Scodelario, Nicholas Hoult, Joe Dempsie
Despite being a bit of an old series, Skins is still a good show to watch if you’re an Elite fan. Skins is a British youth comedy-drama series about the lives of a group of young people in Bristol, Southwest England. Although this series, which deals with topics such as eating disorder, post-traumatic stress disorder, bipolar disorder, sexuality, substance abuse, death and bullying, seems like an entertaining series, it actually deals with the heavy emotional events experienced by young people.
Each episode usually focuses on a particular character and the struggles they face in their lives. The show was created by father and son TV writers Brian Elsley and Jimmy Britten and premiered at E4 on January 25, 2007. Skins was a huge hit as well as being critically acclaimed.
Sex Education, one of the successful productions of Netflix
- Released: 2019
- IMDb score: 8.3
- Season: 3 seasons released, 4th season is expected.
- Director: Laurie Nunn
- Stars: Asa Butterfield, Gillian Anderson, Ncuti Gatwa
Sex Education is a British drama-comedy series created by Laurie Nunn. The series premiered on Netflix on January 11, 2019. In Sex Education, Asa Butterfield plays an insecure teenager. Her mother is a sex therapist and, of course, she has a lot of knowledge on these issues, and she guides the students at school. The series, which reached more than 40 million viewers after its debut, is a critical and commercial success for Netflix.
Sex Education, which describes the bullying in American high schools, family pressure, the stress of educational life and the problems brought by adolescence in a very realistic way, is similar to Elite in general atmosphere.
Euphoria starring Zendaya
- Released: 2019
- IMDb score: 8.4
- Season: 2 seasons released, 3rd season is expected.
- Director: Sam Levinson
- Cast: Zendaya, Hunter Schafer, Jacob Elordi
Euphoria is an American teen drama television series written by Sam Levinson and based on the Israeli mini-series of the same name. Euphoria is about the friendships, loves, identities and traumas of a group of high school students. The series, starring Zendaya, premiered on HBO on June 16, 2019.
Euphoria received positive reviews from critics for its cinematography, story, scores and performances, and mature approach to the subjects it covers, but has been the subject of controversy over its use of nudity.
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