- Check out these must-watch Young Adult shows and movies on Netflix
- Live While We’re Young
It’s great to be young! From making friends (or frenemies) to finding the perfect prom dress, and waiting for your crush to walk down the hall, there’s nothing quite like your formative years.
Netflix is home to plenty of new and diverse young adult (YA) content that show different sides to coming-of-age stories. Some tackle serious, realistic issues like bullying, self-discovery, and struggling to fit in. Others will make you reminisce about high school, first love and all the craziness.
So whether you’re into romance, fantasy, murder-mystery, or even seriously over-the-top satire, there’s a Netflix YA title waiting to be streamed right now.
To All The Boys I’ve Loved Before — now streaming
When her secret love letters somehow get mailed to each of her five crushes, Lara Jean finds her quiet high school existence turned upside down.
Insatiable — now streaming
A bullied teenager turns to beauty pageants as a way to exact her revenge, with the help of a disgraced coach who soon realizes he’s in over his head.
The Innocents — streams on August 24
Runaway teen lovers June and Harry find themselves swept up in a dangerous and confusing world when June begins to display mysterious, shape-shifting abilities.
The Package — now streaming
When five teens go on a spring break camping trip, an unfortunate accident sets off a race against time to save their friend’s most prized possession.
The Kissing Booth — now streaming
When Elle’s first kiss leads to a forbidden romance with the hottest boy in high school, she risks her relationship with her childhood best friend.
Sierra Burgess Is a Loser — streams on September 7
A case of mistaken identity leads to an unexpected romance when an unpopular teen joins forces with the school’s queen bee in order to win the heart of her crush.
Atypical — Season 2 streams on September 7
This coming of age story follows Sam, an 18-year-old on the autistic spectrum as he searches for love and independence. While Sam is on his funny yet emotional journey of self-discovery, the rest of his family must grapple with change in their own lives as they all struggle with the central theme: what does it really mean to be normal?
Riverdale — now streaming
While navigating the troubled waters of sex, romance, school and family, Archie and the Riverdale gang become entangled in a dark mystery that threatens their small town.
