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2025 · Series · TV-MA · your starting pointIf Adults is the itch, these scratch it — some louder, some quieter. Free ones first.
Shows like Adults, ranked
1. Friends (1994)
Central Park's young professionals grapple with the same messy collision of ambition and friendship that anchors this ensemble classic, where witty banter masks genuine stakes about identity and belonging.
2. Not Suitable for Work (2026)
The ensemble navigates messy romantic entanglements and career pressures with the same sharp, character-driven humor that makes watching twentysomethings fumble through adulthood feel genuinely funny rather than cringe.
3. Grown Ups (2010)
Reuniting with old friends forces these characters to confront how their choices have shaped them, mixing heartfelt moments about growing up with the comedy of realizing adulthood isn't what you expected.
4. Sex and the City (1998)
Carrie, Miranda, Charlotte, and Samantha's neurotic chemistry and razor-sharp dialogue about navigating New York friendships capture the same blend of humor and vulnerability that defines modern twenty-something life.
5. Newness (2017)
Drake Doremus directs both with the same unflinching eye for how young adults navigate messy emotional terrain, capturing awkward conversations and relationship uncertainty through naturalistic dialogue and intimate storytelling.
6. After Everything (2018)
When life throws curveballs at your carefully laid plans, the messy vulnerability and dark humor of navigating adulthood with people you care about becomes the only way through.
7. Failure to Launch (2006)
Matthew McConaughey and Sarah Jessica Parker's chemistry sparkles as they navigate the messy reality of learning to be independent, trading the show's ensemble New York apartment for a parent-funded beach house where adulthood still feels negotiable.
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