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Sexual identity Body positivity Comedy drama Peer pressure Identity formation Teen drama Social commentary Warm Your best matches Ranked against what Sex Education is actually about, not its genre labels.
64% Reverina match Top pick 1995 · Series · Drama
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Why it matches Built around the same self-discovery Centres on the same outsider figure Told the same way, epistolary More matches Each with the traits it shares with your pick.
Derry Girls 2018 · 3 seasons
Watched for the same thing: teenage angst and social awkwardness Built around the same identity formation Algorithm anchor-3 · considered 133 candidates
Shares its tense and wry register
What's different Does not promise coming of age story or teenage angst Not really teen drama or comedy drama Darkness Fairly light
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The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Sex Education.
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2017 · Series · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Watched for the same thing: coming of age story Built around the same self-discovery Centres on the same outsider figure Told the same way, epistolary What's different Not really teen drama or comedy drama Not about peer pressure or sexual identity Noticeably slower Darkness Fairly light
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Where it streams Netflix HBO Max Amazon Channel YouTube TV Why this ranked above the others
The closest tonal match of the set when ranked against Sex Education.
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2020 · Series · Drama · Comedy
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Why it matches Watched for the same thing: coming of age story Also teen drama at heart Built around the same self-discovery Centres on the same rebel figure What's different Not about peer pressure or sexual identity Not really comedy drama or social commentary Noticeably slower Where it streams Netflix Netflix Standard with Ads Why this ranked above the others
Shares more of its specific themes than the others here when ranked against Sex Education.
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Built around the same identity formation and self-discovery Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary That '70s Show 1998
Watched for the same thing: teenage angst and coming of age story Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary Euphoria 2019
Also teen drama and social commentary at heart Centres on the same rebel figure Boy Meets World 1993
Watched for the same thing: coming of age story Built around the same self-discovery Love, Victor 2020
Built around the same identity formation and self-discovery Also teen drama at heart Skins 2007
Watched for the same thing: teenage angst Also teen drama at heart Friends 1994
Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary Built around the same self-discovery Freaks and Geeks 1999
Watched for the same thing: teenage angst Built around the same identity formation and self-discovery ted 2024 · 2 seasons
Built around the same self-discovery Centres on the same rebel figure The Fosters 2013
Also teen drama at heart Told the same way, ensemble and epistolary The O.C. 2003
Built around the same identity formation Also teen drama at heart 
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