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Coming of age

Coming of age TV Series

Growing up as the central arc.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 414 series

10/10 means the show is a defining example. Shows scoring below 7/10 don't make the list.

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414 series Taste tags cover the 5,000 most-rated shows.

Sex Education

★ 8.2
400K 32 2019–2023
Coming of age · School & campus
10/10

Freaks and Geeks

★ 8.7
165K 18 1999–2000
Coming of age · Naturalistic
10/10

Skins

★ 8.2
101K 61 2007–2013
Coming of age · Young adult
10/10

Never Have I Ever

★ 7.8
96K 40 2020–2023
Coming of age · Young adult
10/10

Kota Factory

★ 9.0
93K 15 2019–2021
Coming of age · School & campus
10/10

Derry Girls

★ 8.5
78K 19 2018–2022
Coming of age · Nostalgic
10/10

Boy Meets World

★ 8.1
50K 158 1993–2000
Coming of age · Wholesome · Sitcom
10/10

The Wonder Years

★ 8.3
44K 115 1988–1993
Nostalgic · Coming of age
10/10

Skam

★ 8.5
43K 43 2015–2017
Coming of age · Young adult
10/10

Everything Sucks!

★ 7.4
26K 10 2018–2018
Coming of age · Nostalgic
10/10

Love, Victor

★ 7.9
25K 28 2020–2022
Queer stories · Coming of age
10/10

My So-Called Life

★ 8.4
23K 19 1994–1995
Coming of age · Romantic yearning
10/10

My Brilliant Friend

★ 8.6
23K 34 2018–2024
Friendship · Coming of age
10/10

My Mad Fat Diary

★ 8.4
20K 16 2013–2015
Mental health · Coming of age
10/10

Looking for Alaska

★ 8.0
17K 8 2019–2019
Coming of age · School & campus
10/10

PEN15

★ 8.1
16K 25 2019–2021
Coming of age · Cringe comedy
10/10

Degrassi: The Next Generation

★ 7.6
16K 385 2001–2015
School & campus · Coming of age
10/10

Cocoon

★ 8.3
8K 3 2021–2021
Coming of age · Queer stories
10/10

Forever

★ 7.6
5K 9 2025–present
Coming of age · Love story
10/10

Skam France

★ 8.1
4K 123 2018–2023
Young adult · Coming of age
10/10

Degrassi High

★ 8.2
3K 70 1987–1991
School & campus · Coming of age
10/10

Avatar: The Last Airbender

★ 9.3
446K 62 2005–2008
Redemption · Deep worldbuilding
9/10

Naruto

★ 8.4
169K 220 2002–2007
Anime · Coming of age
9/10

Glee

★ 6.8
162K 121 2009–2015
School & campus · Music scene
9/10