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Nostalgic

Nostalgic TV Series

Trades on longing for a past era, in the story or around it.

Ranked by how defining this tag is for each show · 263 series

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

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

Stranger Things

★ 8.6
1.7M 42 2016–2025
Nostalgic · Monster horror
10/10

That '70s Show

★ 8.1
199K 200 1998–2006
Nostalgic · Sitcom · Period piece
10/10

Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life

★ 7.4
50K 4 2016–2016
Nostalgic · Dialogue-driven
10/10

The Goldbergs

★ 8.0
44K 229 2013–2023
Nostalgic · Sitcom · Feel-good
10/10

The Wonder Years

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

Happy Days

★ 7.4
23K 255 1974–1984
Nostalgic · Wholesome · Sitcom
10/10

Reply 1988

★ 9.0
19K 20 2015–2016
K-drama · Nostalgic · Family saga
10/10

The Nostalgia Critic

★ 7.5
10K 972 2007–present
Nostalgic · Episodic · Parody
10/10

Brideshead Revisited

★ 8.5
9K 11 1981–1981
Nostalgic · Period piece
10/10

Cobra Kai

★ 8.4
244K 65 2018–2025
Nostalgic · Redemption
9/10

Freaks and Geeks

★ 8.7
165K 18 1999–2000
Coming of age · Naturalistic
9/10

Derry Girls

★ 8.5
78K 19 2018–2022
Coming of age · Nostalgic
9/10

X-Men '97

★ 8.7
54K 20 2024–present
Nostalgic · Ensemble cast
9/10

Everybody Hates Chris

★ 7.6
46K 88 2005–2009
Nostalgic · Child's perspective
9/10

Fuller House

★ 6.7
31K 75 2016–2020
Nostalgic · Wholesome · Sitcom
9/10

That '90s Show

★ 6.3
31K 26 2023–2024
Nostalgic · Sitcom · Easy watching
9/10

Yeh Meri Family

★ 8.9
28K 22 2018–present
Nostalgic · Child's perspective
9/10

Everything Sucks!

★ 7.4
26K 10 2018–2018
Coming of age · Nostalgic
9/10

Transformers

★ 8.0
25K 98 1984–1987
Nostalgic · Kids & family
9/10

Twenty Five Twenty One

★ 8.6
23K 16 2022–2022
K-drama · Nostalgic · Bittersweet
9/10

Anohana: The Flower We Saw That Day

★ 8.1
19K 11 2011–2011
Tearjerker · Melancholic
9/10

The Angry Video Game Nerd

★ 8.5
16K 269 2004–present
Nostalgic · Episodic · Lo-fi charm
9/10

Red Oaks

★ 7.9
14K 26 2014–2017
Nostalgic · Coming of age
9/10

The Beatles Anthology

★ 9.1
11K 9 1995–1996
Music scene · Docuseries
9/10