There are series by and for adolescents that simply hook adults too, either because it reminds them of others that they had as favorites when they were younger, because they have mystery and suspense plots that make them think or because they have content more suitable for adults than minors (in most cases).
Here are
a few hugely successful recent ones
that have also garnered a large following among the older population.
Euphoria
The winner of three Emmy last year has everything to consider an adult-only series: violence, drugs, sex, mental health problems ..., even if it stars teenagers in high school.
For clueless parents, a warning about the content appears before starting each chapter, despite being rated for over 18s. The first season, released in 2019, tells the story of Rue (Zendaya), a 17-year-old student from her last year. college course leaving rehabilitation before classes begin.
Upon returning to high school, he meets Jules (Hunter Schafer), a strident new student with whom he will relapse into the world of alcohol and drugs.
The second season is expected to premiere this year.
HBO.
normal people
Wonderful Irish romance drama that follows Connell and Marianne from college to college as they enter and exit their lives.
The 12-episode series, which explores how complicated young love can be, is based on the novel of the same name by Sally Rooney.
Starz Play.
Cobra Kai
The main characters of the legendary
Karate Kid
, Daniel LaRusso (Ralph Macchio) and Johnny Lawrence (William Zabka), return 34 years after the premiere of the famous 1980s film to resume their rivalry and face the demons of the past.
The common thread of the three seasons of the
show
is the Cobra Kai karate school.
And no, the famous Mr. Miyagi does not appear.
Netflix.
Skam Spain
The successful four-season Movistar + series tackles all the topics of a group of teenagers who are in their last year of high school in Madrid.
Problems with identity, romantic and sexual relationships, homosexuality, religion, mental illness, sexual harassment, abuse or cyberbullying are some of them.
Movistar +
Stranger things
Perhaps because it reminded adults a bit of the eighties hit of
The Goonies
, the science fiction suspense series, in which a gang of 12-year-olds have to find a friend who has mysteriously disappeared with the help of Eleven, a A girl with telekinetic powers, she became a television phenomenon two years ago among the not so young.
His fans are waiting impatiently for the fourth season.
Netflix
Elite
Three young people from the working class are awarded scholarships at an exclusive private institute.
Thus begins this Spanish phenomenon for Netflix teenagers that swept the audience a couple of years ago and that tells the differences between them and wealthy students.
Disappearances, robberies, harassment, drug use, corruption and various murders are part of the plot.
The three-season series is scheduled to premiere a fourth this year and it has been announced that there will be a fifth.
For thirteen reasons
This Netflix show dared to treat the subject of a teenage girl's suicide in a high school from a different perspective.
Cassette tapes, recorded by Hannah before her death, detail the 13 reasons why she decided to end her life and point directly to the 13 people who influenced her decision.
Four seasons on Netflix.
The Vampire Diaries
Eight seasons endorse this adolescent success that counts among its fans the followers of the
Twilight
saga
.
It tells the story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl in a small town, where supernatural beings secretly live among its residents.
HBO.
Gossip girl
The six-season teen drama had more than one off
balance
for its famous
cliffhangers
at the end of each episode.
The story is told by the
voiceover
of a blogger, known as Gossip Girl, who tells the gossip, love, family and financial conflicts of a group of teenage billionaires on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
Netflix.
Ginny and Georgia
It is the latest Netflix bet that has just been released.
Ginny, her brother and their mysterious young mother move to a new and exclusive place to start from scratch.
There he has to adapt to his new life and his new high school classmates, in addition to trying to resolve doubts about his own identity.
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