🏷 Discover The Best Highschool Movies & TV Shows To Watch Today

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Uncover the ultimate collection of movies and TV shows that capture the essence of high school life—from heartwarming coming-of-age stories to intense teen dramas. Whether you're a nostalgic alum or a current student seeking relatable content, this curated list has something for everyone. Dive into iconic classics, binge-worthy modern hits, and hidden gems that explore friendship, love, and the challenges of adolescence. Start your binge-worthy journey today!

When Oranges Fall
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Passawish Thamasungkeeti Passawish Thamasungkeeti
Poomsuwan suwansatit Poomsuwan suwansatit
Kanthee Limpitikranon Kanthee Limpitikranon
Tanan Lohawatanakul Tanan Lohawatanakul
9.0 6 votes
Genre: Drama
Country: Thailand
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 12
Story:  In the 90s, two polar-opposite classmates with the same nickname find their mutual dislike turning to love after a stray orange brings them together.
Plot:  coming of age, opposites attract, gay romance, queer, rivals to lovers, boys' love (bl), childhood rivals, based on web novel, ...
Time:  1990s
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The Ramparts of Ice
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Anna Nagase Anna Nagase
Fuka Izumi Fuka Izumi
Shoya Chiba Shoya Chiba
Satoshi Inomata Satoshi Inomata
8.7 38 votes
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 15
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  Weighed down by memories she can't shake, high schooler Koyuki Hikawa keeps everyone at arm's length — until three schoolmates draw her out of her shell.
Plot:  high school, romance, slice of life, school, female protagonist, based on manga, shoujo, anime, ...
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Home School
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Kay Lertsittichai Kay Lertsittichai
Hirunkit Changkham Hirunkit Changkham
Chayapol Jutamas Chayapol Jutamas
Chayakorn Jutamas Chayakorn Jutamas
8.7 31 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: Thailand
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 18
Story:  When children are unwanted by their parents, they are sent to the best boarding school in the country: Home School. However, Home School seems more like a prison than a school with its strict rules and regulations. Its curriculum is unique.
Plot:  high school, boarding school, slight romance, suspense, youth
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Friendly Rivalry
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Lee Hye-ri Lee Hye-ri
Chung Su-bin Chung Su-bin
Kang Hye-won Kang Hye-won
Oh Woo-ri Oh Woo-ri
8.7 113 votes
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 16
Story:  A high-teen mystery thriller about a close relationship between teenage girls in a harsher survival competition than entrance examinations.
Style:  psychological
Plot:  investigation, high school, lgbt, teen drama, girls' love (gl), based on webcomic or webtoon, thriller, based on manhwa
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HeartCatch PreCure!
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Nana Mizuki Nana Mizuki
Fumie Mizusawa Fumie Mizusawa
Houko Kuwashima Houko Kuwashima
Aya Hisakawa Aya Hisakawa
8.7 10 votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 49
Story:  Tsubomi Hanasaki is a girl in the second grade of middle school who likes flowers and plants. One day she experiences a weird dream. In that dream, a large blooming tree appears. Suddenly, it loses all of its flowers and 2 fairies appear. A few days later after Tsubomi has transferred to Myoudou Academy, suddenly the fairies from the dream appear before her and plead to Tsubomi to become the legendary warrior Pretty Cure, and protect the Heart Tree. However, Tsubomi declines as she doesn't think that she would be able to do that. However, a mysterious enemy suddenly strikes and steals the Heart Flower of her classmate, Erika Kurumi. Now she doesn't have a choice. To retrieve Erika's Heart Flower, she has to transform into a Pretty Cure and fight. Working up the courage, Tsubomi turns into Cure Blossom and a new chapter of Pretty Cure begins!
Plot:  monster, hero, magic, fairy, villain, high school, superhero, school, ...
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Slam Dunk
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Takeshi Kusao Takeshi Kusao
Hikaru Midorikawa Hikaru Midorikawa
Kiyoyuki Yanada Kiyoyuki Yanada
Yoku Shioya Yoku Shioya
8.7 975 votes
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 101
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Sakuragi Hanamichi is a junior high punk used to getting into fights and being rejected by girls but upon entering high school he meets the girl of his dreams, Haruko Akagi. He will do anything in order to win her heart including joining the school basketball team that is aiming to conquer the nation lead by Haruko's brother. The problem is that Sakuragi has never played basketball before and a freshman sensation is stealing the spotlight and Haruko's affection from him.
Plot:  male friendship, sports, high school, basketball, high school sports, slice of life, based on manga, sport competition, ...
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The Fragrant Flower Blooms with Dignity
Cast
Yoshinori Nakayama Yoshinori Nakayama
Honoka Inoue Honoka Inoue
8.7 233 votes
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 13
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  When the intimidating Rintaro meets the open-minded Kaoruko, the unlikely duo grows closer. The issue? Their neighboring high schools hate each other.
Style:  romantic
Plot:  romance, based on manga, shounen, anime, japanese high school, admiring, adoring, joyful
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Kamisama Kiss
Cast
Yui Horie Yui Horie
Suzuko Mimori Suzuko Mimori
Daisuke Namikawa Daisuke Namikawa
Daisuke Kishio Daisuke Kishio
8.6 1.0K votes
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Science Fiction
Country: Japan
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 25
Audience: TV-PG
Story:  Nanami was just a normal high school girl down on her luck until a stranger’s lips marked her as the new Land God and turned her world upside down. Now, she’s figuring out the duties of a deity with the help of Tomoe, a reformed fox demon who reluctantly becomes her familiar in a contract sealed with a kiss. The new responsibilities—and boys—are a lot to handle, like the crow demon masquerading as a gorgeous pop idol and the adorable snake spirit who’s chosen the newly minted god to be his bride. As the headstrong Tomoe tries to whip her into shape, Nanami finds that love just might have cute, pointed fox ears. With romance in the air, will the human deity be able to prove herself worthy of her new title?
Plot:  magic, friendship, supernatural, high school, god, rivalry, romance, coming of age, ...
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The Spectacular Spider-Man
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Josh Keaton Josh Keaton
8.6 910 votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Family
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 26
Audience: TV-Y7
Story:  Having spent the summer engaging common criminals with his new-found powers, not so typical 16-year-old Peter Parker must conceal his secret identity and battle super-villains in the real world as he enters his junior year of high school.
Style:  nostalgic
Plot:  secret identity, high school, cartoon, superhero, based on comic, teen superhero, admiring
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Haikyu!!
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Ayumu Murase Ayumu Murase
Kaito Ishikawa Kaito Ishikawa
8.6 1.5K votes
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Seasons: 4
Episodes: 85
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Inspired by a small-statured pro volleyball player, Hinata creates a volleyball team in his last year of middle school. Unfortunately the team is matched up against the "King of the Court" Tobio Kageyama’s team in their first tournament and inevitably lose. After the crushing defeat, Hinata vows to surpass Kageyama After entering high school, Hinata joins the volleyball team only to find that Tobio has also joined.
Plot:  competition, training, volleyball, sports, high school, high school sports, rivalry, slice of life, ...
Place:  japan
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Merlí
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Francesc Orella Francesc Orella
Carlos Cuevas Carlos Cuevas
David Solans David Solans
Elisabet Casanovas Elisabet Casanovas
8.6 1.2K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 40
Audience: TV-MA
Story:  He’s surly, unorthodox, unapologetically blunt, and he’s about to change your life. Meet the new philosophy teacher, Merlí, who will help his students view the world in a whole new light, both in and out of the classroom.
Plot:  philosophy, bisexuality, friendship, high school, unrequited love, male homosexuality, teacher, coming of age, ...
Place:  barcelona, spain
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JUJUTSU KAISEN: Hidden Inventory / Premature Death - The Movie
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Yuichi Nakamura Yuichi Nakamura Takahiro Sakurai Takahiro Sakurai
Anna Nagase Anna Nagase
Takehito Koyasu Takehito Koyasu
8.6 110 votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 110 min.
Audience: PG-13
Story:  Pursued by a religious cult and other curse users, former friends Satoru Gojo and Suguru Geto are the only sorcerers capable of carrying the difficult task of protecting Riko Amanai, a student who has been designated to be sacrificed as the Star Plasma Vessel, until she can fulfill her duty.
Plot:  supernatural, prequel, compilation, based on manga, school life, edited from tv series, shounen, anime, ...
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Guardian: The Lonely and Great God
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Gong Yoo Gong Yoo
Kim Go-eun Kim Go-eun
Lee Dong-wook Lee Dong-wook
Yoo In-na Yoo In-na
8.6 3.1K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Science Fiction
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 16
Audience: TV-14
Story:  In his quest for a bride to break his immortal curse, a 939-year-old guardian of souls meets a grim reaper and a sprightly student with a tragic past.
Plot:  suicide, poison, child abuse, regret, soulmates, depression, jealousy, general, ...
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Heartstopper
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Joe Locke Joe Locke
Kit Connor Kit Connor
William Gao William Gao
Yasmin Finney Yasmin Finney
8.6 1.7K votes
Genre: Drama
Country: United Kingdom
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 24
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.
Plot:  coming out, friendship, high school, love, growing up, romance, coming of age, based on graphic novel, ...
Place:  england
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Study Group
Cast
Minhyun Minhyun
Lee Jong-hyun Lee Jong-hyun
Gong Do-yu Gong Do-yu
Shin Su-hyun Shin Su-hyun
8.6 137 votes
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 11
Story:  A struggling student at Korea's worst high school forms a study group while protecting his classmates with his fighting skills, hoping to overcome academic challenges and secure a spot in college.
Plot:  high school, school life, based on webcomic or webtoon, exhilarated
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Toilet-Bound Hanako-kun
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Megumi Ogata Megumi Ogata
Akari Kito Akari Kito
Shoya Chiba Shoya Chiba
Yuma Uchida Yuma Uchida
8.6 780 votes
Genre: Animation, Mystery, Science Fiction
Country: Japan
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 36
Audience: TV-14
Story:  To be united with her crush, a hopeless romantic summons the ghost in the girls' bathroom at her school. But she's shocked when the ghost is a boy!
Style:  suspenseful
Plot:  affectation, supernatural, high school, romance, school, based on manga, spirit, youkai, ...
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JUJUTSU KAISEN
8.6 4.5K votes
Genre: Action, Animation, Science Fiction
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 59
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Yuji Itadori is a boy with tremendous physical strength, though he lives a completely ordinary high school life. One day, to save a classmate who has been attacked by curses, he eats the finger of Ryomen Sukuna, taking the curse into his own soul. From then on, he shares one body with Ryomen Sukuna. Guided by the most powerful of sorcerers, Satoru Gojo, Itadori is admitted to Tokyo Jujutsu High School, an organization that fights the curses... and thus begins the heroic tale of a boy who became a curse to exorcise a curse, a life from which he could never turn back.
Plot:  martial arts, exorcism, secret organization, sorcery, supernatural, possession, paranormal, curse, ...
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Love, Victor
Cast
Michael Cimino Michael Cimino
George Sear George Sear
Rachel Hilson Rachel Hilson
Anthony Turpel Anthony Turpel
8.6 1.7K votes
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: United States of America
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 28
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Victor is a new student at Creekwood High School on his own journey of self-discovery, facing challenges at home, adjusting to a new city, and struggling with his sexual orientation. When it all seems too much, he reaches out to Simon to help him navigate the ups and downs of high school.
Plot:  coming out, male friendship, high school, sequel, coming of age, in the closet, spin off, lgbt, ...
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Kaguya-sama: Love Is War
Cast
Makoto Furukawa Makoto Furukawa
Aoi Koga Aoi Koga
Konomi Kohara Konomi Kohara
Ryota Suzuki Ryota Suzuki
8.5 857 votes
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
Seasons: 3
Episodes: 37
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Considered a genius due to having the highest grades in the country, Miyuki Shirogane leads the prestigious Shuchiin Academy's student council as its president, working alongside the beautiful and wealthy vice president Kaguya Shinomiya. The two are often regarded as the perfect couple by students despite them not being in any sort of romantic relationship.
Plot:  psychology, high school, romcom, romance, based on manga, school life, seinen, anime, ...
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given
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Shogo Yano Shogo Yano
Yuma Uchida Yuma Uchida
Masatomo Nakazawa Masatomo Nakazawa
Takuya Eguchi Takuya Eguchi
8.5 798 votes
Genre: Animation, Drama
Country: Japan
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 11
Audience: TV-14
Story:  Ritsuka’s lost his spark for music—until he hears Mafuyu sing. One voice pulls him back in, and suddenly, everything starts to change between them.
Style:  intimate
Plot:  suicide, rehabilitation, high school, romance, slice of life, tragedy, urban, school, ...
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Why High School-Themed Movies and TV Shows Are a Must-Watch

High school movies and TV shows resonate with audiences because they mirror real-life experiences, emotions, and growth. These stories often feature relatable characters navigating friendships, first loves, academic pressures, and personal identity—universal themes that make them timeless. Beyond nostalgia, they offer valuable life lessons, humor, and drama that keep viewers engaged across generations. Whether you're reliving your own high school days or exploring them for the first time, these films and series provide a perfect escape into a world of teenage triumphs and tribulations.

The Ultimate List of High School Movies You Can't Miss

From classic tales of rebellion to heartfelt stories of self-discovery, high school movies have shaped pop culture for decades. Here are some must-watch films that perfectly capture the high school experience:

Top High School TV Shows for Binge-Worthy Entertainment

If movies are your jam or you're craving a series to binge, these high school TV shows deliver unforgettable storytelling, compelling characters, and addictive drama:

How to Choose the Best High School-Themed Content for You

With so many options available, selecting the right high school-themed movies or shows depends on your mood and preferences. Are you in the mood for a nostalgic laugh with Clueless or a deep dive into teenage angst with Euphoria? Consider whether you want:

No matter your choice, high school-themed content offers a mix of entertainment, nostalgia, and life lessons that make it worth watching—again and again!

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