Shows like Love, Victor
15 picks with a similar feel
What defines Love, Victor, going by its Boxlist taste profile: A moving, grounded comedy-drama series: straightforward and small-scale. Best if you like stories that hit hard. Its strongest markers on Boxlist are themes of coming of age, unlikely connections and love against the odds, plus tags such as in the closet, coming out and lgbt teen.
Here are 15 shows with a similar feel, ranked by how closely they match that profile. Treat them as picks to try, not a definitive list.
Based on Love, Victor (2020).
- 1
Never Have I Ever (2020)
TV8.2
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age and unlikely connections. Common ground: lgbt, coming of age.
- 2
Heartstopper (2022)
TV8.6Heavier option
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age and unlikely connections. Common ground: coming out, lgbt teen, lgbt.
- 3
XO, Kitty (2023)
TV8.1
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and straightforward, with themes of coming of age and love against the odds. Common ground: lgbt, high school.
- 4
Atypical (2017)
TV8.4
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age. Common ground: high school, coming of age.
- 5
Mrs. Fletcher (2019)
TV7.5
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age and unlikely connections.
- 6
Freaks and Geeks (1999)
TV8.1
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age. Common ground: high school.
- 7
TV8.1
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and intimate. Common ground: lgbt.
- 8
We Are Who We Are (2020)
TV8.1Heavier option
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age. Common ground: lgbt teen, lgbt, coming of age.
- 9
Dash & Lily (2020)
TV8.2Faster-paced
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and intimate, with themes of coming of age and unlikely connections.
- 10
The Inbetweeners (2008)
TV7.8Faster-paced
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also straightforward and intimate, with themes of coming of age and unlikely connections. Common ground: male friendship, high school.
- 11
The Summer I Turned Pretty (2022)
TV8.2Heavier option
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age and unlikely connections. Common ground: coming of age.
- 12
TV8.3More intricate
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and intimate, with themes of unlikely connections. Common ground: male friendship.
- 13
- 14
The Wonder Years (2021)
TV7.2Warmer in tone
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and grounded, with themes of coming of age. Common ground: coming of age.
- 15
Emily in Paris (2020)
TV8.0
Why it's like Love, Victor: Also emotional and straightforward, with themes of unlikely connections and love against the odds.
Boxlist compares Love, Victor with every show in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.2 or more from at least 150 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point. Ratings are TMDB audience scores out of 10.
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- What should I watch if I like Love, Victor?
- Picks with a similar feel include Never Have I Ever, Heartstopper, XO, Kitty and Atypical. Each shares part of Love, Victor's taste profile, themes or tags; the full list has 15 shows.
- How are these shows like Love, Victor chosen?
- Boxlist compares Love, Victor with every show in its catalogue on ten taste scores (pace, tone, weight, realism and more), story themes, genres and TMDB keywords, and ranks the closest. Every pick has a TMDB rating of 7.2 or more from at least 150 votes, new releases wait until their ratings settle, and only one title per franchise makes the list. It is an approximation of feel, so treat it as a starting point.