11 Teen Shows Like Maxton Hall You’ll Absolutely Love

I love teen shows. They’re so addictive, the storylines are often very interesting and it’s a ton of fun to watch. One show on Amazon Prime that has been a hit with many people is Maxton Hall – The World Between Us. We recently announced that the show will be coming to an end with season 3 – which has already been confirmed.

Rundown of Maxton Hall – The World Between Us – What you need to know:

• Genre: Teen Drama / Romance
• Stars: Harriet Herbig-Matten, Damian Hardung, Sonja Weißer, Fedja van Huêt
• Seasons: 2
• Episodes: 12
• Runtime: 45–50 minutes per episode
• Creators: Martin Schreier, Tarek Roehlinger
• Release date: 2024

What is Maxton Hall – The World Between Us about?

Maxton Hall – The World Between Us follows our main character, Ruby Bell. She is a detemined scholarship student attending the prestigious Maxton Hall private school. Although she comes from a more modest background compared to her peers, she doesn’t let that stand in the way. Ruby eventually wants to achieve her dream of studying at Oxford University.

Despite her carefully planned her future, everything changes when she accidentally finds out a secret involving Lydia Beaufort, a member of one of the school’s wealthiest families. Lydia’s handsome brother James also gets involved at the two end up hating each other. James Beaufort wants to silence Ruby and protect his family’s reputation. However, their hatred for each toher doesn’t last very long as the two become entangled in a passion romance. Maxton Hall is full of drama, tension and secrets. It’s easily bingeable too.

Now, on to the recommendations.

The Summer I Turned Pretty

• Genre: Teen Drama / Romance / Coming-of-age
• Stars: Lola Tung, Christopher Briney, Gavin Casalegno, Sean Kaufman
• Seasons: 3
• Episodes: 26
• Runtime: 40–50 minutes per episode
• Creators: Jenny Han
• Release date: 2022
• Where to watch (UK): Amazon Prime Video

Another popular teen show is The Summer I Turned Pretty. It is created by Jenny Han, who also wrote the To All The Boys series. With the show you have a love triangle, complicated friendships and an a stunning summer setting.

My Life with the Walter Boys

• Genre: Teen Drama / Romance / Coming-of-Age
• Stars: Nikki Rodriguez, Noah LaLonde, Ashby Gentry, Sarah Rafferty
• Seasons: 3
• Episodes: 30
• Runtime: 39–56 minutes per episode
• Creator: Melanie Halsall
• Release date: 2023
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix

My Life with the Walter Boys centres around the unpredictable life of Jackie Howard. She moves to Colorado to live with her mother’s best friend and her family. It’s a bit hectic, and Jackie learns to adjust.

Elite

• Genre: Drama, Teen, Mystery, Thriller, Spanish Series
• Stars: Itzan Escamilla, Omar Ayuso, Miguel Bernardeau
• Seasons: 8
• Episodes: 64
• Runtime: 41–61 minutes per episode
• Creators: Carlos Montero, Darío Madrona
• Release date: 2018
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix

Elite follows three working-class scholarship students who enter Las Encinas. It is an exclusive high school for wealthy teenagers, where romance, friendships and social circles cause conflict.

Gossip Girl

• Genre: Teen Drama, Romance, Mystery, Soap Opera
• Stars: Blake Lively, Leighton Meester, Penn Badgley
• Seasons: 6
• Episodes: 121
• Runtime: 39–44 minutes per episode
• Creators: Josh Schwartz & Stephanie Savage
• Release date: 2007
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix and ITVX

Like Maxton Hall, hugely popular show Gossip Girl focuses on a group of wealthy teenagers and their relationships and secrets. This fan-favourite American TV series centres around scandal among New York’s elite.

Young Royals

• Genre: Teen Drama, Romance, Coming-of-Age, LGBTQ+ Drama
• Stars: Edvin Ryding, Omar Rudberg, Malte Gårdinger
• Seasons: 3
• Episodes: 18
• Runtime: 40–56 minutes per episode
• Creators: Lisa Ambjörn, Lars Beckung, Camilla Holter
• Release date: 2021
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix

Young Royals is a popular teen drama that aired on Netflix in July 2021. It follows a prince at an elite boarding school who can’t help but all in love with another student.

Never Have I Ever

• Genre: Comedy / Coming-of-age
• Stars: Maitreyi Ramakrishnan, Poorna Jagannathan, Richa Moorjani, Jaren Lewison
• Seasons: 4
• Episodes: 40
• Runtime: 20–30 minutes per episode
• Creators: Mindy Kaling and Lang Fisher
• Release date: 2020
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix

A Netflix show created by Mindy Kaling, Never Have I Ever is an intimate show looking at the complicated student life of a smart Indian kid. The show tackles romance, friendship and grief.

Faking It

• Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance, Teen Drama
• Stars: Katie Stevens, Rita Volk, Gregg Sulkin, Michael J. Willett, Bailey De Young
• Seasons: 3
• Episodes: 38
• Runtime: Around 21–22 minutes per episode
• Creators: Dana Min Goodman & Julia Wolov
• Release date: 2014
• Where to watch (UK): 5

This teen drama about best friends Amy and Karma. They’re hoping to become popular at their unconventional high school. But things take an unexpected turn when they accidentally mistaken for the school’s first lesbian couple.

Heartstopper

• Genre: Teen Drama, Romance, Coming-of-Age, LGBTQ+ Drama
• Stars: Kit Connor, Joe Locke, William Gao
• Seasons: 3
• Episodes: 24
• Runtime: Around 26–58 minutes per episode
• Creator: Alice Oseman
• Release date: 2022
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix

This show is worth mentioning on this. There’s first love, identity, frienships and so much more you’ll explore in the lives of Charlie and Nick.

Pretty Little Liars

• Genre: Teen Drama, Mystery, Thriller, Romance
• Stars: Troian Bellisario, Ashley Benson, Lucy Hale, Shay Mitchell, Sasha Pieterse
• Seasons: 7
• Episodes: 160
• Runtime: Around 40–45 minutes per episode
• Creator: I. Marlene King
• Release date: 2010
• Where to watch (UK): BBC iPlayer, Amazon Prime Video and HBO Max Amazon Channel

In this series, Rosewood residents and best friends Aria, Spencer, Hanna and Emily are caught up in a game of danger and deception after their best friend goes missing.

The Vampire Diaries

• Genre: Drama, Supernatural, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Mystery & Thriller
• Stars: Nina Dobrev, Paul Wesley, Ian Somerhalder
• Seasons: 8
• Episodes: 171
• Runtime: 41–49 minutes per episode
• Creators: Kevin Williamson & Julie Plec
• Release date: 2009
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix, HBO Max, ITVX Premium and ITVX

In Vampire Diaries, we follow teenager Elena Gilbert who is caught in a love triangle between vamprie borthers, Stephen and Damon Salvatore. Are the risks really worth it?

Blood & Water

• Genre: Teen Drama, Mystery, Thriller
• Stars: Ama Qamata, Khosi Ngema, Gail Mabalane
• Seasons: 4
• Episodes: 27
• Runtime: 43–53 minutes per episode
• Creators: Gambit Films; directed by Nosipho Dumisa, with Daryne Joshua and Travis Taute as writers
• Release date: 2020
• Where to watch (UK): Netflix

Spanning four season, thi showfollows Puleng Khumalo. She is a Cape Town teenager who transfers to an elite private school. But things in her life take a dark turn when she becomes convinced that one of its star students could be her older sister, who was abducted at birth.