American TV series about teens

List of the best American TV shows about teenagers selected by visitors to our site: Cruel Summer, Warrior Nun, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, When the Streetlights Go On, Ginny & Georgia, Euphoria, 13 Reasons Why, Looking for Alaska, Finding Carter, Riverdale.

In the top there are new series of 2023, a plot description and trailers for series that have already been released.

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Markimdb: 7.4
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA

An unconventional thriller that takes place over three summers — 1993-95 — in a small Texas town when a beautiful popular teen, Kate, is abducted and, seemingly unrelated, a girl, Jeanette, goes from being a sweet, awkward outlier to the most popular girl in town and, by ’95, the most despised person in America.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genreaction, fantasy, drama
CountryUSA

After waking up in a morgue, an orphaned teen discovers she now possesses superpowers as the chosen Halo-Bearer for a secret sect of demon-hunting nuns.

Markimdb: 7.4
Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:36

As her 16th birthday nears, Sabrina must choose between the witch world of her family and the human world of her friends. Based on the Archie comic.

Markimdb: 6.6
Genrecrime, detective
CountryUSA

A double-homicide in a small midwestern suburb rattles the lives of a group of teenagers and sends investigators searching for answers in the fall of 1995. A meditation on growing up, the passing of time, and the insidious violence that lurks in the suburbs.

Markimdb: 7.5
Genrecomedy, drama
CountryUSA

Angsty and awkward fifteen year old Ginny Miller often feels more mature than her thirty year old mother, the irresistible and dynamic Georgia Miller. After years on the run, Georgia desperately wants to put down roots in picturesque New England and give her family something they've never had... a normal life. But it's not all carpool and Kombucha as Georgia's past threatens her and her family's new way of life... and Georgia will do anything to protect her family.

Markimdb: 8.4
Genredrama
CountryUSA
Duration00:51

A group of high school students navigate love and friendships in a world of drugs, sex, trauma, and social media.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genrethriller, drama, detective
CountryUSA
Duration02:04

After a teenage girl's perplexing suicide, a classmate receives a series of tapes that unravel the mystery of her tragic choice.

Markimdb: 8
Genremelodrama, drama
CountryUSA
Duration01:08

A new arrival at a boarding school falls in love with a beguiling female student.

Markimdb: 7.6
Genredrama
CountryUSA

A teenager finds out she was abducted as a toddler and returns to her biological family.

Markimdb: 6.8
Genremelodrama, drama, crime, detective
CountryUSA
Duration01:10

    Set in the present, the series offers a bold, subversive take on Archie, Betty, Veronica and their friends, exploring the surreality of small-town life, the darkness and weirdness bubbling beneath Riverdale’s wholesome facade.

    Markimdb: 6.8
    Genrethriller, drama, crime, detective
    CountryUSA

    The story of what happens when five high schoolers walk into detention and only four make it out alive. Everyone is a suspect, and everyone has something to hide.

    Markimdb: 6
    Genrecomedy, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    The series centers on the life of Duncan, a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. Poehler will provide the voice of Duncan and his high-strung mom, Annie, who is constantly trying to prevent her son from ruining his life.

    Markimdb: 6.9
    Genrecomedy
    CountryUSA

    A diverse group of young women navigate their lives through the male-dominated world of skateboarding in New York City. Inspired by the critically acclaimed film Skate Kitchen.

    Markimdb: 8.4
    Genreaction, comedy
    CountryUSA

    In this gritty and sometimes bloody tale, sixteen year-old Wayne sets out on a dirt bike with his new crush Del to take back the 1978 Pontiac Trans Am that was stolen from his father before he died. It is Wayne and Del against the world.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrehorror, fantastic, fantasy, drama
    CountryUSA

    An anthology series of stand alone episodes delving into horror myths, legends and lore.

    Markimdb: 7.8
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure
    CountryUSA

    On a perilous adventure across a post-apocalyptic world, a lovable boy who's half-human and half-deer searches for a new beginning with a gruff protector.

    Markimdb: 6.5
    Genrethriller, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA

    In the forgotten town of Carp, Texas, Panic is the only way out. Every summer the graduating seniors risk their lives competing in a series of challenges for the chance to win life-changing money. After the death of two players the stakes—and danger—have never been higher.

    Markimdb: 5.3
    Genremelodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    Eight years after the original website went dark, a new generation of New York private school teens are introduced to the social surveillance of Gossip Girl.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrecrime, detective
    CountryUSA

    A young girl moves from Brooklyn to the small lakeside town her father left behind. While there, her dogged pursuit of the truth leads her to unearth a cold case that everyone in town, including her own father, tried hard to bury.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, drama
    CountryCanada, USA

    Three siblings who move into their ancestral estate after their father's gruesome murder discover their new home's magical keys, which must be used in their stand against an evil creature who wants the keys and their powers.

    Markimdb: 6.7
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    A group of high school students whose exploration of modern sexuality (devices and all) tests deeply entrenched beliefs about life, love and the nature of family in their conservative community.

    Markimdb: 6.2
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    This dramedy series set in 1980 revolves around a group of recent college grads setting out to pursue their dreams in Manhattan while still clinging to the familiarity of their working-class Long Island home town.

    Markimdb: 7.9
    Genrecomedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    After a traumatic year, all an Indian-American teen wants is to go from pariah to popular -- but friends, family and feeling won't make it easy on her.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrecomedy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    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.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA

    Courtney Whitmore, a smart, athletic and above all else kind girl, discovers her step-father has a secret: he used to be the sidekick to a superhero. "Borrowing" the long-lost hero’s cosmic staff, she becomes the unlikely inspiration for an entirely new generation of superheroes.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genreaction, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Scott McCall, a high school student living in the town of Beacon Hills has his life drastically changed when he's bitten by a werewolf, becoming one himself. He must henceforth learn to balance his problematic new identity with his day-to-day teenage life. The following characters are instrumental to his struggle: Stiles, his best friend; Allison, his love interest who comes from a family of werewolf hunters; and Derek, a mysterious werewolf with a dark past. Throughout the series, he strives to keep his loved ones safe while maintaining normal relationships with them.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genredrama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    A tight-knit group of teens unearths a long-buried secret, setting off a chain of illicit events that takes them on an adventure they'll never forget.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrefantastic, drama, detective
    CountryUSA, Canada
    Duration01:00

    Based on the books by Kass Morgan, this show takes place 100 years in the future, when the Earth has been abandoned due to radioactivity. The last surviving humans live on an ark orbiting the planet — but the ark won't last forever. So the repressive regime picks 100 expendable juvenile delinquents to send down to Earth to see if the planet is still habitable.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy, drama
    CountryUSA

    A teen navigates the complexities of high school, family and her sexuality while dealing with new superpowers. Based on Charles Forsman's graphic novel.

    Markimdb: 8.7
    Genrefantastic, action, thriller, fantasy, drama, adventure, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    Mark Grayson is a normal teenager except for the fact that his father is the most powerful superhero on the planet. Shortly after his seventeenth birthday, Mark begins to develop powers of his own and enters into his father’s tutelage.

    Markimdb: 8.2
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, comedy, musical, adventure, cartoon
    CountryUSA

    A sheltered girl gets a crash course in survival when a mutant attack sends her to the surface, far from the safety of her underground home.

    Markimdb: 7.2
    Genredrama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    A group of teen girls from different backgrounds must fight for survival after a plane crash strands them on a deserted island. The castaways both clash and bond as they learn more about each other, the secrets they keep, and the traumas they've all endured. But there’s just one twist… these girls did not end up on this island by accident.

    Markimdb: 7.7
    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy, melodrama, drama, short, detective
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    The story of two vampire brothers obsessed with the same girl, who bears a striking resemblance to the beautiful but ruthless vampire they knew and loved in 1864.

    Markimdb: 7.6
    Genrecomedy, adventure, family, detective
    CountryUSA

    Four gifted orphans are recruited by an eccentric benefactor to go on a secret mission. Placed undercover at a boarding school known as The Institute, they must foil a nefarious plot with global ramifications, while creating a new sort of family along the way.

    Markimdb: 6.1
    Genrefantastic, fantasy, comedy
    CountryUSA

    Middle school feels like the worst place imaginable, but for Jess, Josh, and Marco, their school may actually be the worst place in this world…or any other!

    Markimdb: 9.3
    Genreaction, fantasy, adventure, family, cartoon
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:22

    In a war-torn world of elemental magic, a young boy reawakens to undertake a dangerous mystic quest to fulfill his destiny as the Avatar, and bring peace to the world.

    Markimdb: 7.1
    Genrefantastic, action, fantasy, drama, adventure, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:43

    Chloe King is looking forward to celebrating her birthday with her friends and single mother, just like every other year... that is until she starts developing heightened abilities and discovers she's being pursued by a mysterious figure. Chloe soon learns she's part of an ancient race which has been hunted by human assassins for millennia —and that she may be their only hope for ultimate survival.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantasy, drama, adventure, detective
    CountryUSA

    In a place where young witches, vampires, and werewolves are nurtured to be their best selves in spite of their worst impulses, Klaus Mikaelson’s daughter, 17-year-old Hope Mikaelson, Alaric Saltzman’s twins, Lizzie and Josie Saltzman, among others, come of age into heroes and villains at The Salvatore School for the Young and Gifted.

    Markimdb: 8.9
    Genredrama, crime
    CountryUSA
    Duration02:43

    Five teens from Harlem become trapped in a nightmare when they're falsely accused of a brutal attack in Central Park.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genrethriller, drama, crime
    CountryMexico, USA
    Duration00:45

    An adrenalized drama with darkly comedic undertones that explores a notorious outlaw motorcycle club’s (MC) desire to protect its livelihood while ensuring that their simple, sheltered town of Charming, California remains exactly that, charming. The MC must confront threats from drug dealers, corporate developers, and overzealous law officers. Behind the MC’s familial lifestyle and legally thriving automotive shop is a ruthless and illegal arms business driven by the seduction of money, power, and blood.

    Markimdb: 7.5
    Genrehorror, fantastic, thriller, fantasy, drama, crime, detective
    CountryCanada, USA
    Duration00:43

    FBI agent Audrey Parker arrives in the small town of Haven, Maine to solve a murder and soon discovers the town's many secrets—which also hold the key to unlocking the mysteries of her lost past.

    Markimdb: 8.5
    Genreaction, melodrama, drama, adventure, biography, history
    CountryUSA
    Duration00:52

    Spartacus is an American television series inspired by the historical figure of Spartacus, a Thracian gladiator who from 73 to 71 BCE led a major slave uprising against the Roman Republic departing from Capua.

    Markimdb: 7.4
    Genrefantastic, melodrama, drama
    CountryUSA

    The story of the town and people who live above “The Loop,” a machine built to unlock and explore the mysteries of the universe – making things possible that were previously relegated only to science fiction.

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    Genrehorror, thriller, fantasy
    CountryUSA

      After a vintage Chucky doll turns up at a suburban yard sale, an idyllic American town is thrown into chaos as a series of horrifying murders begin to expose the town’s hypocrisies and secrets. Meanwhile, the arrival of enemies — and allies — from Chucky’s past threatens to expose the truth behind the killings, as well as the demon doll’s untold origins.

      Markimdb: 7.9
      Genremelodrama, drama, family
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:43

      The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case of meningitis, grew up with a single mother in a working-class neighborhood. Things come to a dramatic head when both families meet and struggle to learn how to live together for the sake of the girls.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy, drama, musical
      CountryUSA

      A group of East High students countdown to the opening night of their school’s first-ever production of “High School Musical.” Showmances blossom; friendships are tested while new ones are made; rivalries flare and lives are changed forever as these young people discover the transformative power that only a high school drama club can provide.

      Markimdb: 5.7
      Genrefantastic, action, comedy, family
      CountryUSA

      When 13-year-old Henry Hart lands a job as Danger, the sidekick-in-training to superhero Captain Man, he must learn to navigate a double life balancing the challenges of 8th grade with the crazy adventures of a real-life crime fighter!

      Markimdb: 7.3
      Genrefantasy, comedy, drama
      CountryCanada, USA

      Cassie Nightingale, Middleton’s favorite enchantress, and her young-teenage daughter Grace, who shares that same special intuition as her mom, welcome Dr. Sam Radford and his son to town. When the New York transplants move in next to the Grey House, they are immediately spellbound by the mother-daughter duo next door, but Sam and Cassie quickly find they may not see eye to eye. With her signature charm, Cassie attempts to bring everyone together, ensuring all of Middleton is in for new changes, big surprises and, of course, a little bit of magic!"Good Witch” is based on Bell’s beloved character Cassie, the raven-haired enchantress who kept audiences spellbound for seven installments of Hallmark Channel's longest-running and highest-rated original movie franchise of all time.

      Markimdb: 6.1
      Genrefantastic, action, adventure, cartoon
      CountryUSA
      Duration00:35

      An insecure but courageous and intelligent teen named Peter Parker, a new student of Midtown High, is bitten by a radioactive spider and given powers. He becomes a hero named Spider-Man after the death of his uncle and he must adapt to this new way of life.

      Markimdb: 7.1
      Genrecomedy
      CountryUSA

      A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.




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