Best Youth Drama on Netflix 2026
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Our pick of the best Youth Drama on Netflix right now, ranked by audience rating out of the 83 titles in category code 1502288. Tap any title for full details and where to watch.
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1. GTO Drama Special (1999)
Rated 9/10 on IMDb, from 1999, 1h 31m. In this post-TV-series special, Onizuka finds himself in over his head when he's hired as a substitute teacher at a private girls' school.
2. Ouran High School Host Club (2012)
Rated 8.2/10 on IMDb, from 2012, 1h 44m. In this sequel to the TV series, Haruhi and the Host Club aim for victory in the school festival, and a beautiful exchange student catches Tamaki’s eye.
3. Honey and Clover (2006)
Rated 7.9/10 on IMDb, from 2006, 1h 55m. Four friends at art school welcome a newcomer who shakes up their ideas about life and love.
4. Sunny (2011)
Rated 7.8/10 on IMDb, from 2011, 2h 04m. When a transfer student becomes a laughingstock on her first day of school, six girls jump in to help the new kid, forming a tight circle of friends.
5. You Are the Apple of My Eye (2011)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2011, 1h 50m. Seven libidinal teens, including an honor student and a lazy goof-off, explore a complex but heartfelt friendship in the final months before college.
6. You Are the Apple of My Eye (2018)
Rated 7.6/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 54m. Ten years later, aspiring writer Kosuke recalls his time as a goofy high school student who develops a crush on his serious classmate Mana.
7. Go (2001)
Rated 7.5/10 on IMDb, from 2001, 2h 02m. As he comes of age, a Japanese-born Korean boy struggles with the future, love, cultural identity and Japan's ubiquitous racism.
8. Blue Spring Ride (2014)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2014, 2h 01m. High schooler Futaba Yoshioka gets a second chance to win the heart of her crush when he transfers back to her school.
9. Once Upon a Time in High School: The Spirit of Jeet Kune Do (2004)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2004, 1h 58m. In 1978, Hyun-soo transfers to Jungmoon High School, notorious for its severe corporal punishment by teachers and power struggles between gangs.
10. After the Rain (2018)
Rated 7.4/10 on IMDb, from 2018, 1h 51m. Straight-forward Akira is depressed and bored after a serious track injury.