Shows like Big Boys: 20 to watch next
If you loved Big Boys (2022) — a comedy and drama series created by Jack Rooke — these 20 shows are the closest matches.
The first picks are what fans of Big Boys most often go on to watch; the rest share its genres and themes like london, england, coming out and male friendship. 8 of them are streaming in India right now — each entry shows where.
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Heartstopper 2022★ 8.6
Shares: Drama
Teens Charlie and Nick discover their unlikely friendship might be something more as they navigate school and young love.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Will & Grace 1998★ 6.9
Shares: Comedy
Will Truman and Grace Adler are best friends living in New York, and when Grace's engagement falls apart, she moves in with Will. Together, along with their friends, they go through the trials of dating, sex, relationships and their careers, butting heads at times but ultimately supporting one another while exchanging plenty of witty banter along the way.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Cold Feet 1998★ 7.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Follow the lives and loves of a group of thirtysomethings in a heart-warming comic drama as they try to find true love - or at least keep their relationships on track. In this wry and funny look at a generation which is as confused as it is liberated by the choices it faces, will the chill in their feet put out the passion that burns in their hearts?
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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XO, Kitty 2023★ 8.1
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Teen matchmaker Kitty Song Covey thinks she knows everything there is to know about love. But when she moves halfway across the world to reunite with her long-distance boyfriend, she'll soon realise that relationships are a lot more complicated when it's your heart on the line.
Stream in India on Netflix
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Faking It 2014★ 6.7
Shares: Comedy, Drama
A romantic comedy about two best friends who love each other -- in slightly different ways. After numerous failed attempts to become popular, the girls are mistakenly outed as lesbians, which launches them to instant celebrity status. Seduced by their newfound fame, Karma and Amy decide to keep up their romantic ruse.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Beautiful People 2008★ 6.8
Shares: Comedy, Drama
In 1997 Reading, 13-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream of escaping their dreary suburban surroundings and moving to cosmopolitan London 'to live amongst the beautiful people'.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Scrubs 2001★ 8.2
Shares: Comedy
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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My Mad Fat Diary 2013★ 7.9
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Set in 1996 in Lincolnshire, the show tells the tragic and humorous story of a very troubled young girl Rae, who has just left a psychiatric hospital, where she has spent four months after attempting suicide, begins to reconnect with her best friend Chloe and her group, who are unaware of Rae's mental health and body image problems, believing she was in France for the past four months.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Gimme Gimme Gimme 1999★ 7.1
Shares: Comedy
Linda La Hughes shares a flat with Tom Farrell. Linda is overweight, loudmouthed and not particularly attractive. She thinks she's gorgeous and irrestible, however. She's also sex mad and obsessed with men. Tom is an aspiring actor. He's got an agent, but finds it difficult to get parts. He doesn't like Linda much, in spite of (or perhaps because of) the fact that they share a flat. She isn't completely comfortable with his homosexuality, perhaps because she finds it difficult to live with a man who doesn't find her sexually attractive.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Girlfriends 2000★ 7.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
A friend group of black women face life's tests and triumphs together. From dating to divorce, and friends to family to relationships, Joan, Maya, Lynn and Toni support each other despite their differing backgrounds.
Stream in India on Hoichoi
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A Million Little Things 2018★ 7.1
Shares: Drama
A group of friends from Boston who feel stuck in life experience an unexpected wake-up call after one of their friends dies unexpectedly.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Game On 1995★ 7.6
Shares: Comedy
Following the lives of three 20-somethings sharing a flat in Battersea. They're young, bright and sexy - so why aren't they having a good time ? Join Matthew (the agoraphobic, self-obsessed, macho man); Martin (the wimpish, sex-starved underdog) and Mandy (the gorgeous blonde, who always ends up with the wrong men), in this outrageously funny flat-share comedy that is anything but politically correct.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Vicious 2013★ 7.5
Shares: Comedy
Freddie and Stuart are an old couple who have been together for decades and bicker constantly. Their lives are turned upside down by their new upstairs neighbor Ash, who is sure to cause trouble in their mundane lives.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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What About Brian 2006★ 6.2
Shares: Drama, Comedy
Serial monogamist Brian O'Hara hits his mid-30s and suddenly realizes he's the last bachelor standing in his circle of friends. Not averse to the happily ever after his friends have achieved, Brian wonders whether he'll ever find Mrs. Right. The fact that he's in love with his best friend's girlfriend doesn't help his chances.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Four Lives 2022★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
The true story of the courageous families of four young gay men who lost their lives to killer Stephen Port. Facing police failings, they fought for justice for their loved ones.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Awkward. 2011★ 7.4
Shares: Comedy, Drama
An irreverent look at the conflict, chaos and humor that defines teenage life through the eyes of 15-year-old Jenna Hamilton whose life begins to change when a simple accident becomes an epic misunderstanding and is blown way out of proportion. Narration in the first-person voice of Jenna's blog posts captures the humor within the struggles and experiences everyone can relate to from their formative years.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Broad City 2014★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy, Drama
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
Stream in India on JioHotstar
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Felicity 1998★ 6.6
Shares: Drama
Felicity Porter, a sensitive and intelligent girl from the San Francisco Bay Area, decides to give up a slot at Stanford University's pre-med program to follow her long time crush to college in New York City. Things get even more complicated when she meets her dorm's resident advisor and they fall in love.
Not on subscription streaming in India right now
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Dawson's Creek 1998★ 7.3
Shares: Drama
Dawson's Creek is an American teen drama that portrays the fictional lives of a close-knit group of teenagers through high school and college.
Stream in India on Amazon Prime Video, Amazon Prime Video with Ads
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A Different World 1987★ 7.2
Shares: Comedy
A Different World is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but historically black college in the state of Virginia. After Bonet's departure in the first season, the remainder of the series primarily focused more on Southern belle Whitley Gilbert and mathematics whiz Dwayne Wayne. The series frequently depicted members of the major historically black fraternities and sororities.
Stream in India on Netflix