Taste-matched follow-ups

Shows like Adults

If you want more codependent roommates, affectionate adult comedy, and small humiliations, begin with the strongest matches and keep going.

  • apartment life
  • roommate comedy
  • new york city
  • twenty-somethings
Start with Platonic6 reasoned picks
Adults poster

6 shows to try next

Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.

  1. Platonic poster

    Closest match

    AppleTV+ · Aug 6, 2025

    Platonic

    IMDb 7.2

    Why this fits: Platonic keeps the same cozy, codependent-adjacent comfort as Adults, with two friends trying to reconnect while their adult lives keep interrupting. The jokes land in awkward reunions, old resentments, and everyday social friction, and the warmth stays conversational rather than cynical.

    • adult friendship
    • old grudges
  2. Survival of the Thickest poster

    Direct match

    Netflix · Jul 2, 2026

    Survival of the Thickest

    IMDb 7.5

    Why this fits: Survival of the Thickest brings Adults-style apartment-level closeness into New York nightlife, where chosen family has to rebuild after betrayal. Expect workplace and roommate tension, big feelings handled with humor, and a steady push through real consequences, with the vibe warmer and more outwardly celebratory than Adults.

    • workplace tension
    • roommate rivalry
  3. Not Suitable for Work poster

    Direct match

    Hulu · Jun 2, 2026

    Not Suitable for Work

    IMDb 7.0

    Why this fits: Not Suitable for Work shares Adults’ focus on twenty-something messiness, but it channels it through office pressure and Manhattan ambition. The comedy grows from accumulating early-career choices and workplace chaos, with characters juggling personal happiness and professional obsession, moving faster and darker than Adults.

    • office comedy
    • manhattan
  4. Everyone Is Doing Great poster

    Deeper cut

    Netflix · May 11, 2026

    Everyone Is Doing Great

    IMDb 7.0
    Why this fits

    Adults leans into codependent roommates and story-threaded laughs built from small humiliations in big-city comfort. Everyone Is Doing Great keeps that awkward self-delusion and male friendship focus, but trades FX-style urban chaos for post-peak career comedy and more life-and-love awkwardness.

    • post-peak career comedy
    • male friendship
    • awkward self-delusion
  5. Trying poster

    Deeper cut

    AppleTV+ · Jul 8, 2026

    Trying

    IMDb 8.0
    Why this fits

    Adults delivers affectionate adult comedy through small humiliations and urban friend chaos that keeps moving. Trying offers warm couple comedy with family adoption and tender domestic drama, swapping the roommates’ mutual dependency for bureaucratic chaos and relationship anxiety handled more gently.

    • warm couple comedy
    • family adoption
    • bureaucratic chaos
  6. Bob's Burgers poster

    Deeper cut

    FOX · Sep 28, 2025

    Bob's Burgers

    IMDb 8.2
    Why this fits

    Adults gives you big-city comfort through codependent roommates and recurring story-threaded laughs from minor humiliations. Bob's Burgers turns that into warm family comedy with workplace-family overlap and small daily disasters, but the consequences stay lighter and the ensemble chaos is more kid-friendly.

    • warm family comedy
    • workplace-family overlap
    • small daily disasters

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