More shows with outsider coming-of-age, viral bullying, and creeping supernatural dread. Every pick is a recent premiere or a returning season.
Closest matches first, then broader nearby picks.
Why it fits: Carrie and Girl from Nowhere turn school cruelty into dark, unsettling stories about outsiders facing the consequences of other people’s lies. Carrie’s humiliation spreads through filmed, shared moments, while a mysterious transfer student exposes cheating, favoritism, and cover-ups at each new school, giving the latter a colder, more punishing edge.
Paramount Plus · Nov 20, 2026
Why it fits: Carrie and Yellowjackets both turn teenage friendships into a source of comfort and danger, as girls face cruelty and fear while trying to belong. Carrie’s school hallways make humiliation public and relentless, while Yellowjackets follows a soccer team whose wilderness survival fractures friendships into rival groups, with a darker, more brutal edge.
Netflix · Aug 6, 2025
Why it fits: Carrie and Wednesday both turn a teenage outsider’s school life into a darkly funny supernatural coming-of-age story, with cruelty and social friction close at hand. Carrie faces viral bullying as her powers emerge, while Wednesday’s deadpan wit and psychic clues bring a sharper comic edge to student rivalries and spooky mysteries.
Why it fits
Carrie turns school cruelty into creeping horror; Riv4li keeps the focus on the social pecking order, with a newcomer challenging the popular kids. Its middle-school rivalries offer youthful showdowns and belonging struggles without Carrie's supernatural dread or suffocating family conflict.
Why it fits
Carrie's school bullying and creeping supernatural dread lead naturally to School Spirits' haunted high-school mystery, where a teenager investigates her disappearance and the school's hidden deaths. It trades Carrie's coming-of-age horror for a clue-by-clue ghost story, with secrets and the boundary between life and death driving the suspense.
Why it fits
Carrie's coming-of-age story centers on a teenager navigating cruelty and a suffocating mother-daughter bond; My Life with the Walter Boys turns teenage upheaval toward grief, crushes, and a crowded family. Expect tender romance and family warmth instead of school bullying and supernatural dread.
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