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Shows Like Extracurricular

If you loved Extracurricular's Crime and Drama storytelling, these series deliver a similar experience — chosen for tone, narrative quality, and viewer satisfaction. Each includes where to stream it now.

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Weak Hero
8.6

Weak Hero

2022

With the aid of unexpected friends, a gifted but introverted student confronts bullies and violent foes — unaware of how dangerous his world will become.

Awkward.
7.4

Awkward.

2011

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.

The Heirs
7.8

The Heirs

2013

After a chance encounter in LA, two teens from different social backgrounds reunite at an exclusive high school attended by Korea's über rich.

Sweet Revenge
6.6

Sweet Revenge

2017

A teenager manages to stumble upon a phone application, where, upon writing a person's name, that person is punished. Moreover, she uses this newfound power for her own benefit.

Boys Over Flowers
8.3

Boys Over Flowers

2009

Unassuming high school girl Jan-di stands up to — and eventually falls for — a spoiled rich kid who belongs to the school's most powerful clique.

School 2013
7.9

School 2013

2012

Go Nam-soon, a young boy, constantly gets bullied by a group in his class. Later, one of his old rivals joins his school. Eventually, they are able to sort out their differences.

Revenge of Others
8.3

Revenge of Others

2022

A boy falls to his death at school, but Ok Chan-mi does not believe that her twin brother, Park Won-seok, committed suicide. Chan-mi transfers to her brother's school, Yongtan High, and meets Ji Soo-heon, who witnessed her brother's death. A "hero," who avenges bullied students, appears at Yongtan High. Chan-mi speculates that it may be connected to her brother and starts looking for this hero.

Never Have I Ever
8.1

Never Have I Ever

2020

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.

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Scream: The TV Series
6.9

Scream: The TV Series

2015

What starts as a YouTube video going viral, soon leads to problems for the teenagers of Lakewood and serves as the catalyst for a murder that opens up a window to the town's troubled past. Everyone has secrets. Everyone tells lies. Everyone is fair game.

The Outlaws
7.4

The Outlaws

2021

Seven strangers from different walks of life - people who would never normally interact - are forced to work together to renovate a derelict community centre. They resent the menial physical labour and they resent each other. But when one of their number gets dragged into a dangerous world of organised crime, they unite in ways none of them thought possible.

The Manipulated
8.3

The Manipulated

2025

Taejoong's life is torn apart when he's framed for a heinous crime and imprisoned. Discovering it was all orchestrated by someone on the outside, he embarks on a rage-fueled quest for revenge.

Hierarchy
7.6

Hierarchy

2024

The top 0.01% of students control law and order at Jooshin High School, but a secretive transfer student chips a crack in their indomitable world.

Bitch X Rich
8.4

Bitch X Rich

2023

Kim Hye-in has to transfer to Cheongdam International High School after witnessing a murder. She crosses paths with Baek Je-na, a bully who happens to be connected to the case.

Study Group
8.5

Study Group

2025

Nicknamed the "school for future criminals," Yuseong Technical High School isn't exactly the ideal place to study. A rarity among his peers, Ga-min is a student with just one goal: to get into university. At a school where it's every man for himself, he is rejected from countless study groups before he decides to form his own. Will he be able to defeat the odds and achieve his dreams?

Dream High
6.8

Dream High

2011

Six dedicated students at Kirin Art High School work to achieve their dreams of becoming stars in the Korean music industry.

The Glory
8.5

The Glory

2022

Years after surviving horrific abuse in high school, a woman puts an elaborate revenge scheme in motion to make the perpetrators pay for their crimes.

Pyramid Game
8.1

Pyramid Game

2024

Every last Thursday of the month at an all-girls high school, the students of Class 2–5 cast their votes in a popularity poll. The results classify them into Grades A, B, C, D, and F. If they fall into Grade F, they become legitimate victims of school violence.

Search Party
6.8

Search Party

2016

A dark comedy about four self-absorbed twenty-somethings who become entangled in an ominous mystery when a former college acquaintance suddenly disappears.

Pretty Little Liars
8.0

Pretty Little Liars

2010

Based on the Pretty Little Liars series of young adult novels by Sara Shepard, the series follows the lives of four girls — Spencer, Hanna, Aria, and Emily — whose clique falls apart after the disappearance of their queen bee, Alison. One year later, they begin receiving messages from someone using the name "A" who threatens to expose their secrets — including long-hidden ones they thought only Alison knew.

School 2021
8.4

School 2021

2021

The story of students attending a specialized high school and pursuing their own dreams rather than go off to college. It will delve into how these students learn about love, friendship, the things they like versus the things they’re good at, and growing up in an intense environment. Gong Ki Joon is a hardworking student who takes on work and school at the same time and achieves his dream job after learning about love and friendship. Jeong Young Joo is a transfer student with a hidden story and a past connection to Gong Ki Joon.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Extracurricular (2020): Crime and Drama themes, similar pacing, and comparable production quality. NoBadPicks uses TMDB collaborative filtering, genre matching, and AI analysis to surface series most likely to resonate with fans of Extracurricular.

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