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Shows Like Friends on Fire

Loved Friends on Fire, will enjoy these picks that questions the purpose and weight of our choices all while offering targets the intellect with complex, multi-layered ideas. Carefully balances character depth with narrative flow makes this a deeper look into what makes these stories stick.

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Standard feature-length experiences.

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Best for fans of who appreciate concise storytelling.

Top Picks

Bad Buddy
8.6

Bad Buddy

2021

At university, two young men raised to hate each other find music and love instead, forcing them to question family legacies and choose their own path.

Poldark
7.7

Poldark

2015

Britain is in the grip of a chilling recession... falling wages, rising prices, civil unrest - only the bankers are smiling. It's 1783 and Ross Poldark returns from the American War of Independence to his beloved Cornwall to find his world in ruins: his father dead, the family mine long since closed, his house wrecked and his sweetheart pledged to marry his cousin. But Ross finds that hope and love can be found when you are least expecting it in the wild but beautiful Cornish landscape.

The Summer I Turned Pretty
8.1

The Summer I Turned Pretty

2022

Every summer, Belly and her family head to the Fishers’ beach house in Cousins. Every summer is the same ... until Belly turns sixteen. Relationships will be tested, painful truths will be revealed, and Belly will be forever changed. It’s a summer of first love, first heartbreak and growing up — it's the summer she turns pretty.

XO, Kitty
8.1

XO, Kitty

2023

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 realize that relationships are a lot more complicated when it's your own heart on the line.

Love In The Air
8.5

Love In The Air

2022

Rain plots to make Phayu fall for him to ruin his reputation, while Sky grapples with his feelings for Prapai, in this whirlwind of emotions and growing love.

Sanford and Son
7.5

Sanford and Son

1972

The misadventures of a cantankerous junk dealer and his frustrated son.

Fellow Travelers
8.4

Fellow Travelers

2023

A chronicle of a decades-long volatile romance between two men — from their first meeting during the height of the 1950s Lavender Scare to the AIDS crises of the 1980s.

Three's Company
7.6

Three's Company

1977

When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.

More Shows Like Friends on Fire

Gossip Girl: Thailand
10.0

Gossip Girl: Thailand

2015

Serena Wijitranukul returns to Bangkok following her mysterious disappearance: everyone is extremely shocked including her best friend, Blair Waranon. Blair soon finds out that Serena had slept with her boyfriend, Nate Achirawat, the night of her disappearance. Meanwhile, Serena begins dating Dan Chanaseri while Nate struggles with his feelings for Blair. The two try to salvage what's left of their relationship, only leaving Blair to lose her virginity to Nate's best friend, Jak Benjakij, instead. In the meantime, Jenny Chanaseri constantly tries to make it in this upscale world by following around Blair and her friends.

Young & Hungry
6.7

Young & Hungry

2014

Two worlds collide when Josh, a wealthy young tech entrepreneur, meets Gabi, a feisty young food blogger, looking to be his personal chef. Gabi is desperate for the job and must prove herself, mostly to Josh's aide, who prefers a famous chef for the job. When Josh enlists Gabi to prepare a romantic meal for him and his girlfriend, the dinner goes awry and Gabi finds herself in a very awkward position. With the help of her best friend Sofia and Josh's housekeeper, Gabi turns a difficult situation into an opportunity for employment and maybe even love. Gabi gets some much needed help and advice from Josh’s assistant and his housekeeper.

Emma
7.6

Emma

2009

Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.

SOTUS
7.0

SOTUS

2016

A strict senior and a defiant freshman clash under the SOTUS system—but resistance slowly turns into something tender.

Khemjira
9.1

Khemjira

2025

With a deadly curse set to claim him at 21, a young man flees to a master of ancient magic—only to face ghosts more dangerous than his fate.

High Fidelity
7.6

High Fidelity

2020

Rob Brooks, a female record store owner in the rapidly gentrified neighborhood of Crown Heights, Brooklyn revisit past relationships through music and pop culture, while trying to get over her one true love.

South of Nowhere
7.2

South of Nowhere

2005

The Carlin family moves from small town Ohio to Los Angeles to find life's not the same. And neither are they.

Felicity
6.6

Felicity

1998

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.

TharnType
7.7

TharnType

2019

Type hated the idea of sharing a room with a gay guy. But now, he's starting to question what he thought he knew.

Being Human
7.0

Being Human

2011

Three paranormal roommates, a ghost, a vampire, and a werewolf, struggle to keep their dark secrets from the world, while helping each other navigate the complexities of living double lives.

We Are
8.6

We Are

2024

A group of university friends navigate academics, friendships, and romance as they deal with the ups and downs of campus life.

Dark Blue Kiss
6.7

Dark Blue Kiss

2019

After the events of "Kiss Me Again". Pete and Kao start to have troubles during their relationship. Meanwhile, the love story between Sun and Mork begins.

Why These Shows Are Similar

These recommendations share core qualities with Friends on Fire (2026): 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 Friends on Fire.

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