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  1. 1Paper Girls (2022)Paper Girls (2022) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 28 Jul 2022Four newspaper-delivery girls from 1988 encounter a future that has not turned out as any of them expected. Their arguments, uneasy alliances and differing family backgrounds give the time-travel premise its particular appeal. It is an especially close choice if the friendships mattered more than…0
  2. 2Lockwood & Co. (2023)Lockwood & Co. (2023) 7.4/10 on IMDbFirst aired 27 Jan 2023Three young ghost hunters run an agency in a London where their sensitivity to the supernatural is both a useful skill and a dangerous job requirement. The shared house, practical investigations and increasingly complicated trust give the group a convincing life between scares. Its eight-episode…0
  3. 3Locke & Key (2020)Locke & Key (2020) 7.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 7 Feb 2020Three siblings discover keys that give their new family home extraordinary possibilities, with dangers attached to using them badly. The pleasure lies in ordinary grief, rivalry and curiosity gaining a physical form. It is a useful route from Hawkins into a more overtly magical mystery, with a…0
  4. 4Gravity Falls (2012)Gravity Falls (2012) 8.9/10 on IMDbFirst aired 15 Jun 2012Dipper and Mabel's summer at a dubious tourist attraction turns odd local incidents into a larger mystery. The animated comedy rewards attention to the town without letting clues replace the siblings' personalities. It suits the viewer who likes secrets accumulating around familiar places and wants…0
  5. 5Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997)Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997) 8.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 10 Mar 1997The older touchstone earns its place through the friends, teachers and improvised support system around the person expected to save everybody. The 1997 original starts with accessible monster-of-the-week stories and gradually makes those relationships carry much more complicated consequences. It is…0
  6. 6His Dark Materials (2019)His Dark Materials (2019) 7.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 3 Nov 2019Lyra's search for a missing friend reveals adults using institutional authority to conceal what they are doing to children. The three-season adaptation expands into a much larger fantasy world, but keeps friendship, trust and difficult choices central. It is more solemn and philosophically…0
  7. 7The Unlisted (2019)The Unlisted (2019) 6.6/10 on IMDbFirst aired 15 Sept 2019Twins Dru and Kal discover that a routine programme at school is connected to an attempt to control young people. The Australian series makes them rely on a wider group of children who have slipped through the system. This is a younger-skewing, less horror-driven conspiracy adventure, with family…0
  8. 8The Institute (2025)The Institute (2025) 6.7/10 on IMDbFirst aired 13 Jul 2025Children with unusual abilities are held in a facility whose adults explain exploitation as a necessary service. Stephen King's 2025 adaptation gives their growing alliances the practical task of resisting it. The connection to Stranger Things is the combination of experimentation and young people…0
  9. 9Parallels (2022)Parallels (2022) 7.0/10 on IMDbFirst aired 23 Mar 2022A mysterious event separates four French childhood friends into different versions of their world. The short 2022 series makes changed ages and circumstances complicate relationships that previously felt settled. It is a good international starting point for the small-town friendship side of…0
  10. 10The School Nurse Files (2020)The School Nurse Files (2020) 6.3/10 on IMDbFirst aired 25 Sept 2020A school nurse sees strange jelly-like manifestations that most people cannot, and has to protect pupils while dealing with the school's concealed history. The Korean series combines colourful absurdity with an undercurrent of unease. Its adult lead makes it a sideways recommendation, but the…0