Our high school days were unlike any other day. This is the time when we are most carefree and inexperienced. We make new friends, experiences, and memories. OTT platforms across the world have tapped into multiple genres, one of them being the high school based stories.
High school was also the time when we experienced our firsts - our first crush, first love, first heartbreak our first mistakes. With soaring popularity of shows based against the backdrop of high schools, let us look at 5 such series you can watch on OTT platforms.
High School Centred Series On OTT
Class
Class is an Indian spinoff of the popular Spanish show Elite. Class is a crime drama thriller series on Netflix that was written and directed by Ashim Ahluwalia and stars Zeyn Shaw, Moses Kaul, and Ratnabali Bhattacharjee. The story revolves around three working-class students at Hampton International, an exclusive high school in New Delhi, and their rich classmates.
That 90’s Show
That '90s Show is a 1995 summer-set American show on Netflix, using characters and settings that first appeared in That '70s Show. The Formans- Red and Kitty attempt to contain the subsequent generation of basement-dwelling teenagers when their granddaughter Leia decides to stay with her grandparent for summer break in Wisconsin. Created by Gregg Mettler, Bonnie Turner and Lindsey Turner the show stars Debra Jo Rupp, Kurtwood Smith, Callie Haverda, Ashley Aufderheide, Mace Coronel, Maxwell Acee Donovan, Reyn Doi and Sam Morelos.
Freeridge
Teenage friends Cameron, Gloria, Ines, and Demi are very close. The four of them stumble upon an odd ancient box that has a sinister curse. The fate of these four companions is altered when the curse is released. If they ever expect to live a better life, they must figure out how to undo the curse. The cast of this comedy-mystery show on Netflix, which was created by Jamie Dooner, Eddie Gonzalez, Jeremy Haft, Lauren Iungerich, and Jamie Uyeshiro, includes Ciara Riley Wilson, Tenzing Norgay Trainor, Keyla Monterroso Mejia, Peggy Blow, Michael Solomon, J.R. Villarreal, and Jean-Paul San Pedro.
Sexify
Sexify is a Polish sex comedy series on Netflix, directed by Kalina Alabrudzińska and Piotr Domalewski and starring Sandra Drzymalska, Aleksandra Skraba and Maria Sobocińska as the lead characters. In this series, three university students named Natalia, Paulina, and Monika get together to create an app called Sexify. The app's goal was to improve understanding of female orgasms and ">sexuality.
Crash Course in Romance
Crash Course in Romance is an ongoing South Korean series on Netflix directed by Yoo Je-won, and starring Jeon Do-yeon and Jung Kyung-ho. It depicts the tale of education in modern-day Korea. The show's core plotline is around the love story of a lady, who gave up her youth to raise her nephew and care for her autistic brother, a successful and attractive math star Teacher.
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