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Finishing Nobody Wants This season two felt… painful. It’s like you woke up after an emotional hangover; you seem like you’re fine, but technically not fine at all. Let’s just make sure you haven’t texted your ex just to prove you have grown, even though you definitely haven’t.

But now that it’s over, of course, you need something to fill that very specific hole made of sarcasm and people who avoid therapy.

Luckily, Netflix has a few contenders. Some hit close to home, others are somewhat close, but all of them capture that same mix of love, timing, and being set in their own ways. The good thing is you’ll laugh. The bad thing is you’ll probably relate more than you should.

These aren’t perfect love stories with perfect people. They are complex stories that show the harsh reality of life. And that’s all the more reason to watch them because they are grounded.

So, if you’ve been refreshing your Netflix screen to watch something similar to Nobody Wants This, here are seven shows that scratch that exact itch.

Seven Netflix shows if you loved Nobody Wants This

One Day (2024)

We swear this show is designed to ruin your week, but in a good way. You might start it thinking it’s a sweet British love story, and by episode three, you are just yelling at your screen like a concerned relative. Emma and Dexter meet once, share one day together, and then spend the next 20 years almost getting it right but never at the same time. It is painful, yes, but it is also attractive in a way that makes it hard to look away.

What makes it worse (or better, depending on your damage level) is how normal it all feels. They are not tragic or perfect. They are just two people who keep missing the right moment. You’ll find yourself defending both of them at different points and still wanting to throw them into couples therapy by the end. The chemistry of the two will somewhat remind you of Noah and Joanne, making it a perfect watch.

The Hook Up Plan (2018–2022)

The show starts with a woman named Elsa, who is a friend who swears she is over her ex but brings him up every third sentence. Her friends finally get tired of it and do something so catastrophically stupid it loops back to being genius: they hire a male escort to date her. It’s all meant to be a quick fix, but obviously, feelings get involved, and suddenly everyone is pretending this is still a harmless experiment.

What makes The Hook Up Plan fun is that this show never takes itself too seriously. It’s romantic, yes, but it’s also a masterclass in denial because being honest would mean admitting they are still hurt. This show gets what heartbreak actually looks like when you’re trying too hard to act normal.

Dash & Lily (2020)

If your idea of grand romantic gestures was reserved for adults with issues yet to be resolved, Dash & Lily proves that teenagers are just as capable of overcomplicating their feelings. It is a Christmas story, technically, but half the time it feels like a social experiment in vulnerability. Two awkward kids write dares to each other in a red notebook and end up catching feelings through paper cuts and playlists.

It’s cute, but not always in a good way. At times, you will roll your eyes and cringe, and you’ll still end up finishing it because the honesty takes you over. It’s not long before you realise that under all the glitter and holiday lights, it’s really about fear: fear of being known, of being seen, of doing something real. Dash & Lily pretends to be a sweet show, but it also exposes how lonely people actually are.

Love & Anarchy (2020–2022)

No one does emotional self-sabotage quite like the Swedes. Love & Anarchy is a similar show that starts with Sofie, a consultant who’s supposed to fix a publishing house but ends up flirting her way into an existential crisis with a much younger IT guy. It’s not a love story so much as a slow revelation, the kind that feels like a therapy session and a dare.

What makes it brilliant is how unfiltered it feels. Everyone’s trying to reinvent themselves, be it professionally, emotionally, or sexually, but also failing in the most watchable way possible. Sofie’s choices swing between liberating and catastrophic, and you can’t even judge her because you’d probably do the same.

Virgin River (2019– )

This show is a personal favourite of Netflix because it brings out its small-town side. Watching Virgin River will give you an experience of moving into a town and immediately realising everyone knows or wants to know your business. It follows Mel, a nurse trying to escape her past, who ends up in a place where secrets spread faster than gossip. On the surface, it’s comfort TV where you have pretty mountains and quiet coffee shops, but give it an episode, and you will see how dramatic this little town actually is.

The show is all about heartbreaks, maybe a bit too much because someone is always grieving, confessing, or storming out of a bar. But that’s part of the appeal, you see. If Nobody Wants This is about avoiding your feelings; Virgin River is about drowning in them and still showing up to work the next morning.

Dating Around (2019–2020)

Nobody Wants This is a show about the weird ways people fall in love. And Dating Around is about how quickly they talk themselves out of it. This show, in each of its episodes, follows one person on five blind dates, and it is both fascinating and stressful to watch. There is no script here and no romantic music in the background. All you have are real people trying to look cool while deciding if they like each other enough to split dessert.

What makes it so addictive is the awkwardness. You can actually feel the tension supported by the nervous laughter and some overtalking, all while making desperate attempts to seem normal. Some dates go surprisingly well, while others crash so hard you want to hide behind a pillow. It is honest in the most real way. No filters, no fake drama, just the uncomfortable truth of modern romance: everyone wants connection, no one knows how to handle it.

Too Much (2025)

One of the most loved shows of 2025, Too Much takes you to a world where all of us might have thought of being at least once. To be specific, have you ever convinced yourself that moving to a new country will magically fix your emotional issues? Too Much is your mirror. It follows Jessica, freshly heartbroken and trying to reboot her life in London, only to realise she is still the same person in a different timezone. It’s a deeply relatable show for anyone who’s ever said they are fine while falling apart in an Airbnb.

Too Much works well because it does not romanticise the reboot phase. Jessica’s not effortlessly thriving; she’s awkward, lonely, and figuring things out one bad date at a time. So if Nobody Wants This made you feel seen, Too Much will make you feel called out.