Shows Like Motel California

Mitsumi Iwakura moves from rural Ishikawa to Tokyo for high school, armed with a five-year plan, an overachiever's work ethic, and almost no social skills. Sousuke Shima is effortl…

If you loved Motel California's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Skip and Loafer delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

Haruhi Fujioka accidentally breaks an expensive vase belonging to the Host Club — seven outrageously attractive rich boys who entertain female classmates for fun. Forced to work of…

Both are built around a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. Same light hearted energy throughout.

Five families in a Seoul neighborhood navigate life, love, and growing up in the late 1980s.

Both are built around a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Three college best friends made a pact: stay single together, stay free together, never let love complicate the group. Then one of them falls first — and the remaining two realize …

Both are built around a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Ryuuji Takasu has a terrifying face that makes everyone think he's a delinquent; he's actually the gentlest person in school. Taiga Aisaka is tiny and easily overlooked; she's actu…

Both are built around a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.

A famous baseball pitcher ends up in prison and navigates life behind bars with colorful cellmates.

If you loved Motel California's fish completely out of water — comedy and heart in equal measure, Prison Playbook delivers exactly that. At its core, it's about a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Former high school sweethearts are forced to reunite for a documentary sequel, reigniting old feelings.

Both navigate the same emotional territory: growing up. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Two childhood best friends who gave up on their dreams push each other to pursue what they truly want.

Both are built around a friendship that becomes the emotional anchor of everything else. The pacing is sharp comedic timing that earns the laughs rather than demanding them.

Five very different young women share a college house called Belle Epoque — each carrying a secret that explains why she is the way she is. A quiet, brilliant ensemble drama about …

Both are built around found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind.

A landscape architect who designs public gardens has never let herself grow anything private. A man who runs a struggling nursery with his grandmother's garden as the only thing ke…

Both are built around found family that ends up messier and realer than the biological kind. The pacing is genuinely warm without tipping into saccharine.