Life inside the Liceo Militare Minerva di Napoli is far from easy. Here, a group of young cadets— including the mysterious Salvo, the rebellious Camilla, and the brilliant Vincenzo— struggles to survive the exhausting rhythms and the constant pressures that come from both within and outside the facility. As if that weren’t enough, all of them, being teenagers, have to deal with the typical difficulties of their age, mainly related to peer competition, first crushes, and the search for identity. This is the premise of Minerva – La Scuola, the TV series directed by the same director of Mare Fuori, Ivan Silvestrini. If you’ve already watched the teen drama in question and it captivated you, here is a small list of series that might please you just as much because they share similar vibes.
Minerva – La Scuola: Ecco le serie TV simili che ti consigliamo
- Mare Fuori
- Control Z
- Tredici
Mare Fuori
Teenagers who have made wrong choices end up behind bars at the Istituto di Pena Minorile di Napoli. Guided by educators and by the principal, these wayward youths must try to navigate the endless challenges of a difficult environment and those typical of their age, with the aim of becoming better adults. Mare fuori is a TV series from 2020 — still in production — which shares with Minerva – La Scuola the same Campanian setting and the same adolescent dynamics, but also the same rigid context and, last but not least, the same director, namely Ivan Silvestrini. It currently comprises 6 seasons and 74 episodes, and you can catch it on RaiPlay.
Control Z
A hacker begins to spread the most intimate and sordid secrets of the students at the prestigious National School in Mexico, and chaos erupts. One of the shyest students, yet also the one with the sharpest eye, Sofia, takes the lead: she sets out to investigate to uncover who is behind this nasty story. Just like Salvo in Minerva – La Scuola, in Control Z, a 2020 thriller TV series, there’s a teenager who decides to investigate to reveal an uncomfortable truth within an institution. Three seasons and 24 episodes that you can find on Netflix.
Tredici
After a high school student, Hannah Baker, commits suicide, one of her classmates, Clay Jensen, receives a mysterious box containing seven tapes. The girl had indeed recorded messages before taking her own life to explain the thirteen reasons for her drastic action, bringing to light unspeakable secrets tied to the school environment she attended. Like in Minerva – La Scuola, in Tredici, a 2017 drama series, the engine of the narrative is precisely the disappearance of a dear friend and the setting is a school that hides insidious dangers of every kind. Based on the novel 13 by Jay Asher, it spans 4 seasons and 49 episodes, and is available on Netflix.
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