If you haven’t spent the last few weeks swooning over the halls of Briar University, where have you been? Prime Video’s Off Campus has officially taken the streaming world by storm, racking up a staggering 36 million global views in its first 12 days alone. Adapting Elle Kennedy’s smash-hit BookTok sensation, the first season perfectly captured the electric, fake-dating, opposites-attract romance between witty music major Hannah Wells (Ella Bright) and cocky hockey captain Garrett Graham (Belmont Cameli).
With Season 2 already confirmed to follow the chaotic chemistry of Dean and Allie (Stephen Kalyn and Mika Abdalla), the withdrawal symptoms waiting for the next chapter are very real.
Thankfully, the “sports romance” and “new adult college soap” genres are booming. Whether you are obsessed with the locker room banter, the high-stakes college drama, or the irresistible romantic tropes, here is your ultimate watch-list to fill the Briar U-shaped hole in your life.
Page to Screen: The Big Briar U Shakeup
For die-hard fans of the books, watching Season 1 unfold offered a few major surprises. While the showrunner, Louisa Levy, stayed incredibly faithful to the core emotional beats and witty banter of The Deal, the television medium forced the narrative to expand beyond just Hannah and Garrett’s perspectives. Instead of keeping the focus strictly isolated to one couple at a time, the show cleverly turned Briar University into a true ensemble drama from day one. By weaving in early subplots for the rest of the hockey house, the writers laid down foundations that the books didn’t touch until much later. The most shocking twist for book purists, however, is the announcement for Season 2: the TV show is officially skipping the second book (The Mistake, which follows John Logan) to jump straight into the third book (The Score), centering on Dean and Allie’s volatile, fan-favourite romance that the first season heavily teased.
1. Maxton Hall — The World Between Us (Prime Video)
If it was the high-production value, intense chemistry, and enemies-to-lovers trope that kept you up binging Off Campus, your very next stop needs to be Maxton Hall. This German-language global phenomenon (don’t worry, the dubbing and subtitles are seamless) feels like Gossip Girl meets Normal People.
It follows Ruby Bell, a working-class scholarship student at an elite private school, who clashes spectacularly with arrogant millionaire heir James Beaufort. The tension is thick enough to cut with a knife, the soundtrack is stellar, and like Off Campus, its short, sharp episode count makes it incredibly addictive.
2. The Summer I Turned Pretty (Prime Video)
For that distinct Prime Video “YA book-to-screen” magic, Jenny Han’s trilogy adaptation is a must-watch. While it trades the ice rink for a sun-drenched beach house in Cousins Beach, it perfectly captures the emotional intensity of first love, growing pains, and shifting friendship dynamics.
Instead of a fake-dating arrangement, you get one of the most fiercely debated romantic triangles in modern television between Belly, the brooding Conrad, and the golden-boy Jeremiah. It features the same bright, glossy aesthetic and high-emotional stakes that make Off Campus so comforting.
3. Everybody Wants Some!! (Film)
Want to spend more time hanging out with the lads in the sports house? Look no further than Richard Linklater’s brilliant comedy film Everybody Wants Some!!. Set in 1980, it follows a group of college baseball players navigating their way through the final weekend before classes start.
While it’s more of a nostalgic comedy than a straight-up romance, it nails the exact same chaotic, hyper-competitive, yet deeply loyal “found family” brotherhood that Garrett and the rest of the Briar Hawks hockey team share in the Off Campus house. It is pure, feel-good masculine camaraderie.
4. Tell Me Lies (Disney+ / Hulu)
If you loved the college setting of Off Campus but want something a bit darker, more toxic, and heavily dramatic, Tell Me Lies is your next fix. Set on a New England college campus, it charts the tumultuous, multi-year relationship between Lucy and Stephen.
Unlike the relatively healthy foundation Hannah and Garrett eventually build, this one is an addictive, psychological rollercoaster full of secrets, betrayal, and campus scandals. It’s the ultimate guilty-pleasure college soap.
5. Anyone But You (Film / Netflix)
If the fake-dating trope was your absolute favourite part of Hannah and Garrett’s arrangement, Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell’s hit romantic comedy Anyone But You is essential viewing.
The film breathes new life into Shakespeare’s Much Ado About Nothing, putting two gorgeous, hostile individuals in a position where they have to pretend to be a doting couple at a destination wedding in Australia. The banter is razor-sharp, the chemistry is scorching, and it balances the “fake relationship” humor with genuine emotional vulnerability exactly like Off Campus does.
At a Glance: Where to Get Your Fix
| Show / Film | Core Trope | Where to Watch (UK) |
| Maxton Hall | Enemies-to-Lovers / Class Divide | Prime Video |
| The Summer I Turned Pretty | Love Triangle / Coming-of-Age | Prime Video |
| Everybody Wants Some!! | Sports Team Brotherhood / 80s Vibe | Rent on Apple TV / Prime |
| Tell Me Lies | Toxic College Soap / Dark Drama | Disney+ |
| Anyone But You | Fake-Dating / Scorching Chemistry | Netflix |
Daily Waffle Verdict: If you want the closest literal match to the hockey romance vibe, wait it out for Season 2 or crack open Elle Kennedy’s books. But if you want that instant hit of butterflies and high-stakes drama tonight, cue up Maxton Hall immediately.
You can check out this Off Campus adaptation interview where the stars and creator open up about mapping out the series and why they chose to make these big changes from the beloved books.