The Secret Life of the American Teenager (Seasons 1–5)

The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008–2013) is an ABC Family drama series you can watch online on iFILM — all five seasons, 121 episodes. The show opens on fifteen-year-old Amy Juergens discovering she's pregnant after one night at band camp. Shailene Woodley plays Amy years before she became a blockbuster lead, and the performance holds up.

The series builds out a full cast of suburban high schoolers whose secrets keep colliding at the worst possible moments. Molly Ringwald plays Amy's mother, trying hard to be the supportive, modern parent and frequently falling short of her own standard. Creator Brenda Hampton keeps the focus less on the shock of the premise and more on how one person's situation reshapes everyone connected to her — friends, boyfriends, parents, rivals — across five years of high school.

It's uneven in places, but more honest about teen pressure and family dysfunction than most shows in the genre. Stream all seasons of The Secret Life of the American Teenager online on iFILM.