Movies and TV shows like Malcolm in the Middle

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Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
 8.2
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Malcolm in the Middle (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, realistic, funny, neurotic, light, exciting, psychedelic, anime ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: youth, siblings relations, prodigy, eccentric family, social satire, teenage life, suburban life, sibling relationship, dysfunctional family, suburbs, teenager, family life, family problems, parenthood, family relations, dark humor, parents and children, sarcasm, satire, sibling rivalry, dysfunctional marriage, clumsiness, immaturity, domineering mother, adolescence ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, nova scotia
Keyword: compilation, oldies, sketch show, canadian

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Most similar movies to Malcolm in the Middle

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic and feel good films and TV series with plots about family relations, youth, parents and children, siblings relations, teenage life, family life and teenager mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Malcolm in the Middle: The Bernie Mac Show (2001), The Middle (2009), Everybody Hates Chris (2005), Drake & Josh (2004), My Wife and Kids (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Bernie Mac Show (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family relations, black, artists and showbiz, parenthood, eccentric family, family life, parents and children, black family, black sitcom, husband wife relationship, marriage, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
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The Middle (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Style: feel good, not serious, realistic, sitcom, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family values, everyday life, siblings relations, family life, family relations, parents and children, parenthood, adolescence, small town, youth, childhood, couple relations ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
Everybody Hates Chris (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Everybody Hates Chris is an American television narrative sitcom that depicts the troubled teenage experiences of comedian Chris Rock while growing up in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, New York City. The show is set between 1982 and 1987, but Rock ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, touching, witty ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: comedian, african american, teenage life, youth, sibling rivalry, misfit, family values, friendship, family life, parents and children, eccentric family, social relations ...
Time: 20th century, 2000s, 80s
Place: new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
 7.7
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Drake & Josh (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Drake & Josh is an American television sitcom created by Dan Schneider for Nickelodeon. The series follows the lives of two teenage boys with opposing personalities, Drake Parker and Josh Nichols, who become stepbrothers. Both actors had played ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, family friendly
Plot: teenage life, siblings relations, dating, family relations, lifestyle, teenager, step siblings, unlikely partners, prank, adolescence vs adulthood, deal, manipulation ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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My Wife and Kids (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television, it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: black family, family relations, african american, black, couple relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, family life, working class, family gatherings, siblings relations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
 7.6
 97K
Young Sheldon (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Style: humorous, witty, clever, sitcom, saga ...
Audience: kids
Plot: child prodigy, prodigy, genius, adolescence, boy, childhood, school, scientist, child protagonist, society, parents and children, kids and family ...
Time: year 1990, 80s, 90s, year 1989
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
Fresh Off the Boat (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, mumblecore, not serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: child, family relations, middle school, marriage, immigrant, restaurant, family life, parents and children, youth, society, culture clash, kids and family ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2010s
Place: usa, florida, taiwan, orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 8.2
 95K
Frasier (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: After many years spent at the “Cheers” bar, Frasier moves back home to Seattle to work as a radio psychiatrist after his policeman father gets shot in the hip on duty.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, talky, witty ...
Plot: father son relationship, doctor, psychiatrist, living with parents, brother brother relationship, dating, radio, sibling rivalry, sibling relationship, verbal byplay, love and romance, uptight character ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa, washington state, manchester
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
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 8.0
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The Goldbergs (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the ...
Style: retro, humorous, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience: teens, family friendly
Plot: childhood, father daughter relationship, family life, family relations, parents and children, overbearing parent, teenage life, family values, three generations, brother sister relationship, teenager, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.6
 20K
Lizzie McGuire (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Lizzie McGuire is an American live-action teen sitcom, which features an animated version of the title character performing soliloquy. The animated sequences were interspersed with the show's live-action sequences. It premiered on the Disney ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, witty, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot: youth, female protagonist, friendship, teenage life, family relations, siblings relations, school, teenager, middle school, high school, popular girl, teenage girl ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
 6.1
 993
Life with Boys (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Life with Boys is a Canadian teen sitcom that started broadcasting in Canada on YTV in September 2011. It follows Tess Foster as she copes with living in a home with just boys: her father, Jack, and three brothers, Gabe, Spencer and Sam. With the ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: cheerleader, family relations, youth, teenage life, siblings relations, wrestling, brother sister relationship, family life, kids and family, humour, teenager, brother brother relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.1
 40K
Raising Hope (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, hilarious ...
Plot: youth, family life, babies and infants, living with parents, eccentric family, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, single father, family relations, stupidity, parenthood, immature ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
 6.5
 16K
Step by Step (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Step by Step is an American television sitcom that starred Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers as two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: couples, family relations, sister sister relationship, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, youth, couple relations, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, teenager ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
Grounded for Life (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be ...
Style: sitcom, funny, feel good, witty, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: everyday life, overbearing parent, family values, dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, disorder, society, nothing goes right, youth, family life ...
Time: y2k, 90s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
How to Be Indie (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: How to Be Indie was a Canadian television show on YTV. The main character is a 13-year-old Indian Canadian teenager named Indira "Indie" Mehta. The program is a single-camera series intended for a youth audience. The series was created by ...
Style: humorous, feel good, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: teenage life, family relations, school, youth, lifestyle, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, social relations, friendship, rivalry, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Married... with Children (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Married... with Children is an American sitcom that aired for 11 seasons. It featured a dysfunctional family living in a fictional Chicago, Illinois, suburb. The show, notable for being the first prime-time television series to air on Fox, ran from ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, hilarious, parody, psychedelic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: dysfunctional family, promiscuous daughter, working class, family life, family problems, struggle, parents and children, misfit, suburbs, couples, family relations, adult humor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
 7.2
 33K
Suburgatory (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more wholesome and nurturing ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, adult
Plot: teenage life, suburban life, neighbor neighbor relationship, suburbs, family relations, youth, parents and children, everyday life, teenager, single parent, social relations, fish out of water ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Brady Bunch (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When widower Mike Brady marries a lovely lady widow Carol Ann, their two families become one. These are the misadventures of this new couple, their six children, a dog named Tiger, and quirky housekeeper Alice.
Style: sitcom, retro, realistic, not serious, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: cheerleader, youth, christmas, family affairs, sibling relationship, parents, siblings, children, family relations, suburbs, architect, large family ...
Time: 70s, 60s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA, Germany
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide is an American live action sitcom on Nickelodeon that debuted in the Nickelodeon Sunday night TEENick scheduling block on September 12, 2004. The series' actual pilot episode aired on September 7, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: school, teenager, friendship, high school life, teenage life, survival, teaching the ways of the world, friends, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, buddies, best friend ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
 6.1
 9K
Blossom (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Blossom is an American sitcom broadcast on NBC from January 3, 1991, to May 22, 1995. The series was created by Don Reo, and starred Mayim Bialik as Blossom Russo, a teenager living with her father and two brothers. It was produced by Reo's ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, touching, witty ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: female protagonist, single father, single parent, eccentric family, teenage life, youth, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, father son relationship, brother sister relationship, friendship between girls, teenager ...
Time: 90s
Place: california
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Still Standing (2002)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: After 18 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Bill and Judy Miller still make each other laugh and try to keep their marriage intact, even when their family pulls them in different directions. Since Bill has a far more immature approach to ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, touching ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: childhood sweetheart, lifestyle, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, single parent, family problems, youth, high school, working class, family affairs, family relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: family relations, african american, youth, teenager, black, culture clash, fish out of water, hip hop, misfit, eccentric family, siblings relations, verbal byplay ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
The Wonder Years (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Wonder Years is an American television comedy-drama created by Neal Marlens and Carol Black. It ran on ABC from 1988 through 1993. The pilot aired on January 31, 1988, following ABC's coverage of Super Bowl XXII. The show achieved a spot ...
Style: touching, sitcom, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot: childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, high school, first love, teenage life, coming of age, family relations, love and romance, siblings relations, family life ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Phil of the Future (2004)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Phil of the Future is an American sitcom that originally aired on Disney Channel from June 18, 2004 to August 19, 2006 for a total of two seasons. The series was created by Tim Maile and Douglas Tuber and produced by 2121 Productions, a part of ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, exciting, melancholic ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot: time machine, teenager, time travel, high school, fish out of water, family relations, teenage life, imaginary, hidden identity, dishonesty, parents and children, high school life ...
Time: 2000s, future, 22nd century, 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 8.5
 291K
Community (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the lives of a group of students at what is possibly the world’s worst community college in the fictional locale of Greendale, Colorado.
Style: sitcom, not serious, witty, funny, humorous ...
Audience: teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot: hardcase students, college life, geek, friendship, social relations, friends, comedian, lifestyle change, immature, student life, college, silly humor ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
 6.4
 10K
Liv and Maddie (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The exploits of identical twins Liv, a former television star back home in Wisconsin and in the process of adding movie star to her credits, as well as beginning to focus on her music career, and Maddie, an outstanding student and basketball ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, sentimental, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night, family outing, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, teenage girl, popularity, parents and children, siblings relations, teenager, youth, favoritism among siblings, high school life, twins, high school, twin sister ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.8
 44K
iCarly (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: iCarly is an American teen sitcom that ran on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007 until November 23, 2012. The series was created by Dan Schneider. It focuses on teenager Carly Shay, who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, semi serious, captivating, funny ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: teenager, high school, teenage girl, friendship, friends, teenage life, siblings relations, family relations, popular girl, brother, sister, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Out of Practice (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Out of Practice is an American situation comedy that was produced by Paramount Network Television and originally broadcast on sister company CBS from September 19, 2005 to March 29, 2006. With producers Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd at the helm, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, light ...
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, doctor, therapy, power relations, siblings relations, doctors and patients, couple relations, lesbian, fish out of water, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.3
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Sister, Sister (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sister, Sister is an American television sitcom starring identical twins Tia Mowry and Tamera Mowry. The premise of the show was that the girls were separated and adopted at birth, one to a single mother, one to a single father, and have met again ...
Style: sitcom, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, teenage girl, high school life, parents and children, sister sister relationship, friendship, black, twin sister, biracial, lifestyle, youth, eccentric family ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: michigan, usa, detroit
⇓ similarity ⇓
67%
K.C. Undercover (2015)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: K.C. Cooper, a high school math whiz and karate black-belt, learns that her parents are spies when they recruit her to join them in the secret government agency, The Organization. While she now has the latest spy gadgets at her disposal, K.C. has a ...
Style: exciting, sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Audience: pre-teens, kids, boys' night, teens
Plot: youth, high school, working undercover, teenage life, parents and children, danger, child spy, secret identity, espionage, heroic mission, young heroes, state affairs ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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