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Adults (2025)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A group of twenty-somethings in New York trying to be good people, despite being neither "good" nor "people" yet.
Style:
compassionate
Plot:
coming of age, roommate, young adult, modern life, city life, slice of life, millennial, dating, self discovery, identity, social satire, gay, female protagonist, bisexual man, sexuality, twenty something, lgbt, young woman, bisexual, young man, housemates, friendship, kiss, gay kiss, adulting
Time:
contemporary
Place:
new york
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, semi serious, satirical and humorous films and TV series with plots about friendship, young adult, slice of life, satire, coming of age, self discovery and city life mostly in Comedy and Drama genres. Some movies like Adults: Everything's Trash (2022), GAYS: The Series (2014), Twenty (2017), Oh, Grow Up (1999), Besties (2018). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Phoebe is a podcast star navigating her messy, but amazing life. When her brother Jayden emerges as a leading politician, she's forced to grow up, so she relies on her friends and family to help her figure out adulthood.
Style:
satirical, feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
female protagonist, satire, sibling relationship, lifestyle change, political activism, brother sister relationship, lifestyle, political unrest, grownups, changing lives, personal growth, millennial ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
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Story:
GAYS: The Series is about four twenty something gay best friends navigating the tumultuous terrain of NYC. Huxley, a quick witted waiter and aspiring photographer. Ben, an attractive introvert who works for a gay non-profit. Jackson, a promiscuous ...
Style:
semi serious, captivating, satirical, emotional, comedy drama ...
Plot:
gay, young adult, friendship, lgbt, sexuality, lgbtq, relationships, lgbt teen, lesbianism, lesbian relationship, couple relations, gays and lesbians ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
84%
108
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
A lesbian musician struggles to break her patterns of whirlwind romances while serving as the shoulder to lean on for a group of eclectic friends, who offer little in return.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
lesbian, friendship, lgbt, musician, self discovery, identity, coming of age, young adult, lgbtq, friends, female protagonist, lifestyle ...
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Oh, Grow Up is a sitcom that aired on ABC from September to December 1999. Created by Alan Ball, who would later go on to win an Academy Award for writing American Beauty and also create the hit HBO series Six Feet Under, the show was based on his ...
Style:
sitcom, light hearted, satirical, romantic comedy
Audience:
adult
Plot:
roommate, friendship, sexuality, divorce, city life, urban, identity, single father, young adult, gay, dating, slice of life ...
Similarity:
78%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
Gay best friends, Braden and Sam, are trying to get it together while pursuing their dreams in the concrete jungle of LA. Living life...one struggle at a time.
Style:
captivating, satirical, feel good, semi serious, emotional ...
Plot:
best friend, gay lead character, gay best friend, gay, lgbtq, male protagonist, friendship between men, gay friend, lifestyle, lgbt, social satire, friendship ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
Nicole Byer is living the Hollywood dream. Well, Hollywood adjacent – the deep valley to be precise – and it's not so much a dream but a struggle. With the help of her two besties, Veronica and Devin, Nicole will have to navigate the ...
Style:
sitcom, captivating, entertaining, funny, satirical ...
Plot:
hollywood, female comedian, satire, young adult, female friendship, female protagonist, ambition, social satire, humour, lifestyle, aspiring actress, self discovery ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
Ted is straight. Martin isn't. When they meet at Eddie's wedding and become friends, the ensuing confusion shows how little they all know about being modern day men and how much they know about being there for each other.
Style:
satirical, funny, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot:
relationships, lgbt, gay, male friendship, friendship, male bonding, humour, friendship between men, social satire, male protagonist, lifestyle, satire ...
Similarity:
56%
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Story of six single individuals who shift to Bombay and are struggling not just to settle down in the new city but also find out the right jobs for them. The single status has embarked upon as a big challenge in their lives and they seemed to be ...
Style:
lighthearted, humorous, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Plot:
friendship, struggle, roommate, city life, youth culture, millennial, young adult, satire, friends, youth, social satire, group of friends ...
Place:
mumbai india, india, bombay india
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
TV show
Story:
Former best friends Hache and Belen reunite in Malasana, the hippest neighborhood in Madrid. Hache is freshly single and still mourning the demise of her relationship, while Belen is a struggling actor. As they fumble their way through unexpected ...
Style:
feel good, satirical, entertaining, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
slice of life, city life, friendship, female friendship, lifestyle, female protagonist, women, surrealism, satire, roommate, everyday life, young adult ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
madrid, spain
Similarity:
49%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The hopes, dreams, and fears (mostly fears) of Kat and June's inner lives are heard out loud in this comedic series about the birth of a strange but beautiful female friendship.
Style:
feel good, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, witty ...
Plot:
friendship, female friendship, social problems, friends, social satire, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, female protagonist, life, women, satire, girlfriend, honest ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Nora Lin leans on her family as she navigates life and young adulthood in outer borough-NYC.
Style:
sitcom, family comedy, feel good, entertaining, funny ...
Plot:
adolescence vs adulthood, adulthood, lifestyle, family relations, life, family life, grownups, father daughter relationship, grandmother, identity, coming of age, awkwardness ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
43%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
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Story:
LIZA ON DEMAND is a half-hour, single camera comedy that follows the chaotic misadventures of Liza, a young woman in Los Angeles who is trying to make a career out of juggling various gig economy jobs — for lack of a better idea of what to do with ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, captivating, semi serious, satirical ...
Plot:
ambition, satire, desire for fame, social climber, lifestyle, female protagonist, ambitious woman, humour, musician's life, direction and purpose, aspiration, job ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
41%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Mel is a broke, fat, Black JFK airport employee who's never been in love and forgotten how to dream, until an accidental brush with death catapults her on a journey to finally take flight and start living by any means necessary.
Style:
inspirational, emotional, uplifting, existential, rom com
Audience:
adult
Plot:
airport, female protagonist, second chance, near death experience, self discovery, resilience, women, mortality, working class, identity, friendship, bittersweet ...
Similarity:
39%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
More than half of women in their 20's to 30's admit to "currently lacking a boyfriend." Men, love, sex, work, marriage... All the issues women face today are revealed in truth through this generation, an "ice age of ...
Style:
satirical, dorama, entertaining, romantic, semi serious ...
Plot:
women, relationships, slice of life, dating, friendship, young adult, looking for love, ex boyfriend ex girlfriend relationship, satire, female protagonist, love story, romantic relationship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
japan, tokyo
Similarity:
37%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Queenie Jenkins is a 25-year-old Jamaican British woman living in south London, straddling two cultures and slotting neatly into neither. After a messy breakup with her long-term boyfriend, Queenie seeks comfort in all the wrong places and begins to ...
Style:
romantic drama, heartfelt, romantic comedy, witty
Plot:
female protagonist, coming of age, self discovery, identity crisis, personal growth, healing, young adult, friendship, mental health, city life, intimate, anxiety ...
Time:
2020s
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, witty, light ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
friendship, stand up comedian, showbiz, ambition, performer's life, coming of age, neighbor, follow your dream, lifestyle, television, roommate, dialogue ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Hiroshi Tanaka moves to Tokyo after being laid off from his job.
Style:
feel good, humorous, satirical, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot:
slice of life, japanese man, satire, male protagonist, everyday life, lifestyle, hair, daily life, fish out of water, socially awkward, self acceptance, young adult ...
Place:
tokyo
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
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Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, semi serious, funny ...
Plot:
friendship, slice of life, group of friends, thirty something, female protagonist, friends, lifestyle, satire, life, self discovery, starting over, city life
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
34%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Story:
Hattie, a queer African American woman, hangs out with her two straight best friends Mari and Nia, in Los Angeles as they try to figure out life, love and the professional world.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, feel good, entertaining, satirical ...
Plot:
ambition, lesbian, coming of age, female friendship, young adult, lgbtq, adolescence vs adulthood, black people, black american, friendship, satire, lifestyle ...
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
34%
173
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Jenny is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1997 to 1998. The series was intended to be a star vehicle for Playboy Playmate Jenny McCarthy. It was rated TV-MA.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Plot:
hollywood, inheritance, television, friendship, fish out of water, roommate, pop culture, self discovery, celebrity culture, search for father, urban, young adult ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
33%
237
Genre: Comedy
Country: India
TV show
Story:
A millennial take on how three unmarried girls tackle all things together and deal with everything that comes their way.
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, realistic, lighthearted
Plot:
friendship, roommate, girl, friends, neighbor neighbor relationship, social problems, women, neighbor, social issues, adolescence vs adulthood, female friendship, girl next door ...
Place:
india
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Broad City follows two women throughout their daily lives in New York City, making the smallest and mundane events hysterical and disturbing to watch all at the same time.
Style:
sitcom, not serious, talky, buddy comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
sexual activity, lifestyle, best friend, slacker, women, twenty something, free spirit, lesbian, young adult, lgbt, lgbtq, urban ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, indiana, usa
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 33 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
feel good, satirical, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
actor, roommate, acting audition, aspiration, theater, dream, friendship, relationships, audition, neighbor, satire, multiple storylines ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
32%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
As Cooper Barrett struggles to survive each of life’s many challenges, he guides us through the often-messy, always-hilarious ordeal, so that our lives don’t have to be nearly the entertaining disaster that Cooper’s is turning out to be.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
friendship, roommate, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, relationships, life, romantic friendship, living together, friends, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, romantic relationship, group of friends ...
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Does (sex) life end for gay men as they face 50? Watch Nathan, Brad, Muscles & Ross stumble through middle-age in an alternate universe called West Hollywood.
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, sitcom, light hearted
Plot:
gay, middle aged, lgbt, midlife crisis, relationships, satire, gay couple, aging, gay relationship, gay marriage, gay interest, friendship ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
32%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 8 min.
TV show
Story:
Scarlet is a girl determined to find true love in the quirky queer scene of Newtown. If she could only figure out what it is she really wants! The Newtown Girls is a 10 part dramedy web series in which Scarlet must delve into the depths of dating ...
Style:
psychological, satirical, captivating, romantic comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
lgbtq, lesbian interest, lesbian, self discovery, love, looking for love, satire, love affair, problem, relationship problems, love story, female protagonist ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
idaho
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Four relationship-phobic people are unexpectedly thrust into one another's lives and form an unlikely bond in a townhouse in Queens, NY.
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, rom com ...
Plot:
friendship, buddies, adolescence vs adulthood, friends, twentysomething life, silly humor, singleness, roommate, social anxiety, urban, self discovery, bittersweet ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The unfiltered internal monologues of a young man and a young woman are exposed as they begin a new relationship together.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, romantic comedy, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick
Plot:
dating, couple relations, couples, battle of the sexes, looking for love, love and romance, relationships, society, family relations, rivalry, friendship, young adult ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Set in the witty, cruelly comedic dating world of contemporary NYC, Wallflowers details the ensemble exploits of a tight knit group of jaded but hopeful Gen-X stragglers coping with the ecstasy and the agony of dating life - as members of a ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, captivating, satirical, funny ...
Plot:
friends, friendship, satire, relationships, support group, dating, teenage love, love and romance, teenage life, adolescence, teenage protagonist, love interest ...
Place:
manhattan new york city, new york
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A New Yorker working as a paralegal searches for a new lease on life before a childhood friend inspires her to take up comedy.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, semi serious, feel good, independent film ...
Plot:
female protagonist, lovers reunited, relationships, love affair, love interest, reunited friends, couple relations, lifestyle change, male female relationship, changing lives, love story, urban ...
Place:
new york
Similarity:
31%
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