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Dead Like Me (2003)
46K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Dead Like Me follows a group of undead grim reapers tasked with shepherding the recently departed into the afterlife.
Style:
witty, sentimental, black comedy, cynical, humorous, contemplative, semi serious, dark comedy, offbeat, gothic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, afterlife, dealing with death, dark humor, supernatural ability, employer employee relationship, young man, loser, unfulfillment, death, parents and children, workplace, tragic event, team, death of daughter, diner, alter ego, accidental killing, family problems, grim reaper, mother daughter relationship, divorce, mission, earth, accident ...
Place:
seattle, seattle washington
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, semi serious, captivating and offbeat films and TV series with plots about supernatural, supernatural ability, supernatural power, friendship, death, female protagonist and family relations mostly in Drama, Comedy and Fantasy genres. Some movies like Dead Like Me: Pushing Daisies (2007), Wonderfalls (2004), The Good Place (2016), Being Erica (2009), Ghost Whisperer (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
When George and her colleagues get a new boss whose focus is on moving souls quickly and enjoying life without consequences, the team begins to break the strict reaper rules. While her friends fall victim to their desires for money, success, and ...
Style:
black comedy, stylized, humorous, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
afterlife, death, life & death, grim reaper, coma, suicide, dark humor, soul, supernatural, workplace, boss and employee, dealing with death ...
Time:
future
Place:
seattle, new jersey
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Musical, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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A pie-maker, with the power to bring dead people back to life, solves murder mysteries with his alive-again childhood sweetheart, a cynical private investigator, and a lovesick waitress.
Style:
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Audience:
teens, date night, girls' night
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Time:
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Place:
seattle
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Wonderfalls is a comedy-drama television series that was broadcast on the Fox television network in 2004.
The show centers on Jaye Tyler, a recent Brown University graduate with a philosophy degree, who holds a dead-end job as a sales clerk at a ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Eleanor Shellstrop, an ordinary woman who, through an extraordinary string of events, enters the afterlife where she comes to realize that she hasn't been a very good person. With the help of her wise afterlife mentor, she's determined to ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, touching ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Being Erica is a Canadian comedy-drama television series that aired on CBC from January 5, 2009 to December 12, 2011.
Created by Jana Sinyor, the series was originally announced by the CBC as The Session, but was retitled Being Erica before ...
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sentimental, witty, captivating, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
toronto ontario canada, canada
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100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
captivating, atmospheric, serious, spiritual, thrilling ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, talking to the dead, dealing with death, mysterious character, psychic power, couples, supernatural ability, strong female lead, couple relations, murder, afterlife ...
Time:
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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21 year-old slacker Sam Oliver learns that his parents sold his soul to the devil before he was born, and now Sam has to repay the debt by becoming the Devil's bounty hunter, retrieving souls that have somehow escaped from Hell.
Style:
feel good, humorous, light, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
good versus evil, deal with the devil, chases and races, misfit, supernatural, friendship, devil, escapades, teamwork, danger, heaven and hell, god or devil ...
Place:
seattle, usa
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63%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
captivating, surreal, sexual, dramatic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
funeral home, gay, dealing with death, hopes, dark humor, death, sibling relationship, depression, dysfunctional family, gays and lesbians, family drama, male male relationship ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
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Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Joan of Arcadia is an American television fantasy/family drama telling the story of teenager Joan Girardi, who sees and speaks with God and performs tasks she is given. The series originally aired on Fridays, 8–9 p.m. on CBS and CTV for two ...
Style:
sentimental, touching, witty, feel good, offbeat ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
maryland
Similarity:
100%
112K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
exciting, witty, cynical, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, england, canada
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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The central premise of Being Human is that various types of supernatural beings exist alongside human beings, with varying degrees of menace; that three of these supernatural beings are opting to live amongst human beings rather than apart from ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, werewolf, supernatural ability, ghost, friendship, supernatural power, roommate, social misfits, imaginary, transformation, misfit ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
wales, europe, bristol, united kingdom
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Shinigami-kun, alias grim reaper #413, is a rookie who pronounces the death of those scheduled to die and brings souls to the nether world. He would appear with the signature phrase “Congratulations! I’m here to call on you” although it is ...
Style:
captivating, semi serious, satirical, disturbing, thought provoking ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
supernatural, grim reaper, death, afterlife, mortality, life & death, workplace, satire, angel of death, near death experience, supernatural power, supernatural ability ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, usa
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100%
415K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
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Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Madeline is married to Ernest, who was once arch-rival Helen's fiance. After recovering from a mental breakdown, Helen vows to kill Madeline and steal back Ernest. Unfortunately for everyone, the introduction of a magic potion causes things to ...
Style:
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Audience:
chick flick, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
california, persia, beverly hills, usa, new york ...
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80K
Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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A medical student who becomes a zombie joins a Coroner's Office in order to gain access to the brains she must reluctantly eat so that she can maintain her humanity. But every brain she eats, she also inherits their memories and must now solve ...
Style:
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Audience:
teens
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Time:
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Place:
seattle, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 120 min.
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Plot:
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Place:
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance
Country: USA, Japan
Duration: 45 min.
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Place:
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67%
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Japan
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Style:
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Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
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Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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High school mathlete Lindsay Weir rebels and begins hanging out with a crowd of burnouts (the "freaks"), while her brother Sam Weir navigates a different part of the social universe with his nerdy friends (the "geeks").
Style:
humorous, light, semi serious, sitcom, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
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Duration: 30 min.
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Keith Barret, a taxi driver, is estranged from his wife, Marion, and children, Rhys and Alun. Although it's clear the separation is having a devastating effect on him, he's determined - to the point of near insanity - to remain positive.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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32%
4K
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Style:
enigmatic, psychological, captivating, tense, serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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