Movies and TV shows like Growing Pains
If you like "Growing Pains" you are looking for sentimental, feel good and humorous movies or TV shows about / with family affairs, teenager, family relations, youth, friends, parents and children and family life themes of Comedy and Family genre shot in USA.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Growing Pains (1985)
18K
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Growing Pains is an American television sitcom about an affluent family, residing in Huntington, Long Island, New York, with a working mother and a stay-at-home psychiatrist father raising three children together, which aired on ABC from September 24, 1985, to April 25, 1992.
Style:
sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, iconic, nostalgic
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
family affairs, teenager, family relations, youth, friends, parents and children, family life, love and romance, teenage life, society, suburbs, suburban life, siblings relations, couple relations, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage girl, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother sister relationship, father son relationship, male female relationship, teenage boy, child, husband wife relationship, problem solving ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, 1990s
Place:
long island, new york, usa
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Growing Pains
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic and semi serious films and TV series with plots about youth, family relations, family, teenage girl, family life, parents and children and teenager mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Growing Pains: Family Ties (1982), Diff'rent Strokes (1978), The Cosby Show (1984), Good Luck Charlie (2010), Eight Is Enough (1977). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, liberal, culture clash, lifestyle, parents and children, hippie, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, family life, siblings relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, ohio, columbus ohio
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Diff'rent Strokes is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from November 3, 1978, to May 4, 1985, and on ABC from September 27, 1985, to March 7, 1986. The series stars Gary Coleman and Todd Bridges as Arnold and Willis Jackson, two ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, sentimental, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
african american, orphan, interracial adoption, brother brother relationship, black, adoption, odd couple, family life, siblings relations, parents and children, child care, mischievous children ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, realistic, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
family relations, family values, parents and children, family life, black, couples, lifestyle, couple relations, verbal byplay, teenage life, black sitcom, african american ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Good Luck Charlie is an American television sitcom, which premiered on April 4, 2010, on Disney Channel. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to only ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, witty, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
adolescence, large family, siblings relations, diary, family relations, nurse, parents and children, parenthood, youth, family values, social relations, suburban life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
family affairs, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, single parent, remarry, couples, looking for love, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, teenage life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
california, usa, sacramento california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Home Improvement is an American television sitcom starring Tim Allen, that aired from September 17, 1991 to May 25, 1999. The show was created by Matt Williams, Carmen Finestra and David McFadzean. In the 1990s, it was one of the most watched ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, game show, sweet ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
husband wife relationship, father son relationship, sarcasm, handyman, friendship, brother brother relationship, sibling rivalry, male chauvinism, advice, home improvement, friend, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
detroit, michigan, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
Full House is an American sitcom television series. Set in San Francisco, the show chronicles widowed father Danny Tanner, who, after the death of his wife Pam, enlists his best friend Joey Gladstone and his brother-in-law Jesse Katsopolis to help ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, sentimental, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night, family friendly
Plot:
father daughter relationship, single father, single parent, friends, friendship, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, childhood love, precocious child, uncle niece relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, bay area, california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Facts of Life is an American sitcom that originally ran on the NBC television network from August 24, 1979, to May 7, 1988, making it the longest running sitcom of the 1980's. A spin-off of the sitcom Diff'rent Strokes, the ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
boarding school, boarding school life, high school, friendship between girls, tomboy, lgbtqi, preppy, women, teachers and students, lgbtq, high school student, strong female presence ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
new york
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Mr. Belvedere is an American sitcom that originally aired on ABC from March 15, 1985, until July 8, 1990. The series is based on the Lynn Aloysius Belvedere character created by Gwen Davenport for her 1947 novel Belvedere, which was later adapted ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
family relations, friends, power relations, disorder, youth, lifestyle, master and servant, society, workplace, boss and employee, suburban life, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
pittsburgh, pennsylvania, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Moesha was an American sitcom series that aired on the UPN network from January 23, 1996 to May 14, 2001. The series stars R&B singer Brandy Norwood as Moesha Mitchell, a high school student living with her family in the Leimert Park ...
Style:
sitcom, sweet, inspirational, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
african american, black, high school, urban, black sitcom, teenage girl, high school student, girl power, black american, dysfunctional family, black cast, family relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, sentimental, sitcom, humorous, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
childhood, generation gap, childhood sweetheart, friends, coming of age, high school, first love, teenage life, dating, family relations, love and romance, family life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
7th Heaven is an American family drama television series, created and produced by Brenda Hampton. The series premiered on August 26, 1996, on The WB, the first time that the network aired Monday night programming, and was originally broadcast from ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, realistic, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, teen drama
Plot:
child's point of view, family life, parents and children, suburban life, suburbs, society, religion, parenthood, family relations, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Saved by the Bell is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC from 1989 to 1993. The series was a retool of the Disney Channel series Good Morning, Miss Bliss. The show follows the exploits of a group of friends and their principal, and ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, sweet, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
high school, cheerleader, teenage girl, teenager, school, high school life, teachers and students, high school student, education, drug, teenage boy, girl ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Punky Brewster is an American sitcom about a girl named Punky Brewster being raised by her foster parent. The show ran on NBC from September 16, 1984 to September 7, 1986 and again in first-run syndication from October 30, 1987 to May 27, ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, feel good, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
dog, golden retriever, family relations, friendship, children, female protagonist, little girl, apartment building, friendship between girls, orphanage, culture, optimism ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Saved by the Bell: The New Class is a spin-off of the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 11, 1993 to January 8, 2000. The series lasted for seven seasons on NBC as a part of the network's TNBC Saturday morning line-up. It was the ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, teen comedy
Audience:
teens
Plot:
cheerleading, high school life, dating, prom, friends, power relations, youth, private detective, hardcase students, misfit, workplace, prank ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Bill Engvall Show is a sitcom which ran on TBS from July 17, 2007 to September 5, 2009. The series starred comedian Bill Engvall and was written and created by Engvall and Michael Leeson. The series was canceled on September 25, 2009.
On June ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, family life, friends, parents and children, couples, suburbs, therapist, father son relationship, marriage, friendship, society, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Even Stevens is an American comedy television series that aired on Disney Channel with a total of three seasons and 65 episodes from June 17, 2000, to June 13, 2003. It follows the life of the Stevenses, a Jewish family living in suburban ...
Style:
sitcom, witty, feel good, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, pre-teens, family outing, teens
Plot:
cheerleader, sibling rivalry, family relations, high school life, siblings relations, parents and children, teenage life, youth, classmate, disorder, family life, eccentric family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa, sacramento california, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
My Brother and Me is a sitcom on Nickelodeon that premiered on October 15, 1994, and ran until February 2, 1995. The show is about a family living in the West Side of Charlotte, North Carolina, who experience the highs and lows of everyday life. ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, touching
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
black, middle school, african american, friends, family relations, youth, siblings relations, young boy, african american family, morality, house, black family ...
Time:
90s
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
So Little Time is an American sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on Fox Family. The first half of the series aired from June 2, 2001, to August 15, 2001. The series then went on a four-month hiatus owing to network management ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
twins, teenage life, high school life, twin sister, youth, teenage love, divorced parents, best friend, family life, female protagonist, high school, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
malibu california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot:
couples, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, family relations, youth, couple relations, family life, parents and children, siblings relations, teenager ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Who's the Boss? is an American sitcom created by Martin Cohan and Blake Hunter, which aired on ABC from September 20, 1984 to April 25, 1992. Produced by Embassy Television, in association with Hunter-Cohan Productions, and Columbia Pictures ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
sexual attraction, advertising executive, father daughter relationship, single mother, widower, career woman, single father, nylons, missing person, family affairs, advertising, family relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
connecticut, usa
Similarity:
100%
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:
sentimental, humorous, sitcom, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, girls' night, family outing ...
Plot:
teenage life, teenage girl, popularity, youth, siblings relations, teenager, favoritism among siblings, high school life, parents and children, twins, high school, family life ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
single mother, dentist, family life, youth, save the day, couples, family problems, teenage life, parents and children, crumbling marriage, pregnancy, divorced parents ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
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:
kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, teenage life, high school life, parents and children, sister sister relationship, friendship, black, biracial, twin sister, youth, lifestyle, eccentric family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
Similarity:
100%
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, not serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
Plot:
cheerleader, large family, youth, housekeeper, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, domestic servant, children, siblings, family affairs, parents ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
667
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
«Eralash» (Turkic "mixed, mishmash") is a Soviet, then Russian, children's comic newsreel published since 1974 at the Gorky Central Film Studio for Children and Youth films; it was shown first in cinemas, then on television. The ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, entertaining, captivating, sincere
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
love, teenager, society, friendship, youth, friends, love and romance, family relations, school, life philosophy, buddies, mother son relationship ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 90s, future
Place:
ussr
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Out Of This World is an American fantasy sitcom about a teenage girl who is half alien, which gives her unique supernatural powers. It first aired in syndication from September 17, 1987 and ended on May 25, 1991.
During its first season, the series ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, light, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
teenage girl, stopped time, father daughter relationship, time freeze, supernatural power, friendly alien, mayor, uncle niece relationship, alien race, magic, alien, alien planet ...
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the first four seasons, until ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, rich and poor, dating, preppy, coming of age, man child, rich, family relations, power relations, society, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Charles in Charge is an American sitcom series starring Scott Baio as Charles, a 19-year-old student at the fictional Copeland College in New Brunswick, New Jersey, who worked as a live-in babysitter in exchange for room and board. Baio directed ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
college, dating, college student, family relations, love and romance, teenage life, family life, adolescence vs adulthood, young adult, youth, buddies, babysitting ...
Time:
80s, 90s
Place:
new jersey
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, family relations, coming of age, college, teenager, high school life, teenage life, supportive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, school, teachers and students ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
67%
Related movie lists
