Movies and TV shows like Napoleon Dynamite

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Napoleon Dynamite (2012)
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Napoleon Dynamite (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Napoleon Dynamite is an American animated sitcom based on the 2004 cult film of the same name. The series was created by Jared and Jerusha Hess and developed by the Hesses and Mike Scully. The series follows the adventures of Napoleon Dynamite in the small town of Preston, Idaho. The Hesses came up with the idea for the series after filming Napoleon Dynamite. It originally ran on Fox from January 15, 2012, to March 4, 2012, before being cancelled.
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, adult animation, light, sitcom, adult cartoon, offbeat, absurd, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: friendship, family relations, teenage life, socially awkward, youth, misfit, high school, disorder, delusion, eccentric family, goofy hero, small town, social relations, silly humor, satire, farce, education, friends, high school life, wannabe, small town life, teenager, absurd humor, goofball, social awkwardness
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: idaho, usa

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, not serious, adult animation and adult cartoon films and TV series with plots about youth, disorder, friendship, friends, family relations, silly humor and satire mostly in Animation, Comedy and Sci-Fi genres. Some movies like Napoleon Dynamite: Beavis and Butt-Head (1993), TripTank (2014), Clone High (2002), Dilbert (1999), Duncanville (2020). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Beavis and Butt-Head (1993)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Beavis and Butt-head are high school students whose lifestyles revolve around TV, junk food (usually nachos), shopping malls, heavy metal music, and trying to "score with chicks". Each show contains short cartoons centering on the duo who ...
Style: adult cartoon, adult animation, humorous, sitcom, animated comedy ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: high school, stupidity, odd couple, school, media satire, hardcase students, bad taste humour, heavy metal, friendship, escapades, practical joke, mature ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, texas
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TripTank (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: TripTank is Comedy Central’s newest animated experience, executive produced by ShadowMachine’s Alex Bulkley and Corey Campodonico. The weekly, eight-episode half-hour series, showcases a wide range of fast-paced, hard-hitting animated comedy ...
Style: humorous, adult animation, not serious, adult cartoon, entertaining ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: satire, silly humor, disorder, bad taste humour, dark humor, mature, absurd humor, adult humor, multiple storylines, surrealism, stoner, acid ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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100%
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Clone High (2002)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Clone High is a Canadian-American adult animated television series that aired for one season on MTV and Teletoon. The series had run in its entirety in Canada on Teletoon before premiering in the United States on MTV. The last five episodes were ...
Style: adult cartoon, adult animation, semi serious, humorous, parody ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot: high school, cloning, clone, teenage life, leader, joan of arc, napoleon bonaparte, satire, historical figure, experiment, society, folk hero ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
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Dilbert (1999)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dilbert is an animated television series adaptation of the comic strip of the same name, produced by Adelaide Productions, Idbox, and United Media and distributed by Columbia TriStar Television. The first episode was broadcast on January 25, 1999, ...
Style: adult cartoon, sitcom, adult animation, realistic, not serious ...
Audience: adult
Plot: economics, autism, superhero, office, workplace, comic book, regret, ordinary person, unsupportive coworkers, disorder, power relations, workplace problem ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
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100%
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Duncanville (2020)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The series centers on the life of Duncan, a spectacularly average 15-year-old boy, his family and friends. Poehler will provide the voice of Duncan and his high-strung mom, Annie, who is constantly trying to prevent her son from ruining his life.
Style: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, feel good, exciting ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids, adult
Plot: high school, mother son relationship, social satire, teenager, father son relationship, coming of age, parents and children, husband wife relationship, brother sister relationship, small town, couple relations, siblings relations ...
Place: usa
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Allen Gregory (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Allen Gregory is a short-lived American animated television series that aired on Fox from October 30 to December 18, 2011. The series was created by Jonah Hill, Andrew Mogel and Jarrad Paul. The series was officially cancelled by Fox on January 8, ...
Style: humorous, adult animation, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: family relations, boy, school, teachers and students, friends, social relations, youth, fish out of water, precocious child, boss, teacher, child prodigy ...
Time: 60s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Daria (1997)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Daria Morgendorffer lives with her stressed-out, career-fixated parents, Helen and Jake, and her relentlessly cute and popular little sister, Quinn. Daria and her fellow outcast and best friend, Jane Lane, attend Lawndale High School where they are ...
Style: clever, adult cartoon, witty, cynical, adult animation ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: sarcasm, loner, social misfits, high school life, everyday life, antisocial behavior, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood, society, school, lifestyle, adolescence ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Out There (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Chronicling the coming-of-age misadventures of socially awkward Chad, his little brother Jay and his best friend, Chris. Living in the small town of Holford, the boys wander its surreal, bleak landscape waiting out their last few years of ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, psychological, adult cartoon ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: friendship, coming of age, buddies, misfit, youth, family relations, small town, social relations, grownups, moving, siblings relations, small town life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
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The Brak Show (2000)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: The Brak Show is an animated television series that aired on Cartoon Network's late night programming block, Adult Swim. The Brak Show is a spin-off of the animated television series, Space Ghost Coast to Coast, and featured recurring ...
Style: adult animation, sitcom, parody, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: everyday life, eccentric family, living with parents, parents and children, teenage life, family relations, youth, escapades, goofy hero, stupidity, bully, mature ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
The Great North (2021)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the Alaskan adventures of the Tobin family as a single dad does his best to keep his weird bunch of kids close, especially as the artistic dreams of his only daughter lead her away from the family fishing boat and into the glamorous world of ...
Style: humorous, funny, adult animation, not serious, sitcom ...
Audience: adult
Plot: family relations, wilderness, disorder, teenage girl, friendship, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, teenage boy, eccentric family, adolescence, stupidity, goofy hero ...
Place: alaska
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
The Goode Family (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: The Goode Family is an American animated comedy series, which originally aired on ABC from May 27, 2009 to August 7, 2009. The series was created by Mike Judge, and follows the life of an environmentally responsible, albeit obsessive, family. The ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, sitcom, realistic, adult cartoon ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: youth, family values, society, family tradition, eccentric family, family relations, family life, parents and children, unsupportive parent, environmentalism, teenage life, save the planet ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
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Stone Quackers (2014)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Stone Quackers revolves around the misadventures of two ducks, Whit and Clay, along with their friends Barf and Dottie, plus the authority Officer Barry.
Style: humorous, surreal, not serious, adult animation, adult cartoon ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: friendship, cartoon duck, friends, disorder, anthropomorphism, buddies, roommate, dark humor, absurd humor, rivalry, silly humor, prank ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Sit Down Shut Up (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sit Down, Shut Up is an American animated television series created by Mitchell Hurwitz for the Fox network. The series focuses on a group of high school teachers in a small town in Florida "who don't care about teaching". The series ...
Style: adult animation, humorous, not serious, adult cartoon, entertaining ...
Audience: adult
Plot: teachers and students, workplace situations, high school life, workplace, social relations, small town, rivalry, mature, hippie, high school, hypocrisy, gender ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Full English (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Full English is a British animated sitcom created by Jack Williams, Harry Williams and Alex Scarfe for Channel 4. The programme is produced by Two Brothers Pictures. It parodies and satirises various popular entertainment personalities in the United ...
Style: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, not serious, parody ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: couple relations, suburban life, youth, imaginary character, satire, social relations, figment, family relations, parents and children, couples, suburbs, eccentric family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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52%
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Bordertown (2016)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: The comedy, which takes place in a fictitious desert town near the U.S.-Mexico border, centers on the intertwining daily lives of neighbors Bud Buckwald and Ernesto Gonzales. Bud, a married father of three, is a Border Patrol agent who feels ...
Style: adult animation, sitcom, humorous, not serious, adult cartoon ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: family life, u.s. mexico border, silly humor, couples, couple relations, society, parents and children, dysfunctional family, immigrant, culture clash, cultural difference, social satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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Good Vibes (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Transplanted Jersey boy Mondo and his best buddy Woodie live out their California dreams in the colorful beach community of Playa Del Toro, where the likeable, down-to-earth duo search out the wildest parties, prettiest girls and biggest waves. ...
Style: humorous, adult animation, realistic, not serious, captivating
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: teenage life, love and romance, youth, coming of age, beach, friends, buddies, silly humor, surfing
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Crash Canyon (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Crash Canyon is a Canadian animated series. It tells the story of the community living at the bottom of a canyon. The Wendell family is looking for an original holiday by caravan but their trip ends sooner than expected at the bottom of a canyon in ...
Style: not serious, humorous, witty, adult animation, captivating ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, eccentric family, culture clash, silly humor, disorder, parents and children, canyon, motor home, dark humor, social relations, black family ...
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Neighbors from Hell (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Neighbors from Hell was a satirical American animated sitcom that ran on TBS from June 7, 2010 to July 26, 2010. The executive producer of the series is Pam Brady. The first and only season consisted of 10 episodes. The series is owned by 20th ...
Style: humorous, not serious, adult animation, adult cartoon
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: family relations, fish out of water, couples, couple relations, social relations, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, suburban life, imaginary, misfit, supernatural ...
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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The Most Popular Girls in School (2012)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The Most Popular Girls in School (abbreviated MPGIS) is an American stop-motion animated comedy web series that debuted on YouTube on May 1, 2012. Created by Mark Cope and Carlo Moss, the series animates Barbie, Ken and other fashion dolls, usually ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating
Audience: teens
Plot: cheerleader, teenage life, rivalry, high school, popularity, best friend, uninhibited rivalry, youth, friends, high school hunk, stop motion, high school life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: kansas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Lucas Bros Moving Co (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: The stand-up comedy of New York-based identical twins Kenny and Keith Lucas (The Lucas Brothers) gets animated. With the help of the people of Greenpoint, the twins run a moving company called Lucas Bros. Moving Co. Their customers are often ...
Style: adult animation, not serious, humorous, feel good, adult cartoon ...
Audience: kids, adult
Plot: wrestling, disorder, nothing goes right, workplace, brother brother relationship, twin brother, stoner, slacker, surrealism, mature, trippy, black ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
Glenn Martin DDS (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Glenn Martin, DDS is an American-Canadian stop-motion-animated television series that premiered on Nick at Nite on August 17, 2009. The series was produced by Tornante Animation in association with Cuppa Coffee Studio. Glenn Martin, DDS was Nick at ...
Style: humorous, captivating, light, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: family relations, parents and children, family life, journey, self discovery, society, friendship, vulgar, siblings relations, couple relations, youth, stop motion ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Clerks (2000)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Clerks is an American animated sitcom based on Kevin Smith's 1994 comedy of the same name. It was developed for television by Smith, Smith's producing partner Scott Mosier and former Seinfeld writer David Mandel with character designs by ...
Style: humorous, adult cartoon, adult animation, not serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: friendship, satire, escapades, save the day, master villain, buddies, everyday life, disorder, partner, workplace, goofy hero, workplace situations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
 7.3
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The Awesomes (2013)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: After Mr. Awesome announces his retirement as leader of The Awesomes, a superhero task force, his not-so-super son Prock (Seth Meyers) fills the roster with previously rejected applicants, but despite their incompetence and general lack of ability, ...
Style: adult animation, not serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: heroic mission, goofy hero, heroes, rivalry, loser, good versus evil, silly humor, disorder, misfit, paparazzi, imaginary, superhero ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Mad (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 12 min.
TV show
Story: Mad is an American animated sketch comedy series created by Kevin Shinick and produced by Warner Bros. Animation. Based upon the magazine of the same name, each episode is a collection of short animated parodies of television shows, movies, games, ...
Style: parody, humorous, captivating, satirical, light ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: showbiz, disorder, imaginary, artists and showbiz, satire, pop culture, society, robin hood, sketch, batman, dark humor, silly humor ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Golan, The Insatiable (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: "Golan the Insatiable" is the story of a mighty godlord from an alternate universe who arrives in the small town of Oak Grove, where his only friend is a 10-year-old goth girl named DYLAN. Together they fight the boredom of suburban life. ...
Style: adult animation, humorous, captivating, adult cartoon, feel good ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: imaginary, friendship, troublemaker, social relations, prank, chaos and mayhem, mischievous children, society, small town life, life turned upside down, mature, sword and sorcery ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Jimmy Two-Shoes (2009)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Jimmy Two-Shoes is a Canadian animated television series that aired on Disney XD in the United Kingdom and in the USA, and Teletoon in Canada. The series were centered around the exploits of the happy-go-lucky titular character Jimmy, who lives in ...
Style: humorous, feel good, entertaining, light, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: optimism, friendship, best friend, escapades, youth, mischievous children, imaginary, rivalry, disorder, small town life, small town, imaginary kingdom ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Rated A for Awesome (2011)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Rated A for Awesome is an American/Canadian animated television series created by Asaph Fipke. It premiered on Disney XD on June 20, 2011, at 12:00 noon ET and in the United Kingdom on 23 July at 9am as a double bill. The series is produced by the ...
Style: humorous, not serious
Audience: kids
Plot: friendship, school, friends, youth, imaginary, experimenting, nothing goes right, mischievous children, disorder
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46%
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Slacker Cats (2007)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
TV show
Story: The strange misadventures of Eddie and Buckley, two domesticated housecats dealing with life in the urban jungle.
Style: humorous, not serious, adult animation, sitcom
Audience: teens
Plot: friendship, silly humor, buddies, pets, friends, disorder, imaginary, animal that acts human, adult humor, vulgar, anthropomorphic animal, cartoon cat ...
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.0
 113
Fatherhood (2004)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Fatherhood is an American animated television series revolving around the Bindlebeep family and various happenings, inspired by the book of the same name by Bill Cosby. This was Nick at Nite's first original animated series. It has aired on ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family life, family relations, suburbs, parents and children, society, dog, school, fatherhood, friendship, love, rivalry, black ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
The Life & Times of Tim (2008)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 900 min.
TV show
Story: The Life & Times of Tim is an HBO comedy animated television series, which premiered on September 28, 2008. The series was created by Steve Dildarian, and is about a hapless man in his mid-20's named Tim who lives in New York City with his ...
Style: funny, sitcom, adult cartoon, not serious, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: workplace, promotion, boss, couples, nothing goes right, disorder, couple relations, dishonesty, humiliation, boyfriend, comedy of errors, workplace situations ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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