Movies and TV shows like On Our Own

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On Our Own (1994)
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On Our Own (1994)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: On Our Own is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1994 until April 14, 1995. The series stars Ralph Louis Harris and six real life siblings: Jazz, Jocqui, Jake, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett. The series was created and executive produced by David W. Duclon, one of the executive producers of Family Matters. The series was also produced by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, who developed the show. Suzanne dePasse and Suzanne Coston were additional executive producers, with Duclon's longtime colleague Gary Menteer acting as co-executive producer. The series was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, with associates Lightkeeper Productions and dePasse Entertainment. On Our Own was the first Miller/Boyett sitcom to be produced by Warner Bros. Television for its entire run.
Style: sitcom, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: family outing
Plot: black, urban, orphan, family relations, family life, fighting the system, society, siblings relations, african american, car accident, brother sister relationship, child protagonist, home alone, brother brother relationship, cross dressing, gender disguise, african american protagonist, death of parents, loss of parents, death of parent, loss of parent
Time: 90s

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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 family relations, family life, african american, black, youth, siblings relations and parents and children mostly in Comedy, Drama and Family genres. Some movies like On Our Own: The Hughleys (1998), Roc Live (1991), Diff'rent Strokes (1978), Smart Guy (1997), All of Us (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The Hughleys (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Hughleys is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 22, 1998 to April 28, 2000 and on the UPN network from September 11, 2000 to May 20, 2002. It starred comedian D. L. Hughley as the main character, Darryl Hughley, and Elise Neal as ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, offbeat ...
Plot: black, african american, urban, american culture, family relations, society, suburbs, male female relationship, brother sister relationship, father daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, friend ...
Time: 90s
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95%
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Roc Live (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
Style: sitcom, hood, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: black, black sitcom, african american, american culture, social issues, working class, society, politics, collector, family life, garbage collector, network ...
Time: 90s
Place: baltimore, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
78%
Diff'rent Strokes (1978)
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, adoption, interracial adoption, family relations, brother brother relationship, black, odd couple, family life, siblings relations, parents and children, child care ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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 6K
Smart Guy (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: T.J. is a boy genius who gets bumped up from the fourth grade to high school. T.J. tries to adjust to his new life, but he shares some classes with his 14 year-old brother Marcus, the school jock, and his clueless and self-absorbed 16 year-old ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, touching ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: black, high school, black sitcom, widower, sibling rivalry, child prodigy, african american, american culture, teenager, urban, single parent, boy genius ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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All of Us (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. On October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of ...
Style: sitcom, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, divorce, reporter, family life, couple relations, buddies, parents and children, black, african american, black sitcom, american culture, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
My Brother and Me (1994)
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, offbeat, humorous, touching
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: black, middle school, african american, friends, family relations, youth, siblings relations, young boy, african american family, morality, house, little boy ...
Time: 90s
Place: north carolina, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
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In the House (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In the House is an American sitcom that premiered on April 10, 1995 on NBC. The series moved to UPN after its second season, where it remained for an additional three seasons until it was canceled on August 11, 1999. In the House starred LL Cool J ...
Style: sitcom, sweet, realistic, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: black, african american, black sitcom, urban, american culture, family relations, football, misfit, down on your luck, fish out of water, clinic, ex athlete ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
The Royal Family (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Royal Family is an American sitcom starring Redd Foxx and Della Reese. The series was created and produced by Eddie Murphy, as part of a development deal Murphy had with CBS, and produced by Paramount Television, the television arm of Paramount ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: black, living with parents, elderly, parents and children, family life, aging, family relations, comeback, african american, post office
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: georgia, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Whoopi (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Whoopi was an American situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. The show aired on Tuesdays from September 9, 2003, on NBC to April 20, 2004.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, hilarious, humorous ...
Plot: hotel, starting over, boss and employee, workplace, culture clash, workplace situations, society, black, interracial relations, hotel owner, brother sister relationship, singer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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State of Grace (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: State of Grace is an American comedy-drama series that ran for two seasons on the Fox Network's Fox Family channel during 2001 and 2002.
Style: semi serious, touching, humorous, sentimental, retro ...
Plot: friendship, teenage life, jewish family, family relations, youth, family life, child protagonist, teenager, best friend, protective parent, friends, coming of age ...
Time: 60s, 20th century
Place: usa, north carolina
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
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Empty Nest (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Empty Nest is an American sitcom that originally aired on NBC from 1988 to 1995. The series was created as a spin-off of The Golden Girls by creator and producer Susan Harris. For its first three seasons, Empty Nest was one of the year's top 10 ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: doctor, family relations, supportive parent, parents and children, siblings relations, family life, father daughter relationship, coworker relationship, nurse, hospital, medical, singleness ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: florida, miami, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
 5.9
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Moesha (1996)
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, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: teens, pre-teens, family outing
Plot: black, high school, african american, urban, black sitcom, american culture, dysfunctional family, black cast, girl power, black american, family relations, teen social issues ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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Linc's (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Linc's is an American comedy-drama based in a bar in Washington D.C.. The series starred Steven Williams, Pam Grier and Golden Brooks, and aired on Showtime for two seasons from 1998 to 2000 before being cancelled. After cancellation, it was ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
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Time: 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
The Parent 'Hood (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July 25, 1999. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglas. Originally to have been titled Father Knows Nothing, the series was one of the ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous
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Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Sons & Daughters (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Family is always unpredictable, so why write a family comedy when you can live dangerously and improvise instead? Like real families, you never know what will happen when you give characters total freedom. Adult siblings Cameron, Sharon and Jenna ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, light ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Family Doctor (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Spain
TV show
Story: A young widowed doctor tries to rebuild his life and take care of his three children and his teenage nephew. In the house also live his father and the cleaning lady, which marks the rhythm of the day to day life of this family. His sister-in-law, ...
Style: humorous, emotional, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Plot: medical, family relations, siblings relations, parents and children, doctors and patients, couple relations, hopes, family life, couples, society, youth, best friend ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: spain
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
The Geena Davis Show (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Geena Davis Show is an American sitcom starring Geena Davis. The show lasted one season on ABC.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: lifestyle, family life, couples, workplace, relationship vs career, love and romance, family relations, strong female presence, suburbs, event planner
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
House of Payne (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolved around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: family relations, working class, family life, parents and children, social relations, suburbs, elderly, youth, african american protagonist, urban, black, african american ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Cosby (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Cosby is an American situation comedy television series broadcast on CBS from September 16, 1996 to April 28, 2000, loosely based on the British sitcom One Foot in the Grave. The program stars Bill Cosby and Phylicia Rashād, who previously worked ...
Style: sitcom, children's program, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: black, elderly, african american, american culture, blues, retirement, couple relations, lifestyle, aging, family relations, couples, retiring ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
The Tracy Morgan Show (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Tracy Morgan Show is an American sitcom that aired from December 2, 2003 to March 20, 2004 on NBC. The series stars Tracy Morgan and Tamala Jones. The show was canceled in its first season after 18 episodes.
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot: family relations, family life, black, workplace, working class, parents and children, family business, urban, friendship, african american, american culture, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Soul Man (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Soul Man is an American sitcom that aired on ABC in 1997 that lasted two seasons and starred Dan Aykroyd. The series premiered on April 15, 1997, and was picked up for a second season of 22 episodes after only three episodes aired for the first ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, clergy, church, social relations, youth, single parent, parents and children, eccentric family, siblings relations, family life
Time: 90s
Place: michigan, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Soul Food (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Soul Food: The Series is a television drama that aired Wednesday nights on Showtime from June 28, 2000 to May 26, 2004. Created by filmmaker George Tillman, Jr. and developed for television by Felicia D. Henderson, Soul Food is based upon ...
Style: sentimental, humorous, semi serious, talky, sincere ...
Plot: black, family relations, parents and children, siblings relations, family feud, family life, couples, couple relations, love and romance, hopes, family values, family tradition ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
The Torkelsons (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Torkelsons is an American sitcom which aired on the NBC television network from September 21, 1991 to June 6, 1993. Produced by Walt Disney Television, the series starred Connie Ray, Olivia Burnette and William Schallert. For the second season, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, touching, realistic, semi serious ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: slice of life, women, boarder, teenager, large family, single mother, absent parent, suburbs, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, hopes, religions or cults ...
Time: 90s
Place: oklahoma, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.3
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Wings (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
Style: sitcom, witty, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: aviation, workplace, airport, family relations, friendship, siblings relations, sibling relationship, staff, workplace situations, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, team ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 7.2
 2K
Jack & Jill (1999)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A lighthearted romantic comedy about post-collegiate life, love and career in New York City.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, sitcom ...
Plot: couples, looking for love, friendship, group of friends, youth, city life, dating, twenty something, college graduate, young adult, relationships, friends ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
 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 ⇓
35%
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My Sister Sam (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: My Sister Sam is an American situation comedy series that aired on CBS from October 1986 to April 1988. The series stars Pam Dawber and Rebecca Schaeffer.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental
Audience: family outing
Plot: photographer, sister sister relationship, siblings relations, family relations, teenage life, city life, coming of age, twentysomething life, urban, social relations, eccentric family, youth ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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 796
Just Jordan (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Just Jordan is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon as a part of the network's TEENick lineup. The series debuted on January 7, 2007 and was cancelled on April 5, 2008 with 29 episodes produced.
Style: sitcom, feel good, touching, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: family relations, best friend, teenage life, rise to the top, against the odds, love and romance, youth, black boy, interracial friendship, diner, friends, urban ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, arkansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Eight Is Enough (1977)
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, sentimental ...
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: family affairs, family relations, love and romance, couple relations, single parent, remarry, couples, looking for love, parents and children, family life, teenage life, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: california, usa, sacramento california
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Wendell & Vinnie (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The series follows Vinnie Bassett, proprietor of a pop culture memorabilia store who only takes breaks to read comic books and play video games. His bachelor life comes to a halt when he assumes guardianship of his incredibly intelligent and mature ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: uncle nephew relationship, custody, family life, siblings relations, family relations, family values, youth, teenage girl, silly humor, love
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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