Movies and TV shows like Knocking on Doors

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Knocking on Doors (2013)
Knocking on Doors (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Times are tough, and Louise Bice, a writer/actress/dog walker/contributor to an obscure dance blog, is forced to take a job that calls for a giant leap out of her comfort zone and into what lurks behind the closed doors of Los Angeles. Like everything in Tinseltown, things are often not what they seem and truth is stranger than the fiction even she can create.
Style: humorous, realistic, talky, not serious
Plot: strong female presence, workplace, workplace situations, writers, actress, dog walker
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: los angeles, usa, california

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, not serious and sitcom films and TV series with plots about workplace, workplace situations, strong female presence, artists and showbiz, power relations, lifestyle and friends mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Knocking on Doors: Breaking & Entering (2013), Blunt Talk (2015), Lovespring International (2006), Mr. Sunshine (2011), Free Agents (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Breaking & Entering (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Breaking & Entering is an independent series about three friends seeking to enter Hollywood by breaking their backs working as assistants. B&E is based on and inspired by the lives of industry assistants who live and work in REAL HOLLYWOOD ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, captivating
Plot: hollywood, follow your dream, desire for fame, buddies, workplace, friends, workplace situations, showbiz, personal assistant, celebrity, breaking and entering, hopes ...
Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
 7.4
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Blunt Talk (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A British newscaster moves to Los Angeles with his alcoholic manservant and the baggage of several failed marriages to host a sanctimonious talk show.
Style: not serious, cynical, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: media satire, media, journalism, silly humor, artists and showbiz, workplace situations, workplace, talk show host, bittersweet, satire, behind the scenes, talk show
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
87%
Lovespring International (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The many ins and outs of an elite Beverly Hills dating service... located in Tarzana.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, sitcom, light ...
Plot: matchmaking, looking for love, workplace, love and romance, boss and employee, workplace situations, dating, office, psychologist, dating service
Time: 21st century
Place: california, beverly hills, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
 6.7
 7K
Mr. Sunshine (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 293 min.
TV show
Story: Ben Donovan is a self-involved manager of a second-rate San Diego sports arena who begins to re-evaluate his life on his 40th birthday. Working alongside him is his boss and arena owner, Crystal--attractive, powerful and highly erratic; Alice--the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, hilarious, realistic
Plot: workplace, midlife crisis, workplace situations, boss and employee, ex athlete, disorder, self involved, arena, arrest, colleague, birthday, power relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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 5.7
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Free Agents (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Free Agents is an American re-make of a British workplace sitcom that premiered on NBC September 14, 2011, in the 10:30 pm Eastern/9:30 pm Central time slot, before assuming its regular time slot on September 21, 2011, where it aired at 8:30 pm ...
Style: humorous, not serious, talky, realistic, sweet ...
Plot: sexual content, workplace, dating, workplace romance, love and romance, battle of the sexes, workplace situations, midlife crisis, platonic, singleness, advertising, advertising agency ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
 6.0
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Bad Judge (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The series chronicles the personal life (and the wild lifestyle) of Rebecca Wright, a tough-as-nails judge serving on the Los Angeles County Circuit Court, whose time off the bench is spent partying and displaying a reckless behavior. Her reputation ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, light
Audience: girls' night
Plot: legal, workplace situations, courtroom, workplace humor, courtroom drama, power relations, workplace, female protagonist, female boss, lawyer, law, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
Live at Gotham (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Live at Gotham is a standup comedy television show airing on Comedy Central in the United States. The show features up and coming stand up comedians performing live at the Gotham Comedy Club in New York City. It premiered on July 21, 2006.
Style: realistic, not serious, talky, humorous, live comedy ...
Plot: stand up comedy, stand up comedian, joke, stand up
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
The Comedians (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A veteran comedian is reluctantly paired with a younger, edgier comedian for a late-night comedy sketch show.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, mockumentary ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: comedian, artists and showbiz, ego clash, media, rivalry, workplace, showbiz, workplace situations, hunting, entertainment industry, actor playing himself
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Watching Ellie (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A single woman, Ellie Riggs, tries to navigate her way through the Los Angeles music scene and her own messy personal life.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: performer's life, workplace, artists and showbiz, aspiring singer, media satire, media
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Tracey Ullman in the Trailer Tales (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
Story: Tracey Ullman's comedy special features the one-and-only 'Ruby Romaine'--the memorable character from HBO's 'Tracey Takes On.' After an illustrious career, veteran Hollywood makeup artist Ruby has decided to call it ...
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, parody, independent film ...
Plot: hollywood, artists and showbiz, showbiz, lifestyle, strong female presence, celebrity, television, storytelling, stand up comedy, makeup artist, makeover, alcohol ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Scrubs: Interns (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A web series following four interns in their first year at Sacred Heart Hospital—Katie Collins, Denise "Jo" Mahoney, Howie Gelder and Sonja "Sunny" Dey, who "directs" the series as a video diary project.
Style: talky, humorous, semi serious, sincere, realistic ...
Plot: verbal byplay, doctors and patients, silly humor, hospital, power relations, workplace situations, intern, workplace, doctor, nurse, workaholic
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
59%
 5.2
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Mr. Robinson (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Centers on a rough-edged musician Craig, who's adjusting to his new life as a music teacher in a big-city middle school where he encounters teacher politics and the temptations of single moms.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: middle school, school, workplace, musician's life, teachers and students, teenage life, workplace situations, youth, artists and showbiz, black, teacher, black cast ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Super Fun Night (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Junior attorney Kimmie Boubier and her two best friends, Helen-Alice and Marika, have had a standing date every Friday night for the last 13 years. They even have a motto for what they call "Friday Night Fun Night": "Always together! ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lifestyle, friends, best friend, workplace romance, siblings relations, misfit, workplace situations, workplace, family relations, socially awkward, promotion, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
53%
Are You There, Chelsea? (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Are You There, Chelsea? is an American sitcom created by Dottie Zicklin and Julie Ann Larson. It is based on Chelsea Handler's 2008 best-selling book Are You There, Vodka? It's Me, Chelsea and aired from January 11 to March 28, 2012, on ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, funny
Audience: girls' night
Plot: lifestyle, best friend, friends, workplace, roommate, strong female presence, twentysomething life, alcohol abuse, singleness, workplace humor, biopic, troublemaker ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Psychodrama (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A collection of hilarious and sometimes heinous moments from the real lives of three girls living in New York trying to make it as actors, or anything, really - as told to their therapist. Yes, they all see the same therapist.
Style: talky, realistic, not serious, humorous
Audience: girls' night
Plot: best friend, strong female presence, friends, friendship, actor's life, artists and showbiz, city life, twentysomething life, girl, communication, motivation, therapy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Who Gave You a License? (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Israel
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Style: realistic, not serious, sitcom, humorous
Audience: girls' night
Plot: feminism, twentysomething life, workplace situations, gays and lesbians, gender, workplace, strong female presence, lesbian, taxi driver, women, chauvinism
Time: 21st century
Place: israel
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Easy to Assemble (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Easy to Assemble is a Webseries created by and starring Illeana Douglas, and sponsored by furniture store IKEA. Douglas plays a fictional version of herself trying to quit acting and work a "real job" at the IKEA in Burbank, CA. She soon ...
Style: cynical, humorous, realistic, not serious, offbeat
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Time: 21st century
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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Stacked (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Stacked is an American television sitcom that premiered on Fox on April 13, 2005. On May 18, 2006, Stacked was canceled, leaving five episodes unaired in the United States. The last episode aired on January 11, 2006. The five unaired episodes have ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot: workplace, power relations, workplace situations, family business, physical appearance, boss and employee, misfit, fish out of water, store, siblings relations, bookstore, workplace humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
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CollegeHumor Originals (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Funny sketches with crude, adult, and undeniably hilarious comedy.
Style: not serious, humorous, realistic, parody, feel good ...
Plot: stand up comedian, silly humor, disorder, workplace situations, computers and web, workplace, boss, satire, social satire, comedian, joke, sketch ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
 7.9
 10
MoCap LLC (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: MoCap, LLC presents a dark, hysterical, behind-the-scenes look at the inner workings of a low-rent motion capture studio willing to do just about anything to find work in the video game industry.
Style: witty, not serious, humorous, realistic, mockumentary ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: office, workplace situations, power relations, lifestyle, workplace, nothing goes right, twentysomething life, silly humor, satire, boss and employee, video game, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
48%
 7.3
 3K
Trollied (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story: Set in Valco, a fictional budget supermarket in the north west of England, Trollied finds the funny in one of our most familiar surroundings and focuses on the types of characters we all recognise: bored checkout staff, ineffectual managers and a ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: supermarket, workplace, workplace situations, employer employee relationship, supportive coworker, workplace humor, employment, store, strong female presence, flirting, petty job
Time: 21st century
Place: northern england, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Jamie Foxx Show (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Jamie Foxx Show is an American television sitcom that aired on the WB Network from August 28, 1996 to January 14, 2001. The series stars Jamie Foxx, Garcelle Beauvais, Christopher B. Duncan, Ellia English, and Garrett Morris.
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, black cinema
Plot: black, black sitcom, african american, urban, black cast, american culture, family business, hollywood, aspiring actor, wooing, workplace romance, workplace situations ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
 7.4
 714
Head Case (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Meet Therapist Dr Elizabeth Goode. She's brash, unconventional, judgmental, but undeniably thriving as the "it" therapist to Hollywood's maladjusted elite. On a daily basis Dr Goode dishes her own unique methodology to a waiting ...
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, mockumentary, dark comedy ...
Plot: doctors and patients, clinic, celebrity culture, lifestyle, workplace, artists and showbiz, power relations, actor's life, showbiz, hollywood, therapy, psychotherapy ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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The New WKRP in Cincinnati (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The New WKRP in Cincinnati is a sequel/spin-off of the original CBS sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. It was made for the syndication market from 1991 to 1993. MTM Enterprises produced the show. Gordon Jump, Frank Bonner, and Richard Sanders reprised ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: radio station, radio dj, workplace, workplace situations, power relations, boss and employee, media, rock and roll, radio announcer, office, dj, radio ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: ohio, usa, cincinnati ohio
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Suddenly Susan (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: career, women, magazine, single, writers, workplace romance, workplace situations, media, strong female presence, office, lifestyle, couples ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
 6.6
 3K
Cristela (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In her sixth year of law school, Cristela is finally on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship at a prestigious law firm. The only problem is that her pursuit of success is more ambitious than her traditional Mexican-American family ...
Style: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: law firm, intern, american dream, family relations, ambition, culture clash, follow your dream, workplace, working class, eccentric family, lawyer, racism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, texas, dallas texas
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 7.1
 561
Guy Code (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: MTV2's Guy Code is the ultimate guy's guide to the laws of manhood. Every bro knows the code. Some say guys are born with it, but not everyone follows the same set of guidelines. On Guy Code, we're putting people on notice!
Style: humorous, realistic, talky, not serious
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: friends, buddies, machismo, manhood, lifestyle, silly humor, guest, irresponsible, shallowness, rules and policies
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 6.4
 2K
Idiotsitter (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When wild child Gene is put under house arrest in her family's mansion, her parents hire buttoned-up nanny Billie to look after her. Trapped in each other’s company, the two strike up an unlikely friendship and cause all sorts of trouble. ...
Style: not serious, sitcom, realistic, melancholic, feel good ...
Audience: teens, girls' night
Plot: house arrest, disorder, nothing goes right, estate, silly humor, strong female presence, satire, hunting, babysitter, rich, hung over, drugs/alcohol
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
 5.6
 1K
Clipped (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Clipped centers on a group of barbershop coworkers who all went to high school together but ran in very different crowds. Now they find themselves working together at Buzzy's, a barbershop in Charlestown, Massachusetts.
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot: friendship, workplace situations, workplace, barbershop, high school friends, unfulfillment, power relations, everyday life, boss and employee, hairdresser, best friend, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, massachusetts
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
Kevin from Work (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: A workplace comedy centered on Kevin, a young man who declares his unrequited love for his coworker Audrey in a letter, believing he’ll never see her again after he accepts a job overseas. But when the opportunity falls through and Kevin is forced ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, light, feel good ...
Plot: unrequited love, love and romance, workplace, workplace situations, office, workplace romance, co worker co worker relationship, friendship between men, workplace humor, coworker relationship, colleague, bromance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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