Movies and TV shows like Smart Guy
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Smart Guy (1997)
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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 sister Yvette.
Style:
sitcom, touching, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, nostalgic
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
black, high school, black sitcom, teenager, child prodigy, african american, widower, urban, sibling rivalry, single parent, boy genius, youth, friends, coach, prodigy, family relations, best friend, ambition, siblings relations, relationship vs career, athlete, graduation, black family, american culture, family ...
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 youth, family relations, family, teenager, teenage life, teenage girl and siblings relations mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Smart Guy: Moesha (1996), True Jackson, VP (2008), Lizzie McGuire (2001), The Suite Life on Deck (2008), I Didn't Do It (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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True Jackson, VP is an American television sitcom that aired on Nickelodeon from November 8, 2008 to August 20, 2011. The series starred Keke Palmer, Ashley Argota, Matt Shively, Danielle Bisutti, Greg Proops, Robbie Amell and Ron Butler. The theme ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, feel good, realistic, humorous
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
Plot:
fashion, best friend, friendship, disorder, lifestyle, power relations, overnight success, boss and employee, workplace, rise to the top, workplace situations, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Lizzie McGuire is an American live-action teen sitcom, which features an animated version of the title character performing soliloquy. The animated sequences were interspersed with the show's live-action sequences. It premiered on the Disney ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens
Plot:
youth, female protagonist, friendship, teenage life, family relations, siblings relations, school, teenager, teenage girl, middle school, popular girl, high school ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The series follows twin brothers Zack and Cody Martin and hotel heiress London Tipton in a new setting, the SS Tipton, where they attend classes at "Seven Seas High" and meet Bailey Pickett while Mr. Moseby manages the ship. The ship ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, not serious, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
twins, cruise ship, ship, sea voyage, family relations, lifestyle, siblings relations, disorder, mischievous children, high school life, teenage life, high school ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Ultra-competitive fraternal twins Lindy and Logan Watson, together with their four best friends, navigate their freshman year of high school. Each episode begins with a comedic "what just happened?" situation as Lindy and Logan each spin ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
high school life, high school, twins, siblings relations, teenage life, youth, family relations, best friend, buddies, coming of age, friends, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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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%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Naturally, Sadie is a Canadian comedy teen drama sitcom that ran for three seasons from June 24, 2005 to August 26, 2007. It was produced in Canada, set in Whitby, Ontario. Filmed in Toronto, Ontario, most of the show was shot inside a former ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, captivating, light, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, teens
Plot:
family relations, high school life, animal life, siblings relations, parents and children, teachers and students, high school, nature, teenager, friendship, high school student, best friend ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Zoey 101 is an American television series which originally aired on Nickelodeon from January 9, 2005 until May 2, 2008. It focuses on the lives of teenager Zoey Brooks and her friends as they attend Pacific Coast Academy, a fictional boarding school ...
Style:
semi serious, sitcom, humorous, realistic, entertaining ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, teenage life, boarding school life, teenage love, battle of the sexes, best friend, lifestyle, youth, teachers and students, friendship, male female relationship, female protagonist ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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One on One is an American sitcom that aired on the now-defunct UPN from September 3, 2001 to May 15, 2006. The series stars Flex Alexander as a single sportscaster, who becomes a full-time dad when his ex-wife decides to accept a job out of the ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
african american, high school, black, family relations, parents and children, disorder, coming of age, single parent, love and romance, mischievous children, high school life, singleness ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, baltimore
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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 ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, offbeat ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
black, urban, cross dressing, orphan, family relations, social services, fighting the system, society, family life, siblings relations, home alone, african american protagonist ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Kenan & Kel is an American teen comedy sitcom produced by Kevin Kopelow and Heath Seifert that originally aired on Nickelodeon from July 1996 to July 2000. The show starred friends and then-All That cast members Kenan Thompson and Kel Mitchell. ...
Style:
sitcom, hood, feel good, sweet, hilarious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
african american, black, teenager, urban, high school, high school student, black sitcom, hardcore, friendship, nothing goes right, youth, buddies ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
chicago, illinois, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Two of a Kind is an American sitcom that aired on ABC as part of the network's TGIF line-up, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The show aired from September 25, 1998 to July 9, 1999.
The series was produced by Griffard/Adler Productions, ...
Style:
semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens
Plot:
twin sister, single father, single parent, disorder, siblings relations, friends, mischievous children, father daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, tutor, middle school, female protagonist ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, chicago
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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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.
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The Sinbad Show is an American sitcom starring comedian Sinbad that premiered on September 16, 1993 on Fox. The show's main plot is about a bachelor taking in two orphaned children. Chuck Brown performed this sitcom's theme music. It was ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
black, black sitcom, family relations, teenage life, teaching the ways of the world, couples, orphan, siblings relations, singleness, power relations, family life, fish out of water ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series was first broadcast on Disney Channel on March 18, 2005, with 4 million viewers, making it the most successful premiere for Disney Channel in ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, funny, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
hotel, brother brother relationship, twins, youth, family relations, family life, prank, manager, male protagonist, child protagonist, adolescence, single parent ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, black, artists and showbiz, black family, parenthood, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, black sitcom, husband wife relationship, marriage, uncle nephew relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, semi serious ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
black boy, family relations, best friend, teenage life, rise to the top, against the odds, youth, love and romance, interracial friendship, diner, friends, urban ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, arkansas
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, witty, touching ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
single father, teenage girl, best friend, single parent, female protagonist, father daughter relationship, friendship between girls, eccentric family, teenage life, youth, father son relationship, brother sister relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
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Ready or Not is a Canadian teen drama series which aired on the Showtime Movie Channel and later on the Disney Channel and Global Television Network for 5 seasons and 65 episodes between 1993 and 1997 in both Canada and the United States.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, humorous
Audience:
teens, family friendly, kids, family outing
Plot:
coming of age, best friend, family relations, friendship, teenager, friendship between girls, feminist, high school, middle school, social relations, friends, youth ...
Time:
90s
Place:
canada
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Sam & Cat is an American teen sitcom that premiered June 8, 2013, on Nickelodeon. It is a crossover spin-off/sequel of both iCarly and Victorious. It stars Jennette McCurdy as Sam Puckett and Ariana Grande as Cat Valentine. The girls meet by ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, teenager, friendship, nanny, female protagonist, roommate, best friend, youth, teenage life, friends, disorder, partner ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television, it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a ...
Style:
humorous, witty, not serious, feel good, sincere ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
black family, family relations, black, couple relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, family gatherings, eccentric family, family life, siblings relations, working class ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
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Life with Derek is a Canadian television sitcom that aired on Family and VRAK.TV in Canada and on Disney Channel in the United States. The series premiered on Family on September 18, 2005, and ran for four seasons, ending its run on March 25, 2009. ...
Style:
sitcom, witty, sincere, humorous, entertaining ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
step siblings, remarry, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, teenage life, family relations, youth, ego clash, misfit, family life, rivalry, siblings relations, fish out of water ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, toronto ontario canada
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Harley is an engineering whiz who uses her inventions to navigate life as the middle child in a large family of seven kids.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, sincere, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family friendly, family outing
Plot:
large family, teenager, direction and purpose, sibling rivalry, engineer, siblings, inventions and discoveries, parent child relationship, coming of age, slice of life, high school life, parenting ...
Place:
massachusetts
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Doogie Howser, M.D. is an American television comedy-drama starring Neil Patrick Harris as a teenage physician who also faces the problems of being a normal teenager. Creators Steven Bochco and David E. Kelley, partnering with ABC, aired the show ...
Style:
sitcom, medical drama, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
genius, medical, hospital, doctor, doctors and patients, physician, teenager, boy genius, photographic memory, high school student, high school, drug ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Sport
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
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Kyra Berry, a 14 year old USA gymnast arrives in Australia to try and win a scholarship at an elite Gymnastics Academy. It's a second chance but also her last.
Style:
entertaining, thrilling, captivating, semi serious, psychological
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
gymnast, athlete, young adult, academy, teenage girl, teenager, teenage life, athlete and trainer, lifestyle, athlete's life, adolescence, second chance ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Family, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Meet The Thundermans, a typical suburban family that happens to have astounding superpowers. At the center of the action are the 14-year-old Thunderman twins, who share the same bathroom, the same school, and the same annoying little siblings. Their ...
Style:
feel good, entertaining, humorous, sitcom, exciting ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
superhero, heroes, young heroes, youth, teenager, supernatural power, friendship, siblings relations, teenage superhero, superhuman powers, teen superhero, twins ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Story:
Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
Style:
feel good, humorous, stylized, sitcom, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen fantasy, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
teenage girl, supernatural ability, teenage life, witch, high school, wizards and magicians, teenager, youth, supernatural, brother brother relationship, children, teenage witch ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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100%
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