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Green Acres (1965)
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Green Acres is an American sitcom starring Eddie Albert and Eva Gabor as a couple who move from New York City to a rural country farm. Produced by Filmways as a sister show to Petticoat Junction, the series was first broadcast on CBS, from September 15, 1965 to April 27, 1971.
Receiving solid ratings during its six-year run, Green Acres was cancelled in 1971 as part of the "rural purge" by CBS. The sitcom has been in syndication and is available in DVD and VHS releases. In 1997, the two-part episode "A Star Named Arnold is Born" was ranked #59 on TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All Time.
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, light, offbeat
Audience:
kids
Plot:
countryside, small town, fish out of water, farm, village life, workplace, small town life, workplace situations, pets, family life, hotshot lawyer, farmer, pig, humour, small business, town, agent, misfit, couples, social differences, society, suburbs, urban, suburban life, city life ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 60s, 1960s
Place:
usa, new york
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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, family, fish out of water, parents and children, disorder and suburbs mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Green Acres: The Beverly Hillbillies (1962), Petticoat Junction (1963), Gilligan's Island (1964), Mayberry R.F.D. (1968), Darcy's Wild Life (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
sitcom, hilarious, retro, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
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Style:
sitcom, sentimental, light hearted, slapstick, realistic ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
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Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
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Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
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Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Plot:
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Time:
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Canada
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