Movies and TV shows like Newhart

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Newhart (1982)
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Newhart (1982)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.
Style: sitcom, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, offbeat
Plot: hotel, small town, artist, writers, village, college, friends, family relations, maid, village life, best friends, student life, couples, social differences, cafe, single parent, americana, lifestyle, mayor, optimism, nothing goes right, disorder, siblings relations, small town life, eccentric family ...
Time: 80s, 90s, 20th century, 1990s
Place: vermont, new york, usa

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Most similar movies to Newhart

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and semi serious films and TV series with plots about friends, family relations, lifestyle, workplace, couples, workplace situations and parents and children mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Newhart: Evening Shade (1990), Cold Turkey (1971), Archie Bunker's Place (1979), A Different World (1987), One Day at a Time (1975). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Evening Shade (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Evening Shade is an American sitcom television series that aired on CBS from 1990 to 1994. The series stars Burt Reynolds as Wood Newton, an ex-professional football player for the Pittsburgh Steelers, who returns to rural Evening Shade, Arkansas to ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, offbeat
Plot: small town, american football, high school, artist, high school sports, americana, power relations, athlete's life, underdog, society, lifestyle, social relations ...
Time: 80s
Place: arkansas, usa
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Cold Turkey (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Reverend Brooks leads the town in a contest to stop smoking for a month, But some tobacco executives don't want them to win, and try everything they can to make them smoke. If townspeople don't go nuts, from wanting a cigarette, or kill ...
Style: parody, semi serious, realistic, humorous, clever ...
Plot: church, drugs, artist, satire, small town, addiction, silly humor, social relations, disorder, contests and competitions, society, media ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: iowa, usa
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Archie Bunker's Place (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Archie Bunker's Place is an American sitcom originally broadcast on the CBS network, conceived in 1979 as a spin-off and continuation of All in the Family. While not as popular as its predecessor, the show maintained a large enough audience to ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, clever, witty ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: satire, workplace, partners, society, misfit partners, family relations, disorder, friends, eccentric family, family life, workplace situations, friendship ...
Time: 70s, 80s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
A Different World (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: A Different World is an American television sitcom which aired for six seasons on NBC. It is a spin-off series from The Cosby Show and originally centered on Denise Huxtable and the life of students at Hillman College, a fictional mixed but ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, feel good, witty ...
Plot: college, african american, teenager, girl, black history, university, racism, social issues, friendship, college life, student life, twentysomething life ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
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One Day at a Time (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: One Day at a Time is an American situation comedy that aired on the CBS network from December 16, 1975, until May 28, 1984. It starred Bonnie Franklin as Ann Romano, a divorced mother who moves to Indianapolis with her two teenage daughters Julie ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching ...
Plot: family relations, love and romance, starting over, family life, parents and children, teenage life, thirtysomething life, couples, single parent, best friends, workplace, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time: 20th century, 70s, 80s
Place: usa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Corner Gas (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Corner Gas is a Canadian television sitcom created by Brent Butt. The series ran for six seasons from 2004 to 2009. Re-runs still air on CTV, CTV Two and The Comedy Network in Canada. Deriving its name from the roadside gas station in the fictional ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot: village life, small town, family business, father son relationship, family relations, workplace, disorder, friends, partners, lifestyle, boss and employee, suburban life ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: canada
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33%
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Sherri (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Sherri is an American sitcom starring Sherri Shepherd that ran on Lifetime Television for one season from October 5, 2009 to December 1, 2009. The show is based on Shepherd's life. The first preview of the show aired on September 4, 2009. ...
Style: sitcom, witty, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, girls' night
Plot: eccentric family, lifestyle, best friends, family relations, hopes, follow your dream, battle of the sexes, parents and children, single parent, actor's life, couples, money raising ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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33%
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, not serious, humorous, realistic
Audience: girls' night
Plot: best friends, friends, lifestyle, workplace romance, socially awkward, misfit, workplace situations, siblings relations, workplace, family relations, promotion, lesbian ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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30%
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Freddie (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Freddie is a television sitcom created by, and starring, Freddie Prinze, Jr. that aired from October 5, 2005 to April 12, 2006. Freddie is inspired by Prinze Jr.'s real life, growing up in a house filled with women. His lifelong friend, Conrad ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching
Plot: eccentric family, friends, restaurant, lifestyle, best friends, buddies, family relations, food, family life, cooking and food, chef
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago illinois, usa
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LateLine (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: LateLine is an American TV sitcom that ran on NBC from March 17, 1998, through March 16, 1999. Due to an abrupt cancellation, there were seven unaired episodes. Created by John Markus and Al Franken, LateLine depicted the behind-the-scenes ...
Style: sitcom, clever, humorous, biting, semi serious ...
Plot: journalism, satire, workplace romance, backstage, suspense, politics, workplace intrigue, media satire, workplace situations, celebrity culture, rise to the top, media ...
Time: 90s
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Jesse (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Jesse Warner is a 26-year-old single mother juggling between her job, her dreams and her family responsibilities.
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, humorous
Plot: doctor, single mother, strong female presence, friends, couples, supportive coworker, family relations, starting over, workplace, single parent, rivalry, love and romance ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Petticoat Junction (1963)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Petticoat Junction is an American situation comedy produced by Wayfilms that originally aired on CBS from September 1963 to April 1970. The series is one of three interrelated shows about rural characters created by Paul Henning. Petticoat Junction ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, retro
Plot: hillbilly, hotel, small town, humour, parents, village life, three sisters, train engineer, female protagonist, dog, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
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Spin City (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Spin City is a smart, sophisticated sitcom about the behind-the-scenes workings of City Hall in the biggest city in America. Workaholic Mike Flaherty is the Deputy Mayor of New York City, serving as Mayor Randall Winston's key strategist and ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, political, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: politics, mayor, workplace, secretary, workplace situations, political intrigue, campaign, staff, boss and employee, media, media satire, workplace romance ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
27%
Andy Richter Controls the Universe (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Fanciful series about an aspiring writer who imagines alternative life scenarios while working for a big company.
Style: sitcom, humorous, cynical, witty, semi serious ...
Plot: writer's life, lifestyle, best friends, workplace, love and romance, boss and employee, workplace situations, dull life, supportive coworker, office, aspiring writer, suspense ...
Time: 21st century
Place: chicago illinois
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27%
The George Carlin Show (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The George Carlin Show is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by veteran TV producer Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, biting, talky ...
Plot: taxi, workplace, state affairs, buddies, lifestyle, society, friends, city life, suspense, old man, taxi driver, bar ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, usa
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Designing Women (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Designing Women is an American television sitcom that centered on the working and personal lives of four Southern women and one man in an interior design firm in Atlanta, Georgia. It aired on the CBS television network from September 29, 1986 until ...
Style: sitcom, witty, sexy, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, looking for love, thirtysomething life, battle of the sexes, workplace situations, workplace, boss and employee, single parent, women, strong female presence, humour, strong female lead ...
Time: 80s, 90s
Place: usa, atlanta georgia, atlanta, georgia
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26%
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Maude (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Maude is an American television sitcom that was originally broadcast on the CBS network from September 12, 1972 until April 22, 1978. Maude stars Bea Arthur as Maude Findlay, an outspoken, middle-aged, politically liberal woman living in suburban ...
Style: sitcom, controversial, biting, cynical, semi serious ...
Plot: female protagonist, women, strong female lead, liberal, family relations, independent woman, social issues, middle aged, suspense, strong female presence, couples, friends ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Bosom Buddies (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Bosom Buddies is an American sitcom starring Tom Hanks and Peter Scolari created by Robert L. Boyett, Thomas L. Miller and Chris Thompson. It ran from 1980 to 1982 on ABC and in reruns in the summer of 1984 on NBC. The show features the ...
Style: sitcom, buddy comedy, not serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: chick flick, kids, date night, girls' night
Plot: cross dressing, gender bending, hotel, friendship, showbiz, workplace romance, physical appearance, buddies, dishonesty, workplace, lifestyle, performer's life ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
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Alice (1976)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Alice is an American sitcom television series that ran from August 31, 1976 to March 19, 1985 on CBS. The series is based on the 1974 film Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore. The show stars Linda Lavin in the title role, a widow who moves with her ...
Style: sitcom, talky, semi serious, realistic, witty ...
Plot: workplace, single mother, diner, women, co worker co worker relationship, naive woman, waitress, restaurant, strong female presence, friends, family relations, best friends ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: arizona, usa, phoenix arizona
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
Gimme a Break! (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gimme a Break! is an American sitcom which aired on NBC for six seasons, October 29, 1981, until May 12, 1987. The series stars Nell Carter as the housekeeper for a widowed police chief and his three daughters.
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, melancholic ...
Plot: african american, single father, youth, family problems, parents and children, best friends, family relations, adolescence vs adulthood, death in the family, teenage life, family business, family life ...
Time: 80s
Place: california, new york, usa
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26%
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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, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Audience: family outing
Plot: elderly, african american, retirement, lifestyle, couple relations, aging, couples, family relations, retiring, unemployment, parents and children, family life ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
26%
The Bob Newhart Show (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Bob Newhart Show is an American situation comedy produced by MTM Enterprises, which aired 142 original episodes on CBS from September 16, 1972, to April 1, 1978. Comedian Bob Newhart portrays a psychologist having to deal with his patients and ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, clever, witty ...
Plot: psychologist, therapist, marriage, doctor, villain, workplace, dentist, secretary, human nature, couple relations, battle of the sexes, shyness ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: chicago illinois, usa, illinois
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25%
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Odd Mom Out (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Acclaimed author Jill Kargman plays a version of herself as she navigates the treacherous and elite ecosystem of New York's Upper East Side, and the uber-wealthy mommy clique inhabiting this fantastically outrageous domain.
Style: humorous, semi serious, sitcom, feel good, funny ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: parents and children, family life, misfit, fish out of water, best friends, siblings relations, disorder, family relations, couples, girlfriend girlfriend relationship, strong female presence, city life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
24%
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That '80s Show (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: That '80s Show is an American sitcom that aired from January through May 2002. Despite having a similar name, show structure, and many of the same writers and production staff, it is not considered a direct spin-off of the more successful That ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: materialism, love and romance, lifestyle, youth, buddies, battle of the sexes, clubbing, young adult, couples, friends, artists and showbiz, musician's life ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
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The Millers (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A divorced reporter, looking forward to the single life, finds his parents' marital problems derail his plans.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: living with parents, eccentric family, family relations, nothing goes right, divorce, parents and children, dysfunctional family, family problems, disorder, divorced parents, writers, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: virginia, usa
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23%
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Taxi (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Louie De Palma is a cantankerous, acerbic taxi dispatcher in New York City. He tries to maintain order over a collection of varied and strange characters who drive for him. As he bullies and insults them from the safety of his “cage,” they form ...
Style: sitcom, witty, humorous, talky, not serious ...
Plot: taxi, workplace, taxi driver, immigrants, group of friends, workplace situations, obnoxious boss, city life, friendship, boss and employee, stereotypes, driver ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Let's Stay Together (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Let's Stay Together is an American romantic comedy television series created by Jacque Edmonds Cofer. It premiered on BET on January 11, 2011. The title of the series refers to the Al Green landmark 1972 song of the same name. The series ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience: date night
Plot: couple relations, couples, friends, city life, family relations, society, black cast, love and romance, siblings relations, black, urban
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The Lucy Show (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Lucy Show is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1962–68. It was Lucille Ball's follow-up to I Love Lucy. A significant change in cast and premise for the 1965–66 season divides the program into two distinct eras; aside from Ball, ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, feel good, witty ...
Plot: disorder, workplace, couple relations, workplace intrigue, single mother, family relations, friends, boss and employee, hidden identity, goofy hero, battle of the sexes, obnoxious boss ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Single working mom Christine Campbell has just learned that her ex is dating a much younger woman with the same first name. To avoid any confusion, the new girlfriend is dubbed New Christine, which leaves her with the unfortunate nickname Old ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: ex couple relations, family relations, parents separation, lifestyle, friendship, thirtysomething life, couples, owner, single parent, singleness, parents and children, female protagonist ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
Upper Middle Bogan (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Follow the stories of two families living at opposite ends of the freeway. Bess Denyar is a doctor with a posh mother, Margaret, an architect husband, Danny Bright, and twin 13-year-olds at a private school, Oscar and Edwina. When Bess finds out ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom
Plot: family relations, social differences, eccentric family, couples, couple relations, family life, disorder, parents and children, architect, white trash, siblings relations
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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23%