Movies and TV shows like The Monkees
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The Monkees (1966)
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Monkees is an American situation comedy that aired on NBC from September 1966 to March 1968. The series follows the adventures of four young men trying to make a name for themselves as rock 'n roll singers. The show introduced a number of innovative new-wave film techniques to series television and won two Emmy Awards in 1967. The program ended on Labor Day, 1968 at the finish of its second season and has received a long afterlife in Saturday morning repeats and syndication, as well as overseas broadcasts.
Style:
sitcom, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, psychedelic, campy, retro
Audience:
kids
Plot:
children, farce, rock band, aspiring singer, music, friendship, friends, music band, frame up, cult, showbiz, lifestyle, nothing goes right, partners, disorder, musician's life, siblings relations, tv show, buddies, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, performer's life, desire for fame, rising to stardom, celebrity culture ...
Time:
60s, 20th century, 1960s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and not serious films and TV series with plots about friends, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, buddies, music, musician's life and music band mostly in Comedy, Music and Family genres. Some movies like The Monkees: That Thing You Do! (1996), The Chris Isaak Show (2001), Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll (2015), Big Time Rush (2009), Happy Days (1974). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A Pennsylvania band scores a hit in 1964 and rides the star-making machinery as long as it can, with lots of help from its manager.
Style:
humorous, sentimental, feel good, sexy, light ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, girls' night, date night ...
Plot:
music, drummer, recording studio, rock and roll, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, showbiz, small town, jazz musician, musician, music band, rising to stardom, ambition ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century
Place:
pennsylvania, ohio, usa, pittsburgh, los angeles ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 45 min.
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The Chris Isaak Show is a television sitcom which follows a fictionalized version of the life of American rock musician Chris Isaak. The show portrays Isaak and his band members as everyday people with everyday problems. The series was produced for ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, clever ...
Plot:
lifestyle, showbiz, musician's life, artists and showbiz, performer's life, celebrity culture, music band, rock star, rock, friends, music, female nudity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
88%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Tenacious D: The Greatest Band on Earth is a TV series that ran on HBO in 1997, 1999 and 2000. It featured the fictional accounts of the real band Tenacious D, which is composed of members Jack Black and Kyle Gass. All of the episodes of the show ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, offbeat, alternative comedy
Plot:
heavy metal culture, performance, disorder, singer, friends, musician, musical tour, odd couple, performer's life, nothing goes right, partners, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Story:
Johnny Rock is the aging lead singer of NYC's legendary early-'90s band The Heathens, who is trying to get both his band and his life back together. The aging and broke bad-boy rocker gets another shot at fame as a songwriter for a brash ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, light ...
Plot:
music, music band, rock, musician's life, hopes, artists and showbiz, father daughter relationship, sexual humor, rock band, female singer, dancing, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
81%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
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Four teenage friends move from Minneapolis to Los Angeles to form a potential chart-topping boy band after Kendall is inadvertently discovered by an eccentric record executive, Gustavo Rocque. As they seize this opportunity of a lifetime, these ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, semi serious, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teenager, music band, rising to stardom, friends, family relations, high school, teenage life, high school life, ex athlete, siblings relations, music, athlete's life ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, minnesota
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Happy Days is an American television sitcom that aired first-run from January 15, 1974 to September 24, 1984 on ABC. Created by Garry Marshall, the series presents an idealized vision of life in the mid-1950s to mid-1960s United States.
The series ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
friendship, love and romance, youth, family life, teenage love, coming of age, buddies, teenage life, parents and children, siblings relations, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
50s, 60s, 20th century
Place:
usa, milwaukee wisconsin, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Jonas, previously promoted as "J.O.N.A.S.", is a Disney Channel Original Series created by Roger S. H. Schulman and Michael Curtis, starring the Jonas Brothers.
The brothers appear as the "Lucas Brothers", the three members of ...
Style:
feel good, sitcom, not serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teenager, teenage life, lifestyle, music band, teenage love, siblings relations, love and romance, artists and showbiz, high school life, youth, musician's life, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
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What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, feel good
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
high school, african american, tv show, coming of age, friendship between men, working class, buddies, youth, single parent, nothing goes right, partners, teenage life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Electric Apricot is a spoof of jam bands centered around the band, Electric Apricot, in the style of "This Is Spinal Tap"
Style:
realistic, cynical, humorous, semi serious, offbeat
Plot:
music, lifestyle, partners, music band, performer's life, friends, disorder, rock, on the road, filmmaking, heavy metal culture, musician's life ...
Time:
21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
54%
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA, New Zealand
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
The trials and tribulations of a two man, digi-folk band who have moved from New Zealand to New York in the hope of forging a successful music career. So far they've managed to find a manager (whose "other" job is at the New Zealand ...
Style:
surreal, sitcom, humorous, funny, atmospheric ...
Plot:
musician's life, aspiring singer, folk, roommate, buddies, music band, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, goofy hero, odd couple, rock, music ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, new zealand, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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TV shows similar to Austin & Ally
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Rowan & Martin's Laugh-In is an American sketch comedy television program that ran for 140 episodes from January 22, 1968, to March 12, 1973, on the NBC television network. It was hosted by comedians Dan Rowan and Dick Martin and featured, ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, witty ...
Plot:
satire, joke, comedian, goofy hero, odd couple, disorder, silly humor, monologue, social satire, controversy, surrealism, dancer ...
Time:
60s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Judy Garland Show is an American musical variety television series that aired on CBS on Sunday nights during the 1963-1964 television season. Despite a sometimes stormy relationship with Judy Garland, CBS had found success with several ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, feel good
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
variety show, artists and showbiz, performer's life, music, jazz, strong female presence, vaudeville, celebrity guests, interview, concert, show tunes, variety
Time:
60s, 20th century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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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 ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Dinah (Barbara Ferris) is a famous model and actress who is getting tired of life in the limelight and wants to take a break. While shooting a commercial spot for meat, she meets Steve (Dave Clark), a stuntman. Dinah and Steve hit it off and decide ...
Style:
road movie, realistic, semi serious, feel good, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
rock, advertising, rock and roll, pop music, swinger, island, music band, showbiz, celebrity culture, friendship, missing person, media satire ...
Time:
60s
Place:
england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
45%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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At home and school, she's Miley Stewart, a typical teenager, but when the lights go down and the curtain goes up, she emerges as the glamorous and talented Hannah Montana. Having the "Best of Both Worlds" is a complicated proposition, ...
Style:
feel good, humorous, sitcom, touching, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids
Plot:
teenage life, high school, teenage girl, female protagonist, secret identity, friendship, double life, love and romance, music, musician's life, teenager, siblings relations ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
tennessee, malibu california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Movies like Victorious
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
The raunchy, spunky tale of the rise and fall of an all-girl rock band from Portland, Oregon.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, witty, humorous, erotic ...
Plot:
rock, rise and fall, punk, music band, partners, ambition, rivalry, music, lifestyle, best friends, buddies, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, oregon, portland oregon
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 30 min.
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The Muppet Show is a comedy-variety television series produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring The Muppets. After two pilot episodes produced in 1974 and 1975 failed to get the attention of America's network heads, Lew Grade approached ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, funny ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, preschoolers
Plot:
puppet, muppets, pig, media satire, goofy hero, bear, friends, showbiz, fame, performer's life, workplace, eagle ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Three's Company is an American sitcom that aired from March 15, 1977, to September 18, 1984, on ABC. It is based on the British sitcom, Man About the House.
The story revolves around three single roommates: Janet Wood, Chrissy Snow and Jack ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
roommate, secretary, gay, sex, farce, friendship, comedy of errors, husband wife relationship, neighbor, landlady, chef, silly humor ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, southern california, santa monica california, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
When a famous band called the Silver Boulders break up, Nat and Alex Wolff go into depression.
Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, exciting, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
youth, family life, family relations, musician's life, music band, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, lifestyle, ambition, buddies, music, desire for fame ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
Garfunkel and Oates stars Riki Lindhome and Kate Micucci as both themselves and their musical comedy alter-egos, "Garfunkel and Oates," following the pair as they try to expand the reaches of their meager celebrity. Well-known on the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot:
artists and showbiz, music, musician's life, music band, friends, folk, comedian, women, rivalry, society, girl power, folk singer ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
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Movies like Big Time Rush
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
A movie that spoofs boy bands like N*Sync, New Kids on the Block, Backstreet Boys, etc. It's the boy band version of Spinal Tap!
Style:
not serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
music industry, showbiz, celebrity culture, nothing goes right, music band, artists and showbiz, music, nightlife, relationship vs career, rock, partners, desire for fame ...
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
41%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
California Dreams is an American teen-oriented sitcom that aired from 1992 to 1996 on Saturday mornings during NBC's Teen NBC programming block. It was created by writers Brett Dewey and Ronald B. Solomon and executive produced by Peter Engel, ...
Style:
sitcom, sweet, realistic, semi serious, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
teenager, high school, love affair, high school life, basketball, teen social issues, rock band, youth, lifestyle, music band, love and romance, buddies ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In Living Color is an American sketch comedy television series that originally ran on the Fox Network from April 15, 1990, to May 19, 1994. Brothers Keenen and Damon Wayans created, wrote and starred in the program. The show was produced by Ivory ...
Style:
humorous, parody, not serious, witty, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
african american, comedian, interracial relations, disorder, social differences, social relations, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, media, gays and lesbians, nothing goes right, hip hop culture ...
Time:
90s, 80s
Place:
usa, california, new york, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Bucket and Skinner are best friends trying to navigate the minefield of high school politics, while surfing everyday and living the California dream.
Style:
sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens
Plot:
beach, high school life, siblings relations, mischievous children, buddies, youth, teenage life, disorder, lifestyle, best friend, family relations, best friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
40%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Odd Couple is a television situation comedy broadcast from September 24, 1970 to March 7, 1975 on ABC. It stars Tony Randall as Felix Unger and Jack Klugman as Oscar Madison, and was the first of several developed by Garry Marshall for Paramount ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, witty, feel good ...
Plot:
odd couple, buddy, humour, friends, slacker, screwball, partners, love and romance, human nature, obsession, unlikely partners, lifestyle ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
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TV shows similar to Curb Your Enthusiasm
Genre: Comedy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Big Hair. Guyliner. Someone lamenting by crashing waves on a beach or to their reflection in a fountain. Yes, we're talking about the 80s! Todd and BJ, two lonely wannabe artists, find one another and create the not-so-dynamic R&B duo ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, realistic, captivating
Plot:
friendship, desire for fame, rise and fall, artists and showbiz, ambition, showbiz, hopes, buddies, follow your dream, music band, music, friendship between men ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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The Naked Brothers Band is an American musical comedy series created by Polly Draper. The show depicts the daily lives of Draper's sons, who lead a fictional world-renowned rock band from New York City. As a mockumentary, the storyline is a ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, tense, captivating
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
youth, artists and showbiz, siblings relations, showbiz, ambition, family relations, music band, musician's life, rising to stardom, teenage life, lifestyle, music ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
A sitcom about three divorced men sharing an apartment across the hall from their female divorce attorney, who is also their landlord.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good
Plot:
looking for sex, looking for love, buddies, couples, roommate, starting over, disorder, hopes, singleness, landlord tenant relationship, lifestyle, partners ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Malcolm & Eddie is an American television sitcom that premiered August 26, 1996 on the UPN Network, and ran for four seasons, airing its final episode on May 22, 2000. This series starred Malcolm-Jamal Warner and Eddie Griffin in the lead roles. ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
african american, roommate, friendship, friendship between men, twentysomething life, disorder, friends, partners, odd couple, buddies, friend, stand up comedian ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s
Place:
missouri, kansas, usa, kansas city
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedy about the unique relationship between a young songwriter, Ally Dawson, and Austin Moon, the overnight internet sensation who gains sudden notoriety after performing one of Ally's songs. Austin and Ally struggle with how to maintain and ...
Style:
not serious, sitcom, novela, realistic, humorous
Audience:
kids, teens, boys' night
Plot:
youth, teenage life, best friends, rising to stardom, shyness, friendship, artists and showbiz, music, conservative, singer, friends, group of friends ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
miami, florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
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