Movies and TV shows like The Waltons
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The Waltons (1972)
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Waltons is an American television series created by Earl Hamner, Jr., based on his book Spencer's Mountain, and a 1963 film of the same name. The show is centered on a family in a rural Virginia community during the Great Depression and World War II.
The series pilot aired as a television movie entitled The Homecoming: A Christmas Story and was broadcast on December 19, 1971. Beginning in September 1972, the series originally aired on CBS for a total of nine seasons. After the series was canceled in 1981, three television movie sequels followed in 1982, with three more in the 1990s. The Waltons was produced by Lorimar Productions and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television Distribution in syndication.
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absurd, sitcom, sentimental, sincere, touching, serious, realistic
Audience:
kids
Plot:
world war two, large family, parents, girl, christian, coming of age, family relations, americana, small town, mountain, wedding, friendship, desire, parents and children, family life, isolation, thanksgiving, aging, lifestyle, siblings relations, fighting illness, human nature, couple relations, depression, farm ...
Time:
1930s, 1940s, 20th century, 30s
Place:
virginia, usa, southern usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, touching, sentimental and serious films and TV series with plots about family relations, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, father daughter relationship, couples and small town mostly in Drama, Family and Romance genres. Some movies like The Waltons: Little House on the Prairie (1974), Spencer's Mountain (1963), Eight Is Enough (1977), Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (1993), Step by Step (1991). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Little House on the Prairie is an American Western drama television series, starring Michael Landon, Melissa Gilbert, and Karen Grassle, about a family living on a farm in Walnut Grove, Minnesota, in the 1870s and 1880s.
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sentimental, sincere, feel good, touching, serious ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
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farm, parents and children, family life, family relations, americana, small town, love and romance, small town life, social relations, teachers and students, siblings relations, youth ...
Time:
19th century, 1880s, 1870s
Place:
kansas, minnesota
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 118 min.
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Clay Spencer is a hard-working man who loves his wife and large family. He is respected by his neighbors and always ready to give them a helping hand. Although not a churchgoer, he even helps a newly arrived local minister regain his flock after he ...
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emotional, talky, intense, humorous, touching ...
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family relations, family life, family problems, family gatherings, americana, family in crisis, couples, husband wife relationship, mountain, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
60s
Place:
wyoming, hawaii, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Eight Is Enough is an American television comedy-drama series that ran on ABC from March 15, 1977, until August 29, 1981. The show was modeled after syndicated newspaper columnist Thomas Braden, a real-life parent with eight children, who wrote a ...
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sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
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family relations, love and romance, couple relations, single parent, remarry, couples, family life, looking for love, parents and children, siblings relations, teenage life, large family ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, sacramento california
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman is an American Western drama series created by Beth Sullivan and starring Jane Seymour who plays Dr. Michaela "Mike" Quinn, a physician who leaves Boston in search of adventure in the American West and who settles ...
Style:
touching, sentimental, serious, realistic, medical drama
Audience:
family outing, kids
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family values, old west, doctors and patients, small town, parents and children, love and romance, female doctor, children, american indian, couple relations, society, interracial relations ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
colorado, usa
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100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Step by Step is an American television sitcom that starred Patrick Duffy and Suzanne Somers as two single parents, who spontaneously get married after meeting one another during a vacation, resulting in them becoming the heads of a large blended ...
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sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens
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couples, family relations, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship, couple relations, youth, parents and children, family life, siblings relations ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 45 min.
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McLeod's Daughters is an Australian television series that began airing on the Nine Network on 8 August 2001. This Logie award winning drama series follows the lives of half sisters Claire and Tess McLeod as they embark on a mission: to run ...
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realistic, witty, captivating, serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids
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farm, feminism, family relations, workplace, couple relations, family business, sister sister relationship, family problems, estrangement, wilderness, horse, strong female character ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
australia, south australia
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91%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Family, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
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Picket Fences is an American television drama about the residents of the town of Rome, Wisconsin, created and produced by David E. Kelley. The show initially ran from September 18, 1992, to June 26, 1996, on the CBS television network in the United ...
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small town, family relations, deaf, legal, nypd, police officer, young heroes, artist, villain, satire, sheriff, district attorney ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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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 ...
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sitcom, humorous, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, boys' night
Plot:
father daughter relationship, single father, friends, friendship, single parent, family life, eccentric family, parents and children, siblings relations, precocious child, husband wife relationship, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
san francisco, usa, california
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100%
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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 ...
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sitcom, touching, semi serious, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, teen drama
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teenage life, family relations, high school life, parents and children, teenage girl, sister sister relationship, friendship, twin sister, biracial, eccentric family, lifestyle, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
detroit, usa
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100%
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
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After her father is accused of embezzlement, wealthy Sara Stanley is sent to live with her deceased mother's relatives on Prince Edward Island. While there, she must adjust to life in the small rural town of Avonlea, learn to cope with her ...
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sentimental, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, girls' night
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family life, parents and children, heroine, small town, teacher, friends, couple relations, friendship, mischievous children, countryside, school, small town life ...
Time:
20th century, turn of the century
Place:
canada
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100%
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Genre: Western, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Ponderosa is a television series developed by Bonanza creator David Dortort for PAX-TV that ran for the 2001–2002 television season. Envisioned as a prequel to the long-running NBC series Bonanza, it had less gunfire, brawling and other ...
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realistic, serious
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family outing
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family relations, parents and children, single parent, americana, siblings relations, farm, father son relationship, widower, tough heroes, brother brother relationship, half brother half brother relationship, ranch
Time:
19th century, 1840s
Place:
nevada, usa
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100%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
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The story is set in Kansas in the year 1910. Jacob Witting, a widowed farmer who is still saddened by the death of his wife during childbirth several years earlier, finds that the task of taking care of his farm and two children, Anna and Caleb, is ...
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sentimental, captivating, realistic, sincere, touching ...
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family outing, kids
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bereavement, prairie, farm, single parent, family life, self discovery, small town life, love affair, parents and children, human nature, remarry, happy ending ...
Time:
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Place:
kansas, usa, maine, new england, midwest
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
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sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
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family relations, liberal, culture clash, lifestyle, hippie, parents and children, youth, siblings relations, family life, americana, teenage life, adolescence vs adulthood ...
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20th century, 80s
Place:
usa, ohio
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80%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 45 min.
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Life is hard on the Flemings' ranch in the Alberta foothills where abused or neglected horses find refuge with a kind, hard-working family. Debts abound and the bank is about to foreclose. Can they keep the ranch running?
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serious, touching, sentimental, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
horse, horse ranch, small town, farm, wild horse, family relations, cattle ranch, animal life, siblings relations, workplace, youth, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Second Noah is a television drama that was broadcast in the United States on ABC television from February 5, 1996 to June 8, 1997
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semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
adoption, family relations, writers, veterinarian, large family, animal life, disorder, family life, parents and children, interracial adoption, family drama
Time:
90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Providence is an American television drama series that aired on NBC starring Melina Kanakaredes. The show ran for five seasons from January 8, 1999 until December 20, 2002.
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realistic, serious, touching, sentimental, atmospheric ...
Plot:
family relations, living with parents, family problems, love and romance, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, hometown, small town life, homecoming, looking for love, small town ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, rhode island
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75%
Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The story of two teenage girls who discover they were accidentally switched as newborns in the hospital. Bay Kennish grew up in a wealthy family with two parents and a brother, while Daphne Vasquez, who lost her hearing at an early age due to a case ...
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touching, serious, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, teen drama
Plot:
deaf, sign language, relatives, mute or deaf, teenage life, social relations, school, friends, parents and children, best friends, switched at birth, teenage girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, kansas city
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75%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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A coming-of-age story about an outsider who, against all odds and numerous challenges, fights for love and acceptance and for her place in the world. The series centers on a young orphaned girl in the late 1890’s, who, after an abusive childhood ...
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compassionate, sincere, touching, realistic, emotional ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
orphan, coming of age, friendship, teenage life, small town, child's point of view, school, family relations, parents and children, children's home, society, mischievous children ...
Time:
19th century, victorian era, 1890s
Place:
canada
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Once and Again is an American television series that aired on ABC from September 21, 1999 to April 15, 2002. It depicts the family of a single mother and her romance with a single father. It was created by Marshall Herskovitz and Edward Zwick, the ...
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sincere, realistic, light, feel good, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, date night
Plot:
couple relations, single parent, love affair, parents and children, starting over, lesbian, family relations, hopes, lgbt, coming of age, high school, lgbtq ...
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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75%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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A divorced mom deals with an old romance and complicated family issues when she returns to her hometown with her twin daughters.
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romantic, emotional, semi serious, sincere, touching
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
hometown, love and romance, male female relationship, family relations, kids and family, family problems, large family, brother sister relationship, reconciliation, family reunited, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Place:
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100%
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Genre: Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Canada, USA, UK
Duration: 230 min.
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Anne Shirley, now a schoolteacher, has begun writing stories and collecting rejection slips. She makes the acquaintance of a handsome, rich, bachelor, chases a cow, and wins (to her chagrin) a baking soda company's writing contest. She acts as ...
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touching, feel good, humorous, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience:
girls' night, kids, chick flick
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friendship, beautiful scenery, coming of age, school, mentor, corporal punishment, teachers and students, love, bittersweet, orphan, family relations, strong female presence ...
Time:
19th century, 18th century
Place:
canada, england, usa, chicago illinois, boston ...
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100%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
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The story of sisters Lillian and Grace who open an orphanage in the 1916 Western town of Brookfield. Caught between the traditions of cattle ranchers and the ambitions of a growing town, they strive to find romance and happiness while overcoming the ...
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light, sincere, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
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teens, kids, family outing, teen drama
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two sisters, children's home, family relations, sisters, sister sister relationship, orphanage, teacher, siblings relations, love and romance, sibling relationship, small town, children ...
Time:
1910s, 20th century
Place:
usa
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67%
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 ...
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sitcom, feel good, witty, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
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large family, adolescence, diary, family relations, nurse, parents and children, youth, parenthood, siblings relations, family values, social relations, suburban life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
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67%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 460 min.
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This mini series covers 60 years in the lives of the Cleary family, brought from New Zealand to Australia to run their aunt Mary Carson's ranch. The story centers on their daughter, Meggie, and her love for the family's priest, Father ...
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sentimental, touching, family saga, captivating, emotional ...
Audience:
girls' night
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forbidden love, older man younger woman relationship, catholic church, catholic priest, clergy, couple relations, tragic love, priest in love, love and romance, family life, sex with a priest, destiny ...
Time:
50s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 20th century ...
Place:
australia, vatican
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67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Crank up the 8-track and flash back to a time when platform shoes and puka shells were all the rage in this hilarious retro-sitcom. For Eric, Kelso, Jackie, Hyde, Donna and Fez, a group of high school teens who spend most of their time hanging out ...
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sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental ...
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teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
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friendship, group of friends, teenage love, cannabis, small town, teenager, couples, couple relations, generation gap, parents and children, basement, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, wisconsin
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67%
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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 ...
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sitcom, realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious ...
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family outing, kids
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orphan, interracial adoption, african american, family relations, adoption, brother brother relationship, odd couple, family life, siblings relations, parents and children, child care, society ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The domestic adventures, misdeeds and everyday interactions of five families living on a cul-de-sac in a small California community.
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realistic, serious
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women, family relations, small town, couples, couple relations, love and romance, intrigue, love affair, americana, family life, power, best friend ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
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67%
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Pre-American Revolution Virginian girl whose love for the outdoors leads to the friendship of a lifetime. Felicity loves horses, and though her parents plead with her to remain indoors, she years to ride the open plains. When Felicity comes into ...
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serious, touching, sentimental, realistic, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
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horse, colonial america, horse riding, friendship, rescue, best friends, hopes, young heroes, animal life, parents and children, family life, youth ...
Time:
18th century, georgian era, 1770s
Place:
virginia, usa, britain
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67%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: Canada
Duration: 42 min.
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Judge Olivia Lockhart is considered the community's guiding light in the picturesque, coastal town of Cedar Cove, Washington. But like everyone else, Olivia fights the uphill battle of balancing career with family and finding love, all the ...
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serious, sincere, sentimental, captivating, realistic ...
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relationship vs career, small town, small town life, courtroom, family relations, looking for love, love and romance, career woman, social relations, loss of son, couple relations, wooing ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, washington state, seattle, washington d.c.
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67%
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Genre: Drama, Family
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
Heidi is an orphaned girl initially raised by her aunt Dete in Maienfeld, Switzerland. In order to get a job in Frankfurt, Dete brings 5-year-old Heidi to her grandfather, who has been at odds with the villagers for years and lives in seclusion on ...
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uplifting, realistic, serious, sentimental, touching ...
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kids, family outing, pre-teens
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orphan, mountain, family relations, youth, physical disability, girl, governess, friendship, disability, friends, optimism, escapades ...
Time:
19th century
Place:
switzerland, swiss alps, alps, europe
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67%
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