Movies and TV shows like 8 Simple Rules
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8 Simple Rules (2002)
28K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
What happens to a loving, rational Dad when his darling, pliable daughters morph into hormonally-challenged, incomprehensible teenagers? If he's Paul Hennessy, he reacts in ways even he finds crazy. Thank God he has a 13-year-old son who still speaks his language.
Style:
humorous, touching, realistic, witty, sitcom, hilarious, not serious, nostalgic
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
teenage daughter, popularity, parents and children, family life, family problems, lifestyle, suburban life, siblings relations, bittersweet, youth, couples, teenage life, eccentric family, overprotective parent, parent child relationship, widower, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship, male protagonist, sister sister relationship, teenager, high school student, high school, suburbs, death in the family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa, michigan, detroit
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Most similar movies to 8 Simple Rules
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, sitcom and feel good films and TV series with plots about family relations, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, youth, suburbs and family mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like 8 Simple Rules: Still Standing (2002), Grounded for Life (2001), Everybody Loves Raymond (1996), According to Jim (2001), That '70s Show (1998). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After 18 years of marriage, high school sweethearts Bill and Judy Miller still make each other laugh and try to keep their marriage intact, even when their family pulls them in different directions. Since Bill has a far more immature approach to ...
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, touching, sentimental ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
childhood sweetheart, lifestyle, eccentric family, parents and children, family life, single parent, family problems, youth, high school, working class, family affairs, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
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100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Right out of high school, Sean Finnerty got his girlfriend Claudia pregnant. Now she’s his wife, and at just 32, he’s somehow found himself with 14-year-old daughter Lily, two little boys, and a constant struggle between his need to be ...
Style:
sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, witty ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
everyday life, stupidity, family values, dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, disorder, youth, nothing goes right, society, teenage life ...
Time:
y2k, 2000s, 80s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom starring Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, and Peter Boyle. It originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
overbearing parent, parents and children, family tradition, family life, family values, couple relations, siblings relations, eccentric family, marital problem, sarcasm, sports writer, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, long island, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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According to Jim is an American sitcom television series starring Jim Belushi in the title role as a suburban father of three children. It originally ran on ABC from October 1, 2001 to June 2, 2009.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
father daughter relationship, couple relations, buddies, lifestyle, family life, family values, parents and children, housewife, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, misunderstanding ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story:
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 ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
group of friends, friendship, basement, teenage love, small town, teenager, couples, couple relations, generation gap, parents and children, first love, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
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Place:
wisconsin, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
teens, kids, family outing, boys' night, pre-teens ...
Plot:
high school, family relations, coming of age, college, teenager, high school life, teenage life, supportive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, school, teachers and students ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 2000s
Place:
pennsylvania, philadelphia, usa
Similarity:
100%
17K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
After the death of his wife, world-class neurosurgeon Dr. Andrew Brown leaves Manhattan and moves his family to the small town of Everwood, Colorado. There he becomes a small-town doctor and learns parenting on the fly as he raises his talented but ...
Style:
realistic, sentimental, touching, serious, sincere ...
Audience:
teens, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town life, doctor, father son estrangement, small town, first love, widower, crush, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, friends in love, fall in love ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
colorado, usa, north america
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Quintuplets is a quirky ensemble comedy about the trials and tribulations of two parents raising 15-year-old quintuplets in a three-bedroom home.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
cheerleader, housewife, family values, lifestyle, eccentric family, family life, teenage life, parents and children, youth, favoritism among siblings, twins, large family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Soap is an American sitcom that originally ran on ABC from 1977 into 1981. The show was created as a night-time parody of daytime soap operas, presented as a weekly half-hour prime time comedy. Similar to a soap opera, the show's story was ...
Style:
parody, sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, chick flick
Plot:
family relations, love affair, couples, family problems, infidelity, siblings relations, couple relations, eccentric family, butler, sex, brother brother relationship, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, connecticut
Similarity:
100%
19K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
2000s
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The War at Home is an American sitcom created by Rob Lotterstein that ran from September 11, 2005 to April 22, 2007 on Fox. It follows the antics of a largely dysfunctional Long Island family. The show lasted for two full seasons but was not renewed ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, witty, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, teenage life, couple relations, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations, family values, gay couple, father son relationship, father daughter relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
long island, usa, new york
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Parenthood is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Katims. Loosely based on the 1989 film of the same title, Parenthood tells of the Braverman clan which consists of an older couple, their four children and their families.
Style:
realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family drama, teenage pregnancy, autism, large family, parenthood, family life, responsibility, family relations, couple relations, marital problem, adolescence, social relations ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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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%
534K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
humorous, sitcom, funny, saga, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
everyday life, family relations, generation gap, gay, adolescence, gay adoption, family life, parents and children, couple relations, couples, mother daughter relationship, blended family ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, usa, los angeles
Similarity:
50%
172K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Set in the charming town of Stars Hollow, Connecticut, the series follows the captivating lives of Lorelai and Rory Gilmore, a mother/daughter pair who have a relationship most people only dream of.
Style:
humorous, feel good, realistic, witty, talky ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, girls' night, kids, teen drama
Plot:
small town, teenager, friends, boyfriend, looking for love, female protagonist, small town life, teenage life, mother daughter relationship, female friendship, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
yale university, connecticut, usa, new england
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Married... with Children is an American sitcom that aired for 11 seasons. It featured a dysfunctional family living in a fictional Chicago, Illinois, suburb. The show, notable for being the first prime-time television series to air on Fox, ran from ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, parody, hilarious, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, promiscuous daughter, family life, working class, struggle, adult humor, family problems, parents and children, misfit, social satire, stupidity, suburbs ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
chicago, usa
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Life Unexpected is a coming-of-age family drama that centers around 16-year-old Lux, who was given up for adoption at birth but never adopted. When she is put back into the custody of her estranged-since-high-school birth parents, Cate and Baze, the ...
Style:
semi serious, sentimental, feel good, touching, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
foster child, teenager, adolescence, foster home, teenage girl, teenage life, adopted daughter, parents and children, adolescence vs adulthood, immature, guardian, thirtysomething life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
A comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although her husband, Greg, is a success ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, game show ...
Plot:
housewife, family life, couples, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, siblings relations, irresponsible, husband wife relationship, kids and family, father son relationship, supportive parent ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business.
When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as ...
Style:
captivating, surreal, sexual, dramatic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
funeral home, gay, dealing with death, hopes, dark humor, death, sibling relationship, depression, dysfunctional family, gays and lesbians, family drama, male male relationship ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, syria
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
siblings relations, social satire, eccentric family, teenage life, teenager, suburban life, youth, dysfunctional family, prodigy, family life, sibling relationship, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, nova scotia
Similarity:
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Former 1960s flower children Steven and Elyse Keaton raise their conservative son Alex, daughters Mallory and Jennifer, and later, youngest child Andrew.
Style:
sitcom, realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
family relations, liberal, culture clash, lifestyle, parents and children, hippie, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, teenage life, family life, siblings relations, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa, ohio, columbus ohio
Similarity:
30%
49K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, biting, cynical ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
working class, overweight, girl, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, sister sister relationship, child, tomboy, blue collar, chubby ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
Similarity:
29%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, parents and children, teenage life, family life, best friend, couples, thirtysomething life, single parent, workplace, eccentric family ...
Time:
20th century, 70s, 80s
Place:
usa, indiana, indianapolis indiana
Similarity:
28%
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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:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of David Hobbs, who has spent the last decade playing the perfect father on one of TV’s biggest sitcoms. But when the series ends and his wife resumes her own television career, he finds himself cast in his most challenging role to date: ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, light, sitcom, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
couples, couple relations, parents and children, family life, family relations, actor's life, fatherhood, parenthood, humour, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, kids and family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Sweet Valley High is an American comedy-drama series very loosely based on Francine Pascal's book series of the same name. The series ran from September 5, 1994 to October 14, 1997, and was produced by Saban Entertainment. The rights are now ...
Style:
sweet, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental ...
Audience:
kids, teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
twin sister, high school, high school student, teenage life, teenager, beach, occupation, sister sister relationship, friendship, best friend, teenage love, high school life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, pacific ocean, southern california
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A teenage girl plots to keep her parents' marriage together, erroneously thinking they're considering divorce.
Style:
feel good, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, couple relations, best friend, lifestyle, love and romance, babies and infants, coming of age, family problems, teenage life, siblings relations, crumbling marriage ...
Similarity:
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200
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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High school students Dylan Roberts and Ashley Gordon make the transition from being just friends to dating, while dealing with a whole range of real teen issues of family, friends and relationships.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage love, friendship, teenage life, youth, adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, love and romance, high school, teen angst, high school life, high school student, teen social issues ...
Time:
90s, 2000s
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Family is always unpredictable, so why write a family comedy when you can live dangerously and improvise instead? Like real families, you never know what will happen when you give characters total freedom. Adult siblings Cameron, Sharon and Jenna ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, feel good ...
Plot:
family problems, family relations, marriage, family life, blended family, suburbs, love and romance, siblings relations, suburban life, single parent, couples, large family ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
portland oregon
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Surviving Suburbia is an American sitcom starring Bob Saget and Cynthia Stevenson that aired on American Broadcasting Company from April 6 to August 7, 2009. The series originally aired at 9:30 PM Eastern/8:30 PM Central following Dancing with the ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, family life, parents and children, suburbs, eccentric family, society, lifestyle, neighbor, friends, everyday life, friendship, love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
27%
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