Movies and TV shows like Melissa & Joey

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Melissa & Joey (2010)
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Melissa & Joey (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Melissa & Joey is an ABC Family original television series starring Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence that premiered on ABC Family on August 17, 2010. The series follows local politician Mel Burke and Joe Longo, whom Mel hires to look after her niece and nephew after a Ponzi scheme leaves him broke.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, not serious, hilarious, sitcom, nostalgic
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: nanny, family relations, politician, parents and children, couples, adolescence, custody, child care, family life, job seeking, bankruptcy, fish out of water, guardian, employer employee relationship, teenage girl, brother sister relationship, teenage boy, aunt niece relationship, pretend relationship, teenager, relationships, city council, youth, boss, relatives ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: usa, ohio

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic and feel good films and TV series with plots about family relations, couples, family life, couple relations, parents and children, father son relationship and mother daughter relationship mostly in Comedy, Romance and Family genres. Some movies like Melissa & Joey: Young & Hungry (2014), Two and a Half Men (2003), Step by Step (1991), Black-ish (2014), Modern Family (2009). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Young & Hungry (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Two worlds collide when Josh, a wealthy young tech entrepreneur, meets Gabi, a feisty young food blogger, looking to be his personal chef. Gabi is desperate for the job and must prove herself, mostly to Josh's aide, who prefers a famous chef ...
Style: sitcom, light, humorous, hilarious, feel good ...
Audience: family outing, teens
Plot: chef, female protagonist, businessman, female friendship, employer employee relationship, publicist, best friend, women, computers and web, workplace, gay couple, gay lead character ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, san francisco
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100%
Two and a Half Men (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, funny ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: beach house, teenager, odd couple, friends, silly humor, womanizer, roommate, slacker, lifestyle, parents and children, sibling relationship, single parent ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, malibu california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
 16K
Step by Step (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 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 ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, witty ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, family friendly
Plot: couples, family relations, sister sister relationship, brother brother relationship, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, youth, couple relations, parents and children, family life, siblings relations, teenager ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, wisconsin
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 7.3
 25K
Black-ish (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: african american, family relations, parents and children, family life, black family, social differences, society, disorder, fish out of water, social relations, black sitcom, teenager ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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 8.5
 478K
Modern Family (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 5378 min.
TV show
Story: The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, mockumentary, teen ...
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: gay, everyday life, family relations, generation gap, family life, adolescence, gay adoption, parents and children, mother daughter relationship, couple relations, blended family, gay couple ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: california, southern california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
My Fake Fiance (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story: Jennifer and Vince, virtual strangers, find themselves strapped for cash and decide to stage a fake engagement and wedding just for the gifts
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, heartbreaking ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, date night, teen drama
Plot: wedding, pretend relationship, enemies to lovers, fake relationship, true love, family relations, engagement, couples, secret identity, money problems, pretense, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Married (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Married is a half hour comedy about being miserably in love. Russ and Lina Bowman can barely remember what life was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance -- but every once in a while, in between the arguments about their ...
Style: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, dark comedy ...
Audience: date night
Plot: marriage, couple relations, marital problem, couples, friendship, family life, family relations, parents and children, love and romance, save the day, marital crisis, marriage crisis ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Middle (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The daily mishaps of a married woman and her semi-dysfunctional family and their attempts to survive life in general in the city of Orson, Indiana.
Style: feel good, not serious, realistic, sitcom, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family values, everyday life, siblings relations, family life, family relations, parents and children, parenthood, adolescence, small town, youth, childhood, couple relations ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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House of Payne (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolved around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: family relations, working class, family life, parents and children, social relations, suburbs, elderly, youth, african american protagonist, urban, black, african american ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Meet the Browns (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tyler Perry's Meet the Browns is an American sitcom created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolves around a senior family living under one roof in Decatur, Georgia led by patriarch Mr. Brown and his ...
Style: sitcom, sentimental, humorous, realistic, not serious
Plot: family relations, aging, family gatherings, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, social relations, elderly, siblings relations, couples, african american, black ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Cosby Show (1984)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Cosby Show is an American television situation comedy starring Bill Cosby, which aired for eight seasons on NBC from September 20, 1984 until April 30, 1992. The show focuses on the Huxtable family, an upper middle-class African-American family ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, realistic, feel good, semi serious ...
Audience: family outing, kids
Plot: family relations, parents and children, family life, family values, black, couples, lifestyle, couple relations, verbal byplay, teenage life, black sitcom, urban ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place: usa, new york, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.5
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'Til Death (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: A comedy about the triumphs and tribulations of marriage and friendship from very different perspectives. It's about the funny – and sometimes annoying – things that happen between husbands, wives, parents, children, neighbors and friends ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: couples, love and romance, friendship, rage, marital problem, friends, couple relations, relationship problems, society, newlyweds, battle of the sexes, verbal byplay ...
Time: 21st century
Place: philadelphia, usa, pennsylvania
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
 6.9
 8K
Yes, Dear (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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, entertaining ...
Plot: family life, couples, housewife, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, siblings relations, irresponsible, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, kids and family, parenthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Bill Engvall Show (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Bill Engvall Show is a sitcom which ran on TBS from July 17, 2007 to September 5, 2009. The series starred comedian Bill Engvall and was written and created by Engvall and Michael Leeson. The series was canceled on September 25, 2009. On June ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, light, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, family life, friends, parents and children, couples, suburbs, therapist, father son relationship, marriage, love, society, friendship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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The Nanny (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Fran, fresh out of her job as a bridal consultant in her boyfriend’s shop, first appears on the doorstep of Broadway producer Maxwell Sheffield peddling cosmetics, and quickly stumbled upon the opportunity to become The Nanny for his three ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: date night
Plot: nanny, children, female protagonist, family relations, butler, unlikely couple, fish out of water, society, workplace, fall in love, love and romance, eligible bachelor ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Grounded for Life (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: 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, witty, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: everyday life, overbearing parent, family values, dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, eccentric family, disorder, society, nothing goes right, youth, family life ...
Time: y2k, 90s, 80s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (1990)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air is an American television sitcom that originally aired on NBC from September 10, 1990, to May 20, 1996. The show stars Will Smith as a fictionalized version of himself, a street-smart teenager from West Philadelphia who ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, witty, feel good, realistic ...
Audience: teens, kids, boys' night
Plot: family relations, african american, youth, teenager, black, culture clash, fish out of water, hip hop, misfit, eccentric family, siblings relations, verbal byplay ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: california, usa, los angeles, nova scotia
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67%
Your Family or Mine (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Based on an enormously popular Israeli comedy, Your Family or Mine comes from the producers of Friends, Will & Grace, How I Met Your Mother and Happy Endings. The new series revolves around Oliver and Kelli, who are living proof of the ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, family life, couple relations, parents and children, disorder, social differences, culture clash, friendship, everyday life, marriage, in-laws ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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iCarly (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: iCarly is an American teen sitcom that ran on Nickelodeon from September 8, 2007 until November 23, 2012. The series was created by Dan Schneider. It focuses on teenager Carly Shay, who creates her own web show called iCarly with her best friends ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, semi serious, captivating, funny ...
Audience: teens, family outing, kids
Plot: teenager, high school, teenage girl, friendship, friends, teenage life, siblings relations, family relations, popular girl, brother, sister, lifestyle ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: seattle, usa
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100%
The War at Home (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 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, eccentric family, parents and children, teenage life, couple relations, youth, family values, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations, father son relationship, father daughter relationship, teenager ...
Time: 21st century
Place: long island, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
According to Jim (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 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, lifestyle, buddies, parents and children, family life, family values, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, husband wife relationship, parenting, misunderstanding ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
18%
Married to the Kellys (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: New York writer Tom grew up an only child and is a loner by nature. He's a man who takes pride in refusing to learn the names of his neighbors. But his life is destined for change when he marries Susan, a gregarious social butterfly from the ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, feel good, captivating, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: eccentric family, family life, couples, fish out of water, family relations, couple relations, suburbs, parents and children, relocation, friendship, misfit, indoor
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, kansas
⇓ similarity ⇓
36%
Better With You (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Better with You is an American romantic sitcom TV show starring Joanna Garcia Swisher and Jennifer Finnigan. The series aired on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm Eastern/7:30 pm Central on ABC and ran from September 22, 2010 to May 11, 2011. The series was ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, not serious, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love affair, family life, couple relations, pregnancy, family relations, couples, lifestyle, parents and children, relationships, friendship between men, siblings relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
Notes from the Underbelly (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Notes from the Underbelly is an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television. The title is a ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: pregnancy, couple relations, friendship, family life, couples, friends, family relations, youth, babies and infants, parents and children, rivalry, pregnant woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
The Jim Gaffigan Show (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy about a husband and wife trying to raise their five kids in a New York two-bedroom apartment.
Style: humorous, not serious, realistic, sitcom, light ...
Plot: silly humor, family relations, parents and children, couple relations, family life, couples, wife, stand up comedian, comedian, husband wife relationship
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Reed Between the Lines (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Reed Between the Lines is an American television family sitcom created by Kellie R. Griffin. It premiered on BET on October 11, 2011. On April 12, 2011, BET announced that it picked up Reed Between The Lines for a fall 2011-2012 television schedule ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, sincere ...
Plot: family life, relationship vs career, parents and children, family relations, doctors and patients, couples, couple relations, black, black cast, power relations, woman, psychologist
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
Accidentally on Purpose (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A newspaper film critic, Billie is a single woman who finds herself "accidentally" pregnant after a one-night stand with a much younger guy, and decides to keep the baby... and the guy.
Style: humorous, sitcom, not serious, entertaining, realistic
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: odd couple, thirtysomething life, family relations, pregnancy, lifestyle, escapades, unwanted pregnancy, eccentricity, couples, disorder, couple relations, feminist ...
Time: 21st century
Place: san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
34%
 6.4
 32K
Dharma & Greg (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dharma & Greg is an American television sitcom that aired from September 24, 1997, to April 30, 2002. It stars Jenna Elfman and Thomas Gibson as Dharma and Greg Montgomery, a couple who got married on their first date despite being complete ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, realistic, not serious ...
Plot: marriage, meet the parents, love at first sight, couples, opposites attract, love and romance, newlyweds, family life, disorder, couple relations, unlikely couple, family disapproval ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place: california, san francisco, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
 6.3
 3K
Marry Me (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Six years ago, Annie and Jake bonded over their mutual love of nachos and they've been inseparable ever since. Now, after returning from a romantic two-week island vacation, Jake’s all set to pop the question. Before he can ask, though, Annie ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, feel good, light, captivating ...
Audience: teens, date night
Plot: couple relations, engagement, friends, everyday life, family relations, group of friends, friendship, thirtysomething life, couples, love and romance, love
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
The Neighbors (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When the Weavers move to a gated community in New Jersey, they discover that the entire neighborhood is comprised of aliens from the planet Zabvron. But as the Weavers and the aliens face the struggles of everyday life together, they discover that ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, entertaining ...
Audience: teens
Plot: fish out of water, benign alien, space and aliens, family relations, parents and children, couples, family life, eccentric family, social relations, disorder, suburban life, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new jersey
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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