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Dear John (1988)
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Dear John (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Dear John is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from 1988 to 1992. The series was based on the British sitcom of the same name. Dear John was retitled Dear John USA when it was shown in the UK. During its four-season run, the series was bounced to and from various time periods on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and Saturday nights. When the series moved from its post-Cheers slot on Thursdays to a post-Night Court slot on Wednesdays in 1990, series regular Jere Burns appeared in a network promo side-by-side with John Larroquette of Night Court. Reruns were syndicated to various local stations shortly after Dear John ended its run in 1992, which continued until 2004. The series also aired on E! for a brief period in the late-1990s. The show has not been seen in the United States since it left syndication.
Style: sitcom, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Audience: kids
Plot: support group, divorce, friends, love and romance, couples, looking for love, down on your luck, breakup, crumbling marriage, remarry
Time: 80s
Place: new york

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, sitcom and semi serious films and TV series with plots about couples, love and romance, friends, family relations, couple relations, lifestyle and workplace mostly in Comedy and Romance genres. Some movies like Dear John: Lotsa Luck (1973), Something So Right (1996), Mama's Family (1983), Too Close for Comfort (1980), Sensitive Skin (2014). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lotsa Luck (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Lotsa Luck is an American sitcom that aired during the 1973-74 television season. The series stars Dom DeLuise as bachelor Stanley Belmont who lives with his bossy mother, his sister Olive and her unemployed husband, Arthur. Jack Knight stars as ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: bachelor, living with parents, bus driver, man child
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100%
Something So Right (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Carly Davis, a twice-divorced party planner, marries Jack Farrell, a divorced English teacher. They had three children, one from each of their former marriages.
Style: sitcom, touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: blended family, starting over, family relations, couple relations, parents and children, couples, love and romance
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
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82%
Mama's Family (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Thelma Harper and her spinster sister Fran open their home to Thelma's recently divorced son Vinton and his teenage son and daughter. It's quite an adjustment for everyone, especially the cranky, argumentative Thelma.
Style: sitcom, game show, slapstick, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: kids
Plot: women, family relations, dysfunctional family, strong female presence, family problems, friends, couples, adult virgin, parents and children, teenage life, family life, grandparent grandchild relationship ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: florida, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
73%
Too Close for Comfort (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Too Close for Comfort is an American television sitcom which ran on the ABC network from November 11, 1980 until May 5, 1983, and in first-run syndication from April 7, 1984 until September 27, 1986. It was modeled after the British series Keep It ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sexual
Audience: kids
Plot: cartoonist, family relations, thirtysomething life, couples, transvestism, friends, starting over, twins, couple relations, music band, love and romance, college ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: san francisco
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Sensitive Skin (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Davina and her husband Al try to revamp their lives as they struggle with the uncertainties of middle age.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, witty
Plot: self discovery, midlife crisis, family relations, parents and children, couples, dark humor, couple relations, strong female presence, siblings relations, unfulfillment, friends
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
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All of Us (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. On October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of ...
Style: sitcom, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, divorce, reporter, family life, couple relations, buddies, parents and children, black, african american, black sitcom, american culture, urban ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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54%
Three Up Two Down (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Three Up, Two Down is a British sitcom starring Michael Elphick and Angela Thorne that ran from 1985 to 1989. It was written by Richard Ommanney.
Style: sitcom, captivating, realistic, semi serious, offbeat ...
Plot: family relations, love and romance, husband wife relationship, young couple, married couple, in laws
Time: 80s
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Campus Ladies (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Campus Ladies is an American sitcom that premiered on Oxygen on January 8, 2006. It stars Christen Sussin and Carrie Aizley as two 40-something women who decide to go enroll at the fictional University of the Midwest. The humor comes from the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty, sitcom ...
Plot: college, best friend, lifestyle, looking for love, college life, love and romance, youth, looking for sex, friendship, divorce, loss of husband, sexual humor ...
Time: 21st century
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Manhattan Love Story (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The unfiltered internal monologues of a young man and a young woman are exposed as they begin a new relationship together.
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Audience: chick flick, teens
Plot: dating, couple relations, battle of the sexes, love and romance, looking for love, couples, society, family relations, friendship, rivalry, woman
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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So NoTORIous (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: So Notorious, sometimes stylized So NoTORIous, is an American sitcom on VH1, loosely based on the life of actress Tori Spelling. The series debuted on April 2, 2006 and despite lasting only ten episodes, received substantial acclaim from critics.
Style: witty, semi serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom ...
Plot: celebrity culture, performer's life, hollywood, filmmaking, love and romance, media satire, artists and showbiz, social relations, down on your luck, friends, famous, roommate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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The Geena Davis Show (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Geena Davis Show is an American sitcom starring Geena Davis. The show lasted one season on ABC.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, touching, humorous, realistic
Plot: lifestyle, family life, couples, workplace, relationship vs career, love and romance, family relations, strong female presence, suburbs, event planner
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
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Taxi (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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, humorous, witty, talky, not serious ...
Plot: taxi, taxi driver, workplace, driver, immigrant, group of friends, workplace situations, obnoxious boss, city life, boss and employee, friendship, stereotypes ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 70s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city
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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, retro ...
Audience: teens
Plot: materialism, buddies, lifestyle, youth, battle of the sexes, love and romance, clubbing, car salesman, punk, young adult, friends, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Whitney (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Whitney is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 22, 2011 to March 27, 2013. The series originally aired in the 9:30 pm /8:30 pm Thursday night timeslot. The show stars Whitney Cummings and is based on her real-life experience and her ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: lifestyle, couples, love and romance, couple relations, verbal byplay, drug, relationships, twentysomething life, strong female presence, woman, female protagonist, boyfriend girlfriend relationship
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa
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Suddenly Susan (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Suddenly Susan is an American television sitcom. Shields plays Susan Keane, a glamorous San Francisco magazine writer who begins to adjust to being single, and who learns to be independent-minded, after being taken care of all her life.
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: career, women, magazine, single, writers, workplace romance, workplace situations, media, strong female presence, office, lifestyle, couples ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: san francisco, usa
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Almost Perfect (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Almost Perfect is an American situation comedy that aired on the CBS television network from September 17, 1995 until October 30, 1996. The series focused on the professional life of the female executive producer of a television cop show, her witty, ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: dating, producer, career woman, power relations, relationship vs career, lifestyle, workplace, media, boss and employee, media satire, love and romance, workplace situations ...
Time: 90s
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Dave's World (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: Dave's World is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from 1993 to 1997. The series is based on the writing of Miami Herald columnist Dave Barry.
Style: sitcom, witty, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: suburbs, newspaper columnist, friends, suburban life, family life, couple relations, buddies, family relations, couples, media, journalism, parents and children
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: miami, usa
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Men Behaving Badly (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Men Behaving Badly is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from 1996 to 1997. It is based on the earlier British sitcom of the same name.
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: man child, thirtysomething life, lifestyle, misfit partners, couple relations, deadend life, buddies, friendship, disorder, friends, couples, roommate ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, indianapolis indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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The Single Guy (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Single Guy is an American television sitcom
Style: sitcom, witty, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: writers, wooing, writer's life, urban, love and romance, concierge, singleness, battle of the sexes, couples, city life, infidelity, affair ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york, usa
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Us & Them (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: For the past six months, New York pharmaceutical copywriter Gavin and Pennsylvania-based printing press employee Stacey have been flirting online and finally agree to meet... with their best friends in tow for double-date safety. Stacey's ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, feel good, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: couples, couple relations, family relations, friends, love and romance, parents and children, best friend, buddies, twentysomething life, family life, dating, girl ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Kate & Allie (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kate & Allie is an American television situation comedy which ran from March 19, 1984, to May 22, 1989. Kate & Allie first aired on CBS as a midseason replacement series and only six episodes were initially commissioned, but the favorable ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, touching, feel good ...
Audience: kids
Plot: single mother, female friendship, feminist, best friend, single parent, family relations, friendship, roommate, strong female presence, battle of the sexes, gender, workplace ...
Time: 80s
Place: new york, usa, manhattan new york city, greenwich village manhattan new york city
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Maybe It's Me (2001)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Maybe It's Me is an American television comedy series that aired on The WB Network. It first aired on October 5, 2001 and ended on May 3, 2002. The series was created and executive produced by Suzanne Martin, a former writer of Frasier and ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous, sitcom, offbeat
Plot: teenage girl, teenage life, family relations, youth, love and romance, coping, high school, twins, siblings relations, dating, religious fanatic, grandparents ...
Time: 21st century
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35%
Single White Spenny (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story: Single White Spenny is a Canadian television series that aired briefly on Showcase in 2011, and chronicles the misadventures a fictitious version of Spencer Rice, played by himself, has dating various women after his wife divorced him for being ...
Style: not serious, realistic, humorous, sitcom, semi autobiographical
Plot: lifestyle, family relations, couples, couple relations, love and romance, looking for love, singleness, dating, thirtysomething life, domineering mother, man child, lisp
Time: 21st century
Place: canada
⇓ similarity ⇓
35%
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Watching Ellie (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A single woman, Ellie Riggs, tries to navigate her way through the Los Angeles music scene and her own messy personal life.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: performer's life, workplace, artists and showbiz, aspiring singer, media satire, media
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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34%
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A to Z (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: The story follows the lives of Andrew, an employee at an internet dating site who dreams of meeting the girl of his dreams, and Zelda, a no-nonsense lawyer who was raised by a hippie mother and carries a rebellious streak. By an accidental chance of ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, light, entertaining ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: dating, opposites attract, unlikely couple, love and romance, couple relations, looking for love, unfulfillment, twentysomething life, destiny, hopes, friends, workplace situations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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, realistic, sexy, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: friendship, looking for love, battle of the sexes, thirtysomething life, workplace situations, workplace, boss and employee, single parent, women, strong female presence, humour, feminist ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, atlanta georgia, georgia
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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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, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot: doctor, single mother, best friend, strong female presence, family relations, friends, supportive coworker, couples, workplace, rivalry, starting over, single parent ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
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Mr. Sloane (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Mr. Sloane's titular character is a buttoned-down 1960's man in crisis. Between his failed attempts at marriage, career success and even suicide, it's fair to say that 1969 isn't shaping up to be Watford-dweller Mr. Sloane's ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, captivating, entertaining, psychological ...
Plot: looking for love, down on your luck, friends, free spirited, love and romance, self discovery, couples, friendship, society, relationships, colleague, bittersweet ...
Time: 20th century, 60s
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Veronica's Closet (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Veronica 'Ronnie' Chase is the 'Queen of Romance.' Founder of a successful lingerie empire, and best-selling author of self-help romance books, Ronnie has it all ... money, success, sex appeal and a philandering husband. How she ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, sexual, humorous
Plot: gay, women, career woman, best friend, couples, workplace, gays and lesbians, unsupportive spouse, gender, feminism, breakup, workplace situations ...
Time: 90s
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
What I Like About You (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Valerie Tyler is a 28-year-old organization freak who loves her 16-year-old sister Holly. Even if Holly is rambunctious. Spontaneous. Impulsive. Disconcerting. And definitely disorganized. Then Holly moves in with Val, and the sisters discover they ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, witty, humorous, light ...
Audience: teens, chick flick, pre-teens
Plot: family relations, looking for love, roommate, sibling relationship, love and romance, youth, lifestyle, adolescence vs adulthood, first love, teenage life, sister sister relationship, couples ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
32%
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