Movies and TV shows like Wilfred
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Wilfred (2011)
46K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
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Everyone else sees Wilfred as just a dog, but Ryan sees a crude and somewhat surly, yet irrepressibly brave and honest Australian bloke in a cheap dog suit. While leading him through a series of comedic and existential adventures, Wilfred the dog shows Ryan the man how to overcome his fears and joyfully embrace the unpredictability and insanity of the world around him.
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, funny, entertaining, cynical, dark, humorous, surreal, not serious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
dark humor, mental illness, loser, gay interest, stoner, odd couple, buddies, foe turned friend, lifestyle, suicide attempt, surrealism, slacker, character change, depression, pets, mishap, suburbs, sexual humor, lonely, mental health, bittersweet, free spirited, housemates, insanity, friendship ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, realistic and not serious films and TV series with plots about friends, lifestyle, friendship, disorder, dark humor, show and buddies mostly in Comedy, Drama and Mystery genres. Some movies like Wilfred: Ideal (2005), Six Feet Under (2001), Louie (2010), Spaced (1999), Starved (2005). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
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Style:
surreal, humorous, not serious, sitcom, offbeat ...
Plot:
dark humor, friendship, disorder, lifestyle, odd couple, friends, looking for love, couple relations, love and romance, pets, goofy hero, fall in love ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
australia
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Ideal is a British dark comedy sit-com, originally broadcast on digital channel BBC Three, created by Graham Duff and produced by BBC Comedy North and Baby Cow Productions. It stars Johnny Vegas as small-time cannabis dealer Moz.
It is set in ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Place:
los angeles, california, usa, syria
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
Style:
humorous, sincere, sitcom, dark comedy, hilarious ...
Plot:
dark humor, comedian, performer's life, midlife crisis, family relations, city life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, disorder, parenthood, everyday life, mishap ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Spaced: the anti-Friends, in that it examines the lives of common 20 somethings, but in a way that is more down to earth and realistic. Here we have Daisy and Tim; two 'young' adults with big dreams just trying to get by in this crazy ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
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50%
551
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders, who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
eating disorder, mental illness, support group, friendship, physical appearance, society, dishonesty, obsession, misfit, lifestyle, dark humor, stock broker ...
Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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After a naive Midwestern girl's big city dreams are dashed her first week in New York, she finds herself living with her worst nightmare in this hilarious, contemporary comedy about a female odd couple who are surrounded by an outrageous cast ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, not serious, sexy, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
odd couple, friends, lifestyle change, roommate, lifestyle, sexual humor, city life, friendship, urban, troublemaker, everyday life, big city ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Workaholics is an American sitcom that premiered on Comedy Central on April 5, 2011. The series is in its third season, and is predominantly written by its stars Blake Anderson, Adam DeVine, Anders Holm, and co-creator Kyle Newacheck who play, ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, satirical, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
homoeroticism, office, buddies, roommate, coworker, workplace, slacker, disorder, twentysomething life, workplace situations, party, irresponsible ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
28%
14K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, not serious, humorous, satirical, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove. This sitcom was based on Christopher's stand-up comedy act, more specifically his ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, cynical, tragicomedy, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sexy, erotic, witty, cynical, humorous ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
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Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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sitcom, not serious, humorous, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
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Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. ...
Style:
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Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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27%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, sentimental ...
Audience:
teens, kids, date night, teen drama, adult
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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sitcom, realistic, not serious, humorous, funny ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Place:
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Country: USA
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realistic, tragicomedy, humorous, semi serious, sensual ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Whether it's due to a lack of style, the wrong job, or even just a bad haircut, everyone goes through a time in their lives when they're undateable. Most of us eventually grow out of it, but some people need a little more help than others. ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, light ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, funny, captivating, semi serious ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, captivating, funny, light ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, stylized ...
Plot:
buddies, fox, swearing, friends, bird, dog, puppetry, dark humor, disorder, vulgar, battle of the sexes, naivete ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
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50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Crash-landed alien Harry takes on the identity of a small-town Colorado doctor. Arriving with a secret mission, he starts off living a simple life…but things get a bit rocky when he’s roped into solving a local murder and realizes he needs to ...
Style:
entertaining, humorous, feel good, light, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Human Giant is a sketch comedy show on MTV, starring writer/performers Aziz Ansari, Rob Huebel, Paul Scheer and directed primarily by Jason Woliner.
The show ran for two seasons. In interviews, the group has mentioned that they were offered a third ...
Style:
sketch comedy, surreal, not serious, humorous, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, america
Similarity:
26%
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