Movies and TV shows like Aliens in the Family
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Aliens in the Family (1996)
170
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Aliens in the Family is an American sci-fi/fantasy sitcom that aired on ABC, conceived as part of its TGIF lineup From the Creators of Dinosaurs and The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Style:
sitcom, offbeat, feel good, humorous, semi serious
Audience:
kids
Plot:
blended family, friendly alien, stepmother, alien, buddies, interspecies romance, abduction, heroes, kidnapping, space and aliens, nanny, space travel, family relations, parents and children, family life, store, babies and infants, danger, suburbs, single parent, evil alien, suburban life, alien encounter, disorder, benign alien ...
Time:
90s
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Most similar movies to Aliens in the Family
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, feel good and semi serious films and TV series with plots about family life, family relations, parents and children, family, disorder, space and aliens and benign alien mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Family genres. Some movies like Aliens in the Family: ALF (1986), Small Wonder (1985), The Neighbors (2012), Marvin Marvin (2012), Spaced Out (2006). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
42K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
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A furry alien wiseguy comes to live with a terran family after crashing into their garage.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, cliffhanger, hilarious, game show ...
Audience:
pre-teens, kids, family outing
Plot:
benign alien, alien, extraterrestrial, suburbs, space and aliens, family relations, fish out of water, friendly alien, buddies, alien invasion, youth, muppets ...
Time:
80s, future, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Small Wonder is an American science fiction sitcom that aired in first-run syndication from September 7, 1985 to May 20, 1989. The show chronicles the family of a robotics engineer who, after he secretly creates a robot modeled after a real human ...
Style:
sitcom, game show, semi serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
robot, childhood love, artificial intelligence, family relations, female android, little boy, little girl, superhuman powers, transhumanism, robin hood, inventor, androids ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, sensual, erotic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
benign alien, space and aliens, fish out of water, family relations, parents and children, couples, eccentric family, family life, disorder, social relations, suburban life, misfit ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
31%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Marvin Marvin is an American science fiction slapstick comedy television series that aired from November 24, 2012 to April 27, 2013. The series was set to premiere on Nickelodeon in 2013, but was pushed forward to November 24, 2012. It stars Lucas ...
Style:
not serious, humorous, sitcom, feel good, teen comedy
Audience:
kids, pre-teens
Plot:
fish out of water, alien encounter, hidden identity, family life, teenage life, siblings relations, lifestyle, friends, social relations, teenager, high school, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, portland oregon
Similarity:
28%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
The planet earth is in peril of impending doom, and maniacal destructive forces from outer space are closely at hand! Twisted, demented alien terrorists are single-handedly about to reap horrific havoc on earth and threaten life itself. Meanwhile, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, independent film ...
Plot:
reporter, journalism, media, chaos and mayhem, captivity, abduction, disorder, save the planet, save the world, danger, imaginary, heroes ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
27%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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My Favorite Martian is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS from September 29, 1963, to May 1, 1966, for 107 episodes. The show starred Ray Walston as Uncle Martin and Bill Bixby as Tim O'Hara.
John L. Greene created the central ...
Style:
sitcom, retro, semi serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
mars, spaceship, martian, time travel, alien disguised as human, invasion, friendly alien, intergalactic, friendship, fish out of water, reporter, anti hero ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
los angeles, usa
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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The Parent 'Hood is an American sitcom that aired on The WB airing from January 18, 1995 to July 25, 1999. The series starred Robert Townsend and Suzzanne Douglas.
Originally to have been titled Father Knows Nothing, the series was one of the ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
black, child, black sitcom, family relations, family problems, single parent, lifestyle, youth, buddies, babies and infants, young heroes, mischievous children ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A teen is visited by aliens after he broadcasts a message into space.
Style:
exciting, semi serious, humorous, offbeat, feel good
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot:
space and aliens, friendly alien, youth, space opera, benign alien, cooking and food, alien, halloween, haunted, extraterrestrial, buddies, alien planet ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Similarity:
24%
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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The Munsters Today is an American sitcom that aired in syndication from 1988 to 1991. The series served as a sequel to the 1960s sitcom The Munsters.
Style:
spooky, sitcom, not serious, offbeat, humorous ...
Audience:
horror for children
Plot:
eccentric family, monster, halloween, satire, family relations, disorder, experiment gone awry, suburban life, fish out of water, suburbs, parents and children, goofy hero ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Young orphans, Mel, Josh and Lucy, can't believe their luck when they are fostered together under one roof. But just when it looks like they have the chance of a relatively normal life, they discover their new parents are aliens from planet ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, lighthearted, slapstick, semi serious ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teens, family outing
Plot:
children, families, fish out of water, alien, culture clash, high school life, family relations, adoption, orphan, space and aliens, family life, parents and children ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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3rd Rock from the Sun is an American sitcom that aired from 1996 to 2001 on NBC. The show is about four extraterrestrials who are on an expedition to Earth, which they consider to be a very insignificant planet. The extraterrestrials pose as a human ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty, light ...
Audience:
teens, date night, family outing
Plot:
alien, space and aliens, fish out of water, disguise, friendship, hidden identity, goofy hero, family life, eccentric family, family secret, fall in love, misfit ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, New Zealand, USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
A young girl who has telekinetic powers also claims to be a visitor from Mars. The girl's father and a scientist who has befriended her try to discern exactly who she is and what is happening.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, offbeat
Plot:
female alien, mars, space and aliens, martian, environmentalism, family relations, space travel, alien encounter, teenage life, family life, space wars, eccentric family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Similarity:
22%
62K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from ...
Style:
funny, humorous, absurd, light, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, adult
Plot:
fish out of water, satire, alien, outer space, humanity, benign alien, family life, parents and children, space and aliens, interspecies romance, transformation, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1993, future
Place:
usa, new jersey
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Mork & Mindy is an American science fiction sitcom broadcast from 1978 until 1982 on ABC. The series starred Robin Williams as Mork, an alien who comes to Earth from the planet Ork in a small, one-man egg-shaped spaceship. Pam Dawber co-starred ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, spoof, slapstick, hilarious ...
Audience:
date night, family outing, teens
Plot:
odd couple, benign alien, pun, extraterrestrial, intergalactic, team, deja vu, friendly alien, weirdo, magic, alien disguised as human, farce ...
Time:
80s, 70s, 20th century
Place:
colorado
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
A small town infestation of crawling alien foreheads that begin attaching to people and taking them over collides with a scientist's experiments to extract foreheadazine and things go horribly horribly wrong.
Style:
humorous, stylized, semi serious, suspenseful, scary ...
Plot:
space and aliens, mad scientist, supernatural, save the planet, escapades, rivalry, danger, alien encounter, disorder, heroes, ufo, insanity ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
holland
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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, family comedy, lighthearted, slapstick, realistic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
newspaper columnist, suburban life, suburbs, parenting, kids and family, everyday life, middle class, marriage, satire, social satire, media, couple relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
miami, usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Are We There Yet? opens where the popular film of the same name left off, with Nick and Suzanne newly married. After six months, their family is beginning to show growing pains, from the complexities of life as newlyweds to weathering the storm of ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
black family, blended family, stepfather stepdaughter relationship, couple relations, family relations, parents and children, ex athlete, newlyweds, family life, black cast, stepfather stepson relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Rosemary, Jane and Emily try to juggle motherhood, work, friendships and love lives in an overly complicated modern world.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, sitcom, feel good ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
parenthood, motherhood, friendship, family life, family relations, love and romance, single parent, best friend, parents and children, humour, strong female presence, friends ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california, los angeles
Similarity:
21%
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180
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Big Lake is an American comedy television series on Comedy Central that debuted on August 17, 2010, and ran for one season. The series was picked up using a similar model as Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet The Browns with an initial 10 ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, captivating ...
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, friendship, small town, disorder, buddies, family life, director, bank, love, silly humor, small town life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, pennsylvania
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Happy Family is an NBC sitcom that debuted in fall of 2003.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, situational comedy, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, leaving home, family life, dentist, suburbs, family problems, grownups, generation gap, slice of life, dysfunctional family, college dropout ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, philadelphia
Similarity:
21%
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:
21%
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, touching, semi serious, humorous, light hearted ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
family life, lifestyle, workplace, relationship vs career, family relations, love and romance, couples, suburbs, children, parenting, blended family, teenager ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Set in 2151 and 2152, it follows the crew of HMS Camden Lock as they stumble through their heroic mission to protect British interests in a changing galaxy.
Style:
sitcom, not serious, futuristic, lighthearted, parody ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
space travel, space opera, intergalactic, alien encounter, escapades, imaginary, space, british, bureaucracy, spacecraft, satire, alien ...
Time:
future, near future
Similarity:
20%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The host of the local morning talk show Morning Chicago creatively balances family commitment—to her husband John, a hard-working family practice doctor, and their three young children— and career obligations.
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
ambition, relationship vs career, family life, parents and children, lifestyle, humour, eccentric family, large family, television, talk show, couples, artists and showbiz ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, illinois
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Ladies Man is a television sitcom series starring Alfred Molina as husband, father, son, ex-husband and son-in-law who lives with a number of women under one roof. The show was first broadcast on September 20, 1999, and lasted for two seasons on CBS ...
Style:
sitcom, family comedy, lighthearted, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
blended family, fatherhood, house, single father, male protagonist, domestic drama, heartwarming, sexual tension, family relations, teenage life, family problems, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Three aliens morph into super-hot babes and arrive to protect the earth from the intergalactic forces of evil. Guided by Syntax, their holographic mentor, these Illegal Aliens are willing to use every trick in the book and every sexy outfit in their ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, sex comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
space and aliens, save the world, benign alien, time travel, alien encounter, disorder, master villain, deadly creature, imaginary, heroes, danger, androids and robots ...
Similarity:
20%
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:
kids, boys' night, teens
Plot:
african american, family relations, teenage boy, youth, black, culture clash, hip hop, fish out of water, black family, misfit, social differences, siblings relations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, nova scotia, usa
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: UK
Duration: 152 min.
TV show
Story:
An Earth Man and his alien friend escape an exploding Earth, and set forth on an odd adventure across the universe with a known fugitive. Based on the book by Douglas Adams, the dialog follows the book closely. This was originally a 6-part series ...
Style:
humorous, offbeat, talky, futuristic, stylized ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, kids
Plot:
benign alien, space travel, ufo, spacecraft, mysterious planet, satire, imaginary, fantasy world, time travel, alien, outer space, robot ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
london, england
Similarity:
20%
209
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Baby Bob is an American sitcom that aired on CBS as a midseason replacement in March 2002. The Baby Bob character had previously been on television since February 2000, appearing in commercials for FreeInternet.com. While actual infants played Bob, ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, lighthearted ...
Plot:
baby, family relations, family life, parents and children, parenthood, child as adult, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship, in laws, family secret, parenting, father son relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
los angeles
Similarity:
20%
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:
20%
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