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The Darling Buds of May (1991)
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The Darling Buds of May (1991)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
TV show
Story: An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking his way out of them with equal equanimity; and his daughters, as they deal with growing up and discovering the joys and sorrows of young love.
Style: feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, not serious, period drama
Audience: family outing
Plot: english countryside, countryside, summer, post war, girl, family relations, taxes, rural area, parents and children, family life, farm, fall in love, housewife, lifestyle, eccentric family, farmer, large family, british, husband wife relationship, rolls royce, rural setting, domestic drama, nagging and grouching, cigar smoking, british humour ...
Time: 1950s, 50s, 20th century
Place: england, europe

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, sitcom and captivating films and TV series with plots about family relations, parents and children, family life, lifestyle, couples, siblings relations and couple relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like The Darling Buds of May: All Creatures Great and Small (1978), Mapp & Lucia (2014), Flambards (1979), Rock & Chips (2010), My Family (2000). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based ...
Style: touching, realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
Plot: veterinarian, pets, village life, workplace, doctors and patients, family relations, family business, medical, doctor, hospital, skirt, world war two ...
Time: 20th century, 1940s, 1930s, 1950s
Place: yorkshire, england, europe
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Mapp & Lucia (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: 1930s comedy drama based on EF Benson's novels, about the rivalry between two women in a quaint village.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, historical drama ...
Plot: small town, village, rivalry, lesbian, society, social relations, small town life, village life, gossip, friendship, snobbism, priest ...
Time: 1930s, 20th century
Place: europe, england
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Flambards (1979)
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 780 min.
TV show
Story: In the early 1900s in England, young Christina is orphaned and goes to live with her Uncle Russell, who owns the country estate of Flambards, and has two sons. Mark, the elder, is a wastrel, a roue and, like his father, loves to hunt. The younger ...
Style: captivating, realistic, serious, emotional, period drama
Audience: girls' night
Plot: makeover, world war one, couple relations, love and romance, society, fall in love, estate, uneducated, couples, family relations, countryside, manners ...
Time: edwardian era, 1900s, 20th century, 1910s
Place: england, europe
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Rock & Chips (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story: Prequel to Only Fools and Horses, set in the 1960s, Joan Trotter is in an unhappy marriage with the work-shy Reg, with whom she has a teenage son, Derek ("Del Boy"). However, the reappearance in Peckham of bank robber, "art ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty
Plot: working class, society, theft, lifestyle, childbirth, bittersweet, promotion, petty criminal, dishonesty, infidelity, pregnancy, criminal heroes ...
Time: 20th century, year 1960, 60s
Place: london, england, europe
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My Family (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: My Family is a British sitcom created and initially co-written by Fred Barron, which was produced by DLT Entertainment and Rude Boy Productions, and broadcast by BBC One for eleven series between 2000 and 2011, with Christmas specials broadcast from ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, witty, realistic ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: father son relationship, dentist, family relations, disorder, eccentric family, dysfunctional family, family problems, workplace, christmas, parents and children, living with parents, husband wife relationship ...
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You Rang, M'Lord? (1988)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: You Rang M'Lord? is a British comedy series written by Jimmy Perry and David Croft, the creators of Dad's Army, It Ain't Half Hot Mum and Hi-de-Hi! It was broadcast between 1990 and 1993 on the BBC. The show was a comedy set in the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, witty
Audience: kids
Plot: servant, domestic servant, master and servant, farce, eccentric family, social differences, family relations, high society, interwar period, household, lifestyle, dishonesty ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: london, england, europe
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Only Fools and Horses (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story: The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of “Trotters Independent Traders PLC” who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Plot: working class, cockney, grandfather, world war two veteran, black market, disorder, eccentric family, brother brother relationship, pub, short man, veteran, siblings relations ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, london, britain, europe
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All Creatures Great & Small (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
TV show
Story: The heartwarming and humorous adventures of a young country vet in the Yorkshire Dales in the 1930s. A remake of the 1978 series.
Style: light, funny, humorous, sentimental, sweet ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: veterinarian, village life, countryside, english countryside, human animal relationship, friendship, scotsman, veterinary clinic, following a dream, animal, job, workplace ...
Time: 1930s, 1940s, 20th century
Place: yorkshire, england
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Home to Roost (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Story: Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew. The premise is that Henry Willows is ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: teenage son, chambermaid, father, lifestyle, disorder, family relations, single parent, eccentric family, parents and children, youth, teenage life, mischievous children ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: england, europe
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Honest (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Honest is a British comedy-drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. The series is a remake of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune, written by James Griffin and Rachel Lang, that first aired in 2005. The programme stars Amanda Redman as Lindsay ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating
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Time: 21st century
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Ladies of Letters (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Story: Two middle-age crazy English widows become best friends via letters, over many misadventure-filled years. Having met under a table at a wedding, when both were drunk with merriment, misunderstanding comes naturally to them. The ladies and their kin ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, witty, sitcom, realistic
Plot: parents and children, friends, family relations, best friend, aging, friendship, lifestyle, suburbs, strong female presence, suburban life, elderly
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Jam & Jerusalem (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Story: Jam & Jerusalem is a British sit-com that aired on BBC One from 2006 to 2009. Written by Jennifer Saunders and Abigail Wilson, it starred Sue Johnston, Jennifer Saunders, Pauline McLynn, Dawn French, Maggie Steed, David Mitchell, and Sally ...
Style: uplifting, witty, semi serious, humorous, sincere ...
Plot: british, friendship, family relations, village life, village, english countryside, friends, best friend, social relations, gender, family life, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england, britain
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story: Life Begins is a British television drama first broadcast on ITV between February 2004 and October 2006, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong, Anne Reid and Frank Finlay.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, sitcom
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration: 30 min.
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Style: funny, entertaining, feel good, humorous, captivating ...
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Genre: Drama, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Style: detective, realistic, serious, captivating, sincere ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: In with the Flynns is a British sitcom created by Caryn Mandabach, produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions, and broadcast by the BBC. The first series began broadcast on 8 June 2011 for six episodes on BBC One and in high definition on BBC One HD in ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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 ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 200 min.
TV show
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Style: biting, cynical, thought provoking, realistic, semi serious ...
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Country: UK
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Style: period piece, witty, feel good, costume drama, light ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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