Movies and TV shows like The Middle
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The Middle (2009)
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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:
humorous, feel good, not serious, realistic, sitcom, funny, offbeat, odd
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family values, everyday life, siblings relations, family life, parents and children, family relations, parenthood, adolescence, small town, youth, childhood, couple relations, eccentric family, teenage boy, marriage, teenage girl, mother daughter relationship, car salesman, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, brother brother relationship, dysfunctional family, woman, construction worker ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
indiana, usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sitcom, humorous, realistic and not serious films and TV series with plots about parents and children, family relations, family life, youth, marriage, father son relationship and siblings relations mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like The Middle: The Goldbergs (2013), According to Jim (2001), Malcolm in the Middle (2000), Modern Family (2009), Raising Hope (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Before there were parenting blogs, trophies for showing up, and peanut allergies, there was a simpler time called the '80s. For geeky 11-year old Adam these were his wonder years and he faced them armed with a video camera to capture all the ...
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humorous, realistic, feel good, sentimental, sitcom ...
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teens
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childhood, father daughter relationship, family life, family relations, parents and children, overbearing parent, teenage life, family values, three generations, brother sister relationship, teenager, father son relationship ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
philadelphia, pennsylvania, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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.
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sitcom, humorous, feel good, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
family outing, adult
Plot:
family relations, father daughter relationship, couple relations, lifestyle, buddies, family life, family values, parents and children, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, mother daughter relationship, neighbor neighbor relationship ...
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2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, chicago illinois
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86%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
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humorous, sitcom, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids
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teenager, siblings relations, youth, prodigy, social satire, teenage life, eccentric family, suburban life, sibling relationship, suburbs, family life, family problems ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
74%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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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.
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sitcom, humorous, funny, entertaining, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
gay, family relations, everyday life, generation gap, adolescence, family life, parents and children, eccentric family, mother daughter relationship, couple relations, blended family, marriage ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, southern california, usa, los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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James "Jimmy" Chance is a clueless 24-year-old who impregnates a serial killer during a one-night-stand. Earning custody of his daughter after the mother is sentenced to death, Jimmy relies on his oddball but well-intentioned family for ...
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humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, captivating ...
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family life, youth, babies and infants, living with parents, eccentric family, adolescence vs adulthood, parents and children, family relations, stupidity, parenthood, immature, supermarket ...
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21st century
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usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Suite Life of Zack & Cody is an American sitcom created by Danny Kallis and Jim Geoghan. The series was first broadcast on Disney Channel on March 18, 2005, with 4 million viewers, making it the most successful premiere for Disney Channel in ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
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hotel, mischievous children, twins, brother brother relationship, youth, teenager, disney, family relations, family life, prank, heir, single parent ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, boston
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story:
Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
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sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family dinner, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, comedy of errors, socially awkward, marriage, disorder, couple relations, family gatherings, grandparent and grandchild, jewish ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Story:
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, funny, cynical, biting ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
working class, strong female lead, girl, dysfunctional family, halloween, siblings, pregnancy, love, tv show, lgbt, women, overweight ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Married... with Children is an American sitcom that aired for 11 seasons. It featured a dysfunctional family living in a fictional Chicago, Illinois, suburb. The show, notable for being the first prime-time television series to air on Fox, ran from ...
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sitcom, humorous, parody, light, feel good ...
Audience:
teens
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dysfunctional family, promiscuous daughter, family life, family problems, struggle, parents and children, misfit, working class, suburbs, family relations, couples, adult humor ...
Time:
90s, 80s, 20th century
Place:
chicago illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
64%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Style:
humorous, witty, clever, sitcom, philosophical
Audience:
kids
Plot:
child prodigy, prodigy, genius, childhood, school, child protagonist, adolescence, parents and children, boy, scientist, kids and family, society ...
Time:
90s, year 1990, year 1989
Place:
texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
89%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Good Luck Charlie is an American television sitcom, which premiered on April 4, 2010, on Disney Channel. The series was created by Phil Baker and Drew Vaupen, who wanted to create a program that would appeal to entire families, as opposed to only ...
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sitcom, feel good, witty, humorous, realistic ...
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kids, family outing, teens, pre-teens
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large family, adolescence, diary, family relations, nurse, parents and children, youth, parenthood, siblings relations, family values, social relations, suburban life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Parenthood is an American comedy-drama television series developed by Jason Katims. Loosely based on the 1989 film of the same title, Parenthood tells of the Braverman clan which consists of an older couple, their four children and their families.
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realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, captivating ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family life, responsibility, family relations, large family, parenthood, autism, marital problem, couple relations, adolescence, supportive parent, social relations, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Everybody Loves Raymond is an American television sitcom starring Ray Romano, Patricia Heaton, Brad Garrett, Doris Roberts, and Peter Boyle. It originally ran on CBS from September 13, 1996, to May 16, 2005. Many of the situations from the show are ...
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sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, realistic ...
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overbearing parent, parents and children, family tradition, family life, family values, couple relations, marital problem, eccentric family, siblings relations, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
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Place:
new york, long island, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Bernie Mac Show is an American sitcom that aired on Fox for five seasons from November 14, 2001 to April 14, 2006. The series featured comic actor Bernie Mac and his wife Wanda raising his sister's three kids: Jordan, Bryana, and Vanessa.
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sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, realistic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, artists and showbiz, parenthood, parents and children, family life, eccentric family, black family, husband wife relationship, marriage, uncle nephew relationship, black history, siblings ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, parents and children, housewife, family relations, couple relations, irresponsible, siblings relations, husband wife relationship, kids and family, father son relationship, male female relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Single father George Altman is doing his best to raise his sixteen-year-old daughter Tessa in the big city. When he discovers a box of condoms in her bedroom, though, he decides the time has come to move her to a more wholesome and nurturing ...
Style:
sitcom, not serious, realistic, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
teenage life, suburban life, neighbor neighbor relationship, suburbs, youth, family relations, parents and children, everyday life, teenager, single parent, social relations, fish out of water ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A boy becomes a man, and a man becomes a father, in a time before coming of age was something you could Google.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
parenthood, adolescence vs adulthood, family relations, lifestyle change, antisocial behavior, youth, marriage, parents and children, family values, adulthood, coming of age, relatives ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
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A '90s-set single-camera comedy about a hip-hop-loving Asian kid growing up in suburban Orlando, being raised by an immigrant father obsessed with all things American and an immigrant mother often bewildered by white culture.
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sitcom, humorous, funny, mumblecore, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immigrants, middle school, family relations, marriage, restaurant, family life, parents and children, child, suburbs, disorder, society, youth ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
usa, florida, taiwan, orlando florida
⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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My Wife and Kids is an American television family sitcom that ran on ABC from March 28, 2001 until May 17, 2005. Produced by Touchstone Television, it starred Damon Wayans and Tisha Campbell-Martin, and centers on the character of Michael Kyle, a ...
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sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, feel good ...
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family outing, kids
Plot:
black family, family relations, african american, couple relations, dysfunctional family, parents and children, family problems, working class, family gatherings, family life, siblings relations, eccentric family ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
connecticut, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
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Four women juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws them curveballs. Whether it is an identity crisis, a huge job opportunity, postpartum depression, or an unplanned pregnancy – ...
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sitcom, funny, light, captivating, humorous ...
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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A family comedy narrated by Katie, a strong-willed mother, raising her flawed family in a wealthy town filled with perfect wives and their perfect offspring.
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feel good, funny, sitcom, entertaining, humorous ...
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
56%
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Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
black family, teenage life, teenager, comedian, african american, youth, sibling rivalry, misfit, eccentric family, family values, family life, friendship ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, brooklyn new york city, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, talky, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Maya DiMeo is a mom on a mission who will do anything for her husband, Jimmy, and kids Ray, Dylan, and JJ, her eldest son with special needs. As Maya fights injustices both real and imagined, the family works to make a new home for themselves and ...
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sitcom, emotional, sincere, touching, witty ...
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mute, wheelchair bound, husband wife relationship, mother son relationship, parents and children, society, handicapped, cerebral palsy, children, parent child relationship, disabled character, brother sister relationship ...
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100%
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
realistic, humorous, feel good, not serious, sitcom
Audience:
teens, family outing
Plot:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
100%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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A family man struggles to gain a sense of cultural identity while raising his kids in a predominantly white, upper-middle-class neighborhood.
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sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Place:
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⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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The story of David Hobbs, who has spent the last decade playing the perfect father on one of TV’s biggest sitcoms. But when the series ends and his wife resumes her own television career, he finds himself cast in his most challenging role to date: ...
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Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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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, light, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
family relations, family life, friends, parents and children, couples, suburbs, therapist, father son relationship, marriage, love, friendship, society ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, colorado
⇓ similarity ⇓
25%
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