Movies and TV shows like John from Cincinnati
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John from Cincinnati (2007)
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
In Imperial Beach, California, the Yosts—a dysfunctional family of surfers—intersect with two new arrivals to the community: a dim-but-wealthy surfing enthusiast and man spurned by the Yosts years ago.
Style:
realistic, atmospheric, feel good, serious, offbeat, neo noir
Plot:
surfing, dysfunctional family, family relations, friendship, single parent, family life, family business, stranger, redemption, lifestyle, curses spells and rituals, father son relationship, teenage boy, mexican american border, heaven and hell, bird, creator, store, family in crisis, newcomer, retired, owner, mysterious character, celebrity culture, lawyer ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa, beverly hills, san diego california, cincinnati ohio
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Most similar movies to John from Cincinnati
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out serious, realistic, captivating and suspenseful films and TV series with plots about family relations, parents and children, friendship, lifestyle, family life, supernatural and father son relationship mostly in Drama, Fantasy and Mystery genres. Some movies like John from Cincinnati: Highway to Heaven (1984), Beyond the Break (2006), Summerland (2004), Charmed (2018), Mildred Pierce (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Highway to Heaven is an American television drama series which ran on NBC from 1984 to 1989. The series aired for five seasons, running a total of 111 episodes. It was shot entirely in California.
Style:
serious, sentimental, touching, realistic, feel good ...
Plot:
angel, guardian angel, odd couple, redemption, friendship, supernatural, fish out of water, good deed, partner, unlikely partners, human nature, hopes ...
Time:
20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Beyond the Break is an American drama series set in Hawaii, that debuted on The N in June 2006.
Style:
sexy, touching, serious, realistic, exciting
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
surfing, teenage love, ambition, rise to the top, friendship, overcoming, youth, lifestyle, contests and competitions, rivalry, love and romance, teenage life ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, usa
Similarity:
88%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Summerland is an American drama television series created by Stephen Tolkin and Lori Loughlin. It is centered on a clothing designer in her 30s, Ava Gregory, raising her niece and nephews after their parents die in a tragic accident. They live in ...
Style:
serious, touching, realistic, emotional, sincere
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surfing, family relations, love and romance, teenage life, siblings relations, family problems, life turned upside down, parents and children, high school, childhood, beach, high school student ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
88%
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Set in the fictional college town of Hilltowne, Charmed follows the lives of three sisters, Macy, Mel and Maggie Vera who, after the tragic death of their mother, discover they are three of the most powerful witches of all time.
Style:
captivating, enigmatic, suspense, gothic, semi serious ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
witch, hereditary gift of witchcraft, magic, supernatural ability, demon, curses spells and rituals, good versus evil, friendship, witchcraft, twists and turns, book of magic, investigation ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, michigan
Similarity:
87%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A newly divorced, uniquely independent woman struggles to carve out a new life for herself and her family in Depression-era California.
Style:
emotional, clever, costume drama, period piece, serious ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
housewife, single parent, tragic event, struggle, divorce, depression, friendship, lovers, ambitious, social differences, heroine, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
1930s, 1920s, 2010s, year 2011, 20th century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, glendale california, tokyo
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Carnivàle is an American television series set in the United States during the Great Depression and Dust Bowl. In tracing the lives of two disparate groups of people, its overarching story depicts the battle between good and evil and the struggle ...
Style:
serious, atmospheric, surreal, captivating, period piece ...
Plot:
circus, surrealism, prophecy, healing power, god or devil, evil, psychic, self discovery, clergy, good versus evil, supernatural, freak ...
Time:
1930s, 20th century, year 1935, year 1934
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
On Skeet’s twelfth birthday his older brother Randy buys him his first surfboard. Suddenly his summer turns to the endless search for the perfect wave, wild times and beach parties and eventually, finding his own daring adventures when Randy’s ...
Style:
sentimental, serious, realistic, disturbing
Audience:
kids
Plot:
surfing, father figure, boy, youth, coming of age, brother brother relationship, gang, friendship, best friend, parents and children, siblings relations, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Place:
california, usa, mexico
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Like most families that settle inside The Gates, the Monahans are unmoored from a complicated life they abandoned in Chicago. There's something very different about this place, almost... haunting. Named the new police chief of The Gates, Nick ...
Style:
suspenseful, serious, costume drama, captivating, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
supernatural, vampire, werewolf, youth, witch, lifestyle, female werewolf, supernatural power, danger, imaginary, vampirism, neighbor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Allison Dubois works in the District Attorney’s office using her natural intuition about people and her ability to communicate with the dead to help to solve crimes. Her dreams often give her clues to the whereabouts of missing people.
Style:
psychological, atmospheric, serious, stylized, captivating ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
investigation, psychic, who done it, supernatural ability, psychic power, prophecy, family relations, a vision, parents and children, strong female lead, fighting crime, supportive spouse ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa, phoenix arizona, arizona
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
After hitting rock-bottom from his own addictions during the birth of his twins, William Banks strikes a tentative deal with God. In exchange for a second chance, he vows to kick his addictions and dedicate his life to helping others. Now, along ...
Style:
realistic, serious, suspenseful, rough, touching ...
Plot:
addiction, belief, hopes, rescue, life is a bitch, going straight, family relations, family life, human nature, father daughter relationship, father son relationship, drug rehab ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
Similarity:
79%
930
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Lone Star is an American drama television series which originally ran on Fox from September 20, 2010 to September 27, 2010, airing Monday nights at 9 pm ET/PT. Fox announced Lone Star's cancellation on September 28, 2010 after two low-rated ...
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, disturbing
Plot:
love triangle, betrayal, hidden identity, family business, dishonesty, couple relations, love and romance, society, one last job, thief, couples, success ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, houston texas
Similarity:
79%
Genre: Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Clark and Ross Edwards are brothers and partners in a unique agency committed to solving clients’ problems using the hard science of psychological manipulation. Clark is a former professor and a world-renowned expert in the field of human ...
Style:
serious, realistic, touching, psychological, offbeat
Plot:
manipulation, family relations, mind control, workplace situations, changing lives, workplace, outside help, sibling relationship, partner, prodigy, dishonesty, brother brother relationship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 65 min.
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Venice: The Series is a web series co-produced by and starring American actress Crystal Chappell, and is inspired in part by the "Otalia" storyline on the daytime drama Guiding Light. The series has been broadcast since 2009, and is ...
Style:
emotional, sentimental, realistic, serious, sincere ...
Plot:
lesbian, gender, family relations, love and romance, gays and lesbians, family life, strong female presence, lesbianism, lgbt, lifestyle, parents and children, gay ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Wicked Wicked Games is a telenovela that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 63 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial was directed by Terry Cunningham, Dennis Dimster, ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, saga ...
Plot:
betrayal, intrigue, manipulation, family relations, infidelity, couples, obsession, family business, parents and children, revenge, businesswoman, seduction ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Brothers & Sisters is an American television drama series that centers on the Walker family and their lives in Pasadena, California. The series premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006, and aired its final episode on May 8, 2011. It aired, for its ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family drama, brother brother relationship, parenthood, brother sister relationship, family relations, family business, siblings relations, parents and children, lgbtq, family problems, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
Based on Neil Gaiman's fantasy novel about an ex-con who becomes the traveling partner of a conman who turns out to be one of the older gods trying to recruit troops to battle the upstart deities.
Style:
tense, serious, allegory, erotic, sensual ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
legends and myths, death, supernatural, supernatural ability, road trip, deception, mythology, deity, danger, mysterious character, ex convict, dark secret ...
Time:
future, 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
oklahoma city
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Newlywed Melinda Gordon tries to help the dead communicate with loved ones, 'but sometimes the messages she receives are intense and confusing.' Most of Melinda's efforts involve resolving conflicts that are preventing the spirits ...
Style:
captivating, atmospheric, serious, spiritual, thrilling ...
Plot:
supernatural, ghost, talking to the dead, dealing with death, mysterious character, psychic power, couples, supernatural ability, strong female lead, couple relations, murder, afterlife ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Similarity:
75%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 155 min.
TV show
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Laurel Avenue is an American three-hour television miniseries which aired on HBO on July 10 and 11, 1993. It is the story of an eventful weekend in the lives of an extended African American family living in St. Paul, Minnesota. Paul Aaron and actor ...
Style:
saga, serious, realistic, tense, gloomy ...
Plot:
black, blaxploitation, interracial relations, family relations, profanity, working class, suburban life, addiction, dysfunctional family, family in crisis, r&b, drug abuse ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
minnesota, usa, minneapolis minnesota
Similarity:
74%
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552
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A New York playwright is summoned to Ireland to bury his father (his "Da"). While at his boyhood home, he encounters his father's spirit and relives memories both pleasant and not.
Style:
independent film, uplifting, serious, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
ghost, hopes, love and romance, human nature, elderly, unfulfillment, single parent, dealing with death, family relations, family problems, haunted by the past, family in crisis ...
Time:
80s
Place:
ireland, usa, new york, europe
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 353 min.
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Story:
The residents of Haplin, Minnesota - also known as "Happy Town" - have enjoyed an uneasy peace while haunted by a number of unsolved kidnappings. Now facing a disturbing new crime that brings unresolved fears to the surface, Haplin's ...
Style:
tense, realistic, suspenseful, serious, atmospheric ...
Plot:
twists and turns, missing person, investigation, kidnapping, paranormal activity, mysterious death, who done it, multiple suspects, supernatural, uncover truth, sheriff, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, minnesota
Similarity:
74%
Genre: Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
"Parashat HaShavua" follows four families through a dramatic year of their lives. Love, hate, friendships and secrets mixes up when the families connect.
Style:
realistic, cynical, stylized, atmospheric, suspense ...
Plot:
friendship, couples, family problems, parents and children, family life, family relations, estrangement, dysfunctional family, couple relations, family drama, relationships, secrets ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
israel, middle east
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Santiagos are a proud East Los Angeles Latino family whose hopes and dreams are rooted in the world of professional boxing.
Style:
serious, rough, emotional, sentimental, crime drama ...
Plot:
family drama, human spirit, ambition, lifestyle, society, athlete's life, youth, family life, coming of age, parents and children, family relations, boxing ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, south america, usa, california
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
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Hidden Palms is an American teen drama television series that ran from May 30 until July 4, 2007, on The CW in the United States. It was canceled after eight first-run episodes. The series, created by Kevin Williamson, portrays the fictional lives ...
Style:
sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
starting over, social relations, parents and children, youth, therapy, love, high school student, black american, high school, interracial couple, rich kid, rich ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, palm springs california, usa
Similarity:
73%
316
Genre: Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A half-hour dramedy that takes a fictional look at the glitzy, chaotic and often hilarious life of being a Hollywood "it" kid. Set in the world of the Hollywood elite packed with A-list parties and privilege, it tells a coming-of-age story ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family relations, hollywood, celebrity, coming of age, starlet, artists and showbiz, teenage life, lifestyle, youth, celebrity culture, parents and children, friendship ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa, los angeles, southern california
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Spyder Games is a television series that was broadcast on MTV from June 18, 2001 through September 20, 2001. MTV's second foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series Undressed, the series was originally called ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, soap opera, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family business, ambition, family life, lifestyle, designer, workplace, who done it, family relations, favoritism among siblings, rich, murder, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
When a mysterious object crashes to Earth, a group of seemingly unconnected strangers die from the energy pulse, but then awaken to learn that they have assigned the task of preventing the impending Apocalypse.
Style:
exciting, captivating, suspenseful, bleak, demonic ...
Plot:
angel, good versus evil, apocalypse, supernatural ability, superhuman powers, chaos, danger, rivalry, religions or cults, supernatural, death, fugitives ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
The Darling family's obscene wealth and enormous power makes them easy targets for their rivals, enemies, and the tabloids. Patriarch Tripp uses his money and influence to shield his five adult children from the prying eyes of the world. As ...
Style:
sexy, realistic, talky, serious, sexual ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
wealthy family, lawyer, hot and sexy, dysfunctional family, family problems, eccentric family, family life, dedicated lawyer, lifestyle, workplace situations, master and servant, businessman ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
73%
66K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Doctor Henry Morgan, New York City’s star medical examiner, has a secret. He doesn't just study the dead to solve criminal cases, he does it to solve the mystery that has eluded him for 200 years—the answer to his own inexplicable ...
Style:
atmospheric, captivating, tense, serious, suspenseful ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
immortality, supernatural, investigation, friendship, law enforcement, immortal, crime scene, supernatural ability, secret, medical examiner, friends, deduction ...
Time:
18th century, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
73%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A suicidal former baseball player is granted one more day with his deceased mother.
Style:
psychological, serious, touching, realistic
Plot:
redemption, hopes, human spirit, ghost, life is a bitch, athlete's life, ambition, rise to the top, rehabilitation, lifestyle, family problems, parents and children ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
72%
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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The Dead Zone, aka Stephen King's Dead Zone was an American-Canadian science fiction/suspense series starring Anthony Michael Hall as Johnny Smith, who discovers he has developed psychic abilities after a coma. The show, credited as "based ...
Style:
atmospheric, psychological, serious, scary, bad ending ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
psychic, psychic power, stephen king, twists and turns, supernatural power, acceptance, friendship, small town life, supernatural ability, supernatural, time travel, changing the past or future ...
Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
maine, usa
Similarity:
72%
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