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Not Going Out (2006)
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Not Going Out (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Lee is a childish northerner who lives in a fancy penthouse apartment in London who goes through a variety of jobs such as a janitor and ice cream man as well as attempting relationships with female flatmates. His best mate, Daily Mail reading, middle class citizen Tim is always there to stop Lee from getting in trouble, or not? Mayhem is never far away with cleaner Barbara who has never done an honest day's work in her life.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, touching, game show
Plot: slacker, roommate, lifestyle, friendship, love triangle, fall in love, job seeking, couples, disorder, working class, thirtysomething life, flatmate, father, laziness, relationships, female nudity, colleague, sister, lgbtq, sketch, nudity, sexual humor, innuendo, depression, friends ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: london, england, europe
Keyword: bbc, sketch show, flat

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, sitcom and semi serious films and TV series with plots about friends, lifestyle, british humour, friendship, couples, buddies and sketch mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Not Going Out: Miranda (2009), Only Fools and Horses (1981), British Men Behaving Badly (1992), Him & Her (2010), Drifters (2013). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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The New Adventures of Old Christine (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: Single working mom Christine Campbell has just learned that her ex is dating a much younger woman with the same first name. To avoid any confusion, the new girlfriend is dubbed New Christine, which leaves her with the unfortunate nickname Old ...
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Duration: 30 min.
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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.
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Duration: 45 min.
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Story: Men Behaving Badly is a British sitcom that was created and written by Simon Nye. It follows the lives of Gary Strang and his flatmates, Dermot Povey and Tony Smart. It was first broadcast on ITV in 1992. A total of six series were made along with a ...
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Duration: 23 min.
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Story: Comedy series about three young women living in Leeds who've graduated, had a year out, and are now struggling to find a job they're passionate about, a place to live that is half decent and a boyfriend they actually like. A sitcom about ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 601 min.
TV show
Story: Rob Delaney and Sharon Horgan write and star in a comedy that follows an American man and an Irish woman who make a bloody mess as they struggle to fall in love in London.
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