Movies and TV shows like Head of the Class

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Head of the Class (1986)
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Head of the Class (1986)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Head of the Class is an American sitcom that ran from 1986 to 1991 on the ABC television network. The series follows a group of gifted students in the Individualized Honors Program at the fictional Monroe High School in Manhattan, and their history teacher Charlie Moore. The program was ostensibly a vehicle for Hesseman, best known for his role as radio DJ Dr. Johnny Fever in the sitcom WKRP in Cincinnati. Hesseman left Head of the Class in 1990 and was replaced by Billy Connolly as teacher Billy MacGregor for the final season. After the series ended, Connolly appeared in a short-lived spin-off titled Billy. The series was created and executive produced by Rich Eustis and Michael Elias. Rich Eustis had previously worked as a New York City substitute teacher while hoping to become an actor.
Style: sitcom, retro, teen comedy
Audience: kids
Plot: nerd, high school, genius, school, teacher, teachers and students, competition, human, classroom
Place: manhattan new york city, new york, manhattan, new york city

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Most similar movies to Head of the Class

The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sitcom, humorous, realistic and feel good films and TV series with plots about school, high school, teacher, teachers and students, youth, workplace and high school teacher mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Head of the Class: Welcome Back, Kotter (1975), Drexell's Class (1991), The Bill Cosby Show (1969), Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987), Schooled (2019). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Welcome Back, Kotter (1975)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Welcome Back, Kotter is an American television sitcom starring Gabe Kaplan and featuring a young John Travolta. Videotaped in front of a live studio audience, it originally aired on the ABC network from September 9, 1975, to June 8, 1979.
Style: sitcom, retro, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot: teacher, high school, school, teachers and students, humour, education, stoner, troublemaker, friends, urban ghetto, power relations, youth ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: new york, usa, brooklyn new york city
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
Drexell's Class (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Drexell's Class is an American sitcom aired by Fox as part of its 1991-92 lineup. The show was created by Andrew Nicholls and Darrell Vickers.
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, humorous, witty
Plot: power relations, unsupportive coworkers, youth, misfit, self discovery, teachers and students, school, fish out of water, teacher, elementary school, classroom
Time: 90s
Place: iowa, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
95%
The Bill Cosby Show (1969)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Bill Cosby Show is an American situation comedy that aired for two seasons on NBC's Sunday night schedule from 1969 until 1971, under the sponsorship of Procter & Gamble. There were 52 episodes made in the series. It marked Bill ...
Style: sitcom, vintage
Plot: black, american culture, teachers and students, african american, teacher, high school, high school teacher, male protagonist
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
Good Morning, Miss Bliss (1987)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Good Morning, Miss Bliss is an American teen sitcom that aired on the Disney Channel from 1988 to 1989, starring Hayley Mills as a teacher at John F. Kennedy Junior High School in Indianapolis, Indiana. The show was originally a pilot for NBC, ...
Style: sitcom, teen comedy
Audience: kids
Plot: middle school, school, teacher, high school life, love, female teacher, history teacher, junior high school, live action, classroom
Time: 80s
Place: indiana, indianapolis indiana
⇓ similarity ⇓
93%
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Schooled (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: It’s 1990-something, and since Lainey still hasn’t achieved rock ‘n’ roll greatness, she returns to William Penn Academy as the new music teacher.
Style: light, humorous, entertaining, sitcom, retro ...
Audience: teens, family outing
Plot: teenager, teacher, music, coach, relationships, interracial, school, nerd, female protagonist, high school
Time: 90s
Place: usa, philadelphia
⇓ similarity ⇓
90%
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Double Trouble (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Double Trouble is an American sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1985 on NBC. The series stars identical twins Jean and Liz Sagal as Kate and Allison Foster, two teenagers living under the watchful eye of their widowed father. The show was considered an ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: twin sister, dancing, high school, twins, single father
Place: new york, iowa
⇓ similarity ⇓
82%
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Miss Guided (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Miss Guided is an American sitcom that ran from March 18, 2008 to April 3, 2008 as a mid-season replacement on ABC. The series follows the life of Becky Freeley, a guidance counselor at a high school that she attended when she was a teenager. The ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, sitcom, humorous, feel good ...
Plot: high school, high school student, workplace, teacher, high school teacher, school, dedicated educator, high school life, teachers and students, youth, hardcase students, power relations ...
Time: 20th century
Place: holland
⇓ similarity ⇓
77%
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A.P. Bio (2018)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: When Harvard philosophy scholar Jack Griffin finds himself teaching high school in Toledo, Ohio, he tosses the syllabus and recruits his students to help enact revenge on his rival.
Style: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, laugh out loud ...
Plot: workplace, philosopher, biology teacher, male protagonist, teachers and students, society, teacher, liar, workplace situations, ambition, education, fired from the job ...
Time: 2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: harvard university
⇓ similarity ⇓
75%
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Chalk (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Chalk is a British television sitcom set in a comprehensive school named Galfast High. Two series, both written by Steven Moffat, were broadcast on BBC1 in 1997. Like Moffat's earlier sitcom Joking Apart, Chalk was produced by Andre Ptaszynski ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: high school, high school teacher, school principal, school, chaos, staff
⇓ similarity ⇓
69%
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The Faculty (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Style: sitcom
Plot: education, teaching, school, high school, school teacher
⇓ similarity ⇓
68%
What About Joan? (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: What About Joan? is an ABC sitcom that aired in 2001 for 2 seasons. It starred Joan Cusack as Joan Gallagher, a Chicago schoolteacher and the comedy of her day-to-day life. It co-starred Kyle Chandler. It was produced by James L. Brooks, Richard ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, touching, humorous, witty ...
Plot: friendship, teacher, high school, lifestyle, workplace romance, love and romance, workplace, workplace situations, teachers and students, high school teacher, best friend, strong female presence ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: chicago, illinois, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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USA High (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: USA High is an American teen sitcom which ran from August 1997 to June 1999, and ended after 95 episodes, and reran until August 4, 2001 on the USA Network.
Style: sitcom, sweet, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: high school, high school life, teenager, youth, fish out of water, misfit, looking for sex, teachers and students, hardcase students, love and romance, expatriate, british man ...
Time: 90s
Place: france, paris france, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
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Mr. Robinson (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Centers on a rough-edged musician Craig, who's adjusting to his new life as a music teacher in a big-city middle school where he encounters teacher politics and the temptations of single moms.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: middle school, school, workplace, musician's life, teachers and students, teenage life, workplace situations, youth, artists and showbiz, black, teacher, black cast ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
63%
The Steve Harvey Show (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Steve Harvey Show is an American sitcom that aired for six seasons from August 25, 1996 to February 17, 2002 on The WB Television Network. It was created by Winifred Hervey and directed by Stan Lathan.
Style: sitcom, realistic, not serious, talky, feel good ...
Plot: black, african american, teachers and students, high school, urban, black sitcom, american culture, workplace, high school teacher, power relations, urban ghetto, friends ...
Time: 90s
Place: chicago, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
60%
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Kirk (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kirk is an American family sitcom which aired for two seasons on The WB from August 23, 1995 to January 12, 1997.
Style: sitcom, realistic, feel good, humorous
Plot: youth, family relations, school, television flop, live audience, laughter
Time: 90s
Place: manhattan new york city, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
58%
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Bad Education (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Young teacher Alfie Wickers is "the worst teacher ever to grace the British education system" – at Abbey Grove School, in Watford Hertfordshire.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, feel good, light ...
Plot: workplace, teachers and students, school, teacher, classmate, workplace situations, social relations, youth, young at heart, undisciplined, goodhearted, lgbt ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
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Clueless (1996)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Clueless is a television series spun off from the 1995 teen film of the same name. The series originally premiered on ABC on September 20, 1996 as a part of the TGIF lineup during its first season. The show then spent its last two seasons on UPN ...
Style: sitcom, sweet, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens, kids, girls' night
Plot: high school, teenager, pretty girl, occupation, education, best friend, coming of age, youth, lifestyle, shopping, friends, shopping mall ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: beverly hills, los angeles, california, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
55%
Those Who Can't (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: There are teachers who inspire, enlighten, and challenge us. These are not those teachers.
Style: funny, entertaining, humorous, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: teacher, satire, high school, silly humor, high school life, teacher student relationship, humour, school teacher, workplace, boat, revenge, stoner
⇓ similarity ⇓
52%
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City Guys (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: City Guys is a United States television sitcom that aired from September 1997 to December 2001 on NBC. It lasted five seasons, and ended its run around the time of the dissolution of TNBC.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, touching, humorous
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: high school, teenager, missing person, black, boss, friendship, streetwise, friends, youth, lifestyle, city life, urban ...
Time: 90s, 2000s, 20th century, 21st century
Place: manhattan new york city, usa, new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
51%
 7.1
 8K
Mr. Iglesias (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Hilarious high school teacher Gabriel Iglesias tries to make a difference in the lives of some smart but underperforming students at his alma mater.
Style: light, humorous, feel good, inspirational, sitcom
Plot: teachers and students, dedicated educator, high school, mentor, boss, contests and competitions, fish out of water, youth, workplace situations, education, rivalry, school teacher ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
50%
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Room 222 (1969)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Room 222 is an American comedy-drama television series produced by 20th Century Fox Television. The series aired on ABC for 112 episodes from September 17, 1969 until January 11, 1974. The show was broadcast on Wednesday evenings at 9:00 for its ...
Style: sitcom, humorous
Plot: black, high school, education, teachers and students, african american, teacher, school, usa history, social issues, high school teacher, boss, woman
Time: 70s, 60s
⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
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Teachers (2006)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Teachers is an American television sitcom that aired on NBC. The show ran for six episodes until its cancellation on May 2, 2006. Loosely based upon a UK series of the same name, it was developed by Matt Tarses, co-executive producer of the medical ...
Style: humorous, sitcom, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot: high school, friendship, school teacher, teachers and students, workplace, hardcase students, lifestyle, workplace situations, youth, promotion, loser, studying ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
Saved by the Bell (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: When California governor Zack Morris gets into hot water for closing too many low-income high schools, he proposes they send the affected students to the highest performing schools in the state – including Bayside High. The influx of new students ...
Style: sitcom, satirical, entertaining, captivating, semi serious ...
Plot: school, teenage life, student, satire, rich and poor, lifestyle, adolescence, high school life, schoolboy, teen romance, class differences, teenager ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
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Vice Principals (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a high school and the people who almost run it, the vice principals.
Style: humorous, entertaining, not serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot: school principal, workplace, high school, teachers and students, power relations, friendship, plan, vengeance, teenager, frame up, exodus, satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
Up Up Down Down: The Series (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Up Up Down Down: the series revolves around the misadventures of the employees and customers of UP UP DOWN DOWN, a privately owned game store trying to keep itself open. The geeks are going to inherit the Earth, but they need to get their act ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: comic book, nerd, geek, pop culture, gamer
⇓ similarity ⇓
43%
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Young Sheldon (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The early life of child genius Sheldon Cooper, later seen in The Big Bang Theory.
Style: humorous, witty, clever, sitcom, saga ...
Audience: kids
Plot: child prodigy, prodigy, genius, adolescence, boy, childhood, school, scientist, child protagonist, society, parents and children, kids and family ...
Time: year 1990, 80s, 90s, year 1989
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
42%
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Bad Teacher (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: An always inappropriate, fearless and unapologetic former trophy wife masquerades as a teacher in order to find a new man after her wealthy husband leaves her penniless.
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, entertaining, funny ...
Audience: teens
Plot: workplace, school, teachers and students, workplace situations, unsupportive coworkers, love and romance, teacher, coworker relationship, manipulative woman, rivalry, looking for love, vulgar ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
39%
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Campus (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Campus is a semi-improvised British sitcom created by the team behind the comedy sketch show Smack the Pony and hospital-based sitcom Green Wing, led by Victoria Pile who acts as co-writer, producer and director. It is set in the fictitious Kirke ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Plot: teachers and students, mathematics, campus, workplace, teacher, workplace situations, dark humor, university, friendship, aspiration, school, improv ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
38%
 4.8
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704 Hauser (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 704 Hauser is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from April to May 1994. A spin-off of All in the Family, the series is built around the concept of a black family, the Cumberbatches, moving into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker years after ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: black, controversy, generation gap, culture clash, liberal, conservative, television flop
Time: 90s
Place: new york
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
It's a Living (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: It's a Living is an American sitcom set in a restaurant at the top of the Bonaventure Hotel in Los Angeles. The show aired on ABC from October 30, 1980 until June 11, 1982. After the series was cancelled, new episodes aired in first-run ...
Style: sitcom, retro
Plot: strong female presence, waitress, cross dressing, working woman, workplace, female stockinged legs, legs, pantyhose
Time: 80s
Place: los angeles
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
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