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Don't Wait Up (1983)
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Don't Wait Up (1983)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Two doctors, estranged from their spouses, become roommates...but they also happen to be father and son! Can they share an apartment without driving each other crazy? No, but they do it anyway.... Tom Latimer is a young and hard working general practitioner who has managed to survive an expensive and nasty divorce. Now he lives in an apartment while his ex lives in their beautiful home. And things get worse for Tom when his father, dermatologist Toby Latimer, arrives at Tom's place with the news that he and Tom's mother will also be getting divorced” and that he's moving in! It's shades of The Odd Couple as father and son must learn to tolerate one another's idiosyncracies.
Style: sitcom
Plot: doctor, parents, divorce, father, family relations, father son relationship, roommate, marital separation, medical profession, flatmate, variety, british humour, family
Keyword: english

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sitcom, humorous, realistic and captivating films and TV series with plots about family relations, father son relationship, parents and children, family life, father, husband wife relationship and british humour mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Don't Wait Up: My Family (2000), Father Figure (2013), The Gregory Hines Show (1997), Not Going Out (2006), Home to Roost (1985). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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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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95%
Father Figure (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Father Figure is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 September 2013. In Ireland the series first aired on RTÉ Two in September 2013. The six-part series was written by Jason Byrne and directed by Nick Wood.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: father son relationship, parents and children, family relations, humour, husband wife relationship, life, children, everyday life, father and son, kids and family, father, brother brother relationship ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
91%
The Gregory Hines Show (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997 before airing on September 19, 1997 as a part of the network's Block Party Friday night lineup. It ended its run on ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: black, single father, dating, african american, father son relationship, friend, male female relationship, family relations
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91%
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, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sentimental ...
Plot: slacker, roommate, lifestyle, friendship, fall in love, love triangle, couples, job seeking, disorder, thirtysomething life, working class, flatmate ...
Time: future, 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
83%
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Home to Roost (1985)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
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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82%
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Josh (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sitcom about flatmates Josh, Kate and Owen, and their annoying landlord Geoff.
Style: sitcom, funny, captivating, satirical, feel good ...
Plot: roommate, friendship, flatmate, relationships, satire, living together, irony, friends, mother daughter relationship, landlord, mother and daughter, british humour
⇓ similarity ⇓
80%
The Adventures of Lano and Woodley (1997)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Adventures of Lano and Woodley is an Australian comedy television show starring the comedic duo of Lano and Woodley, consisting of two series which aired on ABC TV from 1997 to 1999. The first series was distributed on VHS and in 2004 The ...
Style: sitcom, cult classic
Plot: car, roommate, best friend, two friends, flatmate, comedy duo, guilty pleasure
Time: 90s
Place: melbourne, australia
⇓ similarity ⇓
79%
Bless This House (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Bless this house is a British sitcom starring Sid James and Diana Coupland that aired on ITV from the 2nd February 1971 to the 22nd April 1976. It was written by Derek Collyer, David Comming, B.C. Cummins, Harry Driver, George Evans, Dave Freeman, ...
Style: sitcom
Audience: kids
Plot: misunderstanding, teenager, artist, husband and wife, family values, father and son, father and daughter, best friend, generation gap, father son relationship, neighbor, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 20th century
⇓ similarity ⇓
76%
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2point4 Children (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: 2point4 children is a 1990s British sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porter family; an average family that is persistently faced with surreal situations and sheer bad luck. The show was originally ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: family relations, couples, parents and children, eccentric family, couple relations, family life, siblings relations, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, father ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england
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74%
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The Millers (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: A divorced reporter, looking forward to the single life, finds his parents' marital problems derail his plans.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, hilarious
Plot: living with parents, eccentric family, family relations, nothing goes right, divorce, dysfunctional family, parents and children, disorder, family problems, divorced parents, writers, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
72%
Man About the House (1973)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sitcom exploring the trials and tribulations created by one man and two women flat-sharing in the 70s.
Style: sitcom
Audience: kids
Plot: chef, landlady, roommate, british, husband and wife, husband wife relationship, flirting, platonic relationship, landlord, flatmate, pretending to be gay, friend ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: london
⇓ similarity ⇓
71%
Grandfathered (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Successful restaurateur and man-about-town Jimmy Martino is used to being the most suave, most handsome and most single person in the room. All that changes with the surprise appearance of Jimmy’s adult son, Gerald, and his baby daughter, Edie. ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, light, captivating ...
Plot: parent child relationship, grandfather, coming of age, children, father son relationship, male protagonist, father, parents and children, family relations, grandfather granddaughter relationship, kids and family, humour ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
66%
Out of Practice (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Out of Practice is an American situation comedy that was produced by Paramount Network Television and originally broadcast on sister company CBS from September 19, 2005 to March 29, 2006. With producers Joe Keenan and Christopher Lloyd at the helm, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, not serious, light ...
Plot: family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, doctor, therapy, power relations, siblings relations, doctors and patients, couple relations, lesbian, fish out of water, misfit ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
62%
Carol's Second Act (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: After raising her two children, getting divorced and retiring from teaching, Carol Chambers embarks on a unique second act: she’s going to become a doctor.
Style: sitcom, captivating, humorous, sincere, light ...
Plot: doctor, medicine, hospital, doctors and patients, mother daughter relationship, friendship, medical profession, workplace situations, health, cure, female protagonist, patient
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62%
After You've Gone (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: After You've Gone was a British comedy that aired on BBC One from 12 January 2007 to 21 December 2008. Starring Nicholas Lyndhurst, Celia Imrie, Dani Harmer and Ryan Sampson, After You've Gone was created by Fred Barron, who also created ...
Style: sitcom
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House Calls (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: House Calls is an American sitcom that lasted three seasons and 57 episodes, from December 17, 1979 to May 27, 1982, on CBS television, produced by Universal Television and based upon the 1978 feature film of the same name.
Style: medical drama, sitcom
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Lord, Give Me Patience (2022)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story: All of Us is an American sitcom that premiered on the now-defunct UPN network in the United States on September 16, 2003, where it aired for its first three seasons. On October 1, 2006, the show moved to The CW, a new network formed by the merger of ...
Style: sitcom, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: family relations, divorce, reporter, family life, couple relations, buddies, parents and children, black, african american, black sitcom, american culture, urban ...
Time: 21st century
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⇓ similarity ⇓
57%
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Barbara (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story: Barbara is a British sitcom starring Gwen Taylor in the title role. A pilot was broadcast in 1995, and three series were then televised from 1999 to 2003. It was made by Central Television, and filmed at their Lenton Lane studios in Nottingham in ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, offbeat, humorous
Plot: family relations, couples, perversion, couple relations, society, suburban life, family life, eccentric family, suburbs, workplace situations, male female relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time: 90s
Place: yorkshire, england, northern england
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57%
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Cracking Up (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Cracking Up is an American television sitcom created by School of Rock writer Mike White, who also served as the series' head writer. It aired on the Fox Network on Monday nights from March to May 2004. The title of the program and the name of ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, captivating, satirical, entertaining
Plot: student, family relations, eccentric family, family life, lifestyle, father son relationship, husband wife relationship, satire, mother son relationship
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56%
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Rodney (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Style: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
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Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: oklahoma, usa
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55%
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Motherland (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Style: funny, sitcom, entertaining, not serious, feel good ...
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53%
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The Windsors (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy soap opera re-imagining the lives of the British Royal Family as you have never seen them before.
Style: parody, sitcom, feel good, light, humorous ...
Plot: royal family, satire, family relations, political satire, rivalry, father son relationship, monarchy, dialogue, escapades, monarch, royalty, celebrity culture ...
Place: england, britain
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52%
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Carters Get Rich (2017)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: 11-year-old Harry Carter creates Honc, a phone app that helps geeky kids like him talk to girls. The app becomes the next big thing and an American billionaire buys it for 10 million pounds turning the Carter family's life upside down.
Style: sitcom
Plot: family life, geek, billionaire, interracial family, family relations, wealth, rich
Time: 21st century
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50%
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Rodkom (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: After his wife's infidelity, the tough worker becomes a single father and joins the parent committee of the school where his son is studying.
Style: light, feel good, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Plot: single father, single parent, father and son, fatherhood, father son relationship, parents and children, family relations, escapades, parenting, parenthood, family life, lifestyle ...
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50%
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Good Advice (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Good Advice is an American situation comedy series that aired for two seasons on CBS from 1993 to 1994. It was co-created and executive produced by Danny Jacobson and Norma Safford Vela; and starred Shelley Long and Treat Williams. The Show was a ...
Style: sitcom
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⇓ similarity ⇓
49%
Steptoe and Son (1962)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, ...
Style: sitcom, dark comedy, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: kids
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Time: 60s, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe, london, united kingdom
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48%
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Saint George (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Saint George is an American television pilot that is in development for FX. The show was created by George Lopez, sitcom veteran Matt Williams and David McFadzean. It will be the comedian's first starring role in a sitcom since his ABC show, ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: family relations, culture clash, silly humor, society, family life, social differences, parents and children, ex husband ex wife relationship, father son relationship, cousin cousin relationship, uncle nephew relationship, mexican american
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
47%
The Royle Family (1998)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, talky, humorous
Plot: working class, christmas, voodoo, sketch, family relations, social commentary, couples, slacker, temperamental, suffering, couple relations, society ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: manchester, northern england, england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
46%
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I Married Dora (1987)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: I Married Dora is an American sitcom that appeared on the ABC television network. It premiered on September 22, 1987, and its final first-run episode aired on December 18, 1987. The series was created by Michael J. Leeson, who was one of the ...
Style: sitcom, hispanic
Plot: architect, marriage, brother sister relationship, single parent, father son relationship, illegal immigrant, single father, housekeeper, interracial marriage, father daughter relationship, deportation, interracial relations ...
Place: los angeles, california
⇓ similarity ⇓
44%
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