Movies and TV shows like Father, Dear Father

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Father, Dear Father (1978)
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Father, Dear Father (1978)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Australia
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The hugely successful British television series Father Dear Father is transplanted to Australia when novelist Patrick Glover and his assistant Nanny trek down under to write the great Australian crime novel, and end up supervising Patricks boisterous young nieces while their own father is abroad.
Style: sitcom
Plot: uncle niece relationship, novelist, friendship, male female relationship, family
Place: australia

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sitcom, humorous, captivating and feel good films and TV series with plots about friendship, satire, friends, family relations, male female relationship, british humour and relationships mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like Father, Dear Father: Lotsa Luck (1973), twentysomething (2011), Two in Clover (1969), Fragile Sex (2003), Housos (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
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Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Fragile Sex (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
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Story: Alex, Edu, Fred and Beto are four friends who live torn between the role of man in society and the need to be more sensitive. They try to understand the female head and put themselves in the place of the opposite sex. They appear to be very safe, ...
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⇓ similarity ⇓
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Genre: Comedy
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TV show
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Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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