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You Wish (1997)
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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You Wish is an American fantasy sitcom that ran from September 26, 1997 to June 23, 1998. It started as part of ABC's TGIF programming on Friday nights for the fall of 1997, along with Sabrina, the Teenage Witch, Boy Meets World, and Teen Angel.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, lighthearted, sentimental, romantic comedy, offbeat, humorous, semi serious, whimsical, nostalgic
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
genie, single mother, wish fulfillment, supernatural, mother daughter relationship, parenting, enchantment, heartwarming, self discovery, responsibility, family drama, coming of age, magic realism, teenager, magic, high school student, high school, friendship, child protagonist, urban, fish out of water, financial difficulty, youth, wish come true, miraculous event ...
Time:
90s, 1990s
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out feel good, humorous, sitcom and lighthearted films and TV series with plots about friendship, coming of age, family relations, youth, teenager, magic and family mostly in Comedy, Family and Fantasy genres. Some movies like You Wish: Teen Angel (1997), The Genie From Down Under (1996), Angel (2001), Day-O (1992), The Incredible Genie (1999). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Teen Angel is an American fantasy sitcom that aired during ABC's TGIF Friday night lineup from 1997 to 1998. The series was created by Simpsons writers/producers Al Jean and Mike Reiss.
Style:
sitcom, lighthearted, buddy comedy, feel good, slapstick ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, teen fantasy
Plot:
heaven, high school, teenager, guardian angel, angel, magic, friendship, afterlife, supernatural, ghost, fish out of water, second chance ...
Time:
90s
Similarity:
95%
Genre: Family, Comedy, Romance, Fantasy
Country: Australia
Duration: 25 min.
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The Genie From Down Under is an Australian children's comedy television series. It was a co-production between the ACTF, the BBC and the ABC from 1995 to 1998. It was released on video in the 1990s, and is available for order via the ACTF ...
Style:
lighthearted, sentimental, educational, period piece, whimsical
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
children, magic, genie, friendship, wish fulfillment, light comedy, supernatural, mother and daughter, attic, mansion, fish out of water, culture clash ...
Time:
90s
Place:
australia
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88%
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Genre: Family, Fantasy
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Duration: 60 min.
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Tells the story about Lala, a young girl who lost her mom but gained a fairy as her guardian angel.
Style:
captivating, entertaining, light, uplifting, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
child protagonist, guardian angel, family life, kids and family, parents and children, magic, children, father, family relations, guardian, supernatural, coming of age ...
Similarity:
86%
241
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
Story:
A five-year-old named Grace creates an imaginary friend, because her parents only pay attention to the new baby, Tony. Now at 35, his sole friend reappears to help her.
Style:
feel good, lighthearted, situational comedy, sitcom, sentimental ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Similarity:
86%
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA, Romania
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Simon is a brainy but bashful 13-year-old who could use a best friend. But when he finally finds one, it turns out to be a 4000-year-old genie whose wish-granting skills need a serious tune-up! Before you can say "Hocus pocus", Simon and ...
Style:
family comedy, uplifting, feel good, lighthearted, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
genie, friendship, magical, buddy, heartwarming, wish fulfillment, children, teamwork, supernatural, coming of age, unhappiness, responsibility ...
Time:
90s
Place:
romania
Similarity:
86%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Mr. Merlin is an American sitcom that ran for one season, from 1981 to 1982, about Merlin the wizard, who is immortal, living in modern-day San Francisco, and disguised as Max Merlin, a mechanic. Mr. Merlin was produced by Larry Rosen and Larry ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, mystical, lighthearted, situational comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
magic, wizard, immortality, supernatural, secret identity, fish out of water, teenager, disguise, coming of age, mechanic, urban, high school ...
Time:
80s
Place:
san francisco
Similarity:
85%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 8 min.
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A story about sweet love between a young couple, Byung Man and Sori - and also there is a magic lamp that grants three wishes for Byung Man.
Style:
feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, lighthearted ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
84%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
romantic comedy, feel good, emotional, lighthearted, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
90s
Place:
philadelphia
Similarity:
83%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Weird Science is a mid-1990s American comedy series made for television, based on the 1985 film of the same name.
Style:
sitcom, not serious, humorous
Audience:
teens, kids, teen fantasy
Plot:
genie, superhero, wish come true, friends, youth, supernatural ability, hopes, teenage life, computer, transformation, magic, high school ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
83%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Genie in the House is a British sitcom broadcast on Nickelodeon UK about a widowed father with two teenage daughters who find a dusty old golden lamp while exploring the loft of their new home. A quick rub of the lamp releases Adil, a trainee genie ...
Style:
satirical, feel good, captivating, entertaining, funny ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
genie, teenage daughter, single father, father daughter relationship, teenage girl, teenager, widower, magic, wish fulfillment, mischievous children, magical creature, wish come true ...
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83%
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The series ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, lighthearted
Plot:
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Similarity:
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224
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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Fudge is an American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-A-Mania, ...
Style:
family comedy, sitcom, lighthearted, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, children, siblings, childhood, coming of age, brotherhood, high school life, innocence, unhappiness, everyday life, light comedy, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
80%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
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A Grandpa with a magic Shrinking Cap that only his grandson Jason knows about. When he puts the cap on Grandpa shrinks and creates comic mayhem, but somehow Grandpa and Jason always manage to save the day. It’s teamwork!
Style:
semi serious, touching, humorous, lighthearted, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids
Plot:
grandfather, family relations, parents and children, coming of age, youth, misfit, children, magic, grandson, teamwork, friendship, magical object ...
Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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That Girl Lay Lay follows Lay Lay, the perfect hype girl and best friend that anyone could ever want from their personal affirmation app. Struggling to make her mark at school and needing a best friend to talk to, Sadie wishes upon a star that Lay ...
Style:
humorous, teen, feel good, uplifting, light ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly. The ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Sinbad Show is an American sitcom starring comedian Sinbad that premiered on September 16, 1993 on Fox. The show's main plot is about a bachelor taking in two orphaned children. Chuck Brown performed this sitcom's theme music. It was ...
Style:
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Audience:
kids, teens, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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79%
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Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Boy Meets World is an American television sitcom that chronicles the coming of age events and everyday life-lessons of Cory Matthews, a Philadelphian who grows up from a young boy to a married man. The show aired for seven seasons from 1993 to 2000 ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good ...
Audience:
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Plot:
high school, family relations, coming of age, college, teenager, high school life, teenage life, supportive parent, siblings relations, parents and children, school, teachers and students ...
Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
79%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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Punky is now a single mother of three trying to get her life back on track when she meets Izzy, a young girl in the foster system who reminds Punky a lot of her younger self.
Style:
feel good, comedy drama, uplifting, lighthearted, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
79%
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Nanny and the Professor is an American fantasy situation comedy created by AJ Carothers and Thomas L. Miller for 20th Century Fox Television. During pre-production, the proposed title was Nanny Will Do.
Style:
sitcom, retro, semi serious, feel good, humorous
Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Alex, Justin and Max Russo are not your ordinary kids - they're wizards in training! While their parents run the Waverly Sub Station, the siblings struggle to balance their ordinary lives while learning to master their extraordinary powers.
Style:
feel good, humorous, stylized, sitcom, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, teen fantasy, family friendly, pre-teens
Plot:
teenage girl, supernatural ability, teenage life, witch, high school, wizards and magicians, teenager, youth, supernatural, brother brother relationship, children, teenage witch ...
Time:
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Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
78%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Young Dracula is a British teenage horror drama television series airing on CBBC, loosely based on Young Dracula AND Young Monsters, a children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, captivating, dark fantasy, gothic ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, teen fantasy
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
wales, england, europe
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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The series follows 14-year-old Emma Alonso, as she moves to Miami and her life turns upside-down. Not only does she discover that she is a witch, she also has a crush on the boy next door, Daniel. But Daniel’s ex-girlfriend Maddie, who is an ...
Style:
feel good, semi serious, humorous, light, captivating ...
Audience:
teens, family outing, kids, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
high school, teenage love, witch, high school life, supernatural ability, magic, youth, chosen one, love and romance, imaginary, fall in love, teenage life ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
miami, usa
Similarity:
77%
444
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, touching, family comedy ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Years after Tess and Anna endured an identity crisis, Anna now has a daughter of her own and a soon-to-be stepdaughter. As they navigate the myriad challenges that come when two families merge, Tess and Anna discover lightning might indeed strike ...
Style:
family comedy, lighthearted, feel good, sentimental, satirical
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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76%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Webster is an American situation comedy that aired on ABC from September 16, 1983 until May 8, 1987, and in first-run syndication from September 21, 1987 until March 10, 1989. The series was created by Stu Silver.
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Style:
sitcom, lighthearted, feel good
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, touching, semi serious, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
teenage girl, teenage life, high school life, parents and children, sister sister relationship, friendship, black, biracial, twin sister, youth, lifestyle, eccentric family ...
Time:
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Place:
michigan, detroit, usa
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76%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Silver Spoons is an American sitcom that aired on NBC from September 25, 1982 to May 11, 1986 and in first-run syndication from September 15, 1986 to March 4, 1987. The series was produced by Embassy Television for the first four seasons, until ...
Style:
sitcom, realistic, semi serious, sentimental, humorous ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, rich and poor, dating, preppy, coming of age, man child, rich, family relations, power relations, society, parents and children, siblings relations ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
76%
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: France, Germany, Italy
Duration: 25 min.
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A little girl discovers she’s the modern-day descendant of Snow White when seven dwarfs arrive at her suburban home to serve as her guardian angels.
Style:
fairy tale, captivating, semi serious, entertaining, satirical ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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75%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
retro, sitcom, family comedy, light hearted, feel good ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, feel good, entertaining, realistic
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
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Time:
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