Movies and TV shows like How Not to Live Your Life

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How Not to Live Your Life (2007)
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How Not to Live Your Life (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: How Not to Live Your Life is a British sitcom, written by and starring Dan Clark that aired between 27 September 2007 and 22 December 2011, about a neurotic twenty-nine-year-old man who is trying to navigate his way through life but is not helped by his bad instincts. On 27 May 2011 it was announced by the new BBC Three controller Zai Bennett that the show has been cancelled.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, light, funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, fun
Plot: down on your luck, lifestyle, financial problem, roommate, love and romance, debt, crush, unfulfillment, failed attempt, nothing goes right, humour, comedy of errors, romantic relationship, love affair, escapades, silly humor, sketch, single, neighbor, life is a bitch, singleness, couples, unfulfilled love, boyfriend, twentysomething life ...
Time: 21st century, contemporary
Place: england
Keyword: sketch show

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, sitcom, light and captivating films and TV series with plots about lifestyle, family relations, couples, couple relations, humour, british humour and friends mostly in Comedy genres. Some movies like How Not to Live Your Life: Lovesick (2014), Him & Her (2010), Peep Show (2003), Drifters (2013), Crashing (2016). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Lovesick (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: After finding out he has an STI, Dylan must get back in touch with every girl he has ever had sex with to let them know the bad news.
Style: sitcom, feel good, humorous, not serious, light ...
Plot: friendship, sexually transmitted disease, buddies, down on your luck, disorder, farce, humour, sexual relations, male female relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, couple relations, illness ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, glasgow scotland
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Him & Her (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: An acutely observed, forensically honest, warts-and-all look at a working-class couple in their mid-20s.
Style: sitcom, humorous, sincere, light, feel good ...
Plot: couples, slacker, couple relations, everyday life, boyfriend, engaged, lifestyle, neighbor, friends, relatives, twentysomething life, loneliness ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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100%
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Peep Show (2003)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Peep Show is an award-winning British sitcom starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. The television programme is written by Jesse Armstrong and Sam Bain, with additional material by Mitchell and Webb amongst others. It has been broadcast on Channel ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, feel good, not serious ...
Plot: slacker, roommate, odd couple, socially awkward, point of view, satire, humour, neighbor, everyday life, friendship between men, unlikely friendships, buddies ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: london, england, europe
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100%
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Drifters (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
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 ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: adolescence vs adulthood, lifestyle, female friendship, roommate, twentysomething life, friendship, friends, best friend, women, young adult, strong female presence, love ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, northern england, yorkshire
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Crashing (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A comedy drama that crashes straight into the lives and loves of six twenty-something adults living together as Property Guardians in a disused hospital.
Style: humorous, ironic, sweet, funny, sitcom ...
Plot: twenty something, lgbt, friendship, lgbtq, gay, gay lead character, roommate, neighbor neighbor relationship, couple relations, closeted homosexual, jealousy, childhood friend ...
Place: england
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Uncle (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Andy is a dissolute out-of work musician who forges an unlikely alliance with his 12-year-old nephew Errol after being morally blackmailed into looking after him by his chaotic sister Sam - all on the day Andy was planning to kill himself. Not a ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, captivating, light ...
Plot: responsibility, uncle nephew relationship, family relations, comedy of errors, musician, nothing goes right, youth, escapades, gay, mental health, child care, accident ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england
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Together (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: When Tom and Ellen are together, things seem to work. It's only in the spaces outside the relationship - the intrusions of real life, and the deadly collaboration of parents, siblings, friends and exes - that the flailing attempts to make good ...
Style: sitcom, captivating, humorous, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: relationships, couples, friends, couple relations, humour, love affair, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, love and romance, love story, family relations, male female relationship, romantic relationship ...
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Cooper Barrett's Guide to Surviving Life (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: As Cooper Barrett struggles to survive each of life’s many challenges, he guides us through the often-messy, always-hilarious ordeal, so that our lives don’t have to be nearly the entertaining disaster that Cooper’s is turning out to be.
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, entertaining ...
Plot: roommate, neighbor neighbor relationship, neighbor, romantic friendship, life, living together, relationships, group of friends, nosy neighbor, friends, escapades, humour ...
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Threesome (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Alice lives with her boyfriend Mitch and their gay best friend Richie. Together they form three points of an unlikely triangle, living, laughing and larging it together. After one particularly big night out, they end up having an unplanned threesome ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, feel good, light ...
Plot: boyfriend, friendship, couples, lifestyle, homosexual, responsibility, lgbt, love triangle, gay, roommate, polyamory, gay interest ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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The Worst Week of My Life (2004)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: The Worst Week of My Life is a British comedy television series, first broadcast on BBC One between March and April 2004. A second series was aired between November and December 2005 and a three-part Christmas special, The Worst Christmas of My Life ...
Style: sitcom, feel good, witty, humorous, light ...
Audience: date night
Plot: couple relations, comedy of errors, relationships, wedding, family gatherings, couples, family life, disagreement, friendship, love and romance, disorder, farce ...
Time: future, 21st century
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26%
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Hebburn (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: Hebburn is a warm and affectionate tale of north east family life. It tells the tale of the Pearson family and their impetuous and ambitious son, Jack, who has left Tyneside for the bright lights and glamour of Manchester. He has secretly married a ...
Style: sentimental, sitcom, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: family relations, couple relations, meet the parents, couples, parents and children, lifestyle, love and romance, secret marriage, husband wife relationship, middle class, friendship, parents son relationship
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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House of Fools (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story: Surreal sitcom with Vic Reeves and Bob Mortimer. A series of anarchic affairs featuring the uninvited lodgers and guests that cause chaos and disruption in their home.
Style: sitcom, surreal, humorous, not serious, realistic
Plot: nothing goes right, disorder, guest, silly humor, uninvited guest, domestic disturbance, british humour, indoor
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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24%
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Life of Riley (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Life of Riley is a British comedy television series, shown on BBC One and BBC HD. The show stars Caroline Quentin and Neil Dudgeon, who are recently married, and is set around their dysfunctional family. The show also features the couple's four ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, feel good, funny ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, family relations, parents and children, family life, family problems, couples, couple relations, husband wife relationship, marriage, children, baby, newlyweds ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
23%
In with the Flynns (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In with the Flynns is a British sitcom created by Caryn Mandabach, produced by Caryn Mandabach Productions, and broadcast by the BBC. The first series began broadcast on 8 June 2011 for six episodes on BBC One and in high definition on BBC One HD in ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, captivating, light ...
Plot: family life, family relations, parents and children, siblings relations, supportive parent, everyday life, rivalry, friendship, love, youth, couples, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: manchester, england, europe
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22%
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PhoneShop (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: PhoneShop is a British sitcom that was first broadcast on Channel 4 as a television pilot on 13 November 2009, as part of the channel's Comedy Showcase season of comedy pilots. It was then followed by a six-episode series that was commissioned ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, captivating, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: boss and employee, workplace situations, salesman, workplace, store, friendship, rivalry, escapades, friends, sketch, telephone call, college graduate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london
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Warren (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Warren Thompson just wants an easy life, but thanks to his naturally difficult personality, he’s constantly finding himself in sticky situations.
Style: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, light ...
Plot: driving school, social problems, life, lifestyle, family problems, family relations, humour, teenager, partner, driving instructor
Time: future
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Mountain Goats (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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Story: Set around the antics of a ragtag group of Mountain Rescue volunteers, Mountain Goats celebrates the Highlands of Scotland, with proper kilt wearing maniacs fighting disaster on a weekly basis against the stunning backdrop of the Glencoe ...
Style: sitcom, sketch comedy, captivating, feel good, funny ...
Plot: humour, lifestyle, comedy of errors, satire, social satire, sketch
Place: scotland
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22%
Friday Night Dinner (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Two siblings share their Friday night dinners at their parents home and, somehow, something always goes wrong.
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic, captivating ...
Audience: teens
Plot: family dinner, family relations, eccentric family, parents and children, comedy of errors, socially awkward, disorder, couple relations, marriage, family gatherings, grandparent and grandchild, satire ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
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21%
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We Are Men (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: We Are Men is about four single guys living in a short-term apartment complex who unexpectedly find camaraderie over their many missteps in love.
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, light ...
Audience: boys' night
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Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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21%
Brothers with No Game (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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Style: humorous, entertaining, captivating, funny, romantic ...
Plot: group of friends, midlife crisis, romantic relationship, social relations, love affair, couple relations, social issues, life, love and romance, relationships, male female relationship, friends ...
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The Increasingly Poor Decisions of Todd Margaret (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: Comedy about an inept American placed in charge of sales at his company's London branch. He has no experience with British culture, knows nothing about sales, and has only one employee, Dave. Each episode begins with a scene of Margaret ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, feel good ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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The End of Comedy (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Spain
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Story: The life of Ignatius Farray. A stand-up comedian struggling with his troubles while trying to have fun doing monologues.
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: artists and showbiz, performer's life, comedian, satire, humour, stand up comedian, unfulfillment, midlife crisis
Time: 21st century
Place: spain
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20%
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Whites (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Whites was a BBC sitcom, written by Oliver Lansley and Matt King, directed by David Kerr, and starring Alan Davies as the executive chef at a country house hotel. BBC Two gave the go ahead for the show to go into production in August 2009 with the ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: cooking and food, chef, workplace, workplace situations, lifestyle, friendship, rivalry, society, hotel, food, waiter, waitress ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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Me and Mrs Jones (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Gemma Jones balances her love life and motherhood.
Style: humorous, sitcom, captivating, light, feel good ...
Plot: friend, family relations, couples, parents and children, ex husband ex wife relationship, love, friendship, rivalry, society, relationships, motherhood, strong female presence ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Dads (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Story: Dads is an American sitcom which premiered on September 17, 2013 and airs Tuesdays at 8:00/7:00c on Fox. The series was created by Alec Sulkin and Wellesley Wild, and follows Warner and Eli, two successful video game developers whose lives are ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, captivating, entertaining ...
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Place: usa
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Yes, Dear (2000)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A comedy about two young couples and their outrageously contrasting views on parenting. Greg and Kim Warner struggle on a daily basis to become perfect at the job. Kim is a neurotic, stay-at-home mother, and although her husband, Greg, is a success ...
Style: sitcom, realistic, humorous, not serious, entertaining ...
Plot: family life, couples, housewife, parents and children, family relations, couple relations, siblings relations, irresponsible, husband wife relationship, father son relationship, kids and family, parenthood ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
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Story: Lead Balloon is a British television series produced by Open Mike Productions for BBC Four. The series was created and is co-written by comedian Jack Dee and Pete Sinclair. It stars Dee as Rick Spleen, a cynical and misanthropic comedian whose life ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, not serious, cynical, hilarious ...
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Time: 21st century
Place: europe, london, england
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20%
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Miranda (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Socially inept Miranda always gets into awkward situations; working in her joke shop with best friend Stevie, being hounded by her pushy mother, and especially when she's around her crush Gary.
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, witty, humorous ...
Plot: comedian, dating, female protagonist, family relations, love and romance, crush, disorder, couples, unsupportive parent, nothing goes right, lifestyle, living with parents ...
Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
Better With You (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Better with You is an American romantic sitcom TV show starring Joanna Garcia Swisher and Jennifer Finnigan. The series aired on Wednesdays at 8:30 pm Eastern/7:30 pm Central on ABC and ran from September 22, 2010 to May 11, 2011. The series was ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, not serious, light ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: love affair, family life, couple relations, pregnancy, family relations, couples, lifestyle, parents and children, relationships, friendship between men, siblings relations, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
19%
$#*! My Dad Says (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: $#*! My Dad Says is an American television sitcom produced by Warner Bros. Television that aired on CBS. It was based on the Twitter feed Shit My Dad Says, created by Justin Halpern and consisting of quotations from his father, Sam. The show ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, talky, realistic ...
Plot: living with parents, eccentric family, parents and children, generation gap, family relations, writer's life, lifestyle, elderly, family life, twentysomething life, oldtimer, overbearing parent ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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