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At Home with the Braithwaites (2000)
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At Home with the Braithwaites (2000)
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Country: UK
TV show
Story: At Home with the Braithwaites is a British comedy-drama television series, created and written by Sally Wainwright. The storyline follows a suburban family from Leeds, whose life is turned upside down when the mother of the family wins 38 million pounds on the lottery. It was broadcast on ITV, for 26 episodes, from 20 January 2000 to 9 April 2003. At the beginning of the first series, each member of the Braithwaite family has an issue. Alison has to decide what to do with the winnings, and when to tell her family. David is having an affair with Elaine, his secretary at work. Virginia is on the verge of flunking out of university. Sarah has a crush on her drama teacher. Charlotte suspects that her mother may be the mystery lottery winner.
Style: humorous, realistic, cynical, semi serious, offbeat, dark comedy, surreal, black comedy
Plot: dysfunctional family, greed, wealth, secret, marriage, lifestyle, youth, parents and children, family life, couples, teenage life, family problems, couple relations, infidelity, husband wife relationship, change of luck, lottery, golddigger, millionaire, family relations, teenager, lesbian, school, money, pregnancy ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century, contemporary
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england, europe, britain
Keyword: gold digger

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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and sitcom films and TV series with plots about family relations, couples, family life, parents and children, couple relations, family problems and siblings relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like At Home with the Braithwaites: Packed to the Rafters (2008), Honest (2008), Last Tango in Halifax (2012), Reba (2001), Life Begins (2004). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Packed to the Rafters (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Packed to the Rafters is an Australian family-oriented television series which premiered on the Seven Network on Tuesday 26 August 2008 at 8:30 pm. The show has continued on Tuesdays in this timeslot for its entire run. The drama series features a ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, sentimental, feel good ...
Plot: family relations, getting home, couple relations, living with parents, nothing goes right, anniversary, siblings relations, parents and children, brother brother relationship, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, mother daughter relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: australia, oceania
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Honest (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Honest is a British comedy-drama series that aired on ITV in 2008. The series is a remake of the New Zealand series Outrageous Fortune, written by James Griffin and Rachel Lang, that first aired in 2005. The programme stars Amanda Redman as Lindsay ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, captivating
Plot: parents and children, family relations, family life, dishonesty, teenage life, going straight, juvenile delinquency, cons and scams, petty criminal, prison sentence, small time, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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Last Tango in Halifax (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Celia and Alan are both widowed and in their seventies. When their respective grandsons put their details on Facebook, they rediscover a passionate relationship that started over sixty years ago.
Style: realistic, touching, sentimental, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot: elderly lovers, old love, middle aged, marriage, lesbian, elderly, family relations, love, love and romance, teacher, lovers reunited, career ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: england, northern england, yorkshire, europe
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Reba (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down.​
Style: sitcom, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids
Plot: teenage pregnancy, single mother, dentist, family life, teenage life, parents and children, family problems, couples, youth, save the day, pregnancy, crumbling marriage ...
Time: 2000s
Place: texas, usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
65%
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Life Begins (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Life Begins is a British television drama first broadcast on ITV between February 2004 and October 2006, starring Caroline Quentin and Alexander Armstrong, Anne Reid and Frank Finlay.
Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, captivating, sitcom
Plot: love triangle, changing lives, starting over, workplace situations, couple relations, family relations, parents and children, job seeking, couples, summer vacation, marital problem, family life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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Sweet As Honey (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: “Sweet As Honey” tells the story of an unconventional family which is constantly breaking-up and reuniting by the hour, day and episode, and presents a whole cast of eccentric figures. The main characters are a father and daughter who portray ...
Style: cynical, talky, humorous, sincere, semi serious ...
Plot: family relations, family life, siblings relations, parents and children, couple relations, eccentric family, family problems, couples, dysfunctional family, dark humor, sexual content, death in the family ...
Time: 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Fortysomething is a 2003 British comedy-drama series, starring and directed by Hugh Laurie as Paul Slippery, a doctor facing a mid-life crisis. His wife Estelle is starting a new career as a headhunter. His three sons, Rory, a student at the ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, hilarious, humorous
Audience: girls' night
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Time: 21st century
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Outnumbered (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot: precocious child, couple relations, family life, parents and children, couples, parenthood, everyday life, adhd, youth, family relations, sketch, women ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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A Very Peculiar Practice (1986)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
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Country: UK
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, touching, sincere ...
Audience: teens
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Time: 2010s, 21st century
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No Angels (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 47 min.
TV show
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Style: sexy, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: nurse, hospital, female friendship, couples, workplace romance, promiscuity, sexual relations, workplace, dating, doctor, treatment, strong female lead ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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Style: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental
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Genre: Drama, Comedy
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Desperate Housewives (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Desperate Housewives is an American television comedy-drama-mystery series created by Marc Cherry and produced by ABC Studios and Cherry Productions. It aired Sundays at 9 P.M. Eastern/8 P.M. Central, on ABC from October 3, 2004, until May 13, 2012. ...
Style: witty, humorous, sexy, soap opera, sexual ...
Audience: girls' night, teens
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Time: 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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Starlings (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Starlings is a British comedy-drama written by Steve Edge and Matt King who also play the roles of Fergie and Uncle Loz. It is one of the few new television comedy series that has been commissioned and aired on Sky1.
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Teachers (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: Teachers is a British television comedy-drama series, created by Tim Loane and originally shown on Channel 4. The series follows a group of secondary school teachers in their daily lives. While the first series centers heavily around probationary ...
Style: realistic, humorous, semi serious, sitcom, soap opera ...
Plot: high school, high school life, infidelity, workplace situations, teachers and students, workplace intrigue, lifestyle, power relations, thirtysomething life, couples, unsupportive coworkers, workplace ...
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Place: england, europe
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Titus (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Titus is an American dark comedy sitcom that debuted on Fox in 2000. The series was created by its star, Christopher Titus, Jack Kenny, and Brian Hargrove. This sitcom was based on Christopher's stand-up comedy act, more specifically his ...
Style: humorous, tragicomedy, cynical, not serious, witty ...
Plot: comedian, dysfunctional family, childhood, suicide, mechanic, family problems, siblings relations, dark humor, parents and children, workplace romance, suburban life, father son relationship ...
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Raising Genius (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story: The film is about a boy who locks himself in the bathroom to work out math equations on the shower wall. The boy has obsessive compulsive parents. The boy is obsessed with a cheerleader named Lacy, who lives across the street from.
Style: semi serious, psychological, realistic, humorous, independent film ...
Plot: genius, mathematics, dysfunctional family, family relations, prodigy, couples, family problems, youth, couple relations, lifestyle, society, parents and children ...
Time: 21st century
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Rock & Chips (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
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Style: semi serious, realistic, humorous, witty
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All Creatures Great and Small (1978)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: All Creatures Great and Small is a British television series, based on the books of the British veterinary surgeon Alf Wight, who wrote under the pseudonym James Herriot. Ninety episodes were aired over two three-year runs. The first run was based ...
Style: touching, realistic, humorous, sentimental, semi serious ...
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Place: yorkshire, england, europe
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Roseanne (1988)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story: A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
Style: sitcom, humorous, funny, biting, cynical ...
Audience: kids, family outing
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Time: 90s, 80s, 20th century, 2010s, 21st century
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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 ⇓
38%
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Gavin & Stacey (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Gavin is an ordinary boy from Billericay, Essex. Stacey is an ordinary girl from Barry Island, South Wales. They’ve spoken on the phone every day at work for months but they’ve never actually met… until now.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, feel good, sentimental, realistic ...
Audience: date night
Plot: friendship, couple relations, family relations, family life, separation, couples, honeymoon, lifestyle, buddies, marriage, dating, newlyweds ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: england, wales, europe
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38%
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Fresh Meat (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story: A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
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Place: england
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Transparent (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sitcom, captivating, heartfelt ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: lesbian, transgender, gay interest, eccentric family, secret, dark humor, family secret, family life, life turned upside down, dysfunctional family, disorder, family problems ...
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Grafters (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
TV show
Story: Grafters was a British drama–comedy programme originally broadcast in the UK on ITV from 27 October 1998 to 20 December 1999 for 16 episodes over two series. Grafters was based around the Purvis brothers Joe and Trevor, who along with their ...
Style: realistic, semi serious, humorous
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Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england, london, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
37%
 8.5
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Shameless (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min.
TV show
Story: Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. ...
Style: offbeat, emotional, entertaining, biting, realistic ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: dysfunctional family, youth, gay teenager, gay, bipolar disorder, family problems, teenage life, life is a bitch, siblings relations, juvenile delinquency, drinking problem, family relations ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: chicago, usa, idaho
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