Movies and TV shows like The Righteous Gemstones
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The Righteous Gemstones (2019)
64K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
The story of a world-famous televangelist family with a history of deviance, greed and, yes, charitable work, all in the name of Jesus.
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, funny, captivating, realistic, cynical, semi serious, spiritual, entertaining, laugh out loud ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
greed, religion, gay, wealth, family relations, religious fanaticism, cover-up, parents and children, society, patriarch, secrets, stoner, religious fanatic, evangelist, religious, religious hypocrisy, scam, televangelist, evangelical christianity, male protagonist, wealthy family, gay interest, dark humor, male nudity, charity ...
Time:
20th century, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, sitcom and semi serious films and TV series with plots about family relations, satire, parents and children, society, dark humor, disorder and lifestyle mostly in Comedy, Drama and Sport genres. Some movies like The Righteous Gemstones: Vice Principals (2016), Eastbound & Down (2009), House of Lies (2012), Succession (2018), Shameless (2011). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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entertaining, humorous, not serious, realistic, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Years after he turned his back on his hometown, a burned-out major league ballplayer returns to teach phys ed at his old middle school.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, not serious, realistic, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sexy, cynical, semi serious, realistic, humorous ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
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The lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.
Style:
inspirational, captivating, disturbing, stylized, tense ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
wealth, family business, business, dysfunctional family, betrayal, dysfunctional relationship, father son relationship, businessman, family drama, ceo, patriarchy, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
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100%
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329K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 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:
sexy, emotional, offbeat, entertaining, biting ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
dysfunctional family, youth, gay teenager, bipolar disorder, gay, teenage life, family problems, siblings relations, juvenile delinquency, life is a bitch, drinking problem, dark humor ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
chicago, usa, idaho
Similarity:
100%
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, erotic, sensual, captivating ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
lesbian, lgbtq, gay interest, transgender, lesbian love, dark humor, gender, selfishness, secret, eccentric family, life turned upside down, family secret ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, idaho, california, indiana, usa
Similarity:
36%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Thom Payne is a 44 year-old man whose world is thrown into disarray when his 25 year-old "wunderkind" boss arrives, saying things like "digital," "social" and "viral." Is he in need of a ...
Style:
cynical, humorous, realistic, semi serious, dark comedy ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, new york
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36%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma.
John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a ...
Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, semi serious, family comedy ...
Plot:
working class, family relations, satire, lifestyle, social issues, male protagonist, humour, heartwarming, blue collar, supportive spouse, eccentric family, family ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven-year period, from early 1990 to late 2000. The latter Comic ...
Style:
sitcom, funny, laugh out loud, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
misery, sketch, cooking show, young heroes, dark humor, retirement, oldtimer, family relations, couples, retired, disorder, suffering ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
35%
9K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 430 min.
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Story:
Amanda Vaughn, once the ultimate high school "mean girl," is forced to return home in disgrace after her marriage ends in scandal. As Amanda and her teenage kids try to adjust to their new lives, the ladies from her past alternate between ...
Style:
realistic, captivating, semi serious, feel good, light ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
strong female presence, rivalry, starting over, hypocrisy, family relations, social relations, hopes, intrigue, homecoming, haunted by the past, gossip and rumors, mean girl ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
texas, usa, dallas texas
Similarity:
35%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story:
A new couple, their exes and their children navigate the emotional challenges and tricky logistics of blended family life in this Swedish dramedy.
Style:
captivating, sincere, humorous, entertaining
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick, teens
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, male female relationship, love and romance, love, friendship, life philosophy, disorder, lifestyle, society, youth, nordic ...
Place:
scandinavia, eastern europe
Similarity:
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85K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
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Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
Style:
humorous, sincere, sitcom, dark comedy, hilarious ...
Plot:
dark humor, comedian, performer's life, midlife crisis, family relations, city life, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, disorder, parenthood, everyday life, mishap ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, captivating, light ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
lgbtq, lesbian, feminism, lgbt, living together, single mother, family drama, family relations, depression, gay, eccentric family, parents and children ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile, USA
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Chilean adaptation of the hit US sitcom Modern Family
Style:
sitcom, entertaining, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
humorous, sincere, touching, semi serious, captivating ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 90s, 21st century
Place:
new jersey, usa
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534K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The Pritchett-Dunphy-Tucker clan is a wonderfully large and blended family. They give us an honest and often hilarious look into the sometimes warm, sometimes twisted, embrace of the modern family.
Style:
humorous, sitcom, funny, saga, teen ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
everyday life, family relations, generation gap, gay, adolescence, gay adoption, family life, parents and children, couple relations, couples, mother daughter relationship, blended family ...
Time:
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Place:
california, southern california, usa, los angeles
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
cynical, realistic, humorous, funny, captivating ...
Plot:
loner, love and romance, dark humor, marital problem, therapy, therapist, dating, doctors and patients, friends, alienation, power relations, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
34%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Jump into the daily routines of a diverse group of New Yorkers and how they light things up. “The Guy” is a nameless pot deliveryman whose client base includes an eccentric group of characters with neuroses as diverse as the city.
Style:
anthology, captivating, semi serious, light, thought provoking ...
Plot:
marijuana, drug, male nudity, threesome, sex scene, drug use, everyday life, drugged, cannabis, society, drug dealer, addiction ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s
Place:
new york
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Three best friends — gay gentlemen of a certain age – decide after an unexpected death to spend their golden years living together in Palm Springs where the wealthiest one lives with his mother. As a chosen family, they prove that no matter how ...
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom
Plot:
friendship between men, lgbtq, satire, domestic drama, friends who live together, male protagonist, self discovery, gay subtext, cohabitation, social class, companionship, middle aged ...
Time:
2020s
Place:
palm springs california, california
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
homecoming, small town, parents and children, family relations, disorder, misfit, gay lead character, homosexual, sexuality, lgbtq, identity, acceptance ...
Time:
90s, 21st century
Place:
ohio, usa
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
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Whoopi was an American situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. The show aired on Tuesdays from September 9, 2003, on NBC to April 20, 2004.
Style:
sitcom, semi serious, realistic, hilarious, humorous ...
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
new york, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
In 1969, an ambitious woman aspires to cross the line between the haves and have-nots to secure her seat at America's most exclusive, fashionable, and treacherous table: Palm Beach high society.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, entertaining, thrilling, exciting ...
Plot:
private club, female protagonist, high society, strong female presence, male female relationship, woman, women in society, sorority, social life, women, society, infidelity ...
Time:
60s, year 1969, 70s
Place:
palm beach
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Starved is an FX Network television situation comedy that aired for one season of seven episodes in 2005. The series was about four friends who each suffer from eating disorders, who met at a "shame-based" support group called Belt ...
Style:
humorous, sitcom, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
eating disorder, mental illness, support group, friendship, physical appearance, society, dishonesty, obsession, misfit, lifestyle, dark humor, stock broker ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
Similarity:
33%
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 18 min.
TV show
Story:
Brandon Rogers stars as the screaming, foul-mouthed host of an overly colorful low-budget children's TV show featuring the worst advice for kids, an inept crew, and numerous technical difficulties.
Style:
dark comedy, adult comedy, entertaining, semi serious, satirical ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, advice, irreverent, behind the scenes, hypocrisy, vulgar, character study, stoner, dark humor
Time:
2010s
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A married father of three tries to maintain his manliness in a world increasingly dominated by women.
Style:
humorous, light, entertaining, captivating, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, teens, adult
Plot:
family relations, parents and children, male female relationship, humour, family life, social problems, male protagonist, family problems, marital problem, relationships, lifestyle, couple relations ...
Time:
2020s, 2010s, 21st century
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Roc is an American comedy-drama television series which ran on Fox from August 1991 to May 1994. The series stars Charles S. Dutton as Baltimore garbage collector Roc Emerson and Ella Joyce as his wife Eleanor.
Style:
sitcom, hood, realistic, semi serious, humorous
Plot:
black, african american, black sitcom, working class, social issues, politics, society, collector, family life, family relations, husband wife relationship, father son relationship ...
Time:
90s
Place:
baltimore, usa, maryland
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010. It was recommissioned for a second series after averaging 1.6 million viewers and a young ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, not serious, surreal, light ...
Plot:
media, journalist, lifestyle, soccer, disorder, life, teenage life, everyday life, sportscaster, commentator, society, family relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Enlightened follows the story of Amy, a self-destructive executive, who, after a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, tries to get her life back together.
Style:
spiritual, humorous, sincere, sentimental, realistic ...
Plot:
coping, self discovery, midlife crisis, workplace situations, starting over, ex couple relations, family relations, sanity, optimism, coworker, depression, ex husband ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
When an affluent matriarch gathers her dysfunctional family for a holiday at their Northern California lake house, her carefully constructed weekend begins to come apart at the seams, leading her to question her own role in the family.
Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, sincere, captivating ...
Plot:
gay, family problems, siblings relations, eccentric family, parents and children, dark humor, family gatherings, friendship, dysfunctional family, lake tahoe, gay son, gay interest ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.
Style:
dark comedy, black comedy, funny, hilarious, absurd ...
Plot:
terminal illness, dark humor, suicide attempt, euthanasia, buddy, mental patient, suicidal thoughts, silly humor, family relations, family problems, disorder, unsuccessful ...
Time:
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Place:
new jersey
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