Movies and TV shows like Trying

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Trying (2020)
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Trying (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: All Nikki and Jason want is a baby—the one thing they can’t have. So they decide to adopt. With their dysfunctional friends, screwball families, and chaotic lives, will the adoption panel agree that they’re ready to be parents?
Style: realistic, light, humorous, semi serious, entertaining, sitcom
Plot: infertility, parenthood, children, family life, parenting, new life, husband wife relationship, responsibility, bureaucracy, parents and children, irresponsible, long term relationship, adoption, domestic drama, family drama, british humour, apple
Place: england, europe

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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, parents and children, family life, couples, couple relations, husband wife relationship and friendship mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Trying: Breeders (2020), Outnumbered (2007), Gavin & Stacey (2007), Yes, Dear (2000), Roger & Val Have Just Got In (2010). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
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Breeders (2020)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Breeders exposes the parental-paradox that it is possible, in the very same moment, to love your child to the horizon of the universe, while being apoplectically angry enough to want to send them there.
Style: funny, humorous, sweet, light, ironic ...
Plot: parenthood, children, husband wife relationship, family relations, parents and children, father, mother, father son relationship, school, parent grown child relationship, family affairs, satire ...
Place: london
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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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36%
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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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31%
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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
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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Roger & Val Have Just Got In (2010)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Roger & Val Have Just Got In is a British sitcom that stars Dawn French and Alfred Molina playing married couple Roger and Val Stevenson. The show premiered on BBC Two on 6 August 2010 and six episodes were broadcast for the first series. The ...
Style: humorous, semi serious, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: married couple, couple relations, working class, family relations, everyday life, rivalry, long term relationship, bittersweet, couples, realism, verbal byplay, british humour ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
31%
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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30%
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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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30%
Little Crackers (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story: Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.
Style: sitcom, humorous, realistic, entertaining, funny ...
Plot: christmas, school, childhood home, childhood, christmas season, holiday, celebration, christmas spirit, children, kids and family
Time: 21st century
Place: england
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30%
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Pete versus Life (2010)
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, captivating ...
Plot: media, journalist, soccer, lifestyle, disorder, life, teenage life, everyday life, family relations, society, commentator, sportscaster ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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Love Life (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
TV show
Story: A story set in a blue collar world, about love, romance, family, and babies. When a man returns from his travels abroad he is shocked to discover that his ex-girlfriend and love of his life is carrying another man's baby.
Style: light, romantic, captivating, entertaining, humorous
Plot: parents and children, family life, romantic relationship, couple relations, family relations, love story, relationships, male female relationship, love and romance, husband wife relationship, lifestyle, pregnancy ...
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
Notes from the Underbelly (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Notes from the Underbelly is an American sitcom that debuted on ABC as a midseason replacement. The series is based upon the novel of the same name by Risa Green, and is produced by Eric and Kim Tannenbaum for Warner Bros. Television. The title is a ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot: pregnancy, couple relations, friendship, family life, couples, friends, family relations, youth, babies and infants, parents and children, rivalry, pregnant woman ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
⇓ similarity ⇓
29%
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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29%
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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
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29%
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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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29%
House of Payne (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Tyler Perry's House of Payne is an American comedy-drama television series created and produced by playwright, director, and producer Tyler Perry. The show revolved around a multi-generational family living under one roof in Atlanta led by ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, entertaining, feel good, light ...
Plot: family relations, working class, family life, parents and children, social relations, suburbs, elderly, youth, african american protagonist, urban, black, african american ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, georgia
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29%
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Motherland (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sitcom about navigating the trials and traumas of middle-class motherhood, looking at the competitive and unromantic side of parenting.
Style: funny, sitcom, entertaining, not serious, feel good ...
Plot: children, family life, mother, parents, working mom, fatherhood, parenthood, husband wife relationship, kids and family, family relations, women, problem solving ...
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Father Figure (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Father Figure is a British comedy television series that was first broadcast on BBC One on 18 September 2013. In Ireland the series first aired on RTÉ Two in September 2013. The six-part series was written by Jason Byrne and directed by Nick Wood.
Style: humorous, captivating, entertaining, funny, light ...
Plot: father son relationship, parents and children, family relations, humour, husband wife relationship, life, children, everyday life, father and son, kids and family, father, brother brother relationship ...
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29%
In the Motherhood (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rosemary, Jane and Emily try to juggle motherhood, work, friendships and love lives in an overly complicated modern world.
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: motherhood, parenthood, family life, friendship, family relations, love and romance, single parent, best friend, parents and children, humour, strong female presence, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, california, usa
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29%
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Moving Wallpaper (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Moving Wallpaper is a British satirical comedy-drama television series set in a TV production unit. It ran on ITV for two series in 2008–2009. The subject of the first series was the production of a soap called Echo Beach, each episode of which ...
Style: semi serious, clever, witty, realistic, humorous ...
Plot: workplace, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, media, opera, television producer, network, ratings, british humour
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
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29%
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Sensitive Skin (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story: Bittersweet comedy about a 61-year-old former model trying to cope with life in London.
Style: sentimental, humorous, touching, sincere, witty ...
Plot: aging, family relations, self discovery, art gallery, parents and children, couples, dark humor, society, rivalry, friendship, model, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe, london
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28%
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Lapland (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Recently widowed Eileen Lewis,son Pete and his wife Mandy and daughter Paula with her spouse Ray,plus the grandchildren, leave Birkenhead to spend Christmas in Lapland.
Style: humorous, sentimental, captivating, entertaining, light ...
Audience: family outing
Plot: christmas, parents and children, family relations, family life, hopes, lapland, christmas movie
Time: 21st century
Place: finland, europe
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
Still Open All Hours (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Still Open All Hours is a sitcom set in a grocer's shop. It is a sequel to the series Open All Hours, written by original series writer Roy Clarke and featuring several of the permanent cast members of the original series
Style: sitcom, humorous, light, captivating, feel good ...
Plot: store, family relations, workplace, workplace situations, parents and children, family business, friendship, cooking show, storekeeper, salesman, customer, photograph ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, yorkshire, northern england
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28%
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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.
Style: semi serious, humorous, realistic, touching, light ...
Plot: couples, family life, family relations, couple relations, dysfunctional family, family problems, parents and children, elderly man, grandfather
Time: 21st century
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
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Love Soup (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story: Bittersweet comedy drama about the eternal search for the perfect partner.
Style: humorous, sentimental, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Audience: girls' night, date night
Plot: looking for love, dating, lifestyle, lovers apart, couple relations, working class, singleness, escapades, friendship, friends, love, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, london, europe
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28%
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Free Agents (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Free Agents is a romantic black comedy starring Stephen Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head. Originally a pilot for Channel 4 in November 2007, the series began on 13 February 2009. It spawned a short lived US remake, which was cancelled after ...
Style: humorous, realistic, semi serious, talky, witty ...
Plot: couples, workplace romance, workplace situations, love and romance, talent agent, dark humor, workplace, platonic, office, verbal byplay, singleness, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: europe, england
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28%
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The Kennedys (2015)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Multi-generation family sitcom set in the 1970s, loosely based on Emma Kennedy's memoirs. The Kennedy family pursue every opportunity they can to climb the social ladder on their housing estate.
Style: semi serious, entertaining, captivating, humorous, sitcom ...
Plot: family relations, slice of life, mother daughter relationship, society, parents and children, husband wife relationship, father daughter relationship, male female relationship, relationships, family life, satire, boots
Time: 70s
Place: england
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28%
Fortysomething (2003)
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
Plot: family relations, midlife crisis, depression, family life, middle aged, marital problem, father son relationship, struggle, family problems, husband wife relationship, marriage, love and romance ...
Time: 21st century
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
2point4 Children (1991)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story: 2point4 children is a 1990s British sitcom that was created and written by Andrew Marshall. It follows the lives of the Porter family; an average family that is persistently faced with surreal situations and sheer bad luck. The show was originally ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, humorous, realistic
Plot: family relations, couples, parents and children, eccentric family, couple relations, family life, siblings relations, father daughter relationship, dysfunctional family, mother daughter relationship, father son relationship, father ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: england
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28%
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Back (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: Estranged foster-brothers Stephen and Andrew vie to take over the family business following the death of their father.
Style: humorous, entertaining, light, sitcom, controversial ...
Plot: humour, death of father, brother brother relationship, rivalry, rivals, inheritance, small town, family relations, family problems, pub, friendship, death ...
Place: england
⇓ similarity ⇓
28%
One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 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, laugh out loud, funny, dark comedy, surreal ...
Plot: misery, sketch, cooking show, young heroes, dark humor, retirement, couples, disorder, suffering, family relations, retired, elderly ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, 80s
Place: europe, england
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28%
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