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Pasadena (2001)
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Pasadena is an American primetime soap opera originally broadcast in the U.S. from September to November 2001 on Fox.
Style:
serious, captivating, realistic, soap opera, gloomy, surprise ending
Plot:
family relations, family business, journalism, mother daughter relationship, secret, murder, wealth, wealthy family, gays and lesbians, media, siblings relations, gay, cheating wife, investigation, rich, death, murder investigation, corruption, girl, brother sister relationship, blackmail, family secret, unhappy ending, gay slur, high school ...
Time:
21st century, contemporary
Place:
california, usa, pasadena california
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out captivating, realistic, serious and soap opera films and TV series with plots about family relations, murder, parents and children, family problems, intrigue, secret and mother daughter relationship mostly in Drama, Crime and Romance genres. Some movies like Pasadena: EastEnders (1985), Emmerdale (1972), Falcon Crest (1981), Deception (2013), Second Chances (1993). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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The everyday lives of working-class residents of Albert Square, a traditional Victorian square of terrace houses surrounding a park in the East End of London's Walford borough.
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soap opera, captivating, realistic, serious, crime drama ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century, 2000s, 2010s, 90s ...
Place:
england, london, europe, east end london
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s, 70s, 90s, 20th century, 2010s ...
Place:
england, yorkshire, northern england, europe
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Falcon Crest is an American primetime television soap opera which aired on the CBS network for nine seasons, from December 4, 1981 to May 17, 1990. A total of 227 episodes were produced.
The series revolves around the feuding factions of the ...
Style:
soap opera, realistic, serious, captivating, touching ...
Plot:
wealthy family, family relations, betrayal, rivalry, intrigue, family business, family problems, parents and children, family feud, couple relations, dishonesty, workplace ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
california, usa
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55%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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A detective goes undercover to investigate the murder of her best friend.
Style:
realistic, serious, captivating, suspenseful, soap opera ...
Plot:
female detective, wealthy family, police detective, murder investigation, heir, murder mystery, death of friend, uncover truth, lifestyle, working undercover, high society, estate ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
54%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Second Chances is an American television series created and written by producers Bernard Lechowick and Lynn Marie Latham. The series premiered December 2, 1993, on CBS. Its cast includes Jennifer Lopez, Connie Sellecca, Megan Follows, Michelle ...
Style:
soap opera, suspense, twisted, serious, realistic
Plot:
small town, murder mystery, family secret, investigation, infidelity, betrayal, lawyer, business, resort, hotel, small town life, couples ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california, usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots is a new television drama from the prolific writer, director and producer Tyler Perry. The show follows the complicated dynamic between the rich and powerful Cryer family and the hired help who work in ...
Style:
soap opera, serious, touching, emotional, family saga ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
savannah georgia, usa
Similarity:
52%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
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Style:
serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
future, 21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
51%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
captivating, suspenseful, tense, biting, surprise ending ...
Audience:
teens, pre-teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
chicago
Similarity:
50%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
surprise ending, suspense, enigmatic, tense, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Similarity:
49%
11K
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Style:
soap opera, realistic, serious, captivating, stylized ...
Plot:
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Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
texas, southern usa, usa, dallas texas
Similarity:
49%
340
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Titans is an American prime time soap opera that debuted on October 4, 2000 on NBC. Thirteen episodes were filmed, of which eleven were actually aired. Produced by Aaron Spelling, the series was initially marketed as a "Dynasty for the new ...
Style:
serious, realistic, captivating, suspense, soap opera ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, california
Similarity:
48%
27K
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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The reboot follows two of America’s wealthiest families, the Carringtons and the Colbys, as they feud for control over their fortune and their children focusing on Fallon Carrington, the daughter of billionaire Blake Carrington, and her soon-to-be ...
Style:
artsy, captivating, soap opera, cynical
Audience:
teens
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Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
usa, atlanta georgia
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: USA
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sexy, serious, realistic, captivating, stylized ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Families, friends, enemies and lovers experience life-changing events in the large upstate New York city of Port Charles, which has a busy hospital, upscale hotel, cozy diner and dangerous waterfront frequented by the criminal underworld.
Style:
soap opera, medical drama, serious, emotional, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
20th century, 2020s, 80s, 70s, 90s ...
Place:
new york, new york state, usa
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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48%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
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A prominent Boston family attempts to redefine itself in the wake of a chilling discovery that links their recently deceased patriarch to a string of murders spanning decades — amid the mounting suspicion that one of them may have been his ...
Style:
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Plot:
murder, suspicion, husband wife relationship, murder investigation, cover up, female politician, serial killer, dysfunctional family, open marriage, police investigation, marital crisis, secret ...
Place:
usa, boston
Similarity:
48%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, tense, captivating, clever, stylized ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa, los angeles, california, chicago, south america ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Spyder Games is a television series that was broadcast on MTV from June 18, 2001 through September 20, 2001. MTV's second foray into the soap opera format following the run of the anthology series Undressed, the series was originally called ...
Style:
realistic, suspenseful, soap opera, captivating, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
family business, ambition, family life, lifestyle, designer, workplace, who done it, family relations, favoritism among siblings, rich, murder, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
usa
Similarity:
47%
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Thailand
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Style:
suspense, dorama, disturbing, tense, captivating
Plot:
boys love, gay, lgbt, murder, investigation, private investigation, murder investigation, lgbtq, murder mystery, doctor, blackmail, murderer ...
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Brothers & Sisters is an American television drama series that centers on the Walker family and their lives in Pasadena, California. The series premiered on ABC on September 24, 2006, and aired its final episode on May 8, 2011. It aired, for its ...
Style:
touching, serious, emotional, sincere, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night
Plot:
family drama, brother brother relationship, parenthood, brother sister relationship, family relations, family business, siblings relations, parents and children, lgbtq, family problems, couple relations, love and romance ...
Time:
september 11 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, pasadena california
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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When a young boy is found dead on an idyllic beach, a major police investigation gets underway in the small California seaside town where the tragedy occurred. Soon deemed a homicide, the case sparks a media frenzy, which throws the boy's ...
Style:
gloomy, tense, realistic, detective, bleak ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
murder investigation, murder, small town, murder mystery, homicide detective, police investigation, small town life, missing child, social relations, investigation, crime investigation, law enforcement ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
47%
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
serious, captivating, witty, suspenseful, detective ...
Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
future, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
philadelphia, usa
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47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The Horton and Brady broods endure the romantic trials of life in Salem, a Midwestern hamlet filled with evil geniuses, star-crossed lovers and a rich family history.
Style:
soap opera, realistic, serious, sentimental, emotional
Plot:
family relations, infidelity, family problems, betrayal, loss of daughter, love triangle, presumed dead, power relations, intrigue, couple relations, siblings relations, gay ...
Time:
70s, 90s, 20th century, 80s, 2000s ...
Similarity:
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: France
Duration: 52 min.
TV show
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Style:
detective, psychological, serious, tense, suspense ...
Plot:
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Similarity:
47%
Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 19 min.
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Continuing drama combining romance and intrigue set against the glittering backdrop of Beverly Hills and the American fashion industry.
Style:
realistic, serious, emotional, sentimental, romantic drama ...
Plot:
fashion, family relations, love triangle, intrigue, family problems, rich and poor, family business, family life, lifestyle, dishonesty, betrayal, rivalry ...
Time:
20th century, 90s, 80s, 2000s, 2020s ...
Place:
california, los angeles, usa, beverly hills
Similarity:
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Wicked Wicked Games is a telenovela that debuted on December 6, 2006 on the American television network MyNetworkTV. Twentieth Television produced 63 episodes to air weekdays. The limited-run serial was directed by Terry Cunningham, Dennis Dimster, ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, atmospheric, psychological, saga ...
Plot:
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Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min.
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Riley Parks delicately balances two starkly different lives -- one as a single mom in a conservative town struggling to provide for her family and the other as a savvy and ambitious businesswoman working with a rowdy, sexy and unpredictable group of ...
Style:
sexy, sexual, serious, touching, sentimental ...
Plot:
erotic massage, prostitute, sexual relations, massage parlor, parent child relationship, family relations, family problems, society, lifestyle, sexy woman, family secret, secret ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
Similarity:
46%
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Genre: Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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The world's first mega-soap, and one of the most popular ever produced, Dallas had it all. Beautiful women, expensive cars, and men playing Monopoly with real buildings. Famous for one of the best cliffhangers in TV history, as the world asked ...
Style:
soap opera, serious, realistic, romantic drama, family saga ...
Plot:
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Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s, 90s
Place:
texas, dallas texas, southern usa, usa
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 46 min.
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Style:
crime drama, emotional, clever, bleak, realistic ...
Plot:
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Place:
scotland
Similarity:
46%
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Romance
Country: Australia
Duration: 55 min.
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Style:
captivating, disturbing, suspenseful, suspense, psychological ...
Plot:
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Place:
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