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Rock & Chips (2010)
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 89 min.
TV show
Story:
Prequel to Only Fools and Horses, set in the 1960s, Joan Trotter is in an unhappy marriage with the work-shy Reg, with whom she has a teenage son, Derek ("Del Boy"). However, the reappearance in Peckham of bank robber, "art connoisseur" and womaniser Freddie Robdal, recently released after a ten year prison sentence, would bring about changes in Joan's life.
Style:
humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
Plot:
working class, society, theft, lifestyle, pregnancy, childbirth, infidelity, petty criminal, promotion, bittersweet, dishonesty, unwanted pregnancy, parents and children, suburbs, suburban life, wooing, criminal heroes, cons and scams, living with parents, council estate, child birth
Time:
20th century, year 1960, 60s, 1960s
Place:
london, england, europe
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out realistic, humorous, semi serious and witty films and TV series with plots about family relations, society, working class, british humour, couples, parents and children and couple relations mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres. Some movies like Rock & Chips: The Darling Buds of May (1991), Lovejoy (1986), Outrageous Fortune (2005), Honest (2008), Only Fools and Horses (1981). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Story:
An idyllic picture of 1950's rural England as seen through the lives of the Larkins, a farm family living in Kent. The show revolves around Pa Larkin, a man of a kind and mischievous nature with a penchant for getting into scrapes and talking ...
Style:
realistic, not serious, feel good, witty, humorous ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
1950s, 20th century, 50s
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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The series concerns the adventures of the eponymous Lovejoy, played by Ian McShane, a likeable but roguish antiques dealer based in East Anglia. Within the trade, he has a reputation as a "divvie", a person with an almost supernatural ...
Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s
Place:
europe, england
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 45 min.
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Outrageous Fortune is a New Zealand comedy-drama television series, which ran from 12 July 2005 to 9 November 2010 on TV3. The series followed the lives of the career criminal West family after the matriarch, Cheryl, decided the family should go ...
Style:
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Plot:
lawyer, dysfunctional family, criminal, family life, going straight, convict, criminal heroes, right and wrong, doubts and hesitations, manipulation, porn, house arrest ...
Time:
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Place:
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276
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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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, comedy drama ...
Plot:
parents and children, family relations, family life, teenage life, going straight, dishonesty, juvenile delinquency, cons and scams, petty criminal, single parent, prison sentence, motherhood ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 95 min.
TV show
Story:
The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of “Trotters Independent Traders PLC” who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, hilarious, realistic, semi serious ...
Plot:
working class, cockney, world war two veteran, grandfather, brother brother relationship, motherless, pub, short man, black market, disorder, eccentric family, veteran ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, 90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe, london, united kingdom
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32%
241
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 54 min.
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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:
semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot:
brother, construction worker, couples, sibling relationship, cousin, working class, blue collar, couple relations, workplace, unfulfillment, workplace situations, siblings relations ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
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30%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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29%
139
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, cynical, psychological thriller, emotional ...
Plot:
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Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
uruguay, latin america, usa, england, europe ...
Similarity:
28%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Beautiful People is a British comedy drama television series based on the memoirs of Barneys creative director Simon Doonan. The series takes place in Reading, Berkshire, in 1997, where thirteen-year-old Simon Doonan and his best friend Kylie dream ...
Style:
semi serious, realistic, feel good, humorous, touching ...
Plot:
suburbs, friends, gay, lgbt, best friend, working class, family relations, youth, lifestyle, follow your dream, suburban life, teenage life ...
Time:
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Place:
england, london, europe
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
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Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, witty, period piece ...
Plot:
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Time:
1930s, 20th century
Place:
europe, england
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
realistic, semi serious, humorous, sitcom, sexual ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Style:
sitcom, dark comedy, realistic, semi serious, witty ...
Audience:
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Plot:
working class, father, son, family business, melancholy, business, love hate relationship, partner, family problems, family relations, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london, united kingdom
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
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Story:
A family of small-time criminals try to go straight after the father is sent to prison.
Style:
humorous, realistic, semi serious, feel good, light
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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Country: UK
Duration: 240 min.
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Style:
touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, multicultural
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
semi serious, realistic, humorous, touching
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
24%
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Country: UK
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TV show
Story:
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Style:
sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, sentimental ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Duration: 29 min.
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Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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24%
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Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, realistic
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, humorous, not serious, surreal, light ...
Plot:
media, journalist, lifestyle, soccer, disorder, life, teenage life, everyday life, sportscaster, commentator, society, family relations ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Behaving Badly is a 1989 British television serial directed by David Tucker. The teleplay by Catherine Heath and Moira Williams is based on Heath's novel of the same name. It was initially broadcast by Channel 4. The series was released on DVD ...
Style:
realistic, semi serious, dark comedy
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england, europe
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225
Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Archie Daley's a bit of a rogue, always up for some dodgy dealings in the hope of making a nice little earner, but sometimes it can cause him to lose his moral compass, which is where Jamie usually steps in to put him right.
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good, light ...
Plot:
heist, partner, master criminal, unlikely partners, criminal heroes, cons and scams, urban, friendship, going straight, scheme, loyalty, moral ambiguity ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
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606
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, realistic, sentimental, captivating, sincere ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night
Plot:
looking for love, dating, lovers apart, lifestyle, couple relations, working class, singleness, escapades, friendship, friends, love, relationships ...
Time:
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Place:
england, europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
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Style:
sexy, witty, sentimental, feel good, realistic ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
europe, london
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
Story:
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Style:
independent film, realistic, semi serious, humorous, offbeat ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
england
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Country: UK
Duration: 222 min.
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Time:
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Place:
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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