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Top of the Heap (1991)
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Story:
Top of the Heap is a spin-off of FOX's Married... With Children. It chronicles the escapades of a father who is trying to get his son hooked up with a rich broad.
Style:
sitcom, family comedy, light hearted, slapstick, romantic comedy
Plot:
father son relationship, dysfunctional family, social climbing, working class, blue collar, urban, bromance, teenager, single father, teenage boy, single parent, handyman, cigarette smoking, cigar smoking, apartment, building, chicago illinois
Place:
chicago
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sitcom, humorous, realistic and family comedy films and TV series with plots about family relations, father son relationship, urban, single father, working class, parents and children and slice of life mostly in Comedy and Family genres. Some movies like Top of the Heap: Complete Savages (2004), Working Stiffs (1979), George and Mildred (1976), Home to Roost (1985), Bless This House (1971). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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Complete Savages is an American sitcom that was broadcast on ABC from September 2004 to June 2005. It was part of ABC's final TGIF comedy line-up. The show was created by Mike Scully and Julie Thacker and executive produced by Mel Gibson. It ...
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
Plot:
single father, sibling relationship, youth, child as adult, adolescence vs adulthood, single parent, brother brother relationship, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, father son relationship, school, friends, siblings relations ...
Time:
21st century
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95%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Working Stiffs is a short-lived 1979 American television series which starred James Belushi and Michael Keaton as brothers Ernie and Mike O'Rourke. The pair were janitors who aspired to work their way up in the field of business. The brothers ...
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sitcom, slapstick, lighthearted, period piece, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
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Time:
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Place:
chicago
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93%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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George and Mildred is a British sitcom produced by Thames Television that aired from 1976 to 1979. It was a spin-off from Man About the House and starred Brian Murphy and Yootha Joyce as an ill-matched married couple, George and Mildred Roper. The ...
Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, family comedy, light hearted, slapstick
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husband wife relationship, suburban life, marriage, social climbing, class conflict, middle class, snobbism, embarrassment, social satire, fish out of water, in laws, families ...
Time:
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84%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
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Home to Roost is a British television sitcom produced by Yorkshire Television in the 1980s. Written by Eric Chappell, it starred John Thaw as Henry Willows and Reece Dinsdale as his 18-year-old son Matthew.
The premise is that Henry Willows is ...
Style:
sitcom, family comedy, light hearted, realistic, not serious ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
father son relationship, generation gap, divorce, bickering, single father, reconciliation, families, urban, suburban life, working class, teenage son, father ...
Time:
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Place:
london, england, europe
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83%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Bless this house is a British sitcom starring Sid James and Diana Coupland that aired on ITV from the 2nd February 1971 to the 22nd April 1976. It was written by Derek Collyer, David Comming, B.C. Cummins, Harry Driver, George Evans, Dave Freeman, ...
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sitcom, family comedy, light hearted, period piece, retro ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
generation gap, teenage rebellion, parenting, nostalgia, suburban life, youth culture, working class, father and son, family values, father and daughter, husband and wife, artist ...
Time:
20th century
Place:
london
Similarity:
77%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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The Gregory Hines Show is an American television sitcom that aired on CBS. The series premiered on Monday, September 15, 1997 before airing on September 19, 1997 as a part of the network's Block Party Friday night lineup. It ended its run on ...
Style:
sitcom, lighthearted, heartfelt, sentimental
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
single father, black, father son relationship, black family, parenting, light comedy, widower, urban, workplace, suburban life, dating, african american ...
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70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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70%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, situational comedy, lighthearted, family comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
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Place:
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Similarity:
70%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, parody, hilarious, psychedelic ...
Audience:
teens
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68%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, situational comedy, light hearted, heartfelt
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Time:
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Place:
london
Similarity:
67%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
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Time:
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177
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, light hearted, family comedy, romantic comedy, slapstick ...
Audience:
teens
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Saint George is an American television pilot that is in development for FX. The show was created by George Lopez, sitcom veteran Matt Williams and David McFadzean. It will be the comedian's first starring role in a sitcom since his ABC show, ...
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Country: USA
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Oh, Grow Up is a sitcom that aired on ABC from September to December 1999. Created by Alan Ball, who would later go on to win an Academy Award for writing American Beauty and also create the hit HBO series Six Feet Under, the show was based on his ...
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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kids
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
kids
Plot:
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Time:
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53%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, family comedy ...
Audience:
adult
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Time:
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Place:
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51%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, romantic comedy, feel good, lighthearted, emotional ...
Audience:
family friendly
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
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Style:
sitcom, family comedy, lighthearted, feel good, romantic comedy ...
Audience:
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Time:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, lighthearted, situational comedy, feel good, romantic comedy ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, situational comedy, light hearted, slapstick, period piece
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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704 Hauser is an American sitcom that aired on CBS from April to May 1994. A spin-off of All in the Family, the series is built around the concept of a black family, the Cumberbatches, moving into the former Queens home of Archie Bunker years after ...
Style:
sitcom, satirical, political comedy
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Time:
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Place:
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44%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
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Style:
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Audience:
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Time:
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