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Major Dad (1989)
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Major Dad is an American sitcom created by Richard C. Okie and John G. Stephens, developed by Earl Pomerantz, that originally ran from 1989 to 1993 on CBS, starring Gerald McRaney as Major John D. MacGillis and Shanna Reed as his wife Polly. The cast also includes Beverly Archer, Matt Mulhern, Jon Cypher, Marisa Ryan, Nicole Dubuc and Chelsea Hertford.
Style:
sitcom, feel good, situational comedy, lighthearted, romantic comedy, humorous, realistic, not serious
Audience:
family friendly, family outing
Plot:
blended family, marines, military life, stepfather, parenting, fatherhood, culture clash, military, marriage, fish out of water, heartwarming, single mother, military base, family relations, youth, soldier, parents and children, family life, couples, opposites attract, couple relations, sergeant, family, u.s. marine corps
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The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out sitcom, humorous, feel good and realistic films and TV series with plots about family relations, family life, parents and children, family, couples, couple relations and parenting mostly in Comedy, Family and Drama genres. Some movies like Major Dad: The Bill Engvall Show (2007), The Jeff Foxworthy Show (1995), Ladies Man (1999), Side by Side (2013), Your Family or Mine (2015). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
family outing
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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sitcom, family comedy, lighthearted, feel good, not serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Norway
Duration: 24 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
family outing, family friendly
Plot:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
humorous, sitcom, light, feel good, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
Plot:
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Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
not serious, humorous, light, sitcom, feel good ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Plot:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Audience:
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Plot:
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26%
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, humorous, situational comedy, light, sincere ...
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Place:
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25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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feel good, sitcom, entertaining, humorous, light ...
Audience:
family friendly, teen drama
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Duration: 30 min.
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Plot:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
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Audience:
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Genre: Comedy, Family
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Duration: 30 min.
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Place:
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Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
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sitcom, humorous, feel good, light, funny ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: France
Duration: 30 min.
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Country: USA
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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kids, family friendly, pre-teens, family outing
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Duration: 30 min.
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Time:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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Style:
sitcom, feel good, humorous, situational comedy, captivating ...
Audience:
family outing
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
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Style:
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Audience:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
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Style:
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Plot:
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Time:
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Place:
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 23 min.
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Style:
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Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
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