Semi serious movies and TV shows – page 4

List of semi serious movies

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49 Days (2011)
Genre: Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Shin Ji Hyun was enjoying absolute bliss as she was about to marry her fiancé, Kang Min Ho, but her perfect life is shattered when she gets into a car accident that leaves her in a coma. She is given a second chance at life by a reaper, but it ...
Style: emotional, semi serious, humorous, dorama, sentimental ...
Plot: true love, tragedy, reincarnation, grim reaper, friendship, supernatural, betrayal, best friend, self discovery, life is a bitch, deception, fate ...
Time: 21st century
Place: korea
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Nicky, Ricky, Dicky & Dawn (2014)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The story of a 10-year-old girl Dawn Haley whose sibling rivalry with her three brothers is heightened by the fact that they are quadruplets.
Style: feel good, sitcom, semi serious, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: mischievous children, large family, siblings relations, parents and children, family life, children, sibling rivalry, brother brother relationship, brother sister relationship, twins, twin brother, kids and family ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa
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Rags (2012)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Rags follows the story of Charlie Prince, an orphan living with his acerbic and unloving stepfather and spoiled, simple-minded stepbrothers. Charlie's dream is to be a singer, and while he is vocally talented and can write music, he can't ...
Style: feel good, semi serious, humorous, fairy tale, realistic ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: cinderella story, cinderella, teenage love, orphan, showbiz, youth, follow your dream, artists and showbiz, step siblings, social differences, love and romance, unlikely couple ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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So Little Time (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: So Little Time is an American sitcom starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen that aired on Fox Family. The first half of the series aired from June 2, 2001, to August 15, 2001. The series then went on a four-month hiatus owing to network management ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, realistic, entertaining
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, pre-teens
Plot: twins, teenage life, twin sister, youth, high school life, teenage love, divorced parents, best friend, family life, female protagonist, high school, sister sister relationship ...
Time: 21st century
Place: malibu california, los angeles, usa
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It Boy (2013)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: France
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Alice Lantins is 38, ambitious and so committed to her work that she neglects her personal life. In short, she is the ideal candidate for the next editor of the magazine Rebelle, or would be were it not for the fact that she appears to be stuck in ...
Style: romantic, feel good, semi serious, humorous, realistic ...
Audience: date night, girls' night, family outing
Plot: older woman younger man relationship, love and romance, unlikely couple, love affair, sex scene, age difference, fall in love, magazine editor, older woman younger man, couple relations, relationship vs career, student ...
Time: year 2013, 21st century
Place: europe, france
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A Turtle's Tale 2: Sammy's Escape from Paradise (2012)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family
Country: Belgium, USA, France, Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Sammy and Ray, leatherback turtles and friends forever, are enjoying an atoll's water and sand, shepherding new hatchlings Ricky and Ella out to sea. Suddenly, a poacher swoops in and ships them off to be part of a spectacular aquarium show for ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, 3d animation, light ...
Audience: kids, family outing, preschool
Plot: sea turtle, anthropomorphism, underwater, young heroes, danger, friends, friendship, escapades, youth, talking animal, octopus, creature ...
Time: 21st century
Place: somalia, dubai
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Tutenstein (2003)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Tutenstein is an animated television series, produced by Porchlight Entertainment for Discovery Kids based on the comic by Jay Stephens which was published in Oni Press' JetCat Clubhouse. This cartoon also airs on Jetix in Europe and Maxi TV in ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, enigmatic
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: mummy, ancient egypt, friendship, supernatural, tomb, escapades, fish out of water, undead, cat, ethnicity, afterlife, friends ...
Time: 21st century
Place: egypt, africa, middle east
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The Metro Chase (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Adventure
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story: This family comedy is about, Zack, an 8-year old American boy who is separated from his 18-year old sister, as they arrive in Paris for a family vacation. Seth, and friends track Zack down.
Style: semi serious, feel good, humorous, captivating, family comedy ...
Audience: family outing, kids, pre-teens
Plot: chase, young heroes, mischievous children, disorder, danger, kids in trouble, youth, child in peril, silly humor, family relations, friends, amateur detective ...
Place: france, paris france, europe
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The Challenge (2003)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: The Challenge is an action adventure/adventure comedy. Mary Kate and Ashley Olsen play estranged twins with very opposite personalities. Lizzie is very focused and driven, while Shane is more relaxed, but concerned about the environment. Both girls ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, realistic, touching ...
Audience: family outing, chick flick, teens, girls' night
Plot: twins, twin sister, ambition, teenage life, rivalry, contests and competitions, youth, family life, when the parents are away, love interest, fictional reality show, island ...
Time: 21st century
Place: mexico, latin america
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Year of the Carnivore (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 88 min.
Story: YEAR OF THE CARNIVORE is a romantic-comedy-drama about a girl with an unrequited crush on a boy who thinks she's bad in bed, so she goes out to get more 'experience'. SAMMY SMALLS is a 21-year-old tomboy who works as a store detective ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, entertaining, light, erotic ...
Plot: sex, virgin, love and romance, sexual relations, lifestyle, twentysomething life, looking for sex, sexual repression, female orgasm, masturbation, misfit, relationships ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Dr. Jekyll and Ms. Hyde (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: UK, Canada
Duration: 100 min.
Story: In New York in 1995 Dr. Richard Jacks is a creator of perfumes. Thus he spends his days inventing new colorful and well smelling potions and certainly caring for his girlfriend Sarah Carver. But when he discovers that his greatgrandfather, called ...
Style: light, humorous, sexy, semi serious, independent film ...
Plot: gender bending, experiment gone awry, switching roles, transformation, male to female cross dressing, femme fatale, body swapping, disorder, supernatural ability, fish out of water, manipulative behavior, female on male rape ...
Time: 90s
Place: new york
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Fashion Victims (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Germany
Duration: 105 min.
Story: At 52, traveling salesman Wolfgang Zenker (Edgar Selge) is in old school territory: he peddles the company's classic clothing line to boutiques that cater to women over 35. When Wolfi loses his drivers license in his brand-new Mercedes but ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, light, captivating, realistic ...
Audience: girls' night
Plot: gay, fashion, gay teenager, lgbt, gays and lesbians, fall in love, workplace situations, family relations, lgbtq, rivals, father son relationship, rivalry ...
Time: 21st century
Place: germany, europe
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Live Free or Die (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: It's not the crime, it's the cover-up. In small-town, hard-scrabble New Hampshire, foul-mouthed all-talk slacker John "Rugged" Rudgate fancies himself a criminal. When a local plumber stares him down at a pub, Rugged vows ...
Style: humorous, funny, suspenseful, semi serious, hilarious ...
Plot: small town, mentor, police, police investigation, unlikely criminals, character study, cons and scams, nothing goes right, vengeance, robbery, dumb criminal, gangster ...
Time: year 2006
Place: new hampshire
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Strangers with Candy (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story: A prequel to the critically acclaimed series featuring Jerri Blank, a 46 year-old ex-junkie, ex-con who returns to high school in a bid to start her life over.
Style: humorous, parody, satirical, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sexual relations, prostitute, addiction, fish out of water, high school life, teachers and students, high school, teacher, satire, dark humor, female protagonist, family drama ...
Time: year 2005
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12 Dates of Christmas (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: 12 Dates of Christmas is a romantic comedy that follows Kate (Amy Smart), a young woman who re-lives the same first date on Christmas Eve over and over again. In an attempt to win back her ex-boyfriend on Christmas Eve, Kate ends up ruining her ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, romantic ...
Audience: girls' night, date night, chick flick
Plot: christmas, time loop, fall in love, true love, love, time travel, holiday, christmas eve, blind date, love and romance, dating, couple relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Seeta and Geeta (1972)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Musical, Romance
Country: India
Duration: 162 min.
Story: The story is about identical twins (played by Hema Malini) who are separated at birth and grow up with different temperaments. The twins then swap places.
Style: humorous, sentimental, semi serious, realistic
Plot: disorder, twins, family relations, female protagonist, fall in love, dishonesty, twin sister, strong female character, revenge, mistaken identity, women, greed ...
Time: 70s, 20th century
Place: india
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Hit and Run (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: Former getaway driver Charlie Bronson jeopardizes his Witness Protection Plan identity in order to help his girlfriend get to Los Angeles. The feds and Charlie's former gang chase them on the road.
Style: road movie, intense, funny, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: boys' night, family friendly, chick flick
Plot: car chase, beautiful scenery, twists and turns, danger, love, witness protection, gang war, love and romance, nothing goes right, classic car, chase, on the road ...
Time: year 2012, 21st century
Place: usa
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Damsels in Distress (2011)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: A trio of beautiful girls set out to revolutionize life at a grungy American university: the dynamic leader Violet Wister, principled Rose and sexy Heather. They welcome transfer student Lily into their group which seeks to help severely depressed ...
Style: talky, romantic, satirical, surreal, semi serious ...
Plot: college, depression, eccentricity, relationships, loneliness, best friend, college life, self discovery, female friendship, social relations, love and romance, boarding school ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new england
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50 Ways to Leave Your Lover (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: s after an earthquake convince Owen, a writer of hack "as told to" autobiographies, to leave L.A. He burns his bridges telling people what he really thinks, quits his current client (a randy astronaut), and heads for the airport. Waiting ...
Style: semi serious, feel good, sentimental, humorous, rom com ...
Audience: girls' night, chick flick, date night
Plot: infidelity, lifestyle, looking for love, couples, love and romance, introspection, friends, unfulfillment, lesbian, lesbian lover, airport, womanizer ...
Time: 21st century
Place: los angeles, usa
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Jersey Shore Shark Attack (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story: Many years ago, hundreds of locals and tourists were massacred by giant man-eating sharks in the infamous 1916 Jersey Shore attacks. But that's just a legend... or is it? It's a holiday weekend on the Jersey Shore and, unbeknownst to ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, suspenseful, scary, natural horror ...
Audience: boys' night, teens
Plot: animal attack, killer shark, dangerous animal, shark attack, shark, save the day, danger, beach, ocean, killer animal, blood, water ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new jersey, usa
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Born Yesterday (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story: A businessman shows up in Washington to lobby agendas that are friendly to his construction plans. His ditsy ex-showgirl bimbo proves to be an embarrassment in social situations, so he hires a reporter to teach her how to appear more intelligent. ...
Style: humorous, satirical, semi serious, witty, clever ...
Audience: date night
Plot: politics, farce, society, fall in love, love and romance, journalism, social differences, self discovery, teaching the ways of the world, couples, women, corruption ...
Time: year 1993, 90s
Place: washington d.c., usa
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The Princess Diaries 2: Royal Engagement (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Family, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
Story: Mia Thermopolis is now a college graduate and on her way to Genovia to take up her duties as princess. Her best friend Lilly also joins her for the summer. Mia continues her 'princess lessons'- riding horses side-saddle, archery, and other ...
Style: feel good, light, romantic, teen, sweet ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, chick flick, kids, date night ...
Plot: royal family, love and romance, wooing, cinderella story, princess, fall in love, coronation, fish out of water, teenage girl, wedding, heir to the throne, grandmother granddaughter relationship ...
Time: year 2004, 2000s, 21st century
Place: europe
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Journey 2: The Mysterious Island (2012)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Sean Anderson partners with his mom's boyfriend on a mission to find his grandfather, who is thought to be missing on a mythical island.
Style: entertaining, exciting, feel good, semi serious, stylized ...
Audience: teens, kids, family outing, girls' night, chick flick ...
Plot: island, jungle, lost city, expedition, fantasy world, lost world, atlantis, legends and myths, giant lizard, beautiful scenery, treasure, chase ...
Time: 2010s, year 2012, 19th century
Place: hawaii, fictional island
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The Nutcracker: The Untold Story (2010)
Genre: Action, Family, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK, Hungary
Duration: 110 min.
Story: Set in 1920's Vienna, this is the tale of a little girl, whose godfather gives her a special doll one Christmas Eve.
Style: fairy tale, semi serious, atmospheric, exciting, entertaining
Audience: kids, family outing, girls' night, pre-teens, teens
Plot: christmas, nutcracker, children, youth, toy comes to life, young heroes, godparent, escapades, save the day, heroes, rivalry, danger ...
Time: 1920s, 20th century
Place: europe, austria
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Marmaduke (2010)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story: When Phil and Debbie Winslow relocate from their native Kansas to the sunny climes of Orange County, their big-hearted, havoc-wreaking Great Dane gets a taste of the dog's life, California-style.
Style: semi serious, humorous, feel good, sentimental, entertaining ...
Audience: family outing, kids, family friendly, girls' night, pre-teens ...
Plot: dog, pets, great dane, talking animal, talking dog, husky dog, dalmatian, pitbull, animal life, german shepherd, talking cat, family relations ...
Time: 20th century, 21st century
Place: california, usa
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Four Rooms (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story: It's Ted the Bellhop's first night on the job...and the hotel's very unusual guests are about to place him in some outrageous predicaments. It seems that this evening's room service is serving up one unbelievable happening after ...
Style: surreal, dark comedy, anthology, funny, black comedy ...
Plot: dark humor, multiple storylines, workplace situations, disorder, hotel, gangster, curses spells and rituals, fish out of water, couples, new year's eve, lifestyle, workplace ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: america, los angeles, california, usa
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Wild Child (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, UK, France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: Rebellious 16 year old Poppy from Mailibu is sent to an English boarding school. Realising her Father isn't coming back to rescue her she tries to get expelled.
Style: feel good, teen, romantic, light, sweet ...
Audience: teens, girls' night, date night, chick flick, kids ...
Plot: boarding school, teenager, school, teenage girl, youth, teenage life, girls' boarding school, love and romance, popularity, friendship, rebellious daughter, girls' school ...
Time: year 2008, 2000s
Place: england, europe, malibu california, yorkshire, california
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Merry Christmas, Drake & Josh (2008)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: While trying to avoid an obsessed girl, rocker Drake Parker meets a young girl, who makes him promise to give her family the best Christmas ever. Later, at the Premiere's first ever Christmas party, a group of teens start to make trouble. ...
Style: christmas special, semi serious, humorous, realistic, feel good ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing
Plot: christmas, youth, comedy of errors, mischievous children, nothing goes right, family relations, lifestyle, step siblings, disorder, friends, siblings relations, teenage life ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Taxi (1998)
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: France
Duration: 89 min.
Story: In Marseilles (France), skilled pizza delivery boy Daniel who drives a scooter finally has his dreams come true. He gets a taxi license. Caught by the police for a huge speed infraction, he will help Emilien, a loser inspector who can't drive, ...
Style: humorous, light, entertaining, exciting, semi serious ...
Audience: boys' night, teens, kids
Plot: car, taxi, car chase, chase, driver, heist, chases and races, police, bank robbery, unlikely friendships, buddy, gang ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: france, marseille, europe, provence
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The Good Guy (2009)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story: Ambitious young Manhattanite and urban conservationist Beth wants it all: a good job, good friends, and a good guy to share the city with. Of course that last one is often the trickiest of all. Beth falls hard for Tommy, a sexy, young Wall Street ...
Style: semi serious, realistic, witty, romantic, sex comedy ...
Audience: chick flick, date night, adult
Plot: city life, couple relations, rise to the top, ambition, love affair, gain trust, power relations, workplace, lifestyle, dating, ex military, women ...
Time: year 2009, 21st century
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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