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Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Boku-no-imoutowa"Osaka-okan", is a 2012/2013 Japanese anime television series, that premiered on December 21, 2012 on BS Asahi. The series has been licensed for streaming by Crunchyroll.
Style:
anime, satirical, captivating, entertaining, semi serious ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
slice of life, brother sister relationship, everyday life, siblings, lifestyle, satire, culture clash, heartwarming, fish out of water, getting home, city life, light comedy ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Story:
This entertaining film for young people, which will make you laugh and cry, is about a girl who suddenly one day isable to talk to things(the things = her possessions). Oneday, suddenly, high school girl Mai is able to talk to things like her ...
Style:
emotional, heartfelt, whimsical
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
female friendship, self discovery, personal growth, friendship, communication, grownups, coming of age, relationships, slice of life, magic realism, high school, high school life ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
TV show
Story:
What happens when a Hindi-learning class is filled with people of different nationalities and ethnicities? All attempts at regular conversation result in a rib-tickling mix of dialogue, pieced together from a variety of very different languages like ...
Style:
intercultural, feel good, multicultural, captivating, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
satire, language barrier, ethnic diversity, language learning, multiculturalism, school teacher, teacher, cultural difference, cross cultural relations, student, culture, friendship ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india, mumbai india
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116
Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Meier, a paperhanger in East Berlin, inherits from his father in West Berlin. With this money he wants to fulfil himself the dream of his life: a journey around the world. He buys a forged West German passport and pretends to go on a trip to ...
Plot:
berlin wall, political satire, cold war, social commentary, double life, freedom, identity crisis, separation, injustice, escape, deception, culture clash ...
Place:
east berlin, berlin germany, east germany, germany, west berlin west germany ...
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The charming magician, Ben Hanlin, conjures up mischief as unsuspecting celebrities and members of the public are taken in by his unique brand of hidden camera magic.
Style:
light hearted, feel good, interactive
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
magic, hidden camera, entertainment, surprise, light comedy, trick, improv, urban, celebrity culture, social experiment, prank, magic trick ...
Time:
2010s
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Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
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Style:
lighthearted, satirical, feel good, period piece, romantic comedy
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
pop music, domineering mother, music industry, pop star, aspiring musician, mother son relationship, ambition, showbiz, light comedy, competition, satire, underdog ...
Time:
80s
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192
Genre: Comedy
Country: West Germany
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
The pediatrician Waldemar Weber is in despair: his adoptive son Egon from his first marriage has announced he will be visiting, of all things, on his first wedding anniversary, although Waldemar has always kept it a secret from his young wife Henny. ...
Style:
lighthearted, family comedy, situational comedy, sitcom, slapstick ...
Plot:
farce, light comedy, deception, children, urban, mistaken identity, acceptance, identity, responsibility, ape, human animal relationship, chimpanzee ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
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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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 70 min.
TV show
Story:
When three women put their careers above their personal relationships in their quest to succeed, would they change anything about their lives now that they’re in their 30s? Lee Shin Young is a reporter for the UBN broadcasting company. Jung Da ...
Style:
captivating, light, realistic, sincere, serious ...
Plot:
female friendship, love triangle, changing lives, male female relationship, relationship vs career, fall in love, love, cheating, ex classmate, betrayal, older woman younger man relationship, self discovery ...
Place:
seoul, korea
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224
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story:
Fudge is an American children's television series based on a series of Judy Blume books about a young boy nicknamed Fudge. The series ran for two seasons, with 24 episodes following a telefilm adaptation of Blume's novel Fudge-A-Mania, ...
Style:
family comedy, sitcom, lighthearted, semi serious, realistic ...
Audience:
kids, family outing
Plot:
youth, children, siblings, childhood, coming of age, brotherhood, high school life, innocence, unhappiness, everyday life, light comedy, adaptation ...
Time:
90s
Place:
usa, new york
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263
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
Beethoven is an animated sitcom, loosely based on the 1992 motion picture of the same name. The series was produced by Northern Lights Entertainment, Universal Animation Studios, and Universal Television, and aired for one season on CBS, with 26 ...
Style:
feel good, sitcom, lighthearted, slapstick
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
dog, pets, friendship, children, loyalty, house, family values, light comedy, slice of life, siblings, neighborhood, responsibility ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Family, Fantasy
Country: UK, USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
After years of sailing the sea, Noah Tomten, a retired sea captain, owns an antique toy store called Notions Oddities Doodads and Delights of Yesterday, a variety of toys, from a weasel living inside of a jack in the box to a dog pretending to be a ...
Style:
lighthearted, sentimental, colorful, humorous, feel good ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly
Plot:
children, toy store, toys, magic realism, safe, store, light comedy, puppetry, grandparent, small town, stop motion, slice of life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
A very intelligent teenager is sent to college where he meets his roommate, a popular jock. Therefore, he must learn to adapt to adult life, wild parties, and romance.
Style:
lighthearted, feel good, buddy comedy, romantic comedy
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
college, coming of age, campus, fish out of water, light comedy, friendship, teen romance, teen angst, adaptation, slice of life, family drama, student ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: Denmark
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
A millionaire gets amnesia after a hit to the head and now he has to rediscover his past and decide what kind of man he wants to be in the future.
Style:
romantic comedy, sitcom, feel good, situational comedy, lighthearted ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
amnesia, identity crisis, self discovery, second chance, mistaken identity, light comedy, introspection, fish out of water, social satire, nostalgia, family relations, wooing ...
Time:
60s, future
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409
Genre: Comedy
Country: Czech Republic
TV show
Story:
Comeback is a Czech television sitcom which premiered on TV Nova on September 4, 2008.
Style:
sitcom, family comedy, lighthearted, absurd
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
father daughter relationship, television, showbiz, second chance, celebrity, entertainment industry, nostalgia, light comedy, parenting, midlife crisis, single parent, slice of life ...
Place:
prague
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 27 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow a tween vampire girl who leaves the safety of Transylvania to attend a performing arts boarding school. Living amongst humans for the first time, she pursues her passion for music while keeping her vampire secret, something that’s made more ...
Style:
light hearted
Audience:
teens, teen fantasy, teen drama
Plot:
vampire, boarding school, supernatural, hidden identity, friendship, ghost, self discovery, singing, coming of age, identity, acceptance, performance art ...
Place:
transylvania
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
The story is about a group of university students who inevitably gets involved in playing a game of "Horumo" - a combat match where each person manipulates 100 spirits (referred to as "oni") to fight the opponent. Akira Abe, a ...
Style:
satirical, breathtaking, humorous, captivating, entertaining ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
game, rivalry, spirit, student, multiple contestants, showdown, rivals, contests and competitions, satire, escapades, mysticism, supernatural ...
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Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
Fresh off a recent break-up, a woman catches an early menopause, but manages to heal herself mentally and physically through a new love.
Style:
romantic comedy, semi serious, thrilling, satirical, romantic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
couples, marriage proposal, love interest, satire, love, lifestyle, relationship problems, romantic relationship, male female relationship, love and romance, love affair, relationships ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
The 78th NHK Asadora is Hitomi. The series takes place in the old shitamachi area of Tokyo, and in these most recent episodes, 20-year old heroine Hitomi becomes the force around which her divorced mother, long estranged from her own father, is ...
Style:
asadora, captivating, entertaining, dramatic, exciting
Plot:
family drama, young woman, funeral, reconciliation, father, family problems, family life, young girl, kids and family, mother, father and daughter, family relations ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Bah! Humbug! Susan Stone is definitely what you'd call a modern-day scrooge. She is a young, jaded book editor who is consumed with self-doubt and has lost the passion and drive that defined her childhood persona. On the verge of losing her job ...
Style:
feel good, inspirational, uplifting, sentimental, therapeutic ...
Plot:
christmas, holiday, female protagonist, self discovery, heartwarming, second chance, redemption, identity, childhood memory, book editor, imagination, female empowerment ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
TV writer, talk show host and comedian, Spike Feresten, is the guy to see when car shopping. He meets someone needing a car and then draws on two decades of expertise and instinct to find three different cars perfectly suited to the buyer.
Style:
entertaining, semi serious, realistic, witty, satirical ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
car, car trip, machine, satire, sports car, car trouble, host, matchmaking, light comedy, talk show, urban, behind the scenes ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Fantasy
Country: USA, Ireland
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Fantastic Voyages of Sinbad the Sailor is a television series that aired during 1996–1998 on Cartoon Network. It was animated by Fred Wolf Films.
The series had Sinbad as a teenager with a exotic cat cub and a young boy as constant companions.
Style:
heroic, lighthearted, suspense, fast paced, educational ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
friendship, sailing, sea voyage, island, teen superhero, quest, exploration, magic, coming of age, pirate, treasure hunt, light comedy ...
Time:
90s
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A lyric comedy about eight-graders, their life and first love...
Style:
lighthearted, heartfelt, period piece, humorous, educational
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
teenager, school, personal growth, maturation, adolescence, coming of age, self discovery, friendship, identity, youth, first love, transformation ...
Time:
70s
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min.
TV show
Story:
Shoestring was a BBC television show set in Bristol. It featured a private detective with his own show on Radio West, the local radio station.
The programme ran between 30 September 1979 and 21 December 1980, in two series with 21 one hour-long ...
Style:
crime drama, detective, lighthearted, suspense, period piece ...
Plot:
private detective, radio announcer, investigation, light comedy, urban, investigative reporter, police, private investigator, british police, computer expert, radio station, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
70s, 80s
Place:
bristol, england
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Genre: Animation, Family, Fantasy
Country: Canada, France, Italy, USA, UK, Germany
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Busytown is an enchanting place that's abuzz with energy and life. Young audiences are invited to sing and laugh along as Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm, and other beloved characters from acclaimed author Richard Scarry make their way through the day ...
Style:
educational, humorous, anthropomorphic, colorful, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
friendship, children, talking animal, everyday life, community, small town, slice of life, problem solving, exploration, collaboration, curiosity, light comedy ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Family
Country: Slovenia
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Film is talking about scouts who spend their free time in nature. Aleks is camping near Soča river together with his friends. Starešina, the scouting leader is taking everything too serious and that cause a lot of problems. And boys are a lot more ...
Style:
captivating, realistic, semi serious, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
friendship, camping, summer camp, first love, tourist, national park, teenage life, nature, survival, wildlife, discipline, coming of age ...
Place:
slovenia
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Genre: Animation, Family, Musical
Country: Norway
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
Ella Bella Bingo and Henry are best friends, but one day a new boy moves into the neighbourhood and everything changes.
Style:
feel good, humorous, captivating, funny, lighthearted ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, pre-teens, preschool
Plot:
childhood, children, friendship, friends, best friend, friend, kids and family, shared dream, animal, dream, acceptance, collaboration ...
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Genre: Animation
Country: France, Luxembourg, Belgium
Duration: 77 min.
Story:
Two children, Pierre and Jeanne, register their father into a televised contest of papas storytellers. Terrified, Laurent, the father, will have to redouble his imagination to look good next to his ruthless competitors.
Style:
feel good, captivating, exciting, not serious, fairy tale ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, family friendly
Plot:
heroes, heroic mission, folk hero, parents and children, contests and competitions, family relations, escapades, children, storytelling, parenthood, contest, competition ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
europe, france
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Down-and-out Detective Dancer, who struggling with a personal conflict, gives up on life and his job. But that all ends when he is paired up with a police dog who is also dealing with post-traumatic stress. The dog helps Dancer make a life-changing ...
Style:
humorous, funny, captivating, entertaining, uplifting ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
police dog, faith, redemption, buddy cop, weapons, billiards, gunfight, police shootout, shooting, police officer, dog, police detective ...
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Genre: Animation, Family
Country: UK, India
Duration: 7 min.
TV show
Story:
The Hive is a CGI animated children's television series broadcast by Playhouse Disney, Tiny Pop and CITV in February 2010. The series is of 78 episodes each of 7 minutes and 2 seasons. The show is a joint production of many companies, including ...
Style:
cute, feel good, semi serious, entertaining, captivating ...
Audience:
kids, family friendly, family outing, toddlers, preschool
Plot:
bee, friendship, animal life, family life, animal, friends, animal that acts human, satire, anthropomorphic animal, kids and family, animal protagonist, lifestyle ...
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