Short lived movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant short lived movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, serious and exciting films and TV shows about / with television flop, lifestyle, friends, rivalry, workplace, danger, escapades, youth, good versus evil and heroes plots mostly in Comedy, Action and Drama genres shot in USA, Canada, Denmark and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as short lived: Those Who Kill (2011), Checking In (1981), Two of a Kind (1998), Get Smart (1995), E/R (1984), Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers (2011), Double Trouble (1984), Kirk (1995), Flo (1980), Coupling (2003).

List of short lived movies

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Those Who Kill (2011)
Genre: Action, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: Denmark
Duration: 90 min.
TV show
Story: Those Who Kill is a Danish crime TV series from 2011, which follows a fictitious unit within Copenhagen Police which specialises in investigating serial murders. The series was aired as five two-part stories in Denmark, but has aired as five feature ...
Style: tense, realistic, serious, bleak, suspenseful ...
Plot: serial killer, police detective, policewoman, police investigation, profiler, female protagonist, crime investigation, criminal, forensics, police, law enforcement, nordic ...
Time: 21st century
Place: denmark, europe, copenhagen
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 6.2
 58
Checking In (1981)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Checking In is an American sitcom that aired on CBS in April 1981. The series is a spin-off of The Jeffersons, which itself had spun off from All in the Family.
Style: sitcom
Plot: hotel, black, housekeeper, black cast
Time: 80s
Place: manhattan new york city
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Two of a Kind (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Two of a Kind is an American sitcom that aired on ABC as part of the network's TGIF line-up, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. The show aired from September 25, 1998 to July 9, 1999. The series was produced by Griffard/Adler Productions, ...
Style: semi serious, touching, realistic, humorous, sitcom ...
Audience: kids, family outing, teens
Plot: family relations, twin sister, single father, single parent, disorder, siblings relations, mischievous children, friends, sister sister relationship, father daughter relationship, tutor, middle school ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa, chicago
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 6.6
 1K
Get Smart (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Get Smart is a short-lived American comedy television series that aired in 1995 on FOX. The series was a sequel to the original Get Smart television series that ran from 1965 to 1970. The series premiered on January 8, 1995 and ended its original ...
Style: spoof, sitcom
Plot: woman with a gun, espionage, satire, weirdo, secret agent, james bond spoof, spy spoof, spy, television flop
Time: 90s
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 7.2
 688
E/R (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: E/R is an American television sitcom that aired in 1984 and 1985. Developed from the long running play of the same name created and produced by the Organic Theater Company under the direction of Stuart Gordon and conceived by Dr. Ronald Berman, the ...
Style: sitcom, retro, medical drama
Plot: medical, medicine, doctor, emergency room, hospital, cop, police officer, ex husband ex wife relationship, womanizer, female doctor, father son relationship, dating ...
Time: 80s
Place: chicago
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Thor & Loki: Blood Brothers (2011)
Genre: Animation, Action, Drama, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story: The great halls of Asgard have fallen silent since a new king has overtaken the throne. His name is Loki, son of almighty Odin, brother to the Thunder God, Thor. Once a powerful trickster, the God of Mischief, Loki now rules a grand kingdom with ...
Style: epic, stylized, exciting, serious, captivating ...
Plot: viking, superhuman powers, norse mythology, good versus evil, rivalry, throne, culture clash, fish out of water, social differences, obsessive quest, redemption, against the rules ...
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 7.2
 413
Double Trouble (1984)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Double Trouble is an American sitcom that aired from 1984 to 1985 on NBC. The series stars identical twins Jean and Liz Sagal as Kate and Allison Foster, two teenagers living under the watchful eye of their widowed father. The show was considered an ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: twin sister, dancing, high school, twins, single father
Place: new york, iowa
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 2.8
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Kirk (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kirk is an American family sitcom which aired for two seasons on The WB from August 23, 1995 to January 12, 1997.
Style: sitcom, realistic, feel good, humorous
Plot: youth, family relations, school, television flop, live audience, laughter
Time: 90s
Place: manhattan new york city, europe
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 5.6
 308
Flo (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Flo is an American sitcom which aired on CBS from 1980 to 1981. The series is a spin-off for Polly Holliday who portrayed the sassy and street-smart waitress Florence Jean "Flo" Castleberry on the sitcom Alice. Flo was cancelled at the end ...
Style: sitcom
Plot: hometown, restaurant, female protagonist, bar owner, roadhouse, bar
Time: 80s
Place: arizona, texas
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 3.6
 1K
Coupling (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Coupling is a 2003 American remake of the British television sitcom of the same title, which aired on NBC.
Style: semi serious, humorous, sexy, realistic, witty ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: sexual relations, love triangle, fall in love, infidelity, looking for love, best friend, friends, thirtysomething life, couple relations, lifestyle, love and romance, dishonesty ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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Saved by the Bell: The College Years (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Saved by the Bell: The College Years is a sequel to the Saved by the Bell series which ran from September 14, 1993 to February 8, 1994, lasting one season. It was the third incarnation of the franchise. It is also the only series of the franchise to ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, feel good, realistic, humorous ...
Audience: teens
Plot: college, friendship, adolescence vs adulthood, student life, looking for love, love and romance, lifestyle, teachers and students, youth, coming of age, best friend, university ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: california, usa
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That '80s Show (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: That '80s Show is an American sitcom that aired from January through May 2002. Despite having a similar name, show structure, and many of the same writers and production staff, it is not considered a direct spin-off of the more successful That ...
Style: sitcom, semi serious, humorous, sentimental, retro ...
Audience: teens
Plot: materialism, buddies, lifestyle, youth, battle of the sexes, love and romance, clubbing, car salesman, punk, young adult, friends, couples ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
Place: california, usa
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 6.6
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Cristela (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: In her sixth year of law school, Cristela is finally on the brink of landing her first big (unpaid) internship at a prestigious law firm. The only problem is that her pursuit of success is more ambitious than her traditional Mexican-American family ...
Style: humorous, not serious, light, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot: law firm, intern, american dream, family relations, ambition, culture clash, follow your dream, workplace, working class, eccentric family, lawyer, racism ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, texas, dallas texas
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Working the Engels (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: A family are forced to band together to keep their heads above water when their father and breadwinner passes away, leaving them all in a mountain of debt.
Style: not serious, humorous, sitcom, captivating, realistic
Plot: family business, law firm, eccentric family, parents and children, family relations, family problems, legal, workplace, life turned upside down, workplace situations, family life, silly humor ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.4
 2K
Dinotopia (2002)
Genre: Adventure, Family, Fantasy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Frank Scott, a wealthy American, crashes his plane into the Caribbean. His two teenaged sons, Karl and David, survive, only to find themselves castaways on Dinotopia. Karl and David are constantly at odds, even as they struggle to adjust to life in ...
Style: semi serious, humorous, captivating, exciting, spiritual ...
Audience: family outing, pre-teens, kids, preschool
Plot: dinosaur, danger, survival, siblings relations, escapades, utopia, lost world, island, misfit, talking animal, love interest, marooned ...
Time: medieval times
Place: fictional island
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 4.1
 3K
Mulaney (2014)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Set in New York, and based on the life and stand-up comedy of John Mulaney, this multi-camera laffer follows an aspiring comedian coming of age under the influence of his boss, his roommates and his neighbors.
Style: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, witty, light ...
Plot: stand up comedian, friendship, performer's life, neighbor, follow your dream, ambition, lifestyle, showbiz, dialogue, coming of age, personal trainer, roommate ...
Time: 2010s, 21st century
Place: usa, new york
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 7.6
 2K
Raines (2007)
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story: Raines is a crime drama television series that ran from March 15, 2007 to April 27, 2007 on NBC in the United States. The show premiered as a mid-season replacement, as well as airing on CH in Canada, TV3 in Ireland, ITV3 in the UK, and on Network ...
Style: psychological, serious, suspenseful, detective, gloomy ...
Plot: hallucination, police investigation, afterlife, mentally unstable, law enforcement, supernatural, therapy, therapist, murder, haunted by the past, supernatural ability, investigation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, los angeles
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 6.7
 412
Sanford (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Sanford is an American situation comedy, which was the revival of the 1972–1977 sitcom Sanford and Son.
Style: sitcom, semi serious, realistic, humorous
Plot: black, dating, partner, friends, workplace situations, family business, store, reluctant partners, odd couple, snobbism, junkyard, love interest ...
Time: 70s, 80s
Place: california, los angeles, south central los angeles
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God, the Devil and Bob (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Animation
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: God, the Devil and Bob is an animated sitcom which premiered on NBC on March 9, 2000 and ended on March 28, 2000, leaving nine episodes unaired. It was created by Matthew Carlson. It is currently broadcast on the Philippine channel Maxxx. The entire ...
Style: adult animation, sitcom, semi serious, witty, humorous ...
Audience: adult
Plot: god, good versus evil, disorder, supernatural, bet, chosen one, moral dilemma, existence paradox, deity, mature, good deed, temptation ...
Time: 21st century
Place: detroit, usa
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My Own Worst Enemy (2008)
Genre: Action, Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: My Own Worst Enemy is an American television drama that aired on NBC in 2008. It premiered on October 13 and ended on December 15 after 9 episodes. The series was produced by Universal Media Studios. Jason Smilovic was the executive producer; David ...
Style: serious, suspenseful, exciting, tense, fast ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: secret agent, split personality, spy, disorder, working undercover, workplace, danger, undercover, suburbs, husband wife relationship, therapist, imaginary ...
Time: 21st century
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The New Adventures of Zorro (1981)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The New Adventures of Zorro is an American animated television series produced by Filmation in 1981. The series, which has 13 episodes, is based on the fictional character created by Johnston McCulley. It aired as part of The Tarzan/Lone ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous
Audience: kids
Plot: fencing, masked vigilante, secret identity, righting the wronged, lone wolves, escapades, heroes, good versus evil, daring rescue, rivalry, rescue, danger ...
Time: 19th century
Place: los angeles, california
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 3.1
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Work It (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Work It is an American television sitcom that ran on ABC from January 3 to January 10, 2012 as a mid-season replacement for the canceled Man Up!. The series is set in St. Louis, and is about two men who must dress as women in order to keep a job in ...
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, entertaining, feel good ...
Plot: cross dressing, man dressed as woman, hidden identity, buddies, workplace situations, workplace, dishonesty, gender, family relations, disorder, gender bending, physical appearance ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, st. louis missouri
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 7.1
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C.P.W. (1995)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Central Park West is an American prime time television soap opera that ran from September 1995 to June 1996 on CBS. The series was created and executive produced by Melrose Place's Darren Star. As the title suggests, CPW was set in New York, in ...
Style: soap opera, serious, realistic, touching, sentimental ...
Plot: couples, power relations, lifestyle, couple relations, boss and employee, workplace, rivalry, workplace situations, workplace intrigue, city life, intern, urban ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: new york, manhattan new york city, usa
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Young Americans (2000)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: Young Americans is an American television drama created by Steven Antin. The show debuted on July 12, 2000 on The WB network as a summer replacement for, and spin-off from, another Columbia TriStar Television production, Dawson's Creek. The ...
Style: touching, semi serious, realistic, humorous, queer cinema
Audience: teens, teen drama
Plot: teenage life, cross dressing, teenage love, fall in love, love and romance, coming of age, lifestyle, high school, friends, youth, student life, cheating ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, maryland, baltimore
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 6.3
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Rambo (1986)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Rambo: The Force of Freedom is an animated series based on the character of John Rambo from David Morrell's book First Blood and the subsequent films First Blood and Rambo: First Blood Part II. This series was adapted for television by story ...
Style: exciting, realistic, serious, suspenseful, cult classic
Audience: kids
Plot: rambo, terrorism, heroes, soldier, tough heroes, heroic mission, danger, rivalry, escapades, veteran, commando mission, commando unit ...
Time: 20th century, 80s
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Power Rangers in Space (1998)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, France, Japan
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The most evil forces of the universe (Rita & Zedd, the Machine Empire and Divatox) have formed an alliance with the monarch of all evil, Dark Specter. With Zordon as his prisoner, Dark Specter will use Zordon's powers to spread evil across ...
Style: super sentai, exciting, serious, fast
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: power rangers, superhero, teenager, army, extreme, multiverse, heroes, partner, heroic mission, battles, rivalry, danger ...
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The George Carlin Show (1994)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The George Carlin Show is an American sitcom that aired on the Fox network from January 1994 to July 1995. It was created jointly by veteran TV producer Sam Simon and the show's namesake, comedian George Carlin.
Style: sitcom, biting, talky, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot: stand up comedy, taxi, society, state affairs, buddies, lifestyle, workplace, friends, city life, urban, taxi driver, old man ...
Time: 90s, 20th century
Place: usa, new york
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The Beautiful Life: TBL (2009)
Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story: The daily lives of young models living together in a models' residence in New York, while struggling to deal with the cutthroat competition and fleeting fame of the fashion world.
Style: sexy, realistic, serious, captivating, contemplative
Audience: teens
Plot: young adult, rise to the top, desire for fame, ambition, lifestyle, intrigue, teenage life, dishonesty, youth, rivalry, haunted by the past, teaching the ways of the world ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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 6.6
 3K
Man Up! (2011)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Three modern men try to get in touch with their inner tough guys and redefine what it means to be a 'real man.'
Style: sitcom, not serious, realistic, humorous, sweet ...
Audience: boys' night
Plot: couples, buddies, friendship, man child, friends, lifestyle, couple relations, slacker, irresponsible, roommate, thirtysomething life, interracial relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation (1997)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: Ninja Turtles: The Next Mutation is an American live-action television series produced by Saban Entertainment, which ran on the Fox Kids network from 1997 to 1998. The short-lived series was based loosely from Mirage Studios' Teenage Mutant ...
Style: exciting, semi serious, humorous, light
Audience: kids, family outing
Plot: superhero, martial arts, ninja, ninja turtle, mutant, friendship, rescue, good versus evil, master warrior, heroes, heroic mission, undercover ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, new york
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