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Plot Summary:
What happens when you return from a family holiday to France and open the boot to find a Syrian refugee where your luggage was supposed to be? That’s the situation facing new couple Peter and Katy when they get back to Dorking from their first family holiday with Katy’s young son John, who has spent the journey from Calais winding up his would-be stepdad. Their unexpected passenger is a bloke called Sami who hopes to claim asylum in Britain.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: emotional, sitcom
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The Lord of Losers (2022)
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IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 21
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: China
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Familia Moderna (2015)
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IMDB Rating: 3.9
IMDB Votes: 18
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Chile, USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom
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'Orrible (2001)
Plot Summary:
'Orrible is a British television sitcom produced by the BBC. Broadcast in 2001, it was written by and starred Johnny Vaughan. Vaughan appears as a taxi-cab driver and wannabe small time criminal in Acton. Despite the BBC having high hopes and heavily promoting the series, it was panned by critics for the script and Vaughan's acting ability. It achieved very low viewing figures and ran for one series, and has never been repeated by the BBC. "Ultimately, it was shit" said Vaughan in a 2004 interview in The Stage.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 173
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Crime
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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The Family Law (2016)
Plot Summary:
Through the eyes of 14-year-old Benjamin, and set over the course of a long, hot, Queensland summer, the Law family navigate a series of sometimes disastrous events which become memorable milestones, and serve as a reminder that at the end of the day family can sometimes feel more like a sentence than a choice.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 494
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Australia
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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A Modern Family (2004)
Plot Summary:
The post-war everyday life of the Gashi-Hoxha family, during the 2000s Kosovo.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 32
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Kosovo
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Roommates (2016)
Plot Summary:
Five guys sharing a house in Los Angeles, find themselves involved in many hilarious situations.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 59
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom
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Heavy Load (2003)
Plot Summary:
The show presents the misadventures of two truck drivers, Pedro and Bino, who struggle to make their livings on the roads of Brazil, trying not to be misled by life's traps.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 202
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Brazil
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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In My Skin (2018)
Plot Summary:
Coming-of-age story of 16-year-old Bethan, who we follow as she deals with the comical but painfully real anxieties and insecurities of teenage life, along with the stark reality of a home life that is far removed from what she projects to her friends.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, ironic, rough, compassionate, emotional, queer cinema
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Ramy (2019)
Plot Summary:
Ramy, the son of Egyptian immigrants, is on a spiritually conflicting journey in his New Jersey neighborhood, pulled between his Muslim community that thinks life is a constant test, his millennial friends who think life is full of endless possibilities, and a God who's always watching.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, touching, captivating, sitcom, spiritual, emotional, comedy drama, realistic, funny
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The Book Group (2002)
Plot Summary:
The Book Group is a comedy drama that aired on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom between 2002 and 2003 and ran for two series. It was written and directed by the American-born Glasgow resident Annie Griffin, who also wrote and directed Festival. It was the winner of two BAFTA Scotland awards. In January 2006, it was announced that screenwriter Andrew Davies would make a feature film adaptation of The Book Group for Film 4, but the project was never started.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, talky, sex comedy
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Timewasters (2017)
Plot Summary:
A struggling four-piece South London jazz band find themselves transported back in time to the 1920s and 1950s via an elevator in a dilapidated block of flats. Met with stares and curiosity in the past, the group hilariously navigates the clash of cultures and social conventions all while exploring worlds that are both incredibly familiar and painfully foreign.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 689
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom, comedy drama
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704 Hauser (1994)
Plot Summary:
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 Bunker had sold the house. The All in the Family character Joey Stivic, Archie's grandson, makes a cameo in the first episode.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 99
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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George and Mildred (1976)
Plot Summary:
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 premise of the series had George and Mildred leaving their flat as depicted in Man About the House and moving to a modern, upmarket housing estate. Their arrival horrifies their snobbish neighbour Jeffrey Fourmile, an estate agent who despairs that the Ropers' presence will devalue his home. It was written by Brian Cooke and Johnnie Mortimer. Like many sitcoms of the day, George and Mildred was also turned into a film, which was dedicated to actress Yootha Joyce who died suddenly in 1980, just as the cast had been looking forward to recording a sixth series.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom
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Little Crackers (2010)
Plot Summary:
Little Crackers is a series of Christmas short films featuring stars of British and Irish comedy.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 182
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 15 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sexual
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Mongrels (2010)
Plot Summary:
Mongrels, formerly known under the working titles of We Are Mongrels and The Un-Natural World, is a British puppet-based situation comedy series first broadcast on BBC Three between 22 June and 10 August 2010, with a making-of documentary entitled "Mongrels Uncovered" broadcast on 11 August 2010. A second series of Mongrels began airing on 7 November 2011. The series revolves around the lives of five anthropomorphic animals who hang around the back of a pub in Millwall, the Isle of Dogs, London. The characters are Nelson, a metrosexual fox; Destiny, an Afghan hound; Marion, a "borderline-retarded" cat; Kali, a grudge-bearing pigeon; and Vince, Nelson's friend, a sociopathic foul-mouthed fox. The show is aimed at an adult audience, features "neutering, incontinence, cannibalism and catnip overdoses" and humour styles such as slapstick and farce. For example, the first episode begins with a scene in which Marion, portrayed as desperately trying to revive his deceased owner, learns she has actually been dead for four months, whereupon he casually gives his cat friends permission to eat her. Mongrels has attracted accusations of plagiarism, with claims that Mongrels stole ideas from a similar Channel 4 show called Pets.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, witty, stylized, not serious, adult animation, anime, adult cartoon, dark comedy, offbeat
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One Foot in the Grave (1990)
Plot Summary:
One Foot in the Grave is a BBC television sitcom series written by David Renwick. The show ran for six series, including seven Christmas specials, two Comic Relief specials, over an eleven-year period, from early 1990 to late 2000. The latter Comic Relief special was shown after the series officially ended in spring 2001. The series features the exploits of Victor Meldrew, played by Richard Wilson, and his long-suffering wife, Margaret, played by Annette Crosbie. The programmes invariably deal with Meldrew's battle against the problems he creates for himself. Living in a typical household in an unnamed English suburb, Victor takes involuntary early retirement. His various efforts to keep himself busy, while encountering various misfortunes and misunderstandings are the themes of the sitcom. The series was largely filmed on location in Walkford, near New Milton in Hampshire, although several clues show that the series may have been set in Hampshire – possibly Winchester. Despite its traditional production, the series supplants its domestic sitcom setting with elements of black humour and surrealism. The series was occasionally the subject of controversy for some of its darker story elements, but was nevertheless the recipient of a number of awards, including the 1992 BAFTA for Best Comedy. In 2004, the series came tenth in a 2004 BBC poll to find "Britain's Best Sitcom". The programme also came 80th in the British Film Institute's 100 Greatest British Television Programmes. The series, originally shown on BBC One, is now available on DVD and is regularly repeated in the United Kingdom on Gold. Seven episodes were remade for BBC Radio 2 and the series also inspired a novel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, dark comedy, surreal, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious
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Derek (2012)
Plot Summary:
Derek is a loyal nursing home caretaker who sees only the good in his quirky co-workers as they struggle against prejudice and shrinking budgets to care for their elderly residents.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: sitcom, mockumentary, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, social, hilarious, sensitive
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Green Wing (2004)
Plot Summary:
Green Wing is a British sitcom set in the fictional East Hampton Hospital. It was created by the same team behind the sketch show Smack the Pony, led by Victoria Pile, and stars Tamsin Greig, Stephen Mangan and Julian Rhind-Tutt. Although set in a hospital, it uses no medical storylines; the action is produced by a series of soap opera-style twists and turns in the personal lives of the characters. They proceed through a series of often absurd sketch-like scenes, or by sequences where the film is slowed down or sped up, often emphasizing the body language of the characters. The show has eight writers. Two series were made by the Talkback Thames production company for Channel 4. The series ran between 3 September 2004 and 19 May 2006. A special episode was filmed with the second series, which was shown as a 90 minute long special on 4 January 2007 in the UK, but was shown in Australia and Belgium on 29 December 2006. Separate from the series, a special sketch was made for Comic Relief and screened on 11 March 2005. Another was performed live at The Secret Policeman's Ball on 14 October 2006.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, witty, not serious, surreal, medical drama, funny, dark comedy, hilarious, mind blowing
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Pete versus Life (2010)
Plot Summary:
Pete versus Life is a Channel 4 sitcom created by George Jeffrie and Bert Tyler-Moore. It stars Rafe Spall and the first episode was aired on 6 August 2010. It was recommissioned for a second series after averaging 1.6 million viewers and a young demographic during its first run, and series two started airing on 21 October 2011.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 891
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, surreal, not serious, light, feel good, captivating, dark comedy, offbeat, realistic
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Sick of It (2018)
Plot Summary:
A middle-aged man recently ditched by his long-term girlfriend, ‘Karl’ lives with his elderly Auntie and his closest companion is his doppelgänger alter ego.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, philosophical, offbeat, tragicomedy, sitcom, black comedy, dark comedy
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Back (2017)
Plot Summary:
Estranged foster-brothers Stephen and Andrew vie to take over the family business following the death of their father.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, entertaining, light, sitcom, funny, controversial
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Whoopi (2003)
Plot Summary:
Whoopi was an American situation comedy, starring Whoopi Goldberg. The series revolved around the events and people at her hotel, the Lamont Hotel, in New York City. The show aired on Tuesdays from September 9, 2003, on NBC to April 20, 2004.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 710
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, realistic, semi serious, hilarious, humorous, soap opera
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Louie (2010)
Plot Summary:
Louis C.K. stars as a fictionalized version of himself; a comedian and newly divorced father raising his two daughters in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 81000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, sincere, dark comedy, clever, realistic, semi serious, funny, hilarious, witty
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Roseanne (1988)
Plot Summary:
A working-class family struggles to get by on a limited income in the fictional town of Lanford, Illinois.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 46000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, funny, realistic, witty, cynical, biting, suspense, iconic
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Arab Labor (2007)
Plot Summary:
Amjad is an Arab-Israeli journalist whose problems with cultural identity drive himself and all around him crazy especially his wife, Bushra.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 237
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Israel
Duration: 48 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, cynical, semi serious, thought provoking, realistic, talky, biting, suspense
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Outnumbered (2007)
Plot Summary:
Partly-improvised sitcom looking at the trials and tribulations of bringing up three young children - a regal five-year-old girl with a talent for interrogation, a seven-year-old boy who could fib for Britain and an 11-year-old who is gearing up for his scary first day at secondary school.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, realistic, sentimental, touching, light, sincere, feel good, melancholic
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Raised by Wolves (2013)
Plot Summary:
Set on a Wolverhampton council estate, Raised By Wolves is modern day reimagining of the childhood of Caitlin Moran and her brothers and sisters. Single-mum Della lives in a three bedroom council house with Germaine, Aretha, Yoko, Mariah, Wyatt and baby Cher. She is attempting to raise the children by herself, but does have visits from Grampy, who likes to come around to dispense his wisdom to his grandchildren.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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Fresh Meat (2011)
Plot Summary:
A group of six students about to embark on the most exciting period of their lives so far: university!.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, semi serious, feel good, light, entertaining, erotic, dark comedy, sensual, realistic
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Fleabag (2016)
Plot Summary:
As she hurls herself headlong at modern living, Fleabag is thrown roughly up against the walls of contemporary London, sleeping with anyone who dares to stand too close, squeezing money from wherever she can, rejecting anyone who tries to help her, and keeping up her bravado throughout.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 190000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 27 min
Plot tags: funny, absurd, dark comedy, sitcom, psychological, light, humorous, anime, erotic, sentimental
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After Life (2019)
Plot Summary:
Tony had a perfect life. But after his wife Lisa suddenly dies, Tony changes. After contemplating taking his own life, he decides instead to live long enough to punish the world by saying and doing whatever he likes from now on.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 149000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: uplifting, dark comedy, funny, ironic, compassionate, humorous, powerful, captivating, sad, atmospheric