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Plot Summary:
A dysfunctional family tries to help each other navigate the modern dating scene. Recent divorcee Tara and her bachelor brother coach each other through the crazy world of dating (on-line and off), while living under the same roof again for the second time and raising her teenage daughter.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: thought provoking, sincere, humorous, light, touching, erotic, offbeat, dark, sitcom, sensual
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SMILF (2017)
Plot Summary:
A raw and honest comedic look at a single, 20-something from Southie whose desires for relationships, sex, and a career collide with the realities of young, single motherhood.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, emotional, cynical, semi serious, sweet, sensual, hilarious
Similar in 84%
One Mississippi (2015)
Plot Summary:
This semi-autobiographical dark comedy starring Tig Notaro follows her as she returns to her hometown after the sudden death of her mother. Still reeling from her own declining health problems, Tig struggles to find her footing with the loss of the one person in her life who understood her. All while dealing with her clingy girlfriend and her dysfunctional family.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, tragicomedy, realistic, semi serious, queer cinema
Similar in 87%
Living with Yourself (2019)
Plot Summary:
Burned out on life, Miles undergoes a strange procedure at a strip mall spa -- and wakes to find he's been replaced by a better version of himself.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 35000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 26 min
Plot tags: exciting, humorous, light, absurd, futuristic, funny, touching, feel good, dark comedy, existential
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The Days and Nights of Molly Dodd (1987)
Plot Summary:
Molly Dodd — a mid-30s, divorced woman living in New York — faces the comedy and drama of a widely changing career, difficulties of apartment living, love life and its consequences, and more.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 552
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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The Mick (2017)
Plot Summary:
Mackenzie "Mickey" Murphy is a hard-living, foul-mouthed, cigarette-smoking woman who moves to affluent Greenwich, CT to raise the spoiled kids of her wealthy sister who fled the country to avoid a federal indictment. She quickly learns what the rest of us already know - other people's children are awful.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 19000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, humorous, sitcom, light, feel good, witty, sentimental, not serious, hilarious, corny
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About a Boy (2014)
Plot Summary:
Will Freeman lives a charmed existence as the ultimate man-child. After writing a hit song, he was granted a life of free time, free love and freedom from financial woes. He's single, unemployed and loving it. So imagine his surprise when Fiona, a needy single mom and her oddly charming 11-year-old son, Marcus, move in next door and disrupt his perfect world. When Marcus begins dropping by his home unannounced, Will's not so sure about being a kid's new best friend, until, of course, Will discovers that women find single dads irresistible. That changes everything and a deal is struck: Marcus will pretend to be Will's son and, in return, Marcus is allowed to chill at Will's house. Before he realizes it, Will starts to enjoy the visits and even finds himself looking out for the kid. In fact, this newfound friendship may very well teach him a thing or two that he never imagined possible - about himself and caring for others.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, touching, feel good, sentimental, realistic, semi serious
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Hiccups and Hookups (2021)
Plot Summary:
A recently separated single mother, her commitment-phobic and successful younger brother, and her smart but confused teenaged daughter - all of whom make a sweet, unconventional family of three try their best to handle dating, relationships, and life.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: India
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, sincere, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, sitcom, semi serious
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Girlfriends' Guide to Divorce (2014)
Plot Summary:
Follows a best-selling author of a self-help book series who is secretly hiding her separation from her husband as she starts to navigate her life as a single woman in her 40's in Los Angeles. She starts to side with and take advice more from her divorced friends rather than her married ones and it leads her to some unexpected and life-changing experiences.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, erotic, captivating, sexy, hilarious
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Kevin Can F**k Himself (2021)
Plot Summary:
Explore the secret life of a woman we all grew up watching: the sitcom wife. The series looks to break television convention and ask what the world looks like through her eyes. Alternating between single-camera realism and multi-camera zaniness, the formats will inform one another as we imagine what happens when the sitcom wife escapes her confines, and takes the lead in her own life.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, humorous, captivating, exciting, anime, spoof, dark comedy, queer cinema
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A Boy Named Flora A (2017)
Plot Summary:
A 28-year-old layabout begins to re-examine his life when his dysfunctional family assembles to pay respects to a dying grandmother who won’t pass on.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 350
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, humorous, captivating, entertaining
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B Positive (2020)
Plot Summary:
Faced with finding a kidney donor, newly divorced dad Drew is at the end of his rope when he runs into Gina, a rough-around-the edges woman from his past who volunteers her own. Together they form an unlikely bond and begin a journey that will change both of their lives.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, funny, sitcom
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Loudermilk (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sam Loudermilk is a recovering alcoholic and substance abuse counselor with an extremely bad attitude about, well, everything. He is unapologetically uncensored, and manages to piss off everyone in his life. Although he has his drinking under control, Loudermilk discovers that when your life is a complete mess, getting clean is the easy part.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: light, sincere, thought provoking, captivating, sitcom, dark comedy, funny, feel good, humorous, fun
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DTLA (2012)
Plot Summary:
DTLA is a gay-themed television series which premiered October 24, 2012. The series was created, and is co-produced and directed by Larry Kennar. It follows a group of friends in Downtown Los Angeles under the slogan: One City, Seven Lives / Old Friends, New Stories. The main seven characters are Lenny, Bryan, Sara Jane, Matthew, Marky, Kai, Stefan.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 434
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, psychological, captivating, erotic, sensual, touching, semi serious
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Enlightened (2011)
Plot Summary:
Enlightened follows the story of Amy, a self-destructive executive, who, after a very public breakdown and a subsequent philosophical awakening in rehabilitation, tries to get her life back together.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: spiritual, sincere, humorous, sentimental, realistic, mumblecore, sitcom, hilarious, offbeat, contemplative
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Better Things (2016)
Plot Summary:
Sam Fox is a single, working actor with no filter trying to raise her three daughters – Max, Frankie and Duke – in Los Angeles. She is mom, dad, referee and the cops.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sincere, light, humorous, sitcom, uplifting, touching, captivating, clever, dark, family comedy
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I am Bartu (2018)
Plot Summary:
The story of a barely famous person.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Turkey
Duration: 40 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating
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Togetherness (2015)
Plot Summary:
Four adults nearing 40, living under the same roof, struggle to keep their relationships and their individual dreams alive.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 9000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: mumblecore, sitcom, humorous, offbeat, light, sincere, captivating, erotic, clever, sensual
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Married (2014)
Plot Summary:
Married is a half hour comedy about being miserably in love. Russ and Lina Bowman can barely remember what life was like before kids, debt, and suburbia rained on their romance -- but every once in a while, in between the arguments about their declining sex life and who's driving carpool, they are reminded what drew them together in the first place -- they're best friends. The show also features Russ and Lina's friend AJ, who is recently divorced and pretending he's over his wife, and their other friend Jess, who is married to a much older man who can't keep up with her.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: humorous, light, feel good, captivating, offbeat, dark comedy, hilarious, realistic, not serious, sitcom
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Hung (2009)
Plot Summary:
Desperate times call for desperate measures and Ray Drecker's situation couldn't be much tougher. The former high school sports legend turned middle-aged high school basketball coach is divorced and struggling to provide for his kids when his already run-down house catches fire. Looking to take on a second job, Ray decides to exploit his best asset in a last-ditch attempt to change his fortunes.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: erotic, humorous, sexual, semi serious, realistic, captivating, satirical, sitcom, sensual, hilarious
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Gilmore Girls: A Year in the Life (2016)
Plot Summary:
Set nearly a decade after the finale of the original series, this revival follows Lorelai, Rory and Emily Gilmore through four seasons of change.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 44000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 370 min
Plot tags: humorous, talky, touching, feel good, realistic, captivating, sweet, entertaining, odd
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8 Simple Rules (2002)
Plot Summary:
What happens to a loving, rational Dad when his darling, pliable daughters morph into hormonally-challenged, incomprehensible teenagers? If he's Paul Hennessy, he reacts in ways even he finds crazy. Thank God he has a 13-year-old son who still speaks his language.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 27000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, sitcom, touching, realistic, witty, hilarious, not serious, nostalgic
Similar in 79%
Workin' Moms (2017)
Plot Summary:
Four women juggle love, careers, and parenthood. They support, challenge, and try not to judge each other as life throws them curveballs. Whether it is an identity crisis, a huge job opportunity, postpartum depression, or an unplanned pregnancy – they face both the good and bad with grace and humour.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 22000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, erotic, sensual, entertaining
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Girls (2012)
Plot Summary:
The assorted humiliations, disasters and rare triumphs of four very different twenty-something girls: Hannah, an aspiring writer; Marnie, an art gallery assistant and cousins Jessa and Shoshanna.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 76000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min
Plot tags: realistic, humorous, semi serious, witty, mumblecore, clever, sexy, funny, sitcom, grindhouse
Similar in 75%
Reba (2001)
Plot Summary:
After her dentist husband of 20 years leaves her for his dental hygienist, Reba Hart's seemingly perfect world is turned upside down..
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 17000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, feel good, semi serious, realistic, inspirational, game show
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Transparent (2014)
Plot Summary:
An LA family with serious boundary issues have their past and future unravel when a dramatic admission causes everyone's secrets to spill out.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, captivating, sitcom, erotic, exciting, clever, mumblecore, sensual, heartfelt
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Greek (2007)
Plot Summary:
Casey Cartwright is poised to become the most powerful girl in the Greek system. Rusty, her little brother, is new on campus and he's the geek. But he sees Cyprus-Rhodes University as an opportunity to create a whole new identity.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, realistic, witty, teen, touching, sitcom, semi serious, black comedy, dark comedy
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Everything Sucks! (2018)
Plot Summary:
It's 1996 in a town called Boring, Oregon, where high school misfits in the AV and drama clubs brave the ups and downs of teenage emotions in the VHS era.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, stylized, cult classic, colorful, light, queer cinema, colourful
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One Day at a Time (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a reimagining of the TV classic, a newly single Latina mother raises her teen daughter and tween son with the "help" of her old-school mom.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 18000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, captivating, funny, light, entertaining, sweet, children's program, hilarious
Similar in 76%
Six Feet Under (2001)
Plot Summary:
A darkly comic look at members of a dysfunctional L.A. family that run a funeral business. When death is your business, what is your life? For the Fisher family, the world outside of their family-owned funeral home continues to be at least as challenging as--and far less predictable than--the one inside.
IMDB Rating: 8.7
IMDB Votes: 145000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: emotional, surreal, clever, captivating, dark comedy, tense, contemplative, dramatic, psychological, spiritual
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Shameless (2011)
Plot Summary:
Chicagoan Frank Gallagher is the proud single dad of six smart, industrious, independent kids, who without him would be... perhaps better off. When Frank's not at the bar spending what little money they have, he's passed out on the floor. But the kids have found ways to grow up in spite of him. They may not be like any family you know, but they make no apologies for being exactly who they are.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 272000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 46 min
Plot tags: offbeat, emotional, entertaining, biting, realistic, humorous, sexy, funny, ironic, thought provoking