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Plot Summary:
A workaholic adult woman's imaginary friend from childhood comes back to her, but ends up being more of a troublemaker than a great companion.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Wild West (2002)
Plot Summary:
Wild West is a situation comedy screened from October 2002 until 2004 starring Dawn French and Catherine Tate. It was described as a dark comedy from the pen of Simon Nye and was filmed on location in Cornwall. Set in the hamlet of St Gweep, Wild West observes the strange goings-on in the local Cornish community. Shop owners Mary Trewednack and her life-partner Angela are the main focus but there are many other characters in this sitcom. The first series of the sitcom was scheduled to appear on prime-time BBC1 where its eccentricities met with a poor critical and popular response, but a second series was commissioned and both series have received retrospective praise. Most of the sitcom was filmed in the village of Portloe in Cornwall.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 262
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Hanasaki Mai Speaks Out (2014)
Plot Summary:
Hanasaki Mai is but an ordinary employee of a bank, with zero diplomacy. She doesn't think twice about pointing out her boss' mistakes. Her job is to investigate any wrongdoings in the bank branches. She is the voice of the suppressed staff who are unable to go against their bosses. Her partner is the veteran staff, Soma Ken, whose career with the bank had reached a dead end, no promotions in sight. Together, they resolve all the non-compliance issues at the bank.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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God's Favorite Idiot (2022)
Plot Summary:
Clark Thompson, a midlevel tech-support employee, finds love with co-worker Amily Luck at exactly the same time he becomes the unwitting messenger of God. Also, there's rollerskating, a lake of fire and an impending apocalypse.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: psychological, romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious, funny, sitcom
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How I Met Your Father (2022)
Plot Summary:
In the near future, Sophie tells her son the story of how she met his father: a story that catapults us back to the year 2021 where Sophie and her close-knit group of friends are in the midst of figuring out who they are, what they want out of life, and how to fall in love in the age of dating apps and limitless options.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 25000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: sitcom, romantic, psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Fragile Sex (2003)
Plot Summary:
Alex, Edu, Fred and Beto are four friends who live torn between the role of man in society and the need to be more sensitive. They try to understand the female head and put themselves in the place of the opposite sex. They appear to be very safe, but feel totally lost around safe, independent women.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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We Get Married (2013)
Plot Summary:
Yang Tao and Guo Ran meet each other on a blind date. Unexpectedly, they develop feelings towards each other. However, when Yang Tao is ready to share her whole life with him, she finds out that Guo Ran is scared of marrying her.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 23
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration:
Plot tags: psychological, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Boo, Bitch (2022)
Plot Summary:
Centers on a high school senior who has lived her life under the radar. Over the course of one night, she seizes the opportunity to change her narrative and start living an epic life, only to find out the next morning that she’s a ghost.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 202 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, funny, intellectual, dark comedy, fun, teen comedy
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We're Millennials. Got a problem? (2016)
Plot Summary:
Drama series depicts the lives of three men born in 1987 and oppose irrational things of the world through work, love, and friendship. The men are from the "yutori generation", when the Japanese government reformed the education system, emphasizing a pressure-free environment referred to as yutori education.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Comedy
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom, semi serious
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My Own Swordsman (2006)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about some friends and their stories in Qixia Town.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Comedy
Country: China
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom
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Work Later, Drink Now (2021)
Plot Summary:
Three single women in 30s gather and talk about everyday life from work to love. Nothing is more important to them than enjoying a drink after work.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 457
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, entertaining, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Hullraisers (2022)
Plot Summary:
British sitcom adapted from the Israeli sitcom Little Mom. It follows the ups and downs of life, friendship and family for three women living in Hull - self-described actress Toni, her sister Paula and best friend Rana.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 913
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Mani (2017)
Plot Summary:
Sky's parents hire an unconventional nanny named Mani to look after her. They form an unlikely bond as Mani helps Sky and her friends learn life lessons from the art of roasting to how to nail the perfect dude handshake.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Friends with Better Lives (2014)
Plot Summary:
A comedy about six friends at different stages in their lives – married, divorced, newly engaged and single – who are outwardly happy, but secretly questioning if their friends have it better. Andi and Bobby are happily married with two kids but at times long for the days they had less responsibility and more fun; Will is newly single and preaching the bachelor lifestyle, but still pining for his ex-wife; Jules and Lowell are high on their passionate new relationship; and Kate has a successful career but may take a swan dive into the L.A. River when she finds out her last remaining single friend, Jules, just got engaged. When it comes to relationships, these six friends are finding it a challenge to look at each other without wondering… who really has the better life?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, captivating, funny, feel good, entertaining, satirical, offbeat
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Kenan (2021)
Plot Summary:
The recently widowed host of Atlanta's No. 2 morning show struggles to balance his job and his young daughters despite all the “help” he gets from his grifter father-in-law and his brother/assistant/manager/house guest.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom
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Detroiters (2017)
Plot Summary:
Best friends and fledgling ad men Sam and Tim may not have the money, connections or talent that the big guys do, but they have ambition out the wazoo. Together, they’re out to build a local advertising empire and restore their home city of Detroit to its former glory in this new show from executive producers Lorne Michaels and Jason Sudeikis.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy, sitcom, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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South Side (2019)
Plot Summary:
Two recent community-college graduates get stuck working at Rent-T-Own in the Chicago neighborhood of Englewood and work to achieve their entrepreneurial dreams.
IMDB Rating: 8.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom, black comedy, dark comedy
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The Jake Effect (2003)
Plot Summary:
The Jake Effect is an American NBC situation comedy starring Jason Bateman, Nikki Cox, and Greg Grunberg. Seven episodes were produced to premiere in midseason of 2002, but NBC cancelled the series before a single episode aired. In 2006, Bravo started airing the series on the "Brilliant But Cancelled" block.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 265
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Harlem (2021)
Plot Summary:
Four stylish and ambitious best girlfriends in Harlem, New York City: a rising star professor struggling to make space for her love life; a savvy tech entrepreneur always dating someone new; a no-filter singer; and a hopeless romantic fashion designer. Together, they level up into the next phase of their careers, relationships, and big city dreams.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sexual, sexy, queer cinema
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I Feel Bad (2018)
Plot Summary:
Emet is the perfect mom, boss, wife, friend and daughter. Okay, she's not perfect. In fact, she's just figuring it out like the rest of us. Sure, she feels bad when she has a sexy dream about someone other than her husband, or when she pretends not to know her kids when they misbehave in public, or when she uses her staff to help solve personal problems. But that's okay, right? Nobody can have it all and do it perfectly.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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United States of Al (2021)
Plot Summary:
Riley, a marine combat veteran, is struggling to adjust to civilian life in Ohio and the interpreter, Al, who served with his unit in Afghanistan, has just arrived to start a new life in America.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, sitcom, semi serious
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Tyler Perry's Bruh (2019)
Plot Summary:
This dramedy follows four longtime friends as they navigate life and relationships through the strength of their brother-like bond. In a society where relationships between men of color are often misjudged and misrepresented, the series embraces male vulnerability versus hypermasculinity.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 479
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Grand Crew (2021)
Plot Summary:
A group of young L.A. professionals navigate the ups and downs of life and love. When they’re ready to unpack it all, they meet at their favorite local bar for a “wine down.”.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Kevin Can Wait (2016)
Plot Summary:
A newly retired police officer looks forward to spending more quality time with his wife and three kids only to discover he faces much tougher challenges at home than he ever did on the streets.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, light, sincere, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Grown Folks (2017)
Plot Summary:
Two blue-collar couples share a duplex while navigating life, marriage and friendship.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, sitcom, semi serious
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Team Kaylie (2019)
Plot Summary:
After a brush with the law, teen celebrity Kaylie Konrad swaps social stardom for court-ordered chaos as a middle school wilderness club leader.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, sitcom, children's program
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Mastram (2020)
Plot Summary:
Series is about a reluctant pornographic writer Rajaram a small-town bank clerk who aspires to be a litterateur, is inspired by the anonymous author of popular pulp fiction and sex stories in Hindi. His litterateur aspirations are supported by none except his wife Renu. He leaves his job to become a full-time writer, but cannot find a publisher for his book. One publisher agrees only if he would add sensational elements or masala to his dull tale. He gets successful however all credits are attributed to Mastram, not Rajaram. Mastram has been a vital part of adultery content in the 80s. Where youngsters don’t have the privilege as today where many websites are stuffed sexual conveyance on the internet and easily accessible with mobile & laptop. As most of the people have seen the 2014 feature film, which pretty famous for steamy scenes & songs like ACHKO – MACHKO sung by Honey Singh. Now will be interesting to see what maker of web series has something to offer different.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: India
Duration: 20 min
Plot tags: sexy, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Grownups (2006)
Plot Summary:
Grownups is a BBC Three sitcom written by Susan Nickson, who also created hit BBC Three sitcom Two Pints of Lager and a Packet of Crisps. It follows the trials and tribulations of a group of twentysomething friends in Manchester, facing the decision to either settle down or carrying on partying. The first episode aired on 7 May 2006 on BBC Three and appeared at number eight on the Broadcasters' Audience Research Board top ten of most watched BBC Three programmes for that week. The show made only one more entry on the chart for the rest of the first series, when it reached number nine, some two weeks later. A second series was produced, with studio recordings taking place between May and July 2007. The first two episodes aired back-to-back on BBC Three on Sunday 5 August. Unlike the first series, the second series displayed more adult humour, including more intense sexual references. The first episode of the second series appeared at number eight in the BARB weekly top ten for BBC Three, with the second episode which aired immediately afterward, at number nine. A third series was commissioned by the BBC and tickets to see live filming went on sale on the official BBC Tickets website in September 2008. The first episode of the third series aired 13 January 2009.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 303
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Second Jen (2016)
Plot Summary:
In Toronto, best friends Jen and Mo decide to become roommates when Mo's parents move back to the Philippines and Jen takes the opportunity to live independent from her Chinese immigrant parents.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 336
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious
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Twenties (2020)
Plot Summary:
Hattie, a queer African American woman, hangs out with her two straight best friends Mari and Nia, in Los Angeles as they try to figure out life, love and the professional world.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, queer cinema
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Florida Girls (2019)
Plot Summary:
Four girls living in Small Town, Florida re-examine their lives after their only ambitious friend moves away to follow her dreams.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 439
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: feel good, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious