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Plot Summary:
The story of Espen, a man in his thirties who is loved by everyone. Every day is a party and there's no limit to what he experiences. We meet Espen in various situations where everything is amazing and whatever happens, Espen knows how to handle it. It is simply too good to be true. Espen has escaped into his own head and where his life is a fantastic fantasy world. In real life he is a patient at the psychiatric ward. What would you choose if you were in Espens situation - to be a fantasy hero or an everyday loser?.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 447
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 25 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, disturbing, rough, sitcom
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Robson Arms (2005)
Plot Summary:
Robson Arms is a Canadian television series that began airing on CTV on June 17, 2005 and ended on June 30, 2008. Robson Arms is a co-production between Vancouver-based Omni Film Productions Limited and Halifax's Creative Atlantic Communications. The show is a comedy-drama anthology organized around the Robson Arms, an apartment building in Vancouver, at the fictional address of 951 Pendrell Street. Each of the show's episodes focuses principally on a different tenant of the building, although the core cast members interact in minor roles throughout the series. The show was created to fulfill a licensing requirement of CTV's Vancouver station, CIVT, which originally promised, as an independent station, to produce 20 episodes of an anthology series entitled The Storytellers. Only ten such episodes were produced. The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission did not agree that CIVT's new network programming supplanted this commitment and asked the station to fulfill its promise. CTV believed the anthology would be more successful as a series with common characters, and Robson Arms was the result. Two of the show's regular cast members, Gabrielle Miller and Fred Ewanuick, appeared in this series concurrent with their continuing roles in another CTV production, Corner Gas.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 490
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, touching, sitcom, anthology, realistic
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Divorce (2016)
Plot Summary:
A couple goes through a long, drawn-out divorce.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, sentimental, touching, captivating, dark comedy
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Life Sentence (2018)
Plot Summary:
When Stella finds out her terminal cancer is cured, she's going to have to learn to live with all the choices she's made when she decided to "live like she was dying".
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: humorous, sentimental, realistic, touching, captivating, semi serious
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On Our Own (1994)
Plot Summary:
On Our Own is an American sitcom that aired on ABC from September 13, 1994 until April 14, 1995. The series stars Ralph Louis Harris and six real life siblings: Jazz, Jocqui, Jake, Jojo, Jurnee, and Jussie Smollett. The series was created and executive produced by David W. Duclon, one of the executive producers of Family Matters. The series was also produced by Thomas L. Miller and Robert L. Boyett, who developed the show. Suzanne dePasse and Suzanne Coston were additional executive producers, with Duclon's longtime colleague Gary Menteer acting as co-executive producer. The series was produced by Miller-Boyett Productions, with associates Lightkeeper Productions and dePasse Entertainment. On Our Own was the first Miller/Boyett sitcom to be produced by Warner Bros. Television for its entire run.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 289
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious
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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 Best Future (2014)
Plot Summary:
Choi Go is a young aspiring idol working a part-time job, who can be a bit of a coward. Mi Rae, recently hired by a company in the talent development field. The two struggle attempting to start different careers, meet by chance and start to share the same house, but because of their different schedules (one works during day, the other during night), they communicate leaving messages on a board.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 5
Genere: Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, dorama, touching, humorous, disturbing
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Life Made Simple (2005)
Plot Summary:
Life Made Simple is a TVB modern drama series broadcast in October 2005. The series is shown to celebrate TVB's 38th Anniversary. The series is an indirect sequel to 2002's Square Pegs. The main cast features Roger Kwok, Jessica Hsuan, and Leila Tong from the original series and new cast including Bosco Wong, and Paul Chun. The indirect sequel takes place in the modern era instead of the ancient setting of its prequel.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 43
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating
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So Not Worth It (2021)
Plot Summary:
New friends, new loves and new experiences mix together inside a colorful college dormitory in Korea that's home to students from around the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration: 35 min
Plot tags: sitcom, psychological, humorous, captivating
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Sons & Daughters (2006)
Plot Summary:
Family is always unpredictable, so why write a family comedy when you can live dangerously and improvise instead? Like real families, you never know what will happen when you give characters total freedom. Adult siblings Cameron, Sharon and Jenna have many years of shared history in this small town. Like every other family on the planet, their history includes many mistakes. This is proven by the multiple marriages and many children in their close extended clan.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 532
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, sitcom, light, sexy, feel good, sexual
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Wings (1990)
Plot Summary:
Brothers Brian and Joe Hackett attempt to run an airline on the New England island of Nantucket while surrounded by their various wacky friends and employees.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 14000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, witty, touching, realistic, talky, not serious, clever, vintage, telenovela
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Chad (2021)
Plot Summary:
A 14-year-old Persian boy desperately tries to fit in, cope with his mother's dating life, and figure out his cultural identity.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 6000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, entertaining, dramatic, funny
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Producing Nobuta (2005)
Plot Summary:
A popular high schooler and his oddball friend help a shy girl get rid of her bullies by attempting to make her the most popular girl in school.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: dorama, humorous, serious, captivating, realistic, sincere, disturbing
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Moonlight Resonance (2008)
Plot Summary:
Moonlight Resonance is a 2008 grand production HDTV drama by TVB. It is a spiritual sequel to 2007's award-winning series, Heart of Greed featuring most of the original cast members. The series is written and edited by Cheung Wah-biu and Sit Ga-wah. Sponsored by Kee Wah Bakery, the series began broadcast on 28 July 2008. Its final episode was the highest rated TVB episode ever at 50 points.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 119
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 44 min
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating
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Laurel Tree Tailors (2016)
Plot Summary:
Depicts the trials and tribulations of four men who work at Laurel Tree Tailor Shop.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 67
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: South Korea
Duration:
Plot tags: sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing
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The Office (2001)
Plot Summary:
The Office is a British sitcom television series that was first broadcast in the United Kingdom on BBC Two on 9 July 2001. Created, written, and directed by Ricky Gervais and Stephen Merchant, the programme is about the day-to-day lives of office employees in the Slough branch of the fictitious Wernham Hogg Paper Company. Gervais also stars in the series, playing the central character, David Brent. Although fictional and scripted, the programme takes the form of a documentary, with the presence of the camera often acknowledged. Two six-episode series were made, along with a pair of 45-minute Christmas specials. When it was first shown on BBC Two, it was nearly cancelled due to low ratings, but has since become one of the most successful of all British comedy exports. As well as being shown internationally on BBC Worldwide, channels such as BBC Prime, BBC America and BBC Canada, the series has been sold to broadcasters in over 80 countries, including ABC1 in Australia, The Comedy Network in Canada, TVNZ in New Zealand and the pan-Asian satellite channel STAR World, based in Hong Kong. The show began airing in The United States on Cartoon Network's late night programing block, Adult Swim on 18 September 2009 until 2012.
IMDB Rating: 8.5
IMDB Votes: 121000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: humorous, mockumentary, sitcom, feel good, realistic, funny, dark comedy, hilarious, offbeat, atmospheric
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A Gentleman's Dignity (2012)
Plot Summary:
Four men with complicated love lives refuse to admit they're getting older, and attempt to prove that forty is the new thirty!.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 65 min
Plot tags: light, romantic, humorous, psychological, touching, captivating, realistic, novela
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Prince Hours (2007)
Plot Summary:
The story set in a universe where South Korea is a constitutional monarchy. The Empress regnant, already in her thirties, is still unmarried and without an heir, which prompts the imperial court to look for a suitable Crown Prince. They encounter Lee Hoo, the son of the empress' uncle, and brings him into the palace where he begins to learn the life of a royal. However, another competitor arrives at the court: Lee Joon, the son of another uncle of the Empress. They compete for the title of Crown Prince via a trial of several tasks to determine the worthy future Emperor of the country.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 74
Genere: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: South Korea
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, humorous, captivating, disturbing, dorama
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Seaside Hotel (2013)
Plot Summary:
Film starring Bodil Jørgensen, Rosalinde Mynster and Merete Mærkedahl about the people at a beachfront hotel.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 50 min
Plot tags: psychological, humorous, captivating, disturbing, period drama, alternative comedy
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Norwegian Cozy (2011)
Plot Summary:
Norwegian Cozy focuses on the broken and dysfunctional Broch-Hansen family. The central character is the 36 year-old Georg, who has just split from his partner and goes back to live with his father Frank. His younger brother, Terje, creates Internet happenings and has distanced himself from his family.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Norway
Duration: 330 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Imperfect: The Series (2021)
Plot Summary:
This series takes place a year before the film Imperfect. At that time Dika had not yet met Rara, and was working on a photography project outside the city. The common thread of conflict is in Neti's love story.
IMDB Rating: 8.3
IMDB Votes: 357
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Indonesia
Duration:
Plot tags: romantic, captivating, satirical, disturbing, semi serious
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Clara Sheller (2005)
Plot Summary:
Clara Sheller lives with her best friend JP. Both in their thirties, they share the same desires and fears, and have a common dream: to find the ideal man.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 52 min
Plot tags: psychological, sincere, captivating, satirical, disturbing
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Mister Eleven (2009)
Plot Summary:
Mister Eleven is an ITV romantic drama starring Michelle Ryan and Sean Maguire. The two-part series was broadcast on 11 and 18 December 2009. It also stars Adam Garcia, Lynda Bellingham, Olivia Colman and Denis Lawson. It is written by Shameless writer Amanda Coe. Mister Eleven was released on DVD in February 2010.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 174
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration:
Plot tags: touching, semi serious, sentimental, feel good, humorous, sex comedy, realistic
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The Board (2006)
Plot Summary:
Ten years after hanging their diploma on the wall, four friends who graduated together from a business management school reach a conclusion: while they believed that their academic training would be the corner stone of their lives, that is not the case.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 384
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Canada
Duration:
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, atmospheric, captivating, semi serious
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Jack & Jill (1999)
Plot Summary:
A lighthearted romantic comedy about post-collegiate life, love and career in New York City.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: touching, humorous, realistic, semi serious, sitcom, talky, sexual
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Free Agents (2009)
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Free Agents is a romantic black comedy starring Stephen Mangan, Sharon Horgan and Anthony Head. Originally a pilot for Channel 4 in November 2007, the series began on 13 February 2009. It spawned a short lived US remake, which was cancelled after just 4 episodes aired, although 4 more were later released on Hulu.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 396
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty, talky, sitcom, dark comedy, hilarious, fast
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Whitney (2011)
Plot Summary:
Whitney is an American sitcom that ran on NBC from September 22, 2011 to March 27, 2013. The series originally aired in the 9:30 pm /8:30 pm Thursday night timeslot. The show stars Whitney Cummings and is based on her real-life experience and her comedy routines. On September 25, 2011, the pilot of Whitney was multipurposed on various NBCUniversal networks, including Oxygen, E!, Style, and Bravo; it last aired on E!. On May 9, 2013, Whitney was canceled by NBC.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 13000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, realistic, dark comedy, romantic comedy
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The Geena Davis Show (2000)
Plot Summary:
The Geena Davis Show is an American sitcom starring Geena Davis. The show lasted one season on ABC.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 321
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, touching, humorous, semi serious, realistic
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Scrubs (2001)
Plot Summary:
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D" Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 267000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, medical drama, witty, sincere, surreal, funny, feel good, captivating, hilarious
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Odd weeks (2021)
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IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 212
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: psychological, captivating, disturbing
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Pretty Proofreader (2016)
Plot Summary:
Etsuko Kono is a 28-year-old woman who loves fashion. Aspiring to become a fashion editor, she joins a publishing company, but is sent to work in copy editing. There, her job is to correct errors and inadequate parts of documents and copies.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 696
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: Japan
Duration: 54 min
Plot tags: captivating, entertaining, disturbing, semi serious