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Plot Summary:
Restaurant Stakeout is an American reality television series on the Food Network. The series debuted on March 12, 2012, with the second season premiering on August 29, 2012. The series follows New York City restaurant owner William Jack "Willie" Degel, who goes behind the scenes of different restaurants across the country with hidden cameras to examine their service problems. It is one of the first "reality" shows attempted on Food Network.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 400
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Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious
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Manhunters: Fugitive Task Force (2008)
Plot Summary:
An elite task force headed by US Marshal Lenny DePaul hunt down some of world's most wanted fugitives and felons.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 147
Genere: Crime, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, suspense, realistic, disturbing
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Tricked (2013)
Plot Summary:
The charming magician, Ben Hanlin, conjures up mischief as unsuspecting celebrities and members of the public are taken in by his unique brand of hidden camera magic.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 102
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Young, Dumb and Living Off Mum (2009)
Plot Summary:
Can parents of extremely spoilt teenagers reverse their years of indulging and mollycoddling? Can they fast track their over-protected brats into fully functioning, independent adults using real life challenges in just a few weeks? We're about to find out... Welcome to "Your Kid" a fresh and bold series where indulgent parents try to fast-track their inept and pampered teenagers into the real world. Eight teenagers who've been waited on hand and foot all their lives will compete against each other in tough challenges set by their parents to drag them kicking and screaming into adulthood. Then their pampering parents will get together to argue, plead and vote on who should stay and who is such a hopeless case they should leave the show. The winner will get the chance to actually, as well as figuratively, spread their wings, with an amazing round-the-world trip, which will mark their big step into the real world. And after a teary farewell to their parents at the airport gate, they'll.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 66
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Country: UK
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags:
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Rehab Addict (2010)
Plot Summary:
Nicole Curtis works in Minneapolis and Detroit discovering houses that were once the best part of their neighborhood but are starting to fall apart. She recruits her crew to come out and rebuild the houses to their original glory days. is a sweet-talking, hammer-swinging whirlwind.
IMDB Rating: 7.9
IMDB Votes: 823
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Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: serious, captivating, realistic, feel good, entertaining, non fiction, vintage
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Flip or Flop (2013)
Plot Summary:
Tarek is a self-proclaimed real estate genius with determination and drive. Christina is Tarek's picture-perfect wife, who Tarek's friends still can't believe he landed. In each episode of Flip or Flop, Tarek and Christina flip a new property. From the nail-biting purchase at auction, to the frustrating renovations and maddening showings, to the giddy acceptance of an offer, we'll follow along as these two relatively novice flippers try their hand at the toughest game in town. From purchase to resale, weaving their personal lives within the story of the flip. From paying cash, sight unseen, for a property at auction, through the hapless remodeling process, to the frantic sale, this young couple is putting everything they have into this venture.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere:
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, realistic, non fiction
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Martha Stewart Living (1996)
Plot Summary:
Martha Stewart, the Bob Vila of Home Economics, gives tips on everything from cooking and flower arranging to gardening and making homemade Christmas decorations.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 124
Genere:
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: sentimental, explanatory, realistic, semi serious, non fiction, interactive
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Iron Chef (1993)
Plot Summary:
Iron Chef is a Japanese television cooking show produced by Fuji Television. The series, which premiered on October 10, 1993, is a stylized cook-off featuring guest chefs challenging one of the show's resident "Iron Chefs" in a timed cooking battle built around a specific theme ingredient. The series ended on September 24, 1999, although occasional specials were produced until 2002. The series aired 309 episodes. Repeats are regularly aired on the Cooking Channel in the United States and on Special Broadcasting Service in Australia. Fuji TV will air a new version of the show, titled Iron Chef, beginning in October 26, 2012.
IMDB Rating: 8.6
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere:
Country: Japan
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: exciting, tense, offbeat, serious, culinary, realistic, stylized, game show, non fiction, campy
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Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed (2002)
Plot Summary:
Breaking the Magician's Code: Magic's Biggest Secrets Finally Revealed is a series of television shows in which the methods behind magic tricks and illusions are explained. In its original incarnation there were four shows broadcast in 1997-1998 on the Fox network in the United States, and on Sky and ITV in the United Kingdom. In 2008-2009, a new series of thirteen shows was broadcast by MyNetworkTV in the United States and ITV4 in the United Kingdom. On May 1, 2012, reruns of the first season began airing on BIO in the United States.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere:
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, sincere, explanatory, non fiction
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Mission to Matrimony: The Gay Marriage Proposal (2006)
Plot Summary:
A pro-gay-marriage Catholic archbishop. Members of the Westboro Baptist Church. High-profile politicians. A former lesbian converting homosexuals to "straightness." Two survivors of 9/11 victims denied marital benefits. And much more... This film delves into the emotion behind the hot-button issue of same-sex marriage. Probing, powerful, and full of humanity -- this movie will change the way you think.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Documentary
Country: USA
Duration: 78 min
Plot tags: uplifting, thought provoking, serious, realistic
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Semi-Homemade Cooking with Sandra Lee (2003)
Plot Summary:
In an atmosphere as inviting as her recipes, Sandra Lee, author of the best-selling cookbook Semi-Homemade Cooking, shares her techniques for combining fresh ingredients with specially selected store-bought items. The results: mouthwatering meals and desserts, prepared in minutes, that taste like they were made from scratch. Now you can see why consumers, viewers and celebrities from Katie Couric to Nathan Lane have made Sandra Lee one of America's most sought-after culinary experts!.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 170
Genere:
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: realistic, light, feel good, captivating, entertaining, serious, culinary
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Halloween Baking Championship (2015)
Plot Summary:
The country's top bakers battle it out to create Halloween's spookiest and most-irresistible treats. From spider cupcakes, cheesecake coffins and witch finger cookies to towering confections of terror, these bakers must prove their skills to the judges to land the $25,000 prize and the title of Halloween Baking Champion!.
IMDB Rating: 7.6
IMDB Votes: 428
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: light, feel good, captivating, entertaining
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Giada at Home (2008)
Plot Summary:
Giada De Laurentiis lets her hair down as she demonstrates her love for cooking and entertaining California-style in this disarmingly laid-back show that allows De Laurentiis to venture far afield from her usual Italian culinary fare.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: culinary, feel good, serious, realistic, talky, funny
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The French Chef (1962)
Plot Summary:
The French Chef is a television cooking show created and hosted by Julia Child, and produced and broadcast by WGBH, the public television station in Boston, Massachusetts, from February 11, 1963 to 1973. It was one of the first cooking shows on American television. The show grew out of some special presentations that Child did based on the book Mastering the Art of French Cooking, which she had co-authored. The French Chef was produced from 1963 to 1973 by WGBH for National Educational Television. Reruns continued on PBS until 1989, and currently air on Cooking Channel as of 2010.
IMDB Rating: 8.9
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Documentary, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: retro
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Ghost Adventures (2008)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigator Zak Bagans and his crew, Nick Groff and Aaron Goodwin, search for haunted locations both domestically and internationally. During their investigations, Zak and crew acquaint themselves with the general area; interview locals about the hauntings; and go face-to-face with the evil spirits who reportedly haunt these locations.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 10000
Genere: Documentary, History
Country: USA
Duration: 45 min
Plot tags: scary, atmospheric, serious, anthology, creepy, spooky, tense, realistic, odd
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Ghost Hunters (2004)
Plot Summary:
Paranormal investigators investigate places that are reported to be haunted. Engaging forensic experts, historical records and the most innovative technology available, the squad helps everyday people who are struggling with unexplained supernatural phenomena.
IMDB Rating: 6.3
IMDB Votes: 7000
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: realistic, scary, serious, suspenseful, creepy, game show, spooky, atmospheric
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Swords: Life on the Line (2009)
Plot Summary:
For the fisherman of New England, braving the frigid, unpredictable waters of the North Atlantic is a tradition that has been in their families for generations. It is an unforgiving environment, where forty-five-foot vessels contend with fifty-foot waves and gale-force winds. Where one fish can earn you $50,000, and one mistake can cost you your life. Swords takes us out to sea in pursuit of massive blue-fin tuna and the elusive swordfish. Together with the fathers, sons, old salts and greenhorns for whom the ocean is more than just where they make a living: it's a way of life.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
IMDB Votes: 86
Genere: Adventure, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, rough, captivating
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The Kitchen. War for the hotel (2019)
Plot Summary:
Having suffered a fiasco in the hotel business and saying goodbye to the Eleon Hotel, Eleanora retires to Tuscany. Everything changes when her ex Nagiev, guilty of her bankruptcy, begins construction of the grandiose complex in Sochi.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 365
Genere: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 24 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, entertaining, semi serious, sentimental, captivating, visually appealing
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Love & War (1992)
Plot Summary:
Love & War is an American television sitcom, which aired on CBS from September 21, 1992 to February 1, 1995. Created by Diane English, the series originally starred Susan Dey as Wally Porter, a Chicago restaurateur, and Jay Thomas as Jack Stein, a sportswriter with whom she had an on-again, off-again romance. After the first season, however, the show was retooled and Dey was fired by the producers of the show, claiming that she and Thomas had "no chemistry" together. She was replaced by Annie Potts as Dana Palladino, who bought Porter's restaurant and also became a love interest for Jack. The first season also featured moments when Jack or Wally would break the fourth wall and address the camera directly, generally using it as an opportunity to discuss an emotional crisis. This mechanic was dropped in later seasons. One episode featured a guest appearance from Jerry Seinfeld and Larry David as themselves, they did this as a "thank you" to creator Diane English for allowing a brief scene on Murphy Brown in an episode of Seinfeld where Kramer is cast as the titular character's secretary. The show's supporting cast included Suzie Plakson, Joanna Gleason, Joel Murray, Charles Robinson and Michael Nouri. John Hancock, who had a recurring role as a judge on L.A. Law with Susan Dey previously, portrayed bartender Ike for the first half of season one, until he died of a heart attack in late 1992. His death was subsequently written into the series and he was replaced by actor Charlie Robinson.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 246
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, feel good, humorous, realistic, witty, talky, semi serious
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Compulsions (2009)
Plot Summary:
Compulsions is the internal character story of Mark Sandler (Craig Frank), an admitted Sadist leading a life with a dull desk job. At night, he channels his inner compulsions as a professional interrogator, brutally and psychological extracting bits of crucial information from his "clients".
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Thriller
Country: USA
Duration:
Plot tags: rough, serious, psychological, tense, realistic, independent film
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The Golden Palace (1992)
Plot Summary:
The Golden Palace is an American sitcom that originally aired on CBS from September 18, 1992, to May 14, 1993. The show is a spin-off of the sitcom The Golden Girls, continuing the story from that series. CBS cancelled the spin-off in 1993 after one season.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, sentimental, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Everyday People (2004)
Plot Summary:
The closing of a local restaurant concerns a number of employees who've dedicated their lives to the eatery.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: touching, sincere, serious, realistic, thought provoking, contemplative, independent film
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Freddie (2005)
Plot Summary:
Freddie is a television sitcom created by, and starring, Freddie Prinze, Jr. that aired from October 5, 2005 to April 12, 2006. Freddie is inspired by Prinze Jr.'s real life, growing up in a house filled with women. His lifelong friend, Conrad Jackson, co-created this series with Prinze, along with executive producers Bruce Helford and Bruce Rasmussen.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, realistic, touching, semi serious
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Made in Jersey (2012)
Plot Summary:
A young working-class woman who uses her street smarts to compete among her pedigreed Manhattan colleagues at a prestigious New York law firm.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min
Plot tags: realistic, serious, captivating, talky
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Flakes (2007)
Plot Summary:
Aspiring rock musician Neal Downs manages a cereal bar. Stylish Miss Pussy Katz is the creator of radically-themed art clothing. When the cereal bar, brings in an offbeat crew of locals, who debate the arcana of cereal history and ideal milk/flake ratios, an aspiring capitalist rips off their concept.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 4000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: humorous, semi serious, realistic, feel good, light, sincere, captivating, offbeat, whimsical
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Kitchen Confidential (2005)
Plot Summary:
Kitchen Confidential is an American television sitcom that debuted on September 19, 2005, on the Fox network, based on Anthony Bourdain's New York Times bestselling book, Kitchen Confidential: Adventures in the Culinary Underbelly. Bradley Cooper played the Anthony Bourdain-inspired lead character, Jack Bourdain. After the show's first three episodes aired on Fox, the show was put on hiatus due to Fox's coverage of the Major League Baseball playoffs. In November 2005, Fox announced the show would not air during sweeps and that only 13 episodes would be produced as it was only averaging 4 million viewers. The show returned on December 5, 2005, with its fourth episode, but only received 3.38 million viewers. Four days later, Fox announced the cancellation of the series.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, feel good, humorous, realistic, semi serious, witty
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In the Weeds (2000)
Plot Summary:
It's Martha's first night as a waitress in an upscale New York restaurant. Veteran Chloe shows her the ropes and introduces her to the lives of the restaurant staff. Adam, a hopeful playwright, suffers for his art while dealing with a very indecisive (ex-?)girlfriend. Marlon is a cocky young actor, certain that his big break is just around the corner. When the restaurant's obnoxious owner, Simon, brings a special client in for dinner, pressures mount until an explosion seems inevitable.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
IMDB Votes: 441
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: feel good, humorous, witty, semi serious, sex comedy, independent film, offbeat, realistic
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Whites (2010)
Plot Summary:
Whites was a BBC sitcom, written by Oliver Lansley and Matt King, directed by David Kerr, and starring Alan Davies as the executive chef at a country house hotel. BBC Two gave the go ahead for the show to go into production in August 2009 with the first episode airing in September 2010. Whites aired for six episodes in 2010. On 1 March 2011 Davies announced that the BBC would not be renewing Whites for another series.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, humorous, not serious, light, captivating, feel good, realistic
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Lucky 7 (2013)
Plot Summary:
What would you do if you won the lottery? How would it change your life? Follow a group of seven gas station employees in Queens, New York, who have been chipping into a lottery pool for years, never thinking they'd actually win. They need to be careful what they wish for, because while the money could solve problems for each of them, it will forever change the close-knit bonds these friends have formed.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 669
Genere: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 42 min
Plot tags: touching, serious, realistic, captivating
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2 Broke Girls (2011)
Plot Summary:
Comedy about the unlikely friendship that develops between two very different young women who meet waitressing at a diner in trendy Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and form a bond over one day owning their own successful cupcake business. Only one thing stands in their way – they’re broke.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 103000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min
Plot tags: sitcom, not serious, feel good, humorous, light, witty, funny, entertaining, slapstick, dark comedy
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100 Centre Street (2001)
Plot Summary:
100 Centre Street is an American legal drama created by Sidney Lumet and starring Alan Arkin, Val Avery, Bobby Cannavale, Joel de la Fuente and Paula Devicq.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 201
Genere: Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: serious, thought provoking, realistic, suspenseful, gloomy