Корейско семейство живее в сутерен и се прехранва с мизерните надници от временна работа. Положението се променя, когато по-големият син, благодарение на препоръките на приятел, фалшива диплома и вроденото си обаяние започва работа като частен учител по английски на дъщерята на богат бизнесмен. Попадайки в разкошния дом, момчето открива необичаен начин да реши проблемите на цялото си семейство.
Хираяма е доволен от живота си на чистач на тоалетни в Токио. Извън неговото подредено ежедневие, той се интересува от музика на касети, чете книги и прави снимки на дървета. Неочаквана среща му помага да открие красотата в света.
Хоун е в ролята на Джоана Стейтън, разглезената съпруга на претенциозен богаташ. Дийн Профит, дърводелецът, когото Джоана наема да разшири гардероба на яхтата ѝ и когото тя не спира да тормози с капризите и прищевките си, като даже отказва да му плати. Затова, когато Джоана пада зад борда и получава амнезия, Дийн е повече от щастлив да ѝ помогне "да си припомни" живота си. А именно, че е негова съпруга и майка на четирите му разюздани хлапета!
Филмът проследява историята на Кристи Браун - ирландски писател и художник, роден на 5 юли 1932 г. в католическо, бедно, многодетно, но любящо семейство в един от мизерните квартали на Дъблин. Страдащ по рождение от детска церебрална парализа, през първите десет години от живота му всички смятат, че той е бавно развиващ се. Цялото му тяло е в бунт срещу него с изключение на левия му крак, с който един ден Кристи взима парче тебешир и написва цяла дума на пода. Следващите "стъпки" са поезия, романи, картини и една болезнено лирична автобиография. Кристи Браун е гений, култивирал себе си на границата на човешките възможности, едновременно недъгав и надарен от Бога.
Елис Лейси е млада ирландска имигрантка, попаднала в Бруклин през 50-те години на миналия век. Когато първоначалната носталгия по дома отстъпва място на първата любов, Елис неочаквано получава новина от родината и е принудена да направи труден избор между двама мъже и две страни, намиращи се в различни краища на света.
Историята проследява събитията в малко британски градче през 50-те години на миналия век, където самотна майка, която все още не е превъзмогнала провала на своя брак се влюбва в новодошла лекарка, която идва в градчето, за да поеме пациентите на наскоро починалия си баща.
Филмът проследява края на 60-те години, които със своята турбулентност, оформят характера на младо момче и неговото семейство от работническата класа.
Жасмин е жена на средна възраст от Ню Йорк. Тя има добър живот и брак с инвестиционния банкер Хал. Заради незаконните си сделки обаче, Хал е отведен в затвора. Жасмин е принудена да се премести при сестра си Джиднжър, която живее в Сан Франциско, където я очаква съвсем различен живо. Ситуацията е усложнена и от това, че сестра й се различава напълно от нея и, че двете ще трябва да делят един и същ малък апартамент.
Семейство от Южна Италия заминава за големия град на север - Милано, за да започне нов живот. Постепенно всеки от членовете му поема в своя посока и семейната общност се разпада. Филмът е разказан под формата на епическа поема, в която всяка строфа е посветена на един от членовете. Роко е братът с добро сърце, който се влюбва в момичето на брат си Симоне - проститутката Надя. С нежелание той се отдръпва, но това не води до нищо добро - Симоне в крайна сметка убива любимата си. Останалите братя се разпръсват от семейния дом и започват да водят честен самостоятелен живот. Единствен Роко се измъчва от трагедията и иска да се върне там, където е израснал. Сценарият издава, че е писан от много ръце, но динамичната и стилна режисура на Висконти движи уверено действието напред. Основната сюжетна линия, която е подкрепена от чувствителната и умело направлявана игра на Ален Делон като Роко, Ани Жирардо като проститутката и Ренато Салватори като Симоне, е забележително въздействаща.
Богаташчето Кели Морс си мисли, че има всичко - пари, чар и нов мерцедес. Но след една надпревара с коли, при която разрушава крайпътна закусвалня, той е осъден на общественополезен труд в малко градче за цялото лято. Именно там той се запознава с едно съвсем обикновено момиче, Саманта, и се влюбва в нея. Но всичко се променя, когато дългогодишният й приятел Джаспър, разкрива тайната им връзка.
Луси Хил е високо квалифициран консултант, влюбена в богатия и лъскав живот на Маями. Когато ѝ предлагат да замине за малко градче, за да затвори губеща производствена фабрика, тя с радост приема, очаквайки скорошно повишение, без да знае, че ще се озове в средата на нищото. След хладното посрещане, заледените пътища и смразяващите снежни преспи, тя успява да намери очарованието на малкия град, но скоро разбира, че ще остави цялото му население без работа. Притисната Луси ще трябва да реши какъв е изборът ѝ.
Life’s good for deliveryman Doug Heffernan, until his newly widowed father-in-law, Arthur, moves in with him and his wife Carrie. Doug is no longer the king of his domain, and instead of having a big screen television in his recently renovated basement, he now has a crazy old man.
A group of working-class friends finding unconventional ways to win at life in suburban northern England. These lads have dealt, scammed, bribed and conned their way through adolescence, but now, their dealing and stealing is catching up with them and a whole load of trouble is heading their way.
Prisoner is an Australian soap opera that is set in the Wentworth Detention Centre, a fictional women's prison.
The story of a young group of siblings pretty much abandoned by their parents, surviving by their wits - and humor - on a rough Manchester council estate. Whilst they won't admit it, they need help and find it in Steve, a young middle class lad who falls for Fiona, the oldest sibling, and increasingly finds himself drawn to this unconventional and unique family. Anarchic family life seen through the eyes of an exceptionally bright fifteen year old, who struggles to come of age in the context of his belligerent father, closeted brother, psychotic sister and internet porn star neighbors.
Archie Bunker, a working class bigot, constantly squabbles with his family over the important issues of the day.
The misadventures of two wheeler dealer brothers Del Boy and Rodney Trotter of 'Trotters Independent Traders PLC' who scrape their living by selling dodgy goods believing that next year they will be millionaires.
What's Happening!! is an American television sitcom that aired on ABC from August 5, 1976 to April 28, 1979. The show premiered as a summer series. With good ratings and reviews, and after the failure of several other shows on the network, What's Happening!! returned in November 1976 as a weekly series. It remained a regular show until 1979; ratings were modest. What's Happening!! was loosely based on the motion picture Cooley High, also written by Eric Monte.
Desmond's was a British television situation comedy broadcast by Channel 4 from 1989 to 1994. With 71 episodes, Desmond's became Channel 4's longest-running sitcom. The first series was shot in 1988, with the first episode broadcast in January 1989. The show was made in and set in Peckham, London, England and featured a predominantly Black British Guyanese cast. Conceived and co-written by Trix Worrell, and produced by Charlie Hanson and Humphrey Barclay, this series starred Norman Beaton as barber Desmond Ambrose. Desmond's shop was a gathering place for an assortment of local characters.
British comedy series focusing on the lives of a working-class family in Manchester who love the TV.
On the Buses is a British comedy series created by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, broadcast in the United Kingdom from 1969 to 1973. The writers' previous successes with The Rag Trade and Meet the Wife were for the BBC, but the corporation rejected On the Buses, not seeing much comedy potential in a bus depot as a setting. The comedy partnership turned to a friend, Frank Muir, Head of Entertainment at London Weekend Television, who loved the idea; the show was accepted and despite a poor critical reception became a hit with viewers.
Whatever Happened to the Likely Lads? is a British sitcom which was broadcast between 9 January 1973 and 9 April 1974 on BBC1. It was the colour sequel to the mid-1960s hit The Likely Lads. It was created and written, as was its predecessor, by Dick Clement and Ian La Frenais. There were 26 television episodes over two series; and a subsequent 45-minute Christmas special was aired on 24 December 1974. The cast were reunited in 1975 for a BBC radio adaptation of series 1, transmitted on Radio 4 from July to October that year. In 1976, a feature film spin-off was made. Around the time of its release, however, Rodney Bewes and James Bolam fell out over a misunderstanding involving the press and have not spoken since. This long-suspected situation was finally confirmed by Bewes while promoting his autobiography in 2005. Unlike Bewes, Bolam is consistently reluctant to talk about the show, and has vetoed any attempt to revive his character.
A bus driver and his sewer worker friend struggle to strike it rich while their wives look on with weary patience. One of the most influential situation comedy television series in American history.
Jeff Foxworthy is a hardworking husband and father. Between paying his mortgage, running his heating and air company business and raising his precocious son, he learns what every self-respecting redneck knows: tractor pulls come and go, but family is forever!
Following the chronicles of the East End working-class Garnett family, headed by patriarch Alf Garnett, a reactionary working-class man who holds racist and anti-socialist views.
How much do you know about the person working next to you? From the outside, life at Mackintosh Textiles appears to run smoothly, but in a community with so many secrets to hide, things are far from straightforward. In six powerful, self-contained dramas, everyday life is fractured by tumultuous marriages, snatched passions, disappearing husbands and gang harassment.
Center of the Universe is a television series on CBS, which ran from October 27, 2004, until January 19, 2005. The sitcom was canceled after just 10 episodes aired. It was set in downtown Tulsa, Oklahoma. John Goodman starred as John Barnett, a good-natured and successful operator of a security company. The series involved the dependency of his entire family on John for everything -- money, jobs, housing, and personal guidance in every decision. Tagline: "The world doesn't revolve around John...but his family does." A total of 15 episodes were produced.
Steptoe and Son is a British sitcom written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson about a father and son played by Wilfred Brambell and Harry H. Corbett who deal in selling used items. They live on Oil Drum Lane, a fictional street in Shepherd's Bush, London. Four series were broadcast by the BBC from 1962 to 1965, followed by a second run from 1970 to 1974. Its theme tune, "Old Ned", was composed by Ron Grainer. The series was voted 15th in a 2004 BBC poll to find Britain's Best Sitcom. It was remade in the US as Sanford and Son, in Sweden as Albert & Herbert and in the Netherlands as Stiefbeen en zoon. In 1972 a movie adaptation of the series, Steptoe and Son, was released in cinemas, with a second Steptoe and Son Ride Again in 1973.
Dinnerladies is a BBC sitcom written by and starring Victoria Wood that chronicles the antics of a group of workers in a canteen in the north of England. Bren tries to maintain a semblance of order in amongst the chaos, while dealing with the canteen supervisor, slightly sex-obsessed cancer sufferer Tony. Dolly and Jean are the bickering menopausal older women, always at odds but best friends beneath it all. Then there's thick-as-two-short-planks Anita, and the terminally uninterested Twinkle, more concerned with having a good time than anything else. Making up the motley crew are military man handyman Stan, all rules and regulations, and ditzy Philippa, who never seems to get anything right.
Crocodile Shoes is a British 7-part television series made by the BBC and screened on BBC One in 1994. The series was written by and starred Jimmy Nail as a factory worker who becomes a country and western singer. A sequel, Crocodile Shoes II followed in 1996 and the theme tune "Country Boy" was a hit for Nail too.
The Rag Trade is a British television sitcom broadcast by the BBC between 1961 and 1963 and by LWT between 1977 and 1978. The scripts were by Ronald Wolfe and Ronald Chesney, who later wrote Wild, Wild Women, Meet the Wife and On the Buses. Wild, Wild Women was a period variation of The Rag Trade. The action centred on a small clothing workshop, Fenner Fashions in London. Although run by Harold Fenner and Reg the foreman, the female workers are led by militant shop steward Paddy Fleming, ever ready to strike, with the catchphrase "Everybody out!" Other cast members included Sheila Hancock, Esma Reese Cannon, Wanda Ventham and Barbara Windsor. The Rag Trade was revived by ITV company LWT in 1977, with Jones and Karlin reprising their roles. The 1977 version ran for two series, most of the scripts being based on the BBC episodes from the 1960s, and featured Anna Karen and future EastEnders star Gillian Taylforth as factory workers. The theme tune for the LWT series was written and performed by Lynsey De Paul.
