How I Met Your Mother
2005 ComedyA father recounts to his children - through a series of flashbacks - the journey he and his four best friends took leading up to him meeting their mother.
TV Shows like How I Met Your Mother
Discover a curated list of captivating tv shows similar to How I Met Your Mother. Explore films such as Friends, The Hangover, and Scrubs, around the themes of group of friends, friendship, sitcom. Other notable keywords include best friend and canadian abroad.
#1
Friends
Synopsis:
Six young people from New York City, on their own and struggling to survive in the real world, find the companionship, comfort and support they get from each other to be the perfect antidote to the pressures of life.
Starring:
Matthew Perry,
Courteney Cox,
Jennifer Aniston
#2
The Hangover
Synopsis:
When three friends finally come to after a raucous night of bachelor-party revelry, they find a baby in the closet and a tiger in the bathroom. But they can't seem to locate their best friend, Doug – who's supposed to be tying the knot. Launching a frantic search for Doug, the trio perseveres through a nasty hangover to try to make it to the church on time.
Starring:
Bradley Cooper,
Heather Graham,
Ken Jeong
Plot:
hangover,
female nudity,
bachelor party,
implied cunnilingus,
fellatio,
drunkenness,
stripper,
waitress,
wedding,
party
...
#3
Scrubs
Synopsis:
In the unreal world of Sacred Heart Hospital, John "J.D." Dorian learns the ways of medicine, friendship and life.
Starring:
Dave Franco,
Kerry Bishé,
Donald Faison
Plot:
friendship,
hospital,
doctor,
medical student,
mental hospital,
bromance,
2000s,
california,
male bonding,
marriage
...
#4
I Love You, Man
Synopsis:
Peter Klaven is a successful real estate agent who, upon getting engaged to the woman of his dreams, Zooey, discovers, to his dismay and chagrin, that he has no male friend close enough to serve as his Best Man. Peter immediately sets out to rectify the situation, embarking on a series of bizarre and awkward "man-dates."
Starring:
Thomas Lennon,
J.K. Simmons,
Jaime Pressly
Plot:
homosexual subtext,
bromance,
friend,
homosexual,
homosexuality,
bisexual,
capitalism,
usa,
2000s,
family relationships
...
#5
The Wolf of Wall Street
Synopsis:
A New York stockbroker refuses to cooperate in a large securities fraud case involving corruption on Wall Street, corporate banking world and mob infiltration. Based on Jordan Belfort's autobiography.
Starring:
Jonah Hill,
Margot Robbie,
Jon Bernthal
#6
Sex and the City
Synopsis:
Based on the bestselling book by Candace Bushnell, Sex and the City tells the story of four best friends, all single and in their late thirties, as they pursue their careers and talk about their sex lives, all while trying to survive the New York social scene.
Starring:
Kristin Davis,
Sarah Jessica Parker,
Kim Cattrall
Plot:
new york city,
beauty,
female friendship,
love,
dating,
friendship between women,
friendship,
love life,
casual sex,
singles
...
#7
Seinfeld
Synopsis:
A stand-up comedian and his three offbeat friends weather the pitfalls and payoffs of life in New York City in the '90s. It's a show about nothing.
Starring:
Jason Alexander,
Julia Louis-Dreyfus,
Jerry Seinfeld
#8
Spider-Man 3
Synopsis:
The seemingly invincible Spider-Man goes up against an all-new crop of villains—including the shape-shifting Sandman. While Spider-Man’s superpowers are altered by an alien organism, his alter ego, Peter Parker, deals with nemesis Eddie Brock and also gets caught up in a love triangle.
Starring:
J.K. Simmons,
Bryce Dallas Howard,
Kirsten Dunst
#9
Coming to America
Synopsis:
An African prince decides it’s time for him to find a princess... and his mission leads him and his most loyal friend to Queens, New York. In disguise as an impoverished immigrant, the pampered prince quickly finds himself a new job, new friends, new digs, new enemies and lots of trouble.
Starring:
Eddie Murphy,
Arsenio Hall,
Shari Headley
#10
Mona Lisa Smile
Synopsis:
The story of Katherine Ann Watson, a feminist teacher who studied at UCLA graduate school and in 1953 left her boyfriend behind in Los Angeles, California to teach at Wellesley College, a conservative women's private liberal arts college in Massachusetts, United States.
Starring:
Dominic West,
Kirsten Dunst,
Maggie Gyllenhaal
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#11
Crazy, Stupid, Love.
Synopsis:
Cal Weaver is living the American dream. He has a good job, a beautiful house, great children and a beautiful wife, named Emily. Cal's seemingly perfect life unravels, however, when he learns that Emily has been unfaithful and wants a divorce. Over 40 and suddenly single, Cal is adrift in the fickle world of dating. Enter, Jacob Palmer, a self-styled player who takes Cal under his wing and teache…
Starring:
Joey King,
Ryan Gosling,
Steve Carell
Plot:
soulmates,
midlife crisis,
marriage crisis,
womanizer,
law school,
divorce,
marriage,
unfaithfulness,
adultery,
marital problem
...
#12
Spider-Man 2
Synopsis:
Peter Parker is going through a major identity crisis. Burned out from being Spider-Man, he decides to shelve his superhero alter ego, which leaves the city suffering in the wake of carnage left by the evil Doc Ock. In the meantime, Parker still can't act on his feelings for Mary Jane Watson, a girl he's loved since childhood. A certain anger begins to brew in his best friend Harry Osborn as well…
Starring:
J.K. Simmons,
Kirsten Dunst,
Tobey Maguire
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#13
EuroTrip
Synopsis:
When Scott learns that his longtime cyber-buddy from Berlin is a gorgeous young woman, he and his friends embark on a trip across Europe.
Starring:
Michelle Trachtenberg,
Vinnie Jones,
Jana Pallaske
#14
Four Weddings and a Funeral
Synopsis:
Over the course of five social occasions, a committed bachelor must consider the notion that he may have discovered love.
Starring:
Kristin Scott Thomas,
Rowan Atkinson,
Andie MacDowell
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#15
Eyes Wide Shut
Synopsis:
After Dr. Bill Harford's wife, Alice, admits to having sexual fantasies about a man she met, Bill becomes obsessed with having a sexual encounter. He discovers an underground sexual group and attends one of their meetings -- and quickly discovers that he is in over his head.
Starring:
Nicole Kidman,
Tom Cruise,
Alan Cumming
Plot:
orgy,
password,
sex party,
prostitute,
sexual fantasy,
prostitution,
marriage,
mansion,
masked woman,
nudity
...
#16
Mr. Peabody & Sherman
Synopsis:
A young boy and his dog, who happens to have a genius-level IQ, spring into action when their time-machine is stolen and moments in history begin to be changed.
Starring:
Stanley Tucci,
Allison Janney,
Ariel Winter
#17
Midnight Cowboy
Synopsis:
Joe Buck is a wide-eyed hustler from Texas hoping to score big with wealthy New York City women; he finds a companion in Enrico "Ratso" Rizzo, an ailing swindler with a bum leg and a quixotic fantasy of escaping to Florida.
Starring:
Jon Voight,
Dustin Hoffman,
Brenda Vaccaro
Plot:
new york city,
hustler,
gigolo,
cowboy,
homosexual,
winter,
friendship,
male prostitution,
urban setting,
manhattan new york city
...
#18
Peter Pan
Synopsis:
In stifling Edwardian London, Wendy Darling mesmerizes her brothers every night with bedtime tales of swordplay, swashbuckling and the fearsome Captain Hook. But the children become the heroes of an even greater story, when Peter Pan flies into their nursery one night and leads them over moonlit rooftops through a galaxy of stars and to the lush jungles of Neverland.
Starring:
Jason Isaacs,
Ludivine Sagnier,
Lynn Redgrave
#19
Two and a Half Men
Synopsis:
A hedonistic jingle writer's free-wheeling life comes to an abrupt halt when his brother and 10-year-old nephew move into his beach-front house.
Starring:
Jon Cryer,
Conchata Ferrell,
Ashton Kutcher
#20
Big
Synopsis:
When a young boy makes a wish at a carnival machine to be big—he wakes up the following morning to find that it has been granted and his body has grown older overnight. But he is still the same 13-year-old boy inside. Now he must learn how to cope with the unfamiliar world of grown-ups including getting a job and having his first romantic encounter with a woman.
Starring:
Jon Lovitz,
Tom Hanks,
John Heard