Best TV Shows like Scrubs (2001)

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Four Flies on Grey Velvet

Synopsis: Roberto, a drummer in a rock band, keeps receiving weird phone calls and being followed by a mysterious man. One night he manages to catch up with his persecutor and tries to get him to talk but in the ensuing struggle he accidentally stabs him. He runs away, but he understands his troubles have just begun when the following day he receives an envelope with photos of him killing the man. Someone …

Starring: Jean-Pierre Marielle, Michael Brandon, Mimsy Farmer

Plot: mysterious man, masked killer, ends with freeze frame, musician as protagonist, drummer as protagonist, male star appears shirtless, camera shot from inside a guitar, starring long haired male, taking a photograph, doll mask ...

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Thor

Synopsis: Against his father Odin's will, The Mighty Thor - a powerful but arrogant warrior god - recklessly reignites an ancient war. Thor is cast down to Earth and forced to live among humans as punishment. Once here, Thor learns what it takes to be a true hero when the most dangerous villain of his world sends the darkest forces of Asgard to invade Earth.

Starring: Chris Hemsworth, Clark Gregg, Ray Stevenson

Plot: loki character, scientist, marvel cinematic universe, nick fury character, clint barton character, hawkeye character, mjolnir, jane foster character, heimdall character, sif character ...

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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 ...

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Grey's Anatomy

Synopsis: Follows the personal and professional lives of a group of doctors at Seattle’s Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital.

Starring: Kevin McKidd, Jake Borelli, Ellen Pompeo

Plot: surgeon, hospital, lesbian, work romance, surgery, female physician, bisexual doctor, lesbian doctor, sex at work, operating room ...

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Sonic the Hedgehog

Synopsis: Based on the global blockbuster videogame franchise from Sega, Sonic the Hedgehog tells the story of the world’s speediest hedgehog as he embraces his new home on Earth. In this live-action adventure comedy, Sonic and his new best friend team up to defend the planet from the evil genius Dr. Robotnik and his plans for world domination.

Starring: James Marsden, Jim Carrey, Neal McDonough

Plot: based on video game, small town, hedgehog, live action adaptation, drone, villain, alien, police, dart, live action cgi hybrid ...

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Traffic

Synopsis: An exploration of the United States of America's war on drugs from multiple perspectives. For the new head of the Office of National Drug Control Policy, the war becomes personal when he discovers his well-educated daughter is abusing cocaine within their comfortable suburban home. In Mexico, a flawed, but noble policeman agrees to testify against a powerful general in league with a cartel, and i…

Starring: Dennis Quaid, Michael Douglas, Don Cheadle

Plot: mexico, judge, cocaine, interlinked stories, drug smuggling, kidnapping, drug cartel, drug trafficking, color filter, drug war ...

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Scream

Synopsis: Twenty-five years after a streak of brutal murders shocked the quiet town of Woodsboro, a new killer has donned the Ghostface mask and begins targeting a group of teenagers to resurrect secrets from the town’s deadly past.

Starring: David Arquette, Courteney Cox, Dylan Minnette

Plot: requel, self referential, whodunit, voice changer, sister sister relationship, hospital visit, father daughter relationship, ambulance, sister sister reunion, estranged family member ...

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Citizen Kane

Synopsis: Newspaper magnate, Charles Foster Kane is taken from his mother as a boy and made the ward of a rich industrialist. As a result, every well-meaning, tyrannical or self-destructive move he makes for the rest of his life appears in some way to be a reaction to that deeply wounding event.

Starring: Ray Collins, Agnes Moorehead, Orson Welles

Plot: newspaper publisher, rosebud, new york, narcissism, materialism, suicide attempt, adultery, new york city, marriage, journalist ...

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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

Plot: friendship, friend, new york city, roommate, boyfriend girlfriend relationship, divorce, actor, love life, best friend, paleontologist ...

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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 ...

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Rocky III

Synopsis: Now the world champion, Rocky Balboa is living in luxury and only fighting opponents who pose no threat to him in the ring, until Clubber Lang challenges him to a bout. After taking a pounding from Lang, the humbled champ turns to former bitter rival Apollo Creed for a rematch with Lang.

Starring: Sylvester Stallone, Mr. T, Carl Weathers

Plot: challenger, rocky balboa character, adrian character, paulie character, rocky balboa jr character, mickey goldmill character, sequel, returning character killed off, sequel to best picture winner, hit in the face ...

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The Shawshank Redemption

Synopsis: Framed in the 1940s for the double murder of his wife and her lover, upstanding banker Andy Dufresne begins a new life at the Shawshank prison, where he puts his accounting skills to work for an amoral warden. During his long stretch in prison, Dufresne comes to be admired by the other inmates -- including an older prisoner named Red -- for his integrity and unquenchable sense of hope.

Starring: Mark Rolston, Morgan Freeman, Clancy Brown

Plot: wrongful imprisonment, based on the works of stephen king, prison, escape from prison, voice over narration, friendship between men, 1940s, suicide by hanging, infidelity, police brutality ...

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Starsky & Hutch

Synopsis: Join uptight David Starsky and laid-back Ken "Hutch" Hutchinson as they're paired for the first time as undercover cops. The new partners must overcome their differences to solve an important case with help from street informant Huggy Bear and persuasive criminal Reese Feldman.

Starring: Ben Stiller, Owen Wilson, Carmen Electra

Plot: character names as title, buddy movie, 1970s, russian roulette, based on tv series, automobile, ford gran torino, mercedes benz, harley davidson, 20th century ...

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It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia

Synopsis: Four egocentric friends run a neighborhood Irish pub in Philadelphia and try to find their way through the adult world of work and relationships. Unfortunately, their warped views and precarious judgments often lead them to trouble, creating a myriad of uncomfortable situations that usually only get worse before they get better.

Starring: Danny DeVito, Kaitlin Olson, Charlie Day

Plot: sibling relationship, parent child relationship, male friendship, dysfunctional family, satire, irish pub, pub, bartender, crude humor, alcoholic ...

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Jigsaw

Synopsis: Dead bodies begin to turn up all over the city, each meeting their demise in a variety of grisly ways. All investigations begin to point the finger at deceased killer John Kramer.

Starring: Callum Keith Rennie, Matt Passmore, Tobin Bell

Plot: suicide by hanging, chain, flashback, blade, hospital, severed leg, barn, laser cutter, x ray, stealing ...

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Scott Pilgrim vs. the World

Synopsis: As bass guitarist for a garage-rock band, Scott Pilgrim has never had trouble getting a girlfriend; usually, the problem is getting rid of them. But when Ramona Flowers skates into his heart, he finds she has the most troublesome baggage of all: an army of ex-boyfriends who will stop at nothing to eliminate him from her list of suitors.

Starring: Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Anna Kendrick, Aubrey Plaza

Plot: dream girl, cult film, canadian, rock band, kiss, lesbianism, teenage girl, film within a film, pink hair, fight ...

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Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood

Synopsis: Los Angeles, 1969. TV star Rick Dalton, a struggling actor specializing in westerns, and stuntman Cliff Booth, his best friend, try to survive in a constantly changing movie industry. Dalton is the neighbor of the young and promising actress and model Sharon Tate, who has just married the prestigious Polish director Roman Polanski…

Starring: Margot Robbie, Brad Pitt, Leonardo DiCaprio

Plot: place in title, violence, film within a film, dog, teenage girl, murder, movie theater, 1960s, actress, los angeles california ...

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The Big Bang Theory

Synopsis: Physicists Leonard and Sheldon find their nerd-centric social circle with pals Howard and Raj expanding when aspiring actress Penny moves in next door.

Starring: Kaley Cuoco, Melissa Rauch, Johnny Galecki

Plot: nerd, geek culture, friend, roommate, best friend, friendship, physicist, pasadena california, comic book shop, broken elevator ...

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Iron Man 3

Synopsis: When Tony Stark's world is torn apart by a formidable terrorist called the Mandarin, he starts an odyssey of rebuilding and retribution.

Starring: James Badge Dale, Jon Favreau, Ben Kingsley

Plot: terrorist, billionaire, human bomb, superhero, armor, falling from height, rescue, kidnapping, u.s. president, super soldier ...

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Gattaca

Synopsis: In a future society in the era of indefinite eugenics, humans are set on a life course depending on their DNA. Young Vincent Freeman is born with a condition that would prevent him from space travel, yet is determined to infiltrate the GATTACA space program.

Starring: Loren Dean, Jude Law, Tony Shalhoub

Plot: genetics, future, urine sample, paraplegic, blood, double identity, genetic, space travel, change of identity, new identity ...

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