Best movies & TV Shows like Grin and Build It

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A reality/home renovation series with a twist! Designer Heather Smillie and contractor Jon Giacomellitake couples out of the comfort zones in their relationships through the renovation of one room in their home.

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The Other Man

The story of a husband who suspects his wife of adultery, and sets out to track down the other man in her life.

Kill the Poor

When a marriage of convenience becomes the real thing, Joe moves his pregnant French wife to a tenement building on New York's Lower East Side. The street is like a war zone with none of the nostalgic appeal that Joe remembers from tales of his immigrant grandparents arriving in the same neighborhood with a new life. This is the urban frontier filled with comic mixture of gentrifies, homeboys, dealers and local residents simply bent on staying a float

Nora Roberts' Tribute

A former child star buys her grandmother's house to rescue it from ruin but her hope for serenity is soon eclipsed by haunting dreams of her famous grandmother, who died of a supposed overdose in the house more than 30 years ago.

The Gazebo

TV writer Elliott Nash buries a blackmailer under the new gazebo in his suburban backyard. But the nervous man can't let the body rest there.

Friends with Money

After she quits her lucrative job, Olivia finds herself unsure about her future and her relationships with her successful and wealthy friends.

Aloha with Love

Gemma, a big city architect, must fly to the Hawaii in order to handle the estate of her late Aunt. At her Aunt's request, she must first renovate the house. Ben, a handsome country-boy contractor helps her revive the home and in the process revitalizes Gemma.

The Holiday Fix Up

When Sam, the designer behind a popular home renovation show, returns to her hometown during the holidays to help renovate the Bell Harbor Inn, she gets paired with Coop as her lead contractor. The only problem — he's the guy who broke her heart and she's the one who got away. Sparks fly as they work closely to get the renovations done in time for the inn's annual Christmas Eve Harborfest.

Flip That Romance

Rival house flippers, Jules Briggs and Lance Waddell, renovate dual sides of a duplex and rekindle an old romance.

Blueprint to the Heart

Interior designer trying to save her home renovation show needs to apply her successful, upscale "fixer upper" home renovation strategy to her blue collar carpenter by making the sweet but disheveled guy her next fixer upper project.

A Brand New Kitchen

Peter is a successful kitchen contractor with a seemingly idyllic family. But when his long-lost high school sweetheart, Annalyn, calls him to remodel her kitchen, it starts a chain reaction of temptation and revelation that threatens to destroy both their marriages. Does Annalyn really want a brand new kitchen, or is it a different husband she’s angling for? As things spiral out of control, what will they choose the second time around?

Fixer Upper

Renovation, design and real estate pros Chip and Joanna Gaines are paired with Waco/Dallas, Texas-area buyers to renovate the wrong house that's in the right location.

Flip or Flop Atlanta

In Atlanta, Ken and Anita Corsini, a reno-savvy husband and wife, believe no project -- even houses that have been abandoned for years and trashed by squatters -- is too big for their family business. Ken's skills as a licensed contractor and Anita's know-how in real estate and design set the stage for the couple to produce top-dollar flips, adding southern charm to their modern renovations.

Home Town

Erin and Ben Napier, a small town Mississippi couple, renovate neighborhood historical houses giving them modern and affordable updates. From Erin's imaginative hand sketches to Ben's custom handiwork, this couple is bringing homes back to life and making sure their small town's future is as bright as its past.

Property Brothers

Brothers Jonathan and Drew Scott help home buyers to purchase renovation projects.

Queer Eye

An all-new “Fab Five” advise men on fashion, grooming, food, culture and design in this modern reboot of the Emmy Award-winning reality series.

Designing for the Sexes

Designing for the Sexes is a television show on HGTV. In each episode, a married couple with distinct tastes about decorating consult with an interior designer to create a room that meets both their needs. The show was originally hosted by Michael Payne. The second Designing for the Sexes was hosted by Susan Hunt. The New Designing for the Sexes is hosted by Rick Rifle.

Love It or List It

When a house no longer feels like home, homeowners are left with a big financial and emotional question: renovate or sell it? Love It or List It helps fed-up homeowners decide. In each hour-long episode Realtor David Visentin and designer Hilary Farr compete for the homeowners' final decision to stay or go.

$100 Makeover

Interior designer Leslie Segrete, master carpenter Rib Hillis, and professional organizer Robbie Laughlin show you how to repurpose, reuse and most importantly, reimagine your own spaces all for only $100 a room.

The Living Room

The Living Room, an edgy new weekly series that takes the best of lifestyle TV and adds a fresh entertainment spin.

Brother vs. Brother

Team Jonathan vs. Team Drew. The Brothers get two teams built of various skills (contractors, designers, realtors) & have a series of competitions, each week sending home a competitor. The final man (or woman) standing takes the title of Brother vs. Brother.

Bear's Wild Weekend with...

Bear Grylls takes celebrities on exhilarating adventures well outside their comfort zones.

Property Brothers: Buying and Selling

Reality series where Jonathan and Drew help homeowners take their next step up the property ladder. Featuring two pivotal real estate moments, double the stress, and twice the manpower, first Jon renovates the family's home for a successful sale, while Drew hunts down the best options for the family's next property and oversees the selling and buying.

The Mansion

An ambitious group of eight amateur home remodelers team up to renovate an amazing old house one room at a time. For the next eight weeks, these creative competitors will live in and work together on the house, one room at a time. Each week, they'll compete and collaborate on a different room. When it's all over, one of them will win the keys to the house!

Genevieve's Renovation

Designer Genevieve Gorder takes on her biggest project yet, renovating her own New York apartment for her and her daughter, Bebelle. Follow along as she transforms her tiny 1850's apartment into a fabulous space.

Texas Flip and Move

A property-flipping competition with a twist involving hauling the house to a new location.

Custom Built

Designer/Builder Paul Lafrance tackles projects that he customizes for clients with spectacular results. Paul is willing to put his custom spin on any room or anything battered, broken or bent.

Surviving Marriage

Married couples on the verge of divorce take part in an extreme form of therapy in hopes of saving their relationships. Akin to being locked in a room and told to work it out -- sort of -- one couple on each episode spend five days together on a secluded South Pacific island. Without modern conveniences and with limited access to food and water, the husband and wife have to rely on each other to survive the challenging conditions, including when they take part in physical and emotional exercises designed by marriage counselors. Guiding viewers are clinical psychologist Dr. Colleen Long and family therapist Tom Kersting, who explain how the participants are faring during the often-volatile journey. On the final day, the couple decide if they want to remain married or call it quits.

Home Free

Couples compete in weekly challenges to restore run-down homes with their DIY and home improvement skills for the chance of winning their dream home.

Love at First Kiss

TLC throws out traditional ways of meeting someone and welcomes awkward, sometimes steamy moments that can quickly create emotional and physical sparks. On "Love at First Kiss," an individual goes beyond his or her comfort zone to kiss a total stranger, without introduction, to determine if one kiss can lead to a date in the real world and maybe even a long-term relationship. With unexpected outcomes produced by every smooch, viewers find out how far singles go to find true love

Dare to Live

A music-infused docuseries in which Rory Kramer takes his artist friends (Justin Bieber, Steve Aoki, Iggy Azalea, The Chainsmokers and More) to the farthest reaches of their comfort zones and across the globe.

Boise Boys

Polar opposite friends Luke Caldwell and Clint Robertson take an unconventional approach to house flipping in their hometown of Boise, Idaho. While refined designer Luke likes to reach for the stars, rugged contractor Clint remains focused on their bottom line. With an endless inventory of old houses to choose from, the only decision this dynamic duo needs to make is which house to transform next.

Property Brothers: Forever Home

Drew and Jonathan Scott are on a mission to help couples transform their houses into forever homes where they can put down roots and happily spend their lives. But before that can happen, they need Drew and Jonathan to unlock the full potential of their house and renovate it into the home of their dreams.

Best Room Wins

Interior designers are challenged to create multimillion-dollar looks for couples who are in need of room makeovers while staying within a $25,000 budget.

Jasper and Errol's First Time

Two young men from L.A. step outside their comfort zone and try things for the first time.

Aaron Needs a Job

Expert custom car-builder Aaron Kaufman is stepping out of his comfort zone in a big way as he dives headfirst into mechanical worlds he’s never experienced before. In his new series, Kaufman takes viewers on a wild ride around the country as he explores exciting new motor-driven industries and meets with the machine-minded men and women who keep our world running.

Styling Hollywood

Stylist and interior designer Jason Bolden and husband Adair Curtis of JSN Studio make the magic happen on the red carpet and at home for A-listers.

Fixer to Fabulous

Dave and Jenny Marrs are a couple who renovate and sell historic houses in their hometown of Bentonville, Arkansas.

We're Here

Small-town residents from across America are recruited and trained to participate in a one-night-only drag show. In each episode, former RuPaul’s Drag Race contestants Bob the Drag Queen, Eureka O’Hara and Shangela Laquifa Wadley will help prepare their “drag daughters” by teaching them how to step outside of their comfort zones.

Synvain Rénove

This parody of renovation shows takes the codes of the genre to create many misunderstandings and entertaining confusion. Synvain proposes to various Quebec personalities to renovate a room in their home. Until the final unveiling, he gives absurd recommendations and follows the recommendations of a crazy designer.

Murder House Flip

An unconventional home renovation show that takes on the country's most infamous homes: ones known for the mysterious murders within their walls. Designers Joelle and Mikel remove the stains of the past and make once morbid homes marvelous.

Build Me Up

Interior designer Orlando Soria renovates homes for clients going through a major life change. From an empty nester looking to revamp to a recent divorcee taking in his mom, Orlando helps each client transition into the next chapter of their lives.

Frozen in Time

Maureen McCormick and designer Dan Vickery overhaul homes that are stuck in a design time warp.

Fear Factor

This refresh of the breakthrough series is hosted by Ludacris and custom-created for a new generation. Filled with new stunts inspired by urban legends, popular scary movies and viral videos from today’s cultural zeitgeist, contestants will confront their fears, be pushed beyond their comfort zones and take action against some of their biggest stressors.

In With the Old

Designers, builders and old-home enthusiasts in small towns and big cities across America reimagine and transform abandoned structures by preserving their historical integrity while giving them new purpose.

Lil Jon Wants to Do What?

DJ Lil Jon is paired with designer and expert builder Anitra Mecadon to offer skeptical homeowners startlingly unconventional renovation ideas, which seem impossible to execute. By pushing the homeowners out of their comfort zones, they inspire dramatic transformations.

Rental Redo

Designer Keyanna Bowen has a passion for renovating rental properties, showing you don't have to spend a lot of money to make a big impact. She reveals cost-saving tips while updating rentals to help tenants feel more at home.

reDesign

If there's one man who can work the room, it's designer and host Kenneth Brown (a frequent guest on HGTV programs before starring on "reDesign"). The Louisiana native's tasteful take on interiors always results in interesting transformations, and his warm and bubbly personality lends itself to easily understood explanations of how the creative process unfolds. Brown's natural inclination to always work closely with clients and clearly explain his reasoning during the redesigns also helps viewers understand his process for redefining spaces.

Fix My Frankenhouse

Designer and contractor couple Denese and Mike Butler are on a mission to rescue homes that have gone out of control with numerous additions and renovations, and help homeowners transform confusing, disjointed houses into cohesive, modern homes.

Flip the Strip

Headliners by night and expert tradesman by day, Ben Cleary, Dan Paterson, Liam Black and Malik Wills-Martin will work with celebrated interior designer Kelly Stone to turn their clients' humdrum homes into glitzy desert oases.

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