Movies like Canadian Bacon
If you like "Canadian Bacon" you are looking for humorous, political and satirical movies about / with satire, president, political satire, conspiracy, politics, cold war and political conspiracy themes of Action and Comedy genre shot in USA or Canada.
Find your next favorite and similar movies in two steps:
1. Identify all themes of interest from this film (block below).
2. Look for them in the presented list.
Canadian Bacon (1995)
19K
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last film.
Style:
humorous, political, satirical, light, talky, semi serious, witty, sweet, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, president, political satire, conspiracy, politics, cold war, political conspiracy, culture clash, farce, dishonesty, world politics, head of state, nothing goes right, state affairs, beer, international relations, u.s. president, disorder, corruption, politician, niagara falls, ice hockey, fight, political candidate, fictional war ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada, washington d.c., usa, iraq, california, united states, united states of america
Movie in categories
Most similar movies to Canadian Bacon
The list contains related movies ordered by similarity. Recommendation engine sorted out humorous, realistic, satirical and witty films with plots about satire, politics, political satire, state affairs, farce, culture clash and dishonesty mostly in Comedy, Drama and Action genres. Some movies like Canadian Bacon: Dick (1999), Wag the Dog (1997), McHale's Navy (1997), Carpool (1996), Head of State (2003). The matching attributes are highlighted in bold.
23K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA, Canada, France
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Comedy about two high school girls who wander off during a class trip to the White House and meet President Richard Nixon. They become the official dog walkers for Nixon's dog Checkers, and become his secret advisors during the Watergate ...
Style:
humorous, political, teen, not serious, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night
Plot:
teenage girl, politics, high school, friendship, marijuana, president, stupidity, farce, political cover up, alternate history, political satire, witness ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
Style:
black comedy, satirical, dark comedy, political, cynical ...
Plot:
politics, satire, political corruption, journalism, election, cia, conspiracy, government, political conspiracy, secret service, president, election campaign ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
washington d.c., albania, persia, usa, middle east ...
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
Retired Lieutenant Commander Quinton McHale spends his days puttering around the Caribbean in the old PT-73 selling homebrew, ice cream, and swimsuit calendars. He's brought out of retirement when his old nemesis turned the second best ...
Style:
humorous, melancholic, realistic, semi serious, action comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens
Plot:
military, u.s. navy, island, terrorism, exotic island, save the day, law enforcement, farce, military life, race against time, nothing goes right, uninhibited rivalry ...
Time:
90s, year 1997
Place:
pentagon, cuba
Similarity:
100%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
A man with an important business meeting finds himself having to take care of the carpool for the neighborhood school children when his wife gets sick. Stopping to get donuts for the kids, things go even more awry when he finds himself a victim of a ...
Style:
humorous, sexy, funny, light, independent film ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, pre-teens, girls' night, teens
Plot:
robbery, chase, mischievous children, nothing goes right, farce, father son relationship, mexican standoff, workaholic, comedy of errors, on the road, parents and children, disorder ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
usa, seattle
Similarity:
100%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, the Democratic party unexpectedly picks a Washington, D.C. alderman, Mays Gilliam (Rock) as his replacement .
Style:
funny, humorous, parody, entertaining, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
politics, usa president, president, satire, presidential election, farce, stereotypes, black, hip hop, state affairs, ambition, republican ...
Time:
year 2003
Place:
washington d.c., chicago, nashville tennessee, usa
Similarity:
33%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
In a small mountain village lives a man with a challenging name, Giuseppe Garibaldi (one of Italy's "fathers of the fatherland"), but everybody call him with the nickname Peppino. Love fishing, the company of friends, the library ...
Style:
humorous, semi serious, satirical, captivating, entertaining ...
Plot:
politics, satire, disorder, dishonesty, farce, state affairs, political leader, fish out of water, political satire, politician, president, political humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
italy
Similarity:
30%
60K
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Bill Mitchell is the philandering and distant President of the United States. Dave Kovic is a sweet-natured and caring Temp Agency operator, who by a staggering coincidence looks exactly like the President. As such, when Mitchell wants to escape an ...
Style:
feel good, political, sexy, sweet, touching ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night
Plot:
president, u.s. president, politics, conspiracy, lookalikes, political corruption, usa president, congress, secret service, head of state, white house, state affairs ...
Time:
90s, year 1993, 20th century
Place:
usa, washington d.c., california
Similarity:
30%
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
They used to run the country. Now they're running for their lives! Two on-the-lam former Presidents of the United States. Framed in a scandal by the current President and pursued by armed agents, the two squabbling political foes plunge into a ...
Style:
witty, humorous, political, light, entertaining ...
Plot:
politics, political corruption, assassination, president, satire, lone hero, happy ending, conspiracy theory, betrayal, assassination attempt, buddies, odd couple ...
Time:
90s, year 1996
Place:
washington d.c., usa, west virginia, ohio
Similarity:
28%
Movie in collections
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, Germany, Japan, USA
Duration: 143 min.
Story:
In this adaptation of the best-selling roman à clef about Bill Clinton's 1992 run for the White House, the young and gifted Henry Burton is tapped to oversee the presidential campaign of Governor Jack Stanton. Burton is pulled into the ...
Style:
political, cynical, thought provoking, intense, witty ...
Plot:
politics, scandal, satire, president, idealism, propaganda, adultery, presidential election, political satire, election, media, political corruption ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
new york, florida, washington d.c., new hampshire, miami ...
Similarity:
26%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the ...
Style:
mockumentary, political, witty, cynical, satirical ...
Plot:
political satire, election campaign, politics, satire, journalism, political campaign, manipulation, republican, conspiracy, senator, ambition, campaign ...
Time:
year 1992, 90s
Place:
pennsylvania, usa, nicaragua, new york
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
A Florida con man uses the passing of the long time Congressman from his district who he just happens to share a name with, to get elected to his version of paradise, Congress, where the money flows from lobbyists. But soon he learns the nature of ...
Style:
political, realistic, clever, humorous, parody ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, political corruption, cancer, redemption, lone hero, lobbyist, rise to the top, human spirit, dishonesty, bribery, switching roles, fighting the system ...
Time:
90s, year 1992, 80s
Place:
washington d.c., usa, florida, latin america
Similarity:
25%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The plot follows government officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it. Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A ...
Style:
satirical, political, cynical, black comedy, humorous ...
Plot:
politics, satire, farce, intern, profanity, white house, british, new job, moral ambiguity, workplace, state affairs, politician ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., london, england, middle east, britain ...
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Cetto and its city council were arrested, but in prison the conspiratorial former mayor makes no earning name as the gratitude of the powerful secretary. These decide to replace some MPs mysteriously killed precisely with Cetto and two other ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, funny, entertaining, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, corruption, prison, politics, satire, political corruption, stupidity, society, rivalry, disorder, police officer, buddies ...
Place:
southern italy
Similarity:
24%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
General Ivolgin, forester Kuzmich, and good-natured Lyova now are going into politics.
Style:
witty, humorous, realistic, not serious, feel good ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, political intrigue, male camaraderie, friendship, election campaign, social commentary, satire, politics, nothing goes right, escapades, misfit partners, disorder ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Sweet, unsophisticated Sunny is working as a cocktail waitress. She saves a visiting dignitary and as a reward she gets a top-office job in the Washington beehive. She has to fight against a devious protocol officer but with her charms, she saves ...
Style:
political, light, lighthearted, happy, realistic ...
Audience:
girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
satire, assassin, blonde, scandal, celebrity, conspiracy, press conference, fish out of water, naivete, coup d'etat, media, self discovery ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
middle east, oregon, washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Will Ferrell stars in a stand-up comedy as George W. Bush in this take on the former President of the United States. After playing George W. Bush on Saturday Night Live for many years, funny man Will Ferrell brings his impression to Broadway to send ...
Style:
humorous, talky, funny, not serious, realistic ...
Plot:
politics, president, patriotism, election, white house, state affairs, george w. bush, u.s. president, satire, topical humor, greed, family drama ...
Time:
70s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, new jersey, poland, middle east, texas ...
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The president (Bob Newhart) and his boozing wife (Madeline Kahn) go to Africa to bargain for their abducted daughter's (Gilda Radner) return.
Style:
political, realistic, parody, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
u.s. president, president, politics, looking for sex, alcohol abuse, kidnapping, family life, eccentric family, disorder, head of state, state affairs, silly humor ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., usa
Similarity:
23%
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min.
Story:
Peppino, a provincial librarian who became the accidental President of Italy, is now a father and has returned to a peaceful, happy life as a woodsman. That is, until his wife Janis decides to return to politics. Peppino is forced to abandon his ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, satirical, captivating, funny ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
president, satire, political campaign, prime minister, politician, politics, political satire, presidential candidate, humour, fish out of water, media satire, media manipulation ...
Place:
rome italy
Similarity:
22%
Movie in collections
23K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
War Inc. is set in the future, when the fictional desert country of Turaqistan is torn by a riot after a private corporation, Tamerlane, owned by the former Vice President of the United States, has taken over the whole country. Brand Hauser, a hit ...
Style:
satirical, black comedy, parody, cynical, suspenseful ...
Plot:
satire, mercenary, hitman, politics, dark humor, fictional country, corporation, political satire, mistaken identity, dishonesty, assassination attempt, state affairs ...
Time:
future, year 2008
Place:
bolivia, asia, virginia, canada, middle east ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
To improve its relations with Muslim countries, the United States government sends comedian Albert Brooks to south Asia to write a report on what makes followers of Islam laugh.
Style:
funny, parody, witty, clever, satirical ...
Plot:
culture clash, satire, politics, nothing goes right, stand up comedian, sarcasm, farce, society, actor's life, islam, business, simulated reality ...
Place:
india, middle east, new delhi, asia, pakistan ...
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
Fresh-faced young Michael Rimmer worms his way into an opinion poll company and is soon running the place. He uses this as a springboard to get into politics and in the mini-skirted flared-trousered world of 1970 Britain starts to rise through the ...
Style:
political, cynical, biting, realistic, not serious ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, politics, nude girl, nudity, manipulation, disorder, rise to the top, dishonesty, state affairs, ambition, head of state ...
Time:
20th century, 60s
Place:
england, europe
Similarity:
22%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
Tanner on Tanner is a follow up to celebrated filmmaker Robert Altman and DOONESBURY cartoonist Gary Trudeau's political satire TANNER '88, a mockumentary following a fictional democratic presidential candidate (Michael Murphy) on his ...
Style:
cynical, semi serious, humorous, witty, mockumentary ...
Plot:
satire, undercover, manhunt, fighting the system, moral dilemma, society, state affairs, lifestyle, rebellion, dishonesty, journalism, politics ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
141K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
Style:
parody, funny, satirical, political, humorous ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
politics, satire, congressman, election, campaign, farce, campaigning, political corruption, sarcasm, election campaign, mentor, stereotypes ...
Time:
year 2012, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
north carolina, usa
Similarity:
21%
Movie in collections
Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Chronicles the adventures of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, as he rides a "wheelchair of death" to stop the world from being taking over by polio-carrying werewolves during WWII. A deadly menace that are led by Werewolf Hitler, Mussolini and ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, exciting, spoof ...
Plot:
u.s. president, good versus evil, silly humor, escapades, disability, danger, heroes, vengeance, head of state, state affairs, disorder, white house ...
Time:
20th century, 1940s, 1930s
Place:
usa
Similarity:
21%
367
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
After losing her job on a U.S. Senate campaign, a liberal environmentalist returns to her conservative Texas hometown to regroup. Upon learning her childhood nemesis is running for state legislature, she creates an elaborate scheme to go undercover ...
Style:
satirical, humorous, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
political satire, election campaign, political activist, political campaign, political candidate, political humor, political intrigue, politics, political scandal, satire, career, political election ...
Place:
texas
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min.
Story:
THE LITTLEST SUSPECT is the third one hour stand-up special by Kevin Pollak. Although best known for his award-winning work as an actor in over sixty films (A Few Good Men, Casino and The Usual Suspects), Kevin started out as a stand-up comedian, ...
Style:
semi serious, humorous, realistic, captivating, feel good ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, stand up comedian, dishonesty, prank, artists and showbiz, gambling, lifestyle, couples, filmmaking, showbiz, impostor, hollywood ...
Time:
21st century
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Russian political elite hires American consultants to help with President Yeltsin's re-election campaign when his approval rating is down to single digits.
Style:
clever, realistic, political, talky, humorous ...
Plot:
politics, campaign, head of state, businessman, rise to the top, leadership, idealism, political unrest, political conspiracy, culture clash, rebellion, society ...
Time:
year 1996, 90s
Place:
russia, moscow russia
Similarity:
21%
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
When a small British owned island in the Caribbean is invaded and the world's most dangerous terrorist kidnaps a member of the Royal family, the countdown to World War 3 begins. If anyone can prevent the oncoming apocalypse it's the ...
Style:
apocalyptic, satirical, realistic, not serious, biting ...
Plot:
satire, nuclear war, president, post apocalypse, apocalypse, political satire, atomic bomb, u.s. president, epidemic, social satire, distopia, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s, 20th century
Place:
fictional island, usa, england, caribbean, soviet union ...
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Somewhere behind the early 1960s cold-war iron curtain, the Hollander family cause an international spying incident when Walter photographs a sunset in a sensitive region. In order to stay out of jail, the Hollanders take refuge in the American ...
Style:
satirical, lighthearted, realistic, not serious, witty ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
farce, cold war, embassy, iron curtain, american abroad, political satire, incompetent official, diplomacy, fish out of water, family vacation, bureaucracy, spying ...
Time:
60s, 20th century
Similarity:
20%
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min.
Story:
HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
Style:
political, semi serious, realistic, cynical, biting ...
Plot:
campaign, talk show host, candidate, campaigning, election, convention, hotel, satire, luxury hotel, multiple storylines, fighting the system, state affairs ...
Time:
year 1980, 70s, 20th century
Place:
florida, tennessee
Similarity:
20%
Related movie lists
