Based on sketch comedy movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant based on sketch comedy movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, sketch comedy, parody, not serious, offbeat and absurd films and TV shows about / with satire, joke, farce, comedian, surrealism, disorder, sketch, absurdism, social satire and silly humor plots mostly in Comedy, Animation and Musical genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as based on sketch comedy: A Night at the Roxbury (1998), Good Burger (1997), The Groove Tube (1974), That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006), Stella (2005), Life of Brian (1979), Coneheads (1993), The Blues Brothers (1980), Strange Brew (1983), Mr. D (2012).

List of based on sketch comedy movies

A Night at the Roxbury (1998)
Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: Despite being well into adulthood, brothers Doug and Steve Butabi still live at home and work in the flower shop owned by their dad. They exist only to hit on women at discos, though they're routinely unsuccessful until a chance run-in with ...
Style: cult classic, humorous, funny, entertaining, mysterious ...
Audience: date night, teens
Plot: nightclub, brother brother relationship, stupidity, dumb, dancing, wedding, swimming pool, buddies, businessman, brother brother conflict, immaturity, vanity ...
Time: 90s, 80s
Place: usa, new york, beverly hills
Is relevant?
 5.8
 36K
Good Burger (1997)
Genre: Comedy, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Two hapless youths lead their burger joint in a fight against the giant fast-food chain across the street.
Style: funny, hilarious, humorous, slapstick, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: fast food restaurant, stupidity, competition, friendship, black romance, food, hamburger, teenage boy, business rivalry, recipe, buddies, teacher ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, 80s
Place: north america
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The Groove Tube (1974)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min.
Story: Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a ...
Style: parody, humorous, not serious, witty, sketch comedy ...
Plot: rising to stardom, showbiz, culture clash, ambition, contests and competitions, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, actor's life, buddies, rise and fall, sexual relations, workplace situations ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, kentucky, new york
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Yaya & Angelina: The Spoiled Brat Movie (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 104 min.
Story: Angelina is a 7 year old brilliant and talented girl who is spoiled and a bully. Her first yaya (nanny) was hospitalized because of the girl's disobedience (A fire happened before she was hospitalized. Angelina was the cause of the fire because ...
Style: captivating, humorous, funny, witty, entertaining
Plot: rivalry, female boss, mother daughter relationship, fired from the job, gangster, student, teacher, nanny, father daughter relationship, unhappiness, police officer, school principal ...
Time: 21st century
Place: the philippines
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That Mitchell and Webb Look (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 720 min.
TV show
Story: That Mitchell and Webb Look is a British television sketch show starring David Mitchell and Robert Webb. Shown on BBC Two since 2006, its first two series were directed by David Kerr, who also directed Mitchell and Webb's previous television ...
Style: humorous, sketch comedy, parody, not serious, clever ...
Plot: sketch, workplace, artists and showbiz, media, disorder, friends, coworker, partner, absurdism, comedy team, comedian, satire ...
Time: 21st century
Place: england, europe
Is relevant?
 8.1
 4K
Stella (2005)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Stella was a short-lived television series that originally ran from June 28, 2005 to August 30, 2005 on the American television channel Comedy Central, created by and starring Michael Ian Black, Michael Showalter, and David Wain, the three members ...
Style: sexual, parody, not serious, surreal, humorous ...
Plot: stupidity, roommate, goofy hero, love and romance, everyday life, disorder, couples, friends, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, adolescence vs adulthood, siblings relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: new york
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Cheech & Chong's Animated Movie (2013)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story: You're not hallucinating (but they are)... It's the legendary toker jokers Cheech ?& Chong as you've never seen them before -- in their very first Animated Movie. Catch the buzz as their most outrageous routines and ...
Style: humorous, adult animation, not serious, anime
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: buddies, stoner, odd couple, friendship, drug use, escapades, disorder, on the road, stoned, weed, trippy, cannabis ...
Time: 20th century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
 8.0
 433K
Life of Brian (1979)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story: Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style: hilarious, funny, humorous, cult classic, parody ...
Audience: kids, teens
Plot: religion, monty python, satire, mistaken identity, absurdism, ancient rome, dark humor, medieval, ancient, roman empire, god, sarcasm ...
Time: 1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place: jerusalem, palestine, ancient greece, greece, middle east ...
Is relevant?
 5.5
 62K
Coneheads (1993)
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: With enormous cone-shaped heads, robotlike walks and an appetite for toilet paper, aliens Beldar and Prymatt don't exactly blend in with the population of Paramus, N.J. But for some reason, everyone believes them when they say they're from ...
Style: funny, humorous, absurd, light, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, family outing, adult
Plot: fish out of water, satire, alien, outer space, humanity, benign alien, family life, parents and children, space and aliens, interspecies romance, transformation, dysfunctional family ...
Time: 90s, 20th century, year 1993, future
Place: usa, new jersey
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The Blues Brothers (1980)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Music, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 133 min.
Story: Jake Blues is just out of jail, and teams up with his brother, Elwood on a 'mission from God' to raise funds for the orphanage in which they grew up. The only thing they can do is do what they do best – play music – so they get their ...
Style: funny, road movie, hilarious, surreal, action comedy ...
Audience: kids, boys' night, teen drama
Plot: music, chase, prison, blues, race against time, road trip, car chase, redemption, musician, police chase, on the road, nun ...
Time: 80s, 20th century, year 1980
Place: chicago, illinois, indiana, arizona, usa ...
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And Now for Something Completely Different (1971)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: And Now for Something Completely Different is a film spin-off from the television comedy series Monty Python's Flying Circus featuring favourite sketches from the first two seasons.
Style: surreal, funny, spoof, sketch comedy, absurd ...
Plot: satire, monty python, absurdism, social commentary, obstacle course, surrealism, british police, embarrassment, social satire, migration, buddies, serial killer ...
Time: year 1971, 20th century, 70s
Place: england, europe
Is relevant?
 6.6
 20K
Strange Brew (1983)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Something is rotten at the Elsinore Brewery. Bob and Doug Mackenzie (as seen on SCTV) help the orphan Pam regain the brewery founded by her recently-deceased father. But to do so, they must confront the suspicious Brewmeister Smith and two teams of ...
Style: hilarious, psychotronic, parody, humorous, laugh out loud ...
Audience: teens, kids
Plot: beer, conspiracy, brother brother relationship, farce, hockey, shakespeare, ghost, mind control, stupidity, satire, chase, lion ...
Time: year 1983, 80s
Place: canada, toronto ontario canada
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 7.4
 3K
Mr. D (2012)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Based on Gerry Dee's real-life experiences as a high school teacher before he switched to comedy full-time, MR. D is a story about a charming, under-qualified teacher trying to fake his way through a teaching job, just like he often fakes his ...
Style: humorous, realistic, not serious, sitcom, lighthearted ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: high school, workplace, workplace situations, teachers and students, high school life, teacher, school, fish out of water, personal growth, perseverance, young adult, families ...
Time: 21st century
Place: nova scotia, canada
Is relevant?
 7.0
 6K
Kroll Show (2013)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Kroll Show is an American sketch comedy television series created by and starring comedian Nick Kroll. Kroll, John Levenstein, and Jonathan Krisel serve as the show's executive producers. The series premiered on January 16, 2013, on the ...
Style: sketch comedy, humorous, parody, feel good, light ...
Audience: teens
Plot: comedian, live performance, silly humor, sketch, impersonation, social satire, absurd humor, joke, satire, talk show, disorder, lifestyle ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
Is relevant?
The League of Gentlemen: Live at Drury Lane (2001)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 107 min.
Story: The award-winning Black Comedy series takes to the stage of London's Theatre Royal Drury Lane.
Style: black comedy, sketch comedy, absurd, offbeat, surreal ...
Plot: live performance, dark humor, satire, macabre, variety show, sketch, performance art, camp, shakespeare, small town, joke, comedian ...
Time: 2000s
Place: london
Is relevant?
I Won the New Year's Lottery (1989)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 92 min.
Story: Ciottoli is a journalist with absolutely no prospective for his career, with a lot of debts and a mobster that want him died. Unexpectedly he win the national lottery (almost Eur 2.5 Mln) and try to remain unanimous hiding the winner ticker into his ...
Style: black comedy, tragicomedy, suspense, tense, slapstick comedy ...
Audience: adult
Plot: lottery, debt, fortune, luck, mobster, dark humor, irony, gambling, desperation, journalism, farce, survival ...
Time: 80s, 20th century
Place: italy, europe
Is relevant?
The League of Gentlemen Are Behind You (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story: No overview found.
Style: sketch comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, surreal, absurd ...
Plot: pantomime, irreverent, live performance, satire, macabre, cabaret, darkness, farce, sketch, camp, puzzle, masturbation ...
Time: 2000s
Place: britain, northern england
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The Last Goon Show of All (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 59 min.
Story: Sellers, Secombe and Milligan reunite for one last show.
Style: parody, sketch comedy
Plot: sketch, shakespeare, royal family, satire, impersonation, water, monologue, surrealism, television, orchestra, perversion, absurdism ...
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Stella Shorts 1998-2002 (2002)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story: STELLA is a three-man comedy troupe from New York City, comprised of well-known comedians/actors Michael Showalter, David Wain, and Michael Ian Black. Though the three have made a living performing at comedy clubs, they are perhaps best known for ...
Style: parody, humorous, captivating, feel good, slapstick comedy ...
Plot: stand up comedian, friendship, husband wife relationship, absurdism, stereotypes, joke, baby, comedian, audition, guest, santa claus, nudity ...
Time: 20th century, 90s, year 1998, year 2002, 2000s
Is relevant?
Monty Python's Fliegender Zirkus (1972)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, West Germany
Duration: 44 min.
TV show
Story: It is essentially the same concept as an English Monty Python's episode, but in German. The paintings by Albrecht Dürer, fall victim to silly animations. Little Red Riding Hood shows up too. A number of familiar sketches, including the ...
Style: slapstick, dark comedy, slapstick comedy, sketch comedy, absurd ...
Plot: monty python, sketch, satire, stereotypes, singer, joke, irreverence, comedian, singing, violence, absurdism, absurd humor ...
Place: east germany
Is relevant?
 7.0
 101
The UCB Show (2016)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: A weekly variety showcase for the best sketch, characters and stand-up homegrown at the UCB Theatres in LA and NYC. Hosted by Upright Citizens Brigade co-founders Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts and Matt Walsh and filmed with a live audience ...
Style: sketch comedy, parody, dark comedy, black comedy, slapstick ...
Plot: sketch, stand up comedy, improv, impersonation, satire, stand up comedian, politics, irreverence, comedian, joke, absurdism, monologue ...
Is relevant?
 6.0
 211
Bob & Doug (2009)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: The lives and misadventures of two garbage men who are brothers in a small Canadian town.
Style: adult animation, sitcom, feel good, family comedy, semi serious ...
Plot: brother brother relationship, small town, garbage collector, relationships, brothers, family relations, comedy of errors, social satire, city life, satire, small town life, chess ...
Place: canada
Is relevant?
Little Britain USA (2008)
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Little Britain USA is an American spin-off-continuation of British sketch show, Little Britain, produced and aired by HBO. As in the British series, Matt Lucas and David Walliams play the majority of the characters: originals such as Lou and Andy, ...
Style: sketch comedy, humorous, not serious, light, captivating ...
Plot: satire, profanity, human nature, physical appearance, society, sketch, social misfits, rivalry, stupidity, young adult, juvenile delinquency, nudity ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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Mr. Show with Bob and David (1995)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Mr. Show with Bob and David is an American sketch comedy series starring and hosted by Saturday Night Live writer/actor Bob Odenkirk and stand up comedian/actor David Cross. It aired on HBO from November 3, 1995 to December 28, 1998. Cross and ...
Style: sketch comedy, sitcom, surreal, funny, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sketch, satire, nihilism, variety show, comedian, silly humor, disorder, workplace, performer's life, artists and showbiz, goofy hero, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s
Place: usa, paris france
Is relevant?
 8.4
 3K
The State (1993)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The State is a half-hour sketch-comedy television show, originally broadcast in the USA on MTV between December 17, 1993, and July 1, 1995. The show combined bizarre characters and scenarios to present sketches that won the favor of its target ...
Style: sketch comedy, slapstick, skit, independent film, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: sketch, satire, comedian, homosexual, violent content, partner, sexual content, silly humor, misfit, nothing goes right, odd couple, fish out of water ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: usa
Is relevant?
Abbott & Costello (1967)
Genre: Animation, Family, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Abbott and Costello Cartoon Show is an American half-hour animated series of the famous comedy duo that aired in syndication from September 9, 1967 to June 1, 1968. Each of the 39 individual episodes consisted of four five-minute cartoons. The ...
Style: slapstick, buddy comedy, lighthearted, retro, sitcom ...
Audience: family friendly
Plot: light comedy, misadventure, based on real people, get rich quick scheme, surrealism, abbott and costello
Time: 60s
Is relevant?
 8.4
 3K
Jam (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 24 min.
TV show
Story: A collection of bleakly dark comedy sketches pushing the boundaries of taste, decency and television in general, shot using new and different techniques and fading slowly in and out of each other against a slow musical soundtrack. Regular themes ...
Style: postmodern, surreal, cynical, not serious, humorous ...
Plot: absurdism, social satire, irreverence, society, disorder, dark humor, politically correct, sketch, surrealism, craziness, medical, satire ...
Time: 20th century, 90s
Place: england
Is relevant?
Stuart Saves His Family (1995)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story: Stuart Smalley, the Saturday Night Live character, comes to the big screen. Stuart, the disciple of the 12 step program, is challenged by lifes injustices.
Style: humorous, satirical, talky, not serious, realistic ...
Plot: dysfunctional family, farce, dark humor, addiction, satire, nothing goes right, self discovery, disorder, family problems, family life, couple relations, lifestyle ...
Time: 90s
Place: minnesota, chicago, california
Is relevant?
 5.3
 16K
Pootie Tang (2001)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story: Pootie Tang, the musician/actor/folk hero of the ghetto, is chronicled from his early childhood to his battles against the evil Corporate America, who try to steal his magic belt and make him sell out by endorsing addictive products to his people. ...
Style: humorous, black comedy, funny, not serious, feel good ...
Audience: teens
Plot: blaxploitation, urban, righting the wronged, folk hero, musician's life, heroic mission, optimism, society, black, dishonesty, corporate crime, hip hop ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa, chicago
Is relevant?
The Mighty Boosh (2003)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: The Mighty Boosh is a British comedy television show created by Julian Barratt, Noel Fielding and others. The Mighty Boosh is a comic fantasy containing humour and pop-culture references. Episodes often featured elaborate musical numbers in ...
Style: surreal, sitcom, humorous, exciting, not serious ...
Plot: absurdism, stupidity, absurd humor, surrealism, obsessive quest, eccentricity, music, best friend, comedy team, fictional band, improv, sketch ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: london, england
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