Ironic movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant ironic movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out ironic, funny, melancholic, humorous, interesting and witty films and TV shows about / with storytelling, dialogue, life philosophy, mentor, loneliness, runaway, suprisingly clever, catastrophe, dark humor and obsession plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Romance genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as ironic: The Lobster (2015), The End of the F***ing World (2017), Patrick Melrose (2018), Wild Tales (2014), A Man Called Ove (2015), Miracle Workers (2019), Holmes & Watson (2018), Heathers (2018), A Series of Unfortunate Events (2017), Good Girls (2018).
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Genre: Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Ireland, UK, Greece, France, Netherlands, Belgium, USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
In a dystopian near future, single people, according to the laws of The City, are taken to The Hotel, where they are obliged to find a romantic partner in forty-five days or are transformed into beasts and sent off into The Woods.
Style:
surreal, art house, clever, absurd, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
absurdism, dystopia, distopia, solitude, blindness, love, manhunt, society, suicide attempt, hotel, relationships, secret relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, year 2016, 2010s, future, near future
Place:
ireland, greece, hellas, canada
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
James is 17 and is pretty sure he is a psychopath. Alyssa, also 17, is the cool and moody new girl at school. The pair make a connection and she persuades him to embark on a darkly comedic road trip in search of her real father.
Style:
tragicomedy, ironic, captivating, dark comedy, road movie ...
Audience:
teens, date night, teen drama
Plot:
teenager, underage, murder, psycho, road trip, teenage love, relationships, dark humor, love, psychopath, enemies to lovers, tragic love ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
united kingdom
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Genre: Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Based on the Patrick Molrose Novels by Edward St. Aubyn
Style:
ironic, suspense, captivating, surreal, psychological ...
Plot:
father son relationship, child abuse, childhood trauma, drug addiction, depression, mental illness, dialogue, traumatic childhood, violence, loneliness, millionaire, dysfunctional family ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, 80s, 90s, 60s
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236K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: Argentina, Spain, France, UK
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Six short stories that explore the extremities of human behavior involving people in distress.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, psychological, tense, unusual plot structure ...
Plot:
multiple storylines, revenge, dark humor, twists and turns, sex scene, human nature, vengeance, violence, corruption, destiny, wedding party, comedy of errors ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, y2k, 21st century
Place:
argentina, south america, persia, latin america
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Sweden, Denmark, Norway
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
Despite grumpy 59 year-old Ove being deposed as president of his condominium association, but he keeps looking over the neighbourhood with an iron fist. When pregnant Parvaneh and her family move into the terraced house opposite Ove and she ...
Style:
touching, ironic, feel good, compassionate, scenic ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
love, loneliness, suicide attempt, swedish, destiny, unlikely friendships, elderly man, friendship, mentor, pregnant woman, neighbor neighbor relationship, husband wife relationship ...
Time:
year 2015, 2010s, year 2016, year 2014
Place:
spain, scandinavia, eastern europe
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedy set in the offices of Heaven Inc. When God plans to destroy the Earth, two low-level angels must convince their boss to save humanity. They bet him they can pull off their most impossible miracle yet: help two humans fall in love.
Style:
ironic, feel good, humorous, satirical, anthology ...
Plot:
god, friendship, satire, fantasy world, angel, partner, couples, couple relations, social satire, male female relationship, workplace situations, teamwork ...
Time:
19th century, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Detective Sherlock Holmes and Dr. John Watson join forces to investigate a murder at Buckingham Palace. They soon learn that they have only four days to solve the case, or the queen will become the next victim.
Style:
ironic, parody, humorous, not serious, feel good ...
Plot:
sherlock holmes, saving a life, clue, doctor, crime investigation, villain, judge, prank, irony, queen of england, humour, mission ...
Time:
victorian era, 1910s, 1900s, 1860s, 1890s ...
Place:
england, london, buckingham palace, wyoming
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Story:
A pitch-black comedy anthology set in the present day, as our heroine Veronica Sawyer deals with a very different but equally vicious group of Heathers. Based on the 1988 cult classic film.
Style:
ironic, dark, cynical, anthology, art house ...
Audience:
teen drama
Plot:
violence, dark humor, sociopath, high school, bullying, satire, irreverence, mean girl, suicide, adolescence, social misfits, teenager ...
Time:
80s
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Family, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 55 min.
TV show
Story:
The orphaned Baudelaire children face trials, tribulations and the evil Count Olaf, all in their quest to uncover the secret of their parents' death.
Style:
ironic, captivating, saga, costume drama, spooky ...
Audience:
family outing, pre-teens, kids
Plot:
orphan, children, steampunk, danger, life is a bitch, escapades, storytelling, coming of age, cynicism, hopes, obsession, dishonesty ...
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Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: UK
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
King Arthur, accompanied by his squire, recruits his Knights of the Round Table, including Sir Bedevere the Wise, Sir Lancelot the Brave, Sir Robin the Not-Quite-So-Brave-As-Sir-Lancelot and Sir Galahad the Pure. On the way, Arthur battles the Black ...
Style:
humorous, absurd, parody, spoof, surreal ...
Audience:
chick flick, teens
Plot:
monty python, medieval, knight, holy grail, satire, king arthur, arthurian legend, sword fight, surrealism, monk, absurd humor, camelot ...
Time:
medieval times, middle ages, 10th century, year 1975, 20th century ...
Place:
arizona, britain, europe, england, xian ...
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 43 min.
TV show
Story:
Three "good girl" suburban wives and mothers suddenly find themselves in desperate circumstances and decide to stop playing it safe and risk everything to take their power back.
Style:
ironic, captivating, funny, feel good, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
female friendship, criminal, housewife, female protagonist, passion, money laundering, family relations, women, gang, danger, twists and turns, crime gone awry ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Bigger and Blackerer was taped during two shows, back-to-back on the same evening at Boston's Wilbur Theatre. Only by watching this video will you learn of Cross unique relationship with the deaf community, share his canny insights into the ...
Style:
ironic, stylized, witty, dark comedy, funny ...
Plot:
culture clash, stand up comedy, road trip, alter ego, sarcasm, politics, irreverent, satire, social commentary, friendship, self discovery, live performance ...
Place:
california, tokyo
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedic thriller that follows the bizarre adventures of eccentric “holistic” detective Dirk Gently and his reluctant assistant Todd. An adaptation of Douglas Adams’ wildly successful comic novels.
Style:
ironic, psychological, detective, intellectual, absurd ...
Plot:
clue, private detective, time travel, murder investigation, unstoppable, government agent, hallucination, investigation, strange person, superpower, partner, magic ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
montana
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min.
Story:
After a martini-induced rampage, a fantasy-prone young woman is placed under house arrest.
Style:
ironic, talky, lyrical, semi serious, humorous ...
Plot:
twists and turns, loneliness, creativity, life philosophy, eccentricity, isolation, police investigation, false accusation, dishonesty, house arrest, lonely man, captive ...
Time:
year 2002, 80s, 21st century
Place:
san francisco
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101K
Genre: Comedy, Family, Sport
Country: Germany, USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nacho Libre is loosely based on the story of Fray Tormenta ("Friar Storm"), aka Rev. Sergio Gutierrez Benitez, a real-life Mexican Catholic priest who had a 23-year career as a masked luchador. He competed in order to support the orphanage ...
Style:
funny, humorous, ironic, cult classic, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
wrestling, follow your dream, hopes, orphanage, nun, dumb, catholic, eccentricity, monk, monastery, fight scenes, ambition ...
Time:
year 2006, 21st century
Place:
latin america, mexico
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Between two Thanksgivings, Hannah's husband falls in love with her sister Lee, while her hypochondriac ex-husband rekindles his relationship with her sister Holly.
Style:
ironic, talky, humorous, witty, clever ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
infidelity, thanksgiving, sisters, writers, family relations, love, midlife crisis, atheism, opera, audition, dysfunctional family, sister sister relationship ...
Time:
20th century, year 1986, 80s
Place:
new york, usa
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Genre: Drama
Country: Soviet Union
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
A former thief is released from a prison. He tries to start a new life with his penfriend - a good village woman, but his past doesn't let him go.
Style:
ironic, touching, thought provoking, disturbing, sentimental ...
Plot:
redemption, criminal, guilt, middle aged man, peasant, alienation, village, mother son relationship, couple relations, family relations, modernism, prison ...
Place:
ussr, soviet union, russia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 45 min.
TV show
Story:
Frank Hathaway, a hardboiled private investigator, and his rookie sidekick Lu Shakespeare form the unlikeliest of partnerships as they investigate the secrets of rural Warwickshire's residents.
Style:
feel good, ironic, detective, witty, captivating ...
Audience:
boys' night, chick flick
Plot:
private investigator, investigation, eccentricity, female detective, female police detective, sleuth, murder mystery, british police, police investigation, unsolved crime, unconventional method, crime investigation ...
Time:
future, 2010s, 2020s, 21st century
Place:
britain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
A group of friends in New York, working away at their PCs and laptops, keep in touch exclusively by phone and fax. They are all too busy to meet face to face. Gale plays matchmaker, by phone, to Jerry and Barbara who, in turn, hit it off beautifully ...
Style:
ironic, satirical, humorous, independent film, semi serious ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
friendship, eccentricity, looking for love, love and romance, pregnancy, self discovery, dark humor, masturbation, phone sex, computers and web, fall in love, couple relations ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new york, new jersey, tokyo
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Genre: Comedy, Music, Romance
Country: Italy, Spain, USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
Four tales unfold in the Eternal City: While vacationing in Rome, architect John encounters a young man whose romantic woes remind him of a painful incident from his own youth; retired opera director Jerry discovers a mortician with an amazing ...
Style:
romantic, feel good, sexy, surreal, ironic ...
Audience:
date night, chick flick, family friendly
Plot:
love story, art, culture clash, meet the parents, adultery, farce, life philosophy, marriage, newlyweds, architect, love and romance, infidelity ...
Time:
year 2012, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe, paris france, london ...
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5K
Genre: Comedy, Music
Country: Canada
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Terry and Dean are lifelong friends who have grown-up together: shotgunning their first beers, forming their first garage band, and growing the great Canadian mullet known as "hockey hair". Now the lives of these Alberta everymen are ...
Style:
mockumentary, humorous, ironic, funny, witty ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
friendship, nothing goes right, music band, musician's life, introspection, drinking, ambition, buddies, lifestyle, artists and showbiz, death, found footage ...
Time:
70s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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4K
Genre: Animation, Drama, Fantasy
Country: Israel, Australia
Duration: 78 min.
Story:
Have you ever wondered "What is the meaning of life? Why do we exist?" The answer to this vexing question is now within your reach! You'll find it in a small yet amazing booklet, which will explain, in easy to follow, simple terms ...
Style:
surreal, adult animation, ironic, humorous, black comedy ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
meaning of life, life philosophy, stop motion, self discovery, human nature, introspection, society, social misfits, hopes, apartment building, suicide, butterfly effect ...
Time:
year 2008
Place:
australia, middle east, new orleans, california, israel ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: Denmark
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
An intent fast paced Danish dark comedy film about two separately motivated brothers who with their slightly psychopathic tendencies end up in a touchy situation. One brother gets in serious trouble after a bank robbery and begs the other brother ...
Style:
dark comedy, ironic, humorous, black comedy, melancholic ...
Audience:
boys' night
Plot:
closeted homosexual, bank robbery, crime gone awry, criminal heroes, eccentricity, brutality, violence, sarcasm, unlikely criminals, family relations, fish out of water, gangster ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, 70s
Place:
denmark, asia, china, copenhagen
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158K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, France, USA
Duration: 106 min.
Story:
A Serious Man is the story of an ordinary man's search for clarity in a universe where Jefferson Airplane is on the radio and F-Troop is on TV. It is 1967, and Larry Gopnik, a physics professor at a quiet Midwestern university, has just been ...
Style:
cult classic, black comedy, philosophical, ironic, cerebral ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, midlife crisis, rabbi, existentialism, teacher, suburban life, synagogue, divorce, bar mitzvah, jewish stereotype, life, religion ...
Time:
year 2009, 60s, 2000s, 90s, 20th century ...
Place:
minnesota, bolivia, usa, poland, israel ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Romance
Country: USA, South Korea
Duration: 75 min.
Story:
All vile things must come to an end, and for Daria Morgendorffer that means it's time to look beyond high school to college. Our little girl has grown up so fast. It's time for higher learning, lowered expectations, and a heavy dose of ...
Style:
ironic, humorous, semi serious, witty, adult animation ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
high school, sarcasm, friendship, graduation, buddies, drinking, cheerleader, family relations, lifestyle, love and romance, eccentric family, teenage life ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Music
Country: Italy, Japan, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
Coffee And Cigarettes is a collection of eleven films from cult director Jim Jarmusch. Each film hosts star studded cast of extremely unique individuals who all share the common activities of conversing while drinking coffee and smoking cigarettes.
Style:
philosophical, atmospheric, anthology, clever, black and white ...
Plot:
musician, conversation, addiction, dialogue, actor, art, smoking, dark humor, coffee, sarcasm, cafe, lifestyle ...
Time:
year 2003, 70s, 1920s, 21st century
Place:
usa, california, america, paris france, new york ...
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213K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
A love-lorn script writer grows increasingly desperate in his quest to adapt the book 'The Orchid Thief'.
Style:
philosophical, satirical, cerebral, clever, absurd ...
Plot:
depression, satire, twins, filmmaking, siblings relations, writer's block, mentally unstable, imagination, loser, existentialism, loner, writers ...
Time:
year 2002, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
florida, new york, california, usa, new orleans
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
After 30 years on the road, a veteran jewellery salesman is forced to show his young replacement the tricks of the trade. But when the kid introduces him to the ladies of the "Altoona Riding Club," the old dog is introduced to a whole new ...
Style:
ironic, touching, cynical, feel good, talky ...
Plot:
aging, mentor, character study, introspection, self discovery, workplace situations, heist, partner, mentor protege relationship, diamond, prostitute, gambling ...
Time:
90s
Place:
new jersey, australia, california
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17K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
The film tells the story of a young man who leads a promiscuous lifestyle until several life reversals make him rethink his purposes and goals in life.
Style:
ironic, witty, sex comedy, talky, emotional ...
Plot:
womanizer, playboy, infidelity, abortion, promiscuity, character study, jazz, self discovery, lifestyle, coming of age, cupid, morality ...
Time:
60s, year 1966, 20th century
Place:
england, london, united kingdom, europe, california
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 31 min.
TV show
Story:
Jean-Claude Van Damme is a global martial arts & film sensation, also operating under the simple alias of "Johnson" as the world's best undercover private contractor. Retired for years, a chance encounter with a lost love ...
Style:
funny, ironic, entertaining, captivating, tense ...
Plot:
humour, washed up star, working undercover, movie star, fighting crime, gang of outlaws, celebrity, criminal, private investigation, crime spree, unsolved crime, crime investigation ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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