Media satire movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant media satire movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, realistic, parody, witty, not serious and biting films and TV shows about / with media satire, satire, media, irreverent, celebrity culture, disorder, television, showbiz, workplace and artists and showbiz plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Mystery genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as media satire: The Onion Movie (2008), Black Mirror (2011), Beavis and Butt-Head (1993), Blunt Talk (2015), Good God (2012), So NoTORIous (2006), The Muppet Show (1976), Absolute Power (2003), Amazon Women on the Moon (1987), Disclaimer (2019).
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers ...
Style:
parody, spoof, black comedy, funny, dark comedy ...
Audience:
manly
Plot:
satire, politics, television, sexual humor, irreverence, terrorism, media satire, journalism, racism, absurdism, stereotypes, marijuana ...
Time:
year 2008, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
A contemporary British re-working of The Twilight Zone with stories that tap into the collective unease about our modern world.
Over the last ten years, technology has transformed almost every aspect of our lives before we've had time to ...
Style:
anthology, thought provoking, philosophical, serious, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly
Plot:
technology, dystopian future, dystopia, twists and turns, satire, human nature, social decay, computers and web, alternate reality, society, social satire, media ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future
Place:
england, london, united kingdom
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Music
Country: USA
Duration: 15 min.
TV show
Story:
Beavis and Butt-head are high school students whose lifestyles revolve around TV, junk food (usually nachos), shopping malls, heavy metal music, and trying to "score with chicks". Each show contains short cartoons centering on the duo who ...
Style:
adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, sitcom, animated comedy ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
high school, stupidity, odd couple, buddies, satire, school, escapades, practical joke, media satire, friendship, heavy metal, bad taste humour ...
Time:
90s, 20th century
Place:
texas, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A British newscaster moves to Los Angeles with his alcoholic manservant and the baggage of several failed marriages to host a sanctimonious talk show.
Style:
not serious, humorous, witty, cynical, realistic ...
Plot:
media satire, satire, media, journalism, silly humor, workplace, workplace situations, artists and showbiz, talk show host, culture clash, social commentary, alcoholism ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Good God is a Canadian television comedy-drama series which premiered in April 2012 on HBO Canada. The show follows the life of character George Findlay, a role that Ken Finkleman reprised from The Newsroom and subsequent television projects. The ...
Style:
cynical, not serious, humorous, realistic, comedy drama ...
Plot:
media satire, satire, fish out of water, misfit, television producer, workplace situations, disorder, power relations, dark humor, office, media, workplace ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
So Notorious, sometimes stylized So NoTORIous, is an American sitcom on VH1, loosely based on the life of actress Tori Spelling. The series debuted on April 2, 2006 and despite lasting only ten episodes, received substantial acclaim from critics.
Style:
sitcom, witty, parody, humorous, realistic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
celebrity culture, hollywood, media satire, performer's life, love and romance, artists and showbiz, social relations, filmmaking, down on your luck, friends, famous, satire ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Muppet Show is a comedy-variety television series produced by puppeteer Jim Henson and featuring The Muppets. After two pilot episodes produced in 1974 and 1975 failed to get the attention of America's network heads, Lew Grade approached ...
Style:
humorous, feel good, exciting, sitcom, light ...
Audience:
kids, family outing, adult, preschool
Plot:
puppet, muppets, pig, media satire, variety show, eagle, bear, friends, showbiz, fame, workplace, performer's life ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, 80s
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Stephen Fry and John Bird star as spin doctors Charles Prentiss and Martin McCabe as they bring the popular and satirical Radio 4 comedy Absolute Power to BBC Two. Stephen as Prentiss and John as McCabe are an unscrupulous pair who run the blue chip ...
Style:
sitcom, witty, semi serious, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
media, scandal, media satire, workplace, manipulation, celebrity, politics, cover up, campaign, power of media, celebrity culture, showbiz ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
london, england
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Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min.
Story:
Acclaimed director John Landis (Animal House, The Blues Brothers) presents this madcap send-up of late night TV, low-budget sci-fi films and canned-laughter-filled sitcoms packed with off-the-wall sketches that will have you in stitches. Centered ...
Style:
parody, anthology, funny, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
public nudity, female pubic hair, voyeur, media satire, female nudity, prostitute, voyeurism, blonde, satire, storytelling, disorder, mad scientist ...
Time:
20th century, 50s, 80s, 1950s
Place:
london, france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: France
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Since his sensational arrival at the head of the 20 Hours, Cédric Saint Guérande, known as "CSG" is THE favorite presenter of the French. His insolent audiences stoke the jealousy even within La Grande Chaîne which he is the undisputed ...
Style:
satirical, semi serious, captivating, disturbing, biting ...
Plot:
ambition, media satire, satire, rivalry, journalist, power struggle, manipulation, media circus, media industry, tv host, competitor, business competition ...
Place:
paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials.
Style:
parody, humorous, witty, not serious, sketch comedy ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
satire, gang, media, media satire, partner, prank, buddies, disorder, chaos, jackass, pop culture, irreverence ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 48 min.
TV show
Story:
Topical news comedy show that aims to find comedy in tragedy. The show features interviews, sketches and an examination of systemic issues that the country faces.
Style:
satirical, sketch comedy, captivating, funny, entertaining ...
Plot:
media satire, talk show, political satire, internet, social commentary, social issues, current affairs, satire, joke, humour, talk show host, interview ...
Time:
2010s
Place:
india, mumbai india
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Ireland
Duration: 26 min.
TV show
Story:
The show is a satirical and often surreal examination of subjects close to the hearts of the Irish people. It takes the form of a fake anthropological documentary as if made by British television. Each show explores one subject from it's ...
Style:
mockumentary, semi serious, feel good, humorous, satirical ...
Plot:
satire, media satire, political satire, social commentary, comedian, humour, social satire, social issues, sketch, surrealism, irreverent, national identity ...
Place:
ireland, dublin ireland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
Following on the heels of popular teen-scream horror movies, with uproarious comedy and biting satire. Marlon and Shawn Wayans, Shannon Elizabeth and Carmen Electra pitch in to skewer some of Hollywood's biggest blockbusters, including Scream, ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, slasher, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, youth, dark humor, sarcasm, stupidity, gross out humor, graphic violence, creativity, adolescence, serial killer, sex scene ...
Time:
2000s, year 2000, y2k, 90s, 20th century
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 121 min.
Story:
A TV network cynically exploits a deranged ex-TV anchor's ravings and revelations about the media for their own profit.
Style:
clever, satirical, political, witty, black comedy ...
Plot:
media, journalism, satire, television, social commentary, media manipulation, adultery, corruption, murder, dark humor, business, assassination ...
Time:
70s, year 1976, 20th century, year 1975
Place:
usa, new york, california, manhattan new york city, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
The Tom Green Show is a North American television show, created by and starring Canadian comedian Tom Green, that first aired in September 1994. The series aired on Rogers Television 22, a community channel in Ottawa, Ontario, until 1996, when it ...
Style:
funny, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, realistic ...
Plot:
talk show, satire, media satire, interviewer, celebrity interview, comedian, irony, joke, irreverent, improv, variety show, celebrity culture ...
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Genre: Drama
Country: France, Belgium
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An average guy who works in a recycling plant wakes up one morning to discover that he's become inexplicably famous.
Style:
tragicomedy, cynical, thought provoking, psychological, semi serious ...
Plot:
love hate relationship, life turned upside down, media, media satire, disorder, price of fame, fish out of water, fame, celebrity, showbiz, internet, television ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
france, paris france
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A weekly helping of topical satire, funny takes on the week's top stories and Canada-wide adventures.
Style:
humorous, witty, parody, biting, talky ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, politics, journalism, media satire, celebrity culture, state affairs, society, social satire, live performance, celebrity, political satire, interview ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
TV show
Story:
That's So Weird was a Canadian sketch comedy television show owned by the Halifax Film Company and was broadcast on YTV. The show has been described as SCTV or Mad TV for teenagers and includes an array of comedic skits.
Style:
humorous, semi serious, realistic, sketch comedy, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly, kids
Plot:
media satire, teenage life, youth, workplace, joke, teenager, satire, irreverent, youth culture, media, ratings, tv station ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
canada
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The Showbiz Show with David Spade was a weekly television program on Comedy Central that starred comedian David Spade. It is a comedic parody of celebrity news programs such as Entertainment Tonight and Access Hollywood. The show was developed from ...
Style:
not serious, realistic, humorous, parody, spoof ...
Plot:
stand up comedian, media satire, showbiz, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, media, magazine, current affairs, celebrity, pop culture, social satire, topical humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
Dog Bites Man is a partially improvised comedy television show on Comedy Central that aired in summer 2006. It began airing on The Comedy Channel in Australia in June 2007. The series was produced by DreamWorks Television.
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, stylized, sitcom ...
Plot:
workplace, comedian, stand up comedian, journalism, journalist, media satire, workplace situations, celebrity culture, partner, disorder, social satire, fake news report ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Dead Ringers is a United Kingdom radio and television comedy impressions show broadcast on BBC Radio 4 and later BBC Two. The programme was devised by producer Bill Dare and developed with Jon Holmes, Andy Hurst and Simon Blackwell. It starred Jon ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, cynical, talky, witty ...
Plot:
satire, media satire, politics, state affairs, society, artists and showbiz, joke, comedy team, humour, media, disorder, celebrity culture ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
It's the 1970s, and San Diego super-sexist anchorman Ron Burgundy is the top dog in local TV, but that's all about to change when ambitious reporter Veronica Corningstone arrives as a new employee at his station.
Style:
parody, funny, humorous, spoof, hilarious ...
Audience:
girls' night, teens
Plot:
journalism, workplace, battle of the sexes, stupidity, satire, sexism, farce, nervous breakdown, news anchor, cat, rivalry, friendship ...
Time:
70s, year 2004, 20th century
Place:
california, usa, north america, san diego california
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
A collection of Christopher Walken's greatest SNL skits and hosting jobs
Style:
sketch comedy, humorous, witty, not serious, light ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, lifestyle, workplace, actor's life, showbiz, media satire, disorder, goofy hero, workplace situations, silly humor, artists and showbiz, variety show ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 21 min.
TV show
Story:
Introducing "Barely Famous": a docu-style comedy series. This show explores the hypocrisy of reality TV by centering around two sisters who say they would never do a reality show, but are being filmed by a camera crew. Over the course of ...
Style:
parody, realistic, semi serious, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
nothing goes right, actor's life, satire, media satire, showbiz, family relations, looking for love, love and romance, disorder, hollywood, hippie, media ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
Cheap Seats without Ron Parker, commonly shortened to Cheap Seats, is a television program broadcast on ESPN Classic hosted by brothers Randy and Jason Sklar. The brothers appear as fictional ESPN tape librarians who amuse themselves by watching ...
Style:
parody, not serious, humorous, witty, realistic ...
Plot:
comedian, media satire, contests and competitions, golf, athlete's life, lifestyle, media, comedy team, entertainment, satire, irreverent, pop culture ...
Time:
21st century
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An aspiring filmmaker learns that success in Hollywood doesn't come as easy as she suspected as she attempts to discover the formula to success. When the guidance of her helpful has-been uncle fails to pave the way, Sarah Wilder must seek the ...
Style:
humorous, not serious, witty, feel good, light ...
Plot:
hollywood, lawyer, filmmaking, media satire, showbiz, artists and showbiz, lifestyle, media, actor's life, prison guard, blue collar, mayor ...
Place:
los angeles, usa
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
While Ron Burgundy's rivalry with Veronica Corningstone escalates quickly, a group of unprofessional thieves better known as 'The Alarm Clock' try to make the truth known, whatever that may mean...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, slapstick, exciting ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
journalism, nothing goes right, satire, ego clash, battle of the sexes, buddies, workplace, rivalry, farce, media satire, workplace situations, kidnapping ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
usa, california, san diego california
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Genre: Comedy, Mystery
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
"La La Wood" follows the legacy of Jiminy Glick, first introduced on "The Martin Short Show," who went on to get (non)-critical acclaim for his talk show "Primetime Glick," where Mr. Glick interviewed countless ...
Style:
witty, humorous, cynical, not serious, offbeat ...
Plot:
showbiz, desire for fame, journalism, lifestyle, actor's life, media satire, culture clash, workplace intrigue, celebrity culture, artists and showbiz, celebrity, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 2004
Place:
usa, canada, toronto ontario canada, india, montana
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every ...
Style:
satirical, melancholic, witty, semi serious, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
sarcasm, television, showbiz, audition, deadpan, farce, artists and showbiz, media satire, nothing goes right, actor's life, strong female character, filmmaking ...
Time:
year 2006
Place:
usa, los angeles
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