Absurd humor movies and TV shows

The list contains the best, new and most relevant absurd humor movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out humorous, absurd, funny, not serious, parody and offbeat films and TV shows about / with absurd humor, absurdism, satire, surrealism, silly humor, dark humor, disorder, friendship, stupidity and singing plots mostly in Comedy, Animation and Fantasy genres shot in USA, France, Canada and other countries.
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absurd humor movies
TOP 10 movies tagged as absurd humor: Blazing Saddles (1974), Dwarf (2017), RRRrrrr!!! (2004), Ugly Americans (2010), Struggle for Life (2016), Inside Lapenko (2019), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Medical Police (2020), Rick and Morty (2013), Airplane! (1980).

List of absurd humor movies

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 7.7
 151K
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Western
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: A town – where everyone seems to be named Johnson – is in the way of the railroad and, in order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar, a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is ...
Style: parody, spoof, humorous, funny, slapstick ...
Audience: teens
Plot: cowboy, farce, old west, racism, satire, gay slur, cowboys and outlaws, small town, absurd humor, governor, ethnic slur, prejudice ...
Time: 19th century, 70s, year 1974, 1870s
Place: los angeles, america, arizona, california
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 6.8
 233
Dwarf (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Style: humorous, contemplative, light, unusual plot structure, feel good ...
Plot: family relations, wish come true, dysfunctional family, husband wife relationship, absurd humor, lifestyle change, mysterious event, teenage boy, magic, magical power, supernatural power, small town ...
Place: central europe
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 5.8
 15K
RRRrrrr!!! (2004)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Sci-Fi
Country: France
Duration: 98 min.
Story: 37 000 years ago, two neighboring tribes lived in peace ... not fully in peace. While the tribe clean hair flowed peaceful days by keeping to herself the secret formula shampoo, Tribe Hair Sales lamented. Its leader decided to send a spy to steal ...
Style: humorous, stylized, witty, funny, absurd ...
Audience: teens
Plot: caveman, absurd humor, investigation, tribe, murder, ancient history, parents and children, friendship, self mutilation, seduction, animal, love ...
Time: prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory, 2000s
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Funky Forest: The First Contact (2005)
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Japan
Duration: 150 min.
Story: An outrageous collection of surreal, short attention span non-sequiturs largely revolving around Guitar Brother, his randy older sibling, and the pair's portly Caucasian brother.
Style: surreal, atmospheric, humorous, stylized, semi serious ...
Audience: teens
Plot: surrealism, absurd humor, ufo, imaginary, daydreamer, contact, goofy hero, absurdism, alien, creature, stupidity, trippy ...
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 8.0
 11K
Ugly Americans (2010)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Ugly Americans is an American animated sitcom created by Devin Clark and developed by David M. Stern. The program focuses on the life of Mark Lilly, a social worker employed by the Department of Integration, in an alternate reality version of New ...
Style: adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, captivating, animated comedy ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: boss and employee, absurd humor, city life, workplace romance, friendship, monster, zombie, imaginary, silly humor, immigrant, social worker, alternate reality ...
Time: 2000s, 21st century
Place: new york, usa
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Struggle for Life (2016)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: France
Duration: 99 min.
Story: Marc Châtaigne, an intern at the Ministry of Standards, is sent to French Guiana to implement European construction standards at Guyaneige: the first Amazonian ski slope, intended to boost tourism in French Guiana. There, he meets Tarzan, an ...
Style: absurd, feel good, not serious, humorous, captivating ...
Audience: kids
Plot: absurd humor, ski resort, jungle, aphrodisiac, sex scene, forest, chainsaw, airport, golf, piano, river, boat ...
Time: year 2016
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 7.8
 656
Inside Lapenko (2019)
Genre: Comedy
Country: Russia
Duration: 20 min.
TV show
Story: A humorous series, the hallmark of which is that all the characters are played by one person — Anton Lapenko. The bulk of the dialogue is improvisation. The plot is based on the life and adventures of characters from Anton's Instagram. The ...
Style: humorous, funny, parody, entertaining
Plot: absurd humor, switching roles, rock band, russian mafia, engineer, same actor playing two characters simultaneously on screen, investigation, tv host
Time: 90s
Place: russia
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Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon (2003)
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: John Kricfalusi, the creator of the original Ren & Stimpy Show, is back at the helm with new adventures of Ren Höek and Stimpson J. Cat (Stimpy) in Ren & Stimpy Adult Party Cartoon, with the emphasis toward adults instead of children. These ...
Style: adult animation, humorous, not serious, absurd, parody ...
Audience: family outing, teens, kids, adult
Plot: sexual humor, nude beach, adult humor, surrealism, toilet humor, anthropomorphism, bad taste humour, disorder, heroes, gays and lesbians, escapades, partner ...
Time: 2000s
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Sorry to Bother You (2018)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 112 min.
Story: In an alternate present-day version of Oakland, black telemarketer Cassius Green discovers a magical key to professional success – which propels him into a macabre universe.
Style: black comedy, dark comedy, surreal, mindfuck, captivating ...
Audience: date night, family friendly
Plot: black american, social satire, labor union, capitalism, satire, absurdism, absurd humor, labor strike, slave labor, protest, slavery, surrealism ...
Time: 90s, 2010s
Place: oakland california, california
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Medical Police (2020)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 242 min.
TV show
Story: Doctors Owen Maestro and Lola Spratt leave Children's Hospital and join a secret arm of the CDC to investigate and destroy a deadly global virus.
Style: parody, funny, humorous, light, entertaining ...
Plot: absurd humor, doctor, mission, deadpan, virus, silly humor, escapades, race against time, teamwork, secret mission, assignment, farce ...
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 9.1
 595K
Rick and Morty (2013)
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: An animated series that follows the exploits of a super scientist and his not-so-bright grandson.
Style: adult animation, adult cartoon, entertaining, humorous, offbeat ...
Audience: teens, kids, adult
Plot: mad scientist, time travel, scientist, dark humor, prodigy, graphic violence, relatives, grandfather grandson relationship, family relations, youth, satire, imaginary ...
Time: 2010s, future, 2020s, 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.7
 259K
Airplane! (1980)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story: Alcoholic pilot, Ted Striker has developed a fear of flying due to wartime trauma, but nevertheless boards a passenger jet in an attempt to woo back his stewardess girlfriend. Food poisoning decimates the passengers and crew, leaving it up to ...
Style: parody, spoof, funny, slapstick, absurd ...
Audience: teens, date night, kids
Plot: airplane, airport, pilot, food poisoning, stewardess, passenger, aviation, absurd humor, air disaster, deadpan, fear of flying, disaster ...
Time: 20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place: chicago, los angeles
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Happy Together (2006)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: Russia
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story: The ordinary life of an ordinary family from the province: a couple, 2 children, a dog and neighbors. Dasha is a housewife who loves to watch TV shows and go shopping. Her husband, Gena, is a shoe store manager, likes to hang around in the garage ...
Style: entertaining, ironic, light, absurd, humorous ...
Audience: boys' night, family outing, chick flick
Plot: absurd humor, eccentric family, family life, male female relationship, dark humor, husband wife relationship, relationships, flatmate, brother sister relationship, parents and children, silly humor, children ...
Time: 21st century
Place: russia
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Aachi and Ssipak (2006)
Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi
Country: South Korea
Duration: 90 min.
Story: Sometime in the future, mankind has depleted all energy and fuel sources, however they have engineered a way to use human excrement as fuel. To reward production, the government hands out extremely addictive, popsicle-like "Juicybars", ...
Style: adult animation, anime, entertaining, absurd, apocalyptic ...
Plot: distopia, absurd humor, absurdism, social satire, dark humor, nihilism, political satire, self involved, dystopia, adult humor, socially awkward, silly humor ...
Time: future
Place: south korea, korea
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 7.1
 10K
Female Trouble (1974)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story: The life and times of Dawn Davenport, showing her progress from loving schoolgirl to crazed mass murderer - all of which stems from her parents' refusal to buy her cha-cha heels for Christmas. She runs away from home, is raped, becomes a single ...
Style: dark comedy, black comedy, disturbing, sexy, independent film ...
Audience: teens, chick flick
Plot: juvenile delinquent, absurd violence, absurd humor, female nudity, murder, kidnapping, male nudity, dysfunctional family, acid, surrealism, nudity, disfigurement ...
Time: 70s, 20th century, 60s
Place: baltimore
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The Price of Milk (2000)
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Romance
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 87 min.
Story: New Zealand milk farmer Rob gives his lover Lucinda a ring. Trying to spark up her relationship with Rob, she takes her friend Drosophila's advice and starts to try and make Rob angry. But she tends to go too far. Admiring her ring while ...
Style: stylized, witty, tricky, humorous, surreal ...
Audience: date night, girls' night
Plot: absurd humor, magic, couple relations, countryside, farmer, old woman, love, dog, surrealism, summer, love triangle, true love ...
Time: future, 90s, 60s, year 1969
Place: new zealand, oceania
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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, absurd humor, surrealism, obsessive quest, eccentricity, music, best friend, comedy team, fictional band, improv, magical, sketch ...
Time: future, 2000s
Place: england, london
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 6.0
 28K
Pink Flamingos (1972)
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story: Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person ...
Style: independent film, disturbing, underground film, controversial, black comedy ...
Audience: chick flick
Plot: nudity, obsession, perversion, lesbian, controversy, gender, animal abuse, dysfunctional family, arson, male nudity, dehumanization, absurd humor ...
Time: 20th century, 70s
Place: usa, baltimore, idaho, maryland
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American Vandal (2017)
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 34 min.
TV show
Story: A true-crime satire that explores the aftermath of a costly high school prank that left twenty-seven faculty cars vandalized with phallic images.
Style: mockumentary, humorous, ironic, sitcom, funny ...
Audience: teens, adult
Plot: vandalism, high school, swearing, cliche, absurd humor, graffiti, found footage, intrigue, hunting, youth, apocalypse, investigation ...
Time: 2010s, 2020s
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 5.9
 3K
Steak (2007)
Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Canada
Duration: 82 min.
Story: A French comedy with comedians Eric & Ramzy made by Quentin Dupieux a.k.a. Mr. Oizo.
Style: parody, realistic, surreal, not serious, humorous ...
Plot: buddies, money raising, gang, friends, society, absurd humor, disorder, dystopian future, life is a bitch, fish out of water, plastic surgery, friendship ...
Time: future, 21st century
Place: france
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Parks and Recreation (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story: Hilarious ensemble comedy that follows Leslie Knope, a mid-level bureaucrat in the Parks and Recreation Department of Pawnee, Indiana, and her tireless efforts to make her quintessentially American town just a little bit more fun.
Style: mockumentary, sitcom, humorous, funny, talky ...
Audience: teens
Plot: politics, political satire, satire, social commentary, female protagonist, workplace situations, small town life, workaholic, absurd humor, strong female lead, workplace humor, boss and employee ...
Time: 2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place: indiana, usa
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Important Things with Demetri Martin (2009)
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story: Important Things with Demetri Martin is a sketch-variety show that aired on Comedy Central starring comedian Demetri Martin. Each episode examined a single theme, the "important thing", such as timing, power, control and money. All ...
Style: realistic, witty, humorous, not serious, clever ...
Plot: comedian, musician, singer, stand up comedian, absurd humor, actor, artists and showbiz, society, talented, sketch, counterculture, social relations ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 7.7
 46K
Robot Chicken (2001)
Genre: Animation, Short, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: Robot Chicken is an American stop-motion claymation comedy television series created and executive produced by Seth Green and Matthew Senreich along with co-head writers Douglas Goldstein and Tom Root. The writers, especially Green, also provide ...
Style: parody, adult animation, sketch comedy, adult cartoon, humorous ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: stupidity, stop motion, mature, mad scientist, sketch, absurd humor, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, robot, bad taste humour, comedy team, adult humor ...
Time: future, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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 8.5
 56K
Regular Show (2010)
Genre: Animation, Action, Adventure, Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min.
TV show
Story: Regular Show is an American animated television series created by J. G. Quintel for Cartoon Network that premiered on September 6, 2010. The series revolves around the lives of two friends, a Blue Jay named Mordecai and a raccoon named Rigby —both ...
Style: not serious, adult animation, humorous, adult cartoon, sitcom ...
Audience: kids, pre-teens, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot: slacker, boss, giant bird, workplace, irresponsible, friendship, ghost, anthropomorphism, creature, friends, workplace situations, time travel ...
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 7.8
 568
Wainy Days (2007)
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 171 min.
TV show
Story: From the creative mind that brought you Role Models (2008), Wanderlust (2012), The State (1993), and Wet Hot American Summer (2001) comes this show, the award winning series about David Wain's (slightly) fictionalized adventures looking for ...
Style: humorous, sexy, captivating, light, realistic ...
Audience: teens
Plot: guest, looking for love, absurd humor, wooing, lifestyle, dating, satire, breaking the fourth wall, love, society, computers and web, looking for sex ...
Time: 21st century
Place: usa
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 6.7
 60K
Good Boys (2019)
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story: A group of young boys on the cusp of becoming teenagers embark on an epic quest to fix their broken drone before their parents get home.
Style: absurd, light, funny, raunchy comedy, not serious ...
Plot: grownups, sexual humor, best friend, first kiss, adult humor, school, child protagonist, mischievous children, absurd humor, youth, friendship, game playing ...
Place: usa
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The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou (2004)
Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story: Wes Anderson’s incisive quirky comedy build up stars complex characters like in ‘The Royal Tenenbaums’ with Bill Murray on in the leading role. An ocean adventure documentary film maker Zissou is put in all imaginable life situations and a ...
Style: stylized, humorous, surreal, visual, dark comedy ...
Audience: family friendly, date night
Plot: ocean, submarine, revenge, expedition, dysfunctional family, eccentricity, shark, filmmaking, vengeance, rivalry, magic realism, marijuana ...
Time: year 2004, 21st century
Place: italy, fictional island
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 5.3
 4K
How It Ends (2021)
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story: In this feel-good apocalyptic comedy, Liza embarks on a hilarious journey through LA in hopes of making it to her last party before it all ends, running into an eclectic cast of characters along the way.
Style: captivating, satirical, entertaining, psychological, road movie ...
Plot: end of the world, asteroid, apocalypse, satire, absurd humor, humour, social satire, house party, pain, epidemic, distopia, female protagonist ...
Place: los angeles
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 7.8
 8K
Sealab 2021 (2000)
Genre: Animation, Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 11 min.
TV show
Story: The year is 2021. Deep below the ocean's surface, looms a vast, magnificently high-tech compound: Sealab. A multi-national scientific station with an annual budget in the trillions, manned by a motley collection of malcontents and screw-ups who ...
Style: sitcom, humorous, adult animation, not serious, surreal ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: survival, absurd humor, experiment, research, workplace, danger, farce, workplace intrigue, mature, stoner, ocean, stupidity ...
Time: 2000s, future, 2020s, 21st century
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Wonder Showzen (2005)
Genre: Animation, Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story: Wonder Showzen is an American sketch comedy television series that aired between 2005 and 2006 on MTV2. It was created by John Lee and Vernon Chatman of PFFR. The show is rated TV-MA. The show's format is that of educational PBS ...
Style: surreal, parody, sketch comedy, adult animation, not serious ...
Audience: kids, teens, adult
Plot: puppet, social satire, absurd humor, satire, social problems, racial slur, religions or cults, disorder, dark humor, stupidity, children, society ...
Time: 2000s, 70s, 21st century
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