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, parody, funny, not serious and spoof films and TV shows about / with absurd humor, satire, silly humor, absurdism, surrealism, dark humor, humour, stupidity, farce and disorder plots mostly in Comedy, Sci-Fi and Fantasy genres shot in USA, Canada, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as absurd humor: Airplane! (1980), RRRrrrr!!! (2004), Blazing Saddles (1974), Ugly Americans (2010), Sorry to Bother You (2018), Dwarf (2017), Struggle for Life (2016), Inside Lapenko (2019), Medical Police (2020), Parks and Recreation (2009).
Best films
List of absurd humor movies
285K
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, absurd, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens, date night, kids
Plot:
airplane, airport, satire, pilot, food poisoning, absurd humor, aviation, stewardess, passenger, disaster, flight attendant, deadpan ...
Time:
20th century, 80s, year 1980, 70s
Place:
los angeles, chicago
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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, ancient history, tribe, murder, parents and children, friendship, seduction, self mutilation, love, fire ...
Time:
prehistoric times, stone age, prehistory, 2000s
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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, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
farce, cowboy, satire, old west, racism, absurd humor, cowboys and outlaws, small town, gay slur, chess, gunfight, ethnic slur ...
Time:
19th century, 70s, 1870s, year 1974
Place:
los angeles, america, arizona, california
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Genre: Animation, Comedy
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, parody, not serious, humorous, adult comedy ...
Audience:
family outing, kids, teens, adult
Plot:
sexual humor, nude beach, adult humor, surrealism, toilet humor, bad taste humour, anthropomorphism, disorder, gays and lesbians, escapades, heroes, partner ...
Time:
2000s
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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, humorous, captivating, adult cartoon, psychedelic ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
absurd humor, boss and employee, dark humor, friendship, city life, workplace romance, adult humor, monster, imaginary, silly humor, immigrant, social worker ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
new york, usa
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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, philosophical, absurd, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, family friendly
Plot:
black american, satire, social satire, capitalism, labor union, absurdism, labor strike, surrealism, absurd humor, slave labor, protest, performance art ...
Time:
90s, 2010s
Place:
oakland california, california
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255
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 40 min.
TV show
Style:
humorous, light, funny, feel good, entertaining ...
Plot:
family relations, wish come true, husband wife relationship, absurd humor, dysfunctional family, lifestyle change, teenage boy, father son relationship, supernatural power, absurdism, magical power, mysterious event ...
Place:
central europe
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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:
feel good, light, funny, humorous, absurd ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
absurd humor, ski resort, aphrodisiac, lost in the woods, jungle, forest, sex scene, chainsaw, school, river, airport, crocodile ...
Time:
year 2016
Place:
guyana
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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:
atmospheric, humorous, stylized, semi serious, sketch comedy ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, absurd humor, absurdism, stupidity, imaginary, contact, daydreamer, goofy hero, creature, human relationship, unsettling, trippy ...
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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:
parody, funny, humorous, absurd, surreal ...
Plot:
absurd humor, improv, switching roles, satire, role playing, deadpan, sketch, dark humor, social commentary, hybrid, rock band, russian mafia ...
Time:
90s
Place:
russia
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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, spoof, light, humorous ...
Plot:
absurd humor, mission, doctor, deadpan, virus, silly humor, secret mission, assignment, escapades, race against time, teamwork, farce ...
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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:
sitcom, mockumentary, humorous, funny, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
political satire, politics, satire, absurd humor, social commentary, small town life, strong female lead, friendship, female protagonist, workplace situations, workplace humor, workaholic ...
Time:
2010s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
indiana, usa, north america, seattle
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 28 min.
TV show
Story:
An eager young rookie joins the ragtag small-town police force led by his dad as they bumble, squabble and snort their way through a big drug case.
Style:
adult animation, adult cartoon, humorous, cynical, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
dark humor, police investigation, social satire, goofy hero, cop, disorder, bad cop, small town, stupidity, absurd humor, satire, dumb ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, 21st century
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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:
absurd humor, survival, experiment, research, workplace, danger, farce, workplace intrigue, stupidity, surrealism, mature, stoner ...
Time:
2000s, future, 2020s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
While attending a party at James Franco's house, Seth Rogen, Jay Baruchel and many other celebrities are faced with the apocalypse.
Style:
horror comedy, hilarious, entertaining, dark comedy, not serious ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
apocalypse, celebrity, post apocalypse, end of the world, creature, satire, heaven and hell, trapped, absurd humor, actress playing herself, stoner, party ...
Time:
year 2013, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
los angeles, usa, california
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34K
Genre: Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
The eccentric new manager of a UHF television channel tries to save the station from financial ruin with an odd array of programming.
Style:
parody, cult classic, spoof, slapstick, funny ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, absurd humor, television, janitor, mad scientist, fired from the job, filmmaking, gambling, workplace, imagination, loser, kidnapping ...
Time:
80s, year 1989
Place:
oklahoma city
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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, male female relationship, family life, dark humor, brother sister relationship, parents and children, relationships, husband wife relationship, flatmate, children, silly humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
russia
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Frank Drebin is persuaded out of retirement to go undercover in a state prison. There he is to find out what top terrorist, Rocco, has planned for when he escapes. Frank's wife, Jane, is desperate for a baby.. this adds to Frank's ...
Style:
parody, spoof, funny, humorous, hilarious ...
Audience:
family outing, girls' night, date night, teens
Plot:
farce, sexual humor, absurd humor, stupidity, undercover, terrorism, law enforcement, satire, sexy woman, gangster, race against time, save the day ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994, year 1988, 70s
Place:
usa, los angeles, california
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60K
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:
raunchy comedy, absurd, funny, light, not serious ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
best friend, sexual humor, grownups, first kiss, adult humor, school, child protagonist, fraternity, mischievous children, friend, friendship, police ...
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 30 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, ironic, humorous, sitcom, spoof ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
high school, vandalism, swearing, cliche, absurd humor, found footage, graffiti, high school student, true crime, apocalypse, young adult, hunting ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s
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318K
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: 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:
controversial, underground film, black comedy, independent film, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nudity, lesbian, obsession, animal abuse, arson, perversion, dysfunctional family, murder, egg, transgression, controversy, sadism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore, idaho, california
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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, entertaining, humorous, offbeat, adult cartoon ...
Audience:
teens, kids, pre-teens, adult
Plot:
mad scientist, time travel, scientist, dark humor, graphic violence, prodigy, relatives, grandfather grandson relationship, satire, family relations, youth, imaginary ...
Time:
2010s, 2020s, future, 21st century
Place:
usa
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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:
witty, stylized, tricky, humorous, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, girls' night
Plot:
countryside, absurd humor, magic, couple relations, true love, farmer, old woman, lovers apart, dog, surrealism, love, young couple ...
Time:
future, 90s, 60s, year 1969
Place:
new zealand, oceania, australia
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: Canada
Duration: 120 min.
TV show
Story:
This Movie Sucks. was a hosted horror movie show produced and broadcast by CHCH-TV Hamilton, Canada. Ed The Sock would invite his friends over. The would screen mostly science fiction and horror really bad movies, and make fun of them. They also got ...
Style:
parody, absurd, psychotronic, humorous, slapstick ...
Plot:
absurd humor, good versus evil, puppet, mad scientist, evil scientist, monster, satire, television studio, sexual innuendo, innuendo, violence, irreverence ...
Place:
mexico
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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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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A disgruntled man with a mound of cow dung for a head talks about various, every day items, and how they are all, in fact, worthless.
Style:
absurd, surreal, humorous, captivating, satirical ...
Plot:
absurd humor, satire, toilet humor, adult humor, social commentary, monologue, performance art, alienation, anti establishment, underground, media satire, political satire ...
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3K
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:
gang, buddies, money raising, plastic surgery, absurd humor, friends, society, disorder, dystopian future, life is a bitch, fish out of water, friendship ...
Time:
future, 2010s, near future, 21st century
Place:
france
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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, pop culture, absurd humor, stand up comedian, singer, musician, artists and showbiz, society, talented, actor, sketch, social relations ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa
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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, humorous, sitcom ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
stupidity, mature, stop motion, adult humor, absurd humor, mad scientist, sketch, artists and showbiz, celebrity culture, robot, comedy team, joke ...
Time:
2000s, 2010s, future, 21st century
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