Social satire movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant social satire movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, satirical, surreal and funny films and TV shows about / with social satire, satire, dark humor, society, violence, storytelling, drinking, humour, female nudity and drinking alcohol plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and Sci-Fi genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as social satire: Triangle of Sadness (2022), Don't Look Up (2021), Black Mirror (2011), Idiocracy (2006), Parasite (2019), Brüno (2009), Happiness (1998), The Square (2017), The Menu (2022), Thank You for Smoking (2005).
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List of social satire movies
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Sweden, Germany, Mexico, France, Turkey, Denmark, USA, Switzerland, Greece
Duration: 147 min.
Story:
A celebrity model couple are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged captain. What first appeared Instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, captivating, entertaining, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
cruise ship, shipwreck, satire, model, class differences, cruise, fashion model, social satire, yacht, rich, ship, stranded on an island ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Is relevant?
663K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 138 min.
Story:
Two low-level astronomers, upon discovering that a meteor will strike the Earth in six months, go on a media tour to try to warn the world but find an unreceptive and unbelieving populace.
Style:
cerebral, apocalyptic, feel good, political, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, date night, adult
Plot:
disaster, asteroid, end of the world, social satire, danger, satire, politics, meteorite, chaos, comet, mass hysteria, social commentary ...
Time:
future, 2020s, year 1994, distant future, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., usa, london, illinois, north america ...
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728K
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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213K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
To test its top-secret Human Hibernation Project, the Pentagon picks the most average Americans it can find - an Army private and a prostitute - and sends them to the year 2505 after a series of freak events. But when they arrive, they find a ...
Style:
futuristic, thought provoking, satirical, funny, absurd ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
dystopian future, time travel, distopia, stupidity, social satire, satire, dystopia, absurdism, social decay, dimwit, hibernation, dark humor ...
Time:
future, year 2006, year 2005, distant future, y2k ...
Place:
texas, usa, washington d.c.
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1.1M
Genre: Drama, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
All unemployed, Ki-taek's family takes peculiar interest in the wealthy and glamorous Parks for their livelihood until they get entangled in an unexpected incident.
Style:
suspense, black comedy, psychological thriller, exciting, captivating ...
Audience:
family friendly, adult
Plot:
poverty, wealthy family, working class, social satire, class differences, scam, wealth, basement, plot twist, rich snob, driver, unemployment ...
Time:
2010s, year 2019
Place:
south korea, east asia, seoul, asia, india
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy
Country: France, Italy, Spain
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In Luis Buñuel’s deliciously satiric masterpiece, an upper-class sextet sits down to dinner but never eats, their attempts continually thwarted by a vaudevillian mixture of events both actual and imagined.
Style:
atmospheric, disturbing, surreal, biting, satirical ...
Plot:
farce, bourgeoisie, high society, social commentary, absurdism, satire, social satire, surrealism, dark humor, decadence, dinner, dream ...
Time:
70s, 20th century, year 1972
Place:
europe, paris france, france, spain
Is relevant?
158K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
Flamboyantly gay Austrian television reporter Bruno stirs up trouble with unsuspecting guests and large crowds through brutally frank interviews and painfully hilarious public displays of homosexuality.
Style:
mockumentary, funny, parody, satirical, humorous ...
Plot:
gay, gender, gay slur, satire, lgbt, gay marriage, social satire, gay lead character, fame, nudity, homosexuality, sex ...
Time:
year 2009, 21st century
Place:
usa, europe, austria, los angeles, vienna ...
Is relevant?
79K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 134 min.
Story:
The lives of many individuals connected by the desire for happiness, often from sources usually considered dark or evil.
Style:
black comedy, controversial, cynical, depressing, independent film ...
Plot:
dysfunctional family, rape, pedophilia, pedophile, dark humor, satire, therapist, depression, suburbs, unsettling, unhappiness, social satire ...
Time:
90s, year 1998, 20th century
Place:
usa, new jersey
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Sweden, Germany, France, Denmark, USA
Duration: 151 min.
Story:
A satirical drama reflecting our times — about the sense of community, moral courage and the affluent person’s need for egocentricity in an increasingly uncertain world.
Style:
surreal, satirical, thought provoking, philosophical, art house ...
Plot:
modern art, social satire, art, sex scene, nordic, hypocrisy, museum, ape man, trust, performance art, art exhibition, painting ...
Time:
year 2017, 2010s, 90s, 21st century
Place:
stockholm sweden, scandinavia, europe, eastern europe
Is relevant?
489K
Genre: Comedy, Horror, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
A couple travels to a coastal island to eat at an exclusive restaurant where the chef has prepared a lavish menu, with some shocking surprises.
Style:
suspense, dark comedy, atmospheric, splatter, art house ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
food, restaurant, murder, social satire, food critic, mass murder, perfectionist, chef, grudge, cooking, obsession, actor ...
Time:
2020s
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Nick Naylor is a charismatic spin-doctor for Big Tobacco who'll fight to protect America's right to smoke -- even if it kills him -- while still remaining a role model for his 12-year old son. When he incurs the wrath of a senator bent on ...
Style:
satirical, black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, witty ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
marketing, advertising, business, lobbyist, satire, social satire, tobacco, reporter, lung cancer, politics, journalism, political satire ...
Time:
year 2005, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
washington d.c., vermont, usa, los angeles, japan ...
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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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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
When Ashtray (Shawn Wayans) moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog (Marlon Wayans), who ...
Style:
parody, hood, funny, absurd, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
gang, friendship, stoner, dumb, youth, ghetto, social satire, african american, gangster, hip hop, city life, stupidity ...
Time:
90s
Place:
california
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Family
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
A gifted young teen tries to survive life with his dimwitted, dysfunctional family.
Style:
sitcom, humorous, realistic, witty, funny ...
Audience:
teens, kids
Plot:
siblings relations, social satire, eccentric family, teenage life, teenager, suburban life, youth, dysfunctional family, prodigy, family life, sibling relationship, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, nova scotia
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Country: Poland
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
It is a bitter story about a middle-aged man, who hates his life and other people, including himself. Adam Miauczynski, the character known from director Marek Koterski's previous films, is a 44 year-old teacher, who reads poetry during school ...
Style:
independent film, dark comedy, tragicomedy, humorous, cynical ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, nothing goes right, social satire, paranoia, loner, alienation, burnout, obsessive compulsive disorder, neurosis, longing, solitude, teacher ...
Time:
year 2002, middle ages
Place:
eastern europe, central europe, warsaw poland, poland
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min.
TV show
Story:
Follow the exploits of various guests and employees at an exclusive tropical resort over the span of a week as with each passing day, a darker complexity emerges in these picture-perfect travelers, the hotel’s cheerful employees and the idyllic ...
Style:
dark comedy, anthology, captivating, funny, psychological ...
Plot:
resort, satire, tropical island, vacation, social commentary, social satire, beach resort, gay lead character, exotic island, toxic relationship, female nudity, coworker ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
hawaii, sicily, thailand, italy, oceania
Is relevant?
658K
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
To live in Barbie Land is to be a perfect being in a perfect place. Unless you have a full-on existential crisis. Or you're a Ken.
Style:
rom com, captivating, entertaining, funny, humorous ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
barbie, fantasy world, doll, social satire, voice over narration, teenage girl, female protagonist, interdimensional travel, pregnant woman, ceo, patriarchy, mother daughter relationship ...
Time:
2020s, 21st century
Place:
california, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min.
TV show
Story:
The numb existences of Martin Jones, a police officer with secrets to hide, and Jesus, a traumatized avenging son, collide in a ghostly Los Angeles where several ruthless criminal gangs fight for their turf and dictate who lives and who dies.
Style:
neo noir, art house, bloody, suspense, artsy ...
Plot:
vigilantism, gang war, social satire, police brutality, sex with a minor, criminal underworld, shooting, mother son relationship, criminal, mexican immigrant, double life, serial killer ...
Place:
los angeles
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162K
Genre: Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA, Netherlands
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Nada, a down-on-his-luck construction worker, discovers a pair of special sunglasses. Wearing them, he is able to see the world as it really is: people being bombarded by media and government with messages like "Stay Asleep", "No ...
Style:
cult classic, homoerotic, suspenseful, serious, black comedy ...
Plot:
conspiracy, alien invasion, dystopia, alien, distopia, mind control, social commentary, anti conformity, violence, resistance, evil alien, capitalism ...
Time:
future, 20th century, year 1988, 80s
Place:
los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Drama, Fantasy
Country: Mexico
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
The guests at an upper-class dinner party find themselves unable to leave. The Exterminating Angel is a 1962 surrealist film, written and directed by Luis Buñuel, starring Silvia Pinal. Sharply satirical and allegorical, the film contains a view ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, black comedy, black and white, philosophical ...
Plot:
surrealism, religion, social satire, room, mansion, dinner party, absurdism, satire, class differences, piano, isolation, symbolism ...
Time:
year 1962, 20th century, 60s
Place:
spain, paris france
Is relevant?
26K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
The film is a caustic portrait of a traditional English boys’ boarding school, where social hierarchy reigns supreme and power remains in the hands of distanced and ineffectual teachers and callously vicious prefects in the Upper Sixth. But three ...
Style:
controversial, surreal, disturbing, dark comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
revolution, boarding school life, boarding school, sex, private school, social satire, homosexuality, school shooting, boys' school, violence, coming of age, corporal punishment ...
Time:
60s, year 1968, 20th century
Place:
england, california, britain, europe
Is relevant?
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:
parody, surreal, sketch comedy, adult animation, not serious ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
puppet, social satire, children, absurd humor, satire, social problems, racial slur, religions or cults, disorder, dark humor, stupidity, society ...
Time:
2000s, 70s, 21st century
Is relevant?
Genre: Animation, Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Monkey Dust is a British satirical cartoon, notorious for its dark humour and handling of taboo topics such as bestiality, murder, suicide and paedophilia. There were three series broadcast on BBC Three between 2003 and 2005. Following co-creator ...
Style:
adult animation, cynical, dark comedy, surreal, sketch comedy ...
Plot:
dark humor, sexual abuse, social satire, satire, antisocial behavior, life is a bitch, missing person, dysfunctional family, child abuse, society, social misfits, danger ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
england, europe
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 29 min.
TV show
Story:
Little Britain is a British character-based comedy sketch show which was first broadcast on BBC radio and then turned into a television show. It was written by comic duo David Walliams and Matt Lucas. The show's title is an amalgamation of the ...
Style:
parody, sketch comedy, not serious, cynical, humorous ...
Plot:
stupidity, satire, social satire, sketch, gender bending, sexual humor, lifestyle, social misfits, human nature, misfit, society, absurd humor ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
england, britain, europe, paris france, london
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
The series uses “mockumentary” techniques to depict the fictional, reality television-style adventures of enthusiastic professional critic Forrest MacNeil, who hosts a TV show called "Review" in which he engages in any life experience ...
Style:
parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, sitcom ...
Audience:
family friendly, teens
Plot:
critic, social satire, comedian, absurdism, fish out of water, workplace, media, dark humor, theft, stupidity, neighbor, casual sex ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
Is relevant?
33K
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Phil's new phone comes with an unexpected feature, Jexi...an A.I. determined to keep him all to herself in a comedy about what can happen when you love your phone more than all else.
Style:
funny, entertaining, light, psychological, colorful ...
Audience:
family friendly
Plot:
first kiss, artificial intelligence, social satire, technology, first date, facebook, social isolation, computer program, addiction, love and romance, lifestyle, socially awkward ...
Place:
san francisco, oakland california, usa
Is relevant?
277K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 22 min.
TV show
Story:
The adventures of a late-20th-century New York City pizza delivery boy, Philip J. Fry, who, after being unwittingly cryogenically frozen for one thousand years, finds employment at Planet Express, an interplanetary delivery company in the ...
Style:
adult animation, futuristic, sitcom, adult cartoon, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, kids, adult
Plot:
space travel, robot, scientist, mad scientist, social satire, alien, goofy hero, adult humor, clone, captain, space and aliens, cyclops ...
Time:
future, 2000s, 90s, 20th century, year 1999 ...
Place:
new york
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
Lester Burnham, a depressed suburban father in a mid-life crisis, decides to turn his hectic life around after developing an infatuation with his daughter's attractive friend.
Style:
melancholic, thought provoking, sexual, dark comedy, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, chick flick, kids, girls' night, teen drama ...
Plot:
midlife crisis, dysfunctional family, existentialism, age difference, obsession, loneliness, coming of age, older man younger woman relationship, dysfunctional marriage, youth, adultery, suburbs ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, year 2013
Place:
usa, america, los angeles, iran
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedy about the ups and downs of Bob Slay, an obnoxious, rude and arrogant, but extremely successful, marketing executive.
Style:
sitcom, satirical, feel good, humorous, entertaining ...
Plot:
social satire, satire, office, marketing, workplace, relationships, lifestyle, workplace situations, office work, office worker, coworker, narcissism ...
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Genre: Drama, Horror, Musical, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The infamous story of Benjamin Barker, a.k.a Sweeney Todd, who sets up a barber shop down in London which is the basis for a sinister partnership with his fellow tenant, Mrs. Lovett. Based on the hit Broadway musical.
Style:
gothic, atmospheric, gothic horror, visually appealing, period piece ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
serial killer, blood, barbershop, goth, dark humor, social injustice, judge, cannibalism, loss of loved one, presumed dead, murder, insanity ...
Time:
victorian era, 19th century, year 2007, 2000s, edwardian era ...
Place:
london, england, britain, europe
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