Satire movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant satire movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out dark comedy, satirical, weird, humorous, funny and absurd films and TV shows about / with satire, dark humor, storytelling, dialogue, mentor, brutality, suprisingly clever, runaway, violence and drinking alcohol plots mostly in Comedy, Drama and War genres shot in USA, UK, France and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as satire: The Onion Movie (2008), The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009), The Dictator (2012), Thank You for Smoking (2005), Life of Brian (1979), The Death of Stalin (2017), MASH (1970), The White Lotus (2021), Sorry to Bother You (2018), American Psycho (2000).
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New films
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: Comedy, War
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
A reporter in Iraq might just have the story of a lifetime when he meets Lyn Cassady, a guy who claims to be a former member of the U.S. Army's New Earth Army, a unit that employs paranormal powers in their missions.
Style:
clever, absurd, humorous, black comedy, sexy ...
Plot:
satire, farce, journalism, psychic power, media, desert, sarcasm, reporter, adaptation, drug trip, drug, military base ...
Time:
year 2009, 2000s, year 1983, year 2003, year 1973
Place:
iraq, middle east
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363K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
The heroic story of a dictator who risks his life to ensure that democracy would never come to the country he so lovingly oppressed.
Style:
hilarious, funny, absurd, parody, entertaining ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, farce, dictator, culture clash, stupidity, dark humor, un, female bodyguard, fictional country, prejudice, head of state, dissident ...
Time:
2010s, 70s, 20th century, year 1973, year 2012 ...
Place:
new york, middle east, asia, israel, andalusia ...
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Genre: Comedy, War
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
After the insane General Jack D. Ripper initiates a nuclear strike on the Soviet Union, a war room full of politicians, generals and a Russian diplomat all frantically try to stop the nuclear strike.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, cerebral, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
satire, cold war, military, nuclear war, nuclear threat, nuclear explosion, u.s. air force, nuclear holocaust, nuclear bomb, doomsday, anti war, absurdism ...
Time:
20th century, 60s, year 1942, 1930s
Place:
soviet union, washington d.c., persia, united kingdom, england ...
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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
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
Kazakh journalist Borat Sagdiyev travels to America to make a documentary. As he zigzags across the nation, Borat meets real people in real situations with hysterical consequences. His backwards behavior generates strong reactions around him ...
Style:
controversial, humorous, absurd, parody, mockumentary ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
satire, dark humor, racism, stupidity, travel, culture clash, toilet humor, stereotypes, road trip, dumb, fish out of water, masturbation ...
Time:
year 2006, 20th century, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
california, kazakhstan, usa, los angeles, washington d.c. ...
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433K
Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 94 min.
Story:
Brian Cohen is an average young Jewish man, but through a series of ridiculous events, he gains a reputation as the Messiah. When he's not dodging his followers or being scolded by his shrill mother, the hapless Brian has to contend with the ...
Style:
hilarious, funny, humorous, cult classic, parody ...
Audience:
kids, teens
Plot:
religion, monty python, satire, mistaken identity, absurdism, ancient rome, dark humor, medieval, ancient, roman empire, god, sarcasm ...
Time:
1st century, ancient times, biblical epic, 20th century, year 1979 ...
Place:
jerusalem, palestine, ancient greece, greece, middle east ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama, History
Country: France, UK, Belgium, Canada
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
When tyrannical dictator Joseph Stalin dies in 1953, his parasitic cronies square off in a frantic power struggle to become the next Soviet leader. Among the contenders are the dweebish Georgy Malenkov, the wily Nikita Khrushchev and Lavrenti Beria ...
Style:
black comedy, satirical, sexy, dark comedy, political ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dictator, political satire, satire, power struggle, repression, communism, politics, totalitarian regime, death, chaos, funeral, nkvd ...
Time:
1950s, year 1953, 2010s, 90s, year 2017 ...
Place:
soviet union, russia, ussr, moscow russia, siberia
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82K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
The staff of a Korean War field hospital use humor and high jinks to keep their sanity in the face of the horror of war.
Style:
satirical, humorous, black comedy, witty, talky ...
Plot:
satire, military, nurse, medical, surgeon, korean war, surgery, american football, dark humor, sexual harassment, irreverence, sexism ...
Time:
1950s, year 1970, 20th century, 50s, year 1951 ...
Place:
north korea, korea, south korea, canada, vietnam
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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
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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, Drama, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
A wealthy New York investment banking executive hides his alternate psychopathic ego from his co-workers and friends as he escalates deeper into his illogical, gratuitous fantasies.
Style:
psychological, disturbing, psychological thriller, bloody, twist ending ...
Audience:
date night, adult
Plot:
psychopath, serial killer, insanity, sociopath, satire, violence, dark humor, psycho killer, materialism, yuppie, nihilism, millionaire ...
Time:
year 2000, 80s, 2000s, year 1987, y2k ...
Place:
new york, yale university, manhattan new york city, america, seattle ...
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
When the four boys see an R-rated movie featuring Canadians Terrance and Philip, they are pronounced "corrupted", and their parents pressure the United States to wage war against Canada.
Style:
adult animation, parody, dark comedy, funny, black comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, adult
Plot:
satire, political satire, dark humor, violent, cartoon sex, music, stoner, mature, death, devil, insult, childhood ...
Time:
year 1999, 90s
Place:
canada, colorado, usa, north america
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Genre: Action, Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 83 min.
Story:
Wrongfully accused and on the run, a top MI6 assassin joins forces with his long-lost, football hooligan brother to save the world from a sinister plot.
Style:
humorous, parody, absurd, not serious, exciting ...
Plot:
spy, satire, sarcasm, stupidity, farce, virus, love, espionage, culture clash, male pubic hair, secret service, secret agent ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
england, london, south africa, northern england, santiago chile ...
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483K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: New Zealand, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 108 min.
Story:
A World War II satire that follows a lonely German boy whose world view is turned upside down when he discovers his single mother is hiding a young Jewish girl in their attic. Aided only by his idiotic imaginary friend, Adolf Hitler, Jojo must ...
Style:
black comedy, cute, sad, dark comedy, funny ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family friendly, adult
Plot:
world war two, nazi germany, boy, nazi, satire, jewish girl, coming of age, nazism, first love, hitler youth, hitler, imaginary friend ...
Time:
1940s, 2010s, year 1945, year 2019, year 1944
Place:
germany, los angeles, central europe, europe
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Genre: Comedy, Musical
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Life's questions are 'answered' in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. Then there's the National Health doctors who try to claim a ...
Style:
parody, funny, philosophical, surreal, cult classic ...
Plot:
satire, monty python, philosophy, dark humor, surrealism, atheism, existentialism, atheist, humour, social commentary, death, life ...
Time:
year 1983, medieval times, 20th century, 19th century, 80s ...
Place:
london, england, europe, africa, northern england ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min.
Story:
Tromaville has a monstrous new hero. The Toxic Avenger is born when mop boy Melvin Junko falls into a vat of toxic waste. Now evildoers will have a lot to lose.
Style:
cult classic, grindhouse, bloody, cult horror, dark comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night
Plot:
superhero, satire, vigilante, gory, absurd violence, freak, absurdism, monster, bullying, blood, corruption, extreme violence ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984
Place:
new york, usa, manhattan new york city, new jersey
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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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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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225K
Genre: Animation, Adventure, Comedy, Fantasy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Sausage Party, the first R-rated CG animated movie, is about one sausage leading a group of supermarket products on a quest to discover the truth about their existence and what really happens when they become chosen to leave the grocery store.
Style:
adult animation, humorous, funny, satirical, parody ...
Audience:
kids, adult
Plot:
food, sex scene, supermarket, sex, eaten alive, dumb, adult humor, satire, dark humor, death, violent, orgy ...
Time:
year 2016, year 2009, 2000s, 2010s, 21st century
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
A fading actor best known for his portrayal of a popular superhero attempts to mount a comeback by appearing in a Broadway play. As opening night approaches, his attempts to become more altruistic, rebuild his career, and reconnect with friends and ...
Style:
surreal, dark comedy, psychedelic, black comedy, independent film ...
Audience:
teens, date night, adult
Plot:
midlife crisis, existentialism, satire, theater, surrealism, actor, dark humor, showbiz, father daughter relationship, mental illness, alter ego, backstage ...
Time:
year 2014, 2010s, 21st century
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, ethiopia, america, los angeles ...
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221K
Genre: Drama, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 132 min.
Story:
Low-level bureaucrat Sam Lowry escapes the monotony of his day-to-day life through a recurring daydream of himself as a virtuous hero saving a beautiful damsel. Investigating a case that led to the wrongful arrest and eventual death of an innocent ...
Style:
surreal, cult classic, mind bending, psychological, futuristic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
dystopia, dream, satire, distopia, cyberpunk, surrealism, surveillance, absurdism, fighting the system, bureaucracy, christmas, hallucination ...
Time:
future, year 1985, year 1984
Place:
england, london, britain, europe, brazil ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, War
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Vietnam veteran 'Four Leaf' Tayback's memoir, Tropic Thunder, is being made into a film, but Director Damien Cockburn can’t control the cast of prima donnas. Behind schedule and over budget, Cockburn is ordered by a studio executive ...
Style:
parody, hilarious, funny, entertaining, sexy ...
Audience:
manly, boys' night, adult
Plot:
satire, profanity, jungle, wilhelm scream, stupidity, vietnam war, showbiz, dark humor, violent, helicopter crash, adaptation, storytelling ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
vietnam, southeast asia, hawaii, asia
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 130 min.
Story:
A simple-minded gardener named Chance has spent all his life in the Washington D.C. house of an old man. When the man dies, Chance is put out on the street with no knowledge of the world except what he has learned from television.
Style:
political, clever, witty, black comedy, satirical ...
Plot:
politics, satire, comedy of errors, lawyer, secret service, impotence, mansion, funeral, eviction, country estate, wealth, garden ...
Time:
year 1979, 20th century, 70s
Place:
washington d.c., north carolina, usa
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Genre: Action, Comedy
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 91 min.
Story:
Canadian Bacon is the only fictitious film from Director Michael Moore. This comedy is about an American president who decides to go to war to bring the public’s opinion of him up during election time. Canadian Bacon is actor John Candy’s last ...
Style:
humorous, political, satirical, light, talky ...
Audience:
kids
Plot:
satire, president, political satire, conspiracy, politics, cold war, political conspiracy, farce, culture clash, dishonesty, world politics, head of state ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
canada, washington d.c., usa, iraq, california
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306K
Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min.
Story:
Three office workers strike back at their evil employers by hatching a hapless attempt to embezzle money.
Style:
cult classic, dark comedy, laugh out loud, satirical, funny ...
Audience:
date night, kids, adult
Plot:
workplace, dark humor, office, computer, friendship, satire, embezzlement, corporate world, rebelliousness, waitress, obnoxious boss, workplace situations ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1999, y2k
Place:
texas, dallas texas, austin texas, usa, mexico
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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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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Life isn't easy in 1947 Yorkshire, where strict post-war rationing is putting the squeeze on the townspeople. But when a working-class couple discover that the town's wealthy elite has been secretly fattening up an illegal pig for their ...
Style:
humorous, witty, offbeat, culinary, independent film ...
Plot:
satire, working class, small town, food, village, couples, village life, social differences, society, ambition, monty python, rural area ...
Time:
20th century, year 1947, 1940s, 1930s, 70s
Place:
england, europe, britain, northern england, yorkshire
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Genre: Comedy
Country: France, Italy
Duration: 104 min.
Story:
Bourgeois convention is demolished in Luis Buñuel’s surrealist gem. Featuring an elegant soiree with guests seated at toilet bowls, poker-playing monks using religious medals as chips, and police officers looking for a missing girl who is right ...
Style:
surreal, satirical, humorous, art house, dark comedy ...
Plot:
satire, surrealism, sadomasochism, monk, chaos, religion, courtroom, society, mistaken identity, greed, visceral, estrangement ...
Time:
20th century, year 1974, 70s
Place:
france, paris france, europe, spain
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Genre: Comedy
Country: UK, France, Germany
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
Ali G unwittingly becomes a pawn in the evil Chancellor's plot to overthrow the Prime Minister of Great Britain. However, instead of bringing the Prime Minister down, Ali is embraced by the nation as the voice of youth and 'realness', ...
Style:
funny, satirical, humorous, entertaining, parody ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
satire, farce, violence, stupidity, stoner, sexual humor, sarcasm, culture clash, hip hop culture, silly humor, politics, dumb ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
london, england, britain, europe, jamaica ...
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