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1. Being There (1979)
directed by Hal Ashby
featuring Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden, Richard Basehart, Richard Dysart
Having lived his life as the gardener on a millionaire's estate, Chance (Peter Sellers) knows of the real world only what he has seen on TV. When his ... More
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2. Water (1986)
directed by Dick Clement
featuring Michael Caine, Valerie Perrine, Brenda Vaccaro, Billy Connolly, Leonard Rossiter
Meant to be a parody of the recent invasions of Grenada and the Falkland Islands, this comedy about the laid-back governor (Michael Caine) of ... More
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3. PCU (1994)
directed by Hart Bochner, Martin Walters
featuring Jeremy Piven, Chris Young, Jon Favreau, David Spade, Sarah Trigger
Is it possible to be politically correct and unified? Find out in this satire set on a fictional eastern university. Port Chester University espouses ... More
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4. The Candidate (1972)
directed by Michael Ritchie
featuring Robert Redford, Peter Boyle, Don Porter, Allen Garfield, Karen Carlson
"What do we do now?" Director Michael Ritchie and executive producer/star Robert Redford satirically explore the machinations and manipulations of ... More
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5. Diary of a Chambermaid (1964)
directed by Luis Buñuel
featuring Jeanne Moreau, Michel Piccoli, Georges Géret, Francoise Lugagne, Daniel Ivernel, Jean Ozenne
The second screen version of Octave Mirbeau's novel (originally filmed in 1946 by Jean Renoir), Diary of a Chambermaid charts the ambitions of ... More
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6. Looking for Comedy in the Muslim World (2006)
directed by Albert Brooks
featuring Albert Brooks, Sheetal Sheth, Jon Tenney, John Carroll Lynch
Comic and filmmaker Albert Brooks serves his country while struggling to get some laughs in this offbeat satiric comedy. Brooks plays himself, a ... More
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7. Thanks a Million (1935)
directed by Roy Del Ruth
featuring Dick Powell, Ann Dvorak, Fred Allen, Patsy Kelly, Raymond Walburn
A sharp satire of small-town politics, Thanks a Million stars Dick Powell as the leading man of a travelling musical show. During a short stopover, ... More
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8. 100% Arabica (1997)
directed by Mahmoud Zemmouri
featuring Khalèd, Cheb Mami, Mouss, Najim Laouariga, Fatid Fedier
Set in a rent-controlled Paris suburb populated entirely by North Africans, this comedy of music and cross-culturalism centers on a battle waged ... More
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9. The Architects (1991)
directed by Peter Kahane
featuring Jurgen Watzke
This is a social satire made in the last days of East Germany's existence. It pokes fun at the elephantine and humorless way the ever-present ... More
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10. Citizen Ruth (1996)
directed by Alexander Payne
featuring Laura Dern, Swoosie Kurtz, Kurtwood Smith, Mary Kay Place, Kelly Preston
The divisive issue of abortion is at the center of Citizen Ruth, a political satire that attempts to subject both pro-choice and pro-life forces to ... More
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11. Camera Buff (1979)
directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski
featuring Jerzy Stuhr, Jerzy Nowak
In this political satire from Poland, Jerzy Stuhr plays Filip, a factory worker who, after the birth of his first child, buys an 8mm movie camera to ... More
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12. Greetings (1968)
directed by Brian De Palma
featuring Jonathan Warden, Robert De Niro, Gerritt Graham, Richard Hamilton, Megan McCormick
If for nothing else, Greetings would be memorable as the second feature-length directorial effort of Brian DePalma (his first, 1966's The Wedding ... More
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13. The Hawks and the Sparrows (1966)
directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
featuring Totò, Ninetto Davoli
Originally Uccellacci e Uccellini, The Hawks and the Sparrows was adapted by director Pier Paolo Pasolini from his own novel. Italian comedian Toto ... More
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14. Something for the Birds (1952)
directed by Robert Wise
featuring Victor Mature, Patricia Neal, Edmund Gwenn, Larry Keating, Gladys Hurlbut
Something for the Birds is a toothless satire of Washington, filmed during the McCarthy era. For lack of a political target that wouldn't get them ... More
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15. Whoops Apocalypse (1988)
directed by Tom Bussmann
featuring Loretta Swit, Peter Cook, Rik Mayall, Ian Richardson
Tipping the scales on the Monty Python-esque side of broad comedy, this outrageous and classically British farce is a series of episodes involving ... More
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16. The Devil's Disciple (1959)
directed by Guy Hamilton
featuring Burt Lancaster, Kirk Douglas, Laurence Olivier, Janette Scott, Eva Le Gallienne
This film version of George Bernard Shaw's satirical take on the American Revolution had a troubled production history (with a director change in mid ... More
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17. Man with a Plan (1996)
directed by John O'Brien
Crusty old Vermont farmer Fred Tuttle wants a new career with benefits. Tired of toiling with farm chores, and with only a 10th grade education, he ... More
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18. Sweet Movie (1974)
directed by Dusan Makavejev
featuring Carole Laure, Pierre Clémenti, Anna Prucnal, Sami Frey, Jane Mallet
Like his WR: Mysteries of the Organism, Dusan Makavejev's controversial 1974 feature Sweet Movie is firmly rooted in the principles of psychoanalyst ... More
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19. Tito and Me (1993)
directed by Goran Markovic
featuring Dimitrie Vojnov, Lazar Ristovski, Anica Dobra
Goran Markovic's semi-autobiographical Tito and Me is the story of a 10-year-old named Zoran (Dimitrie Vojnov), who is growing up in Belgrade in 1954 ... More
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20. Mister Drake's Duck (1951)
directed by Val Guest
This early nuclear satire offers a twisted retelling of the old fairy tale "The Goose That Laid the Golden Egg." The story begins as two American ... More
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21. Tanner '88 [TV Series] (1988)
directed by Robert Altman
featuring Michael Murphy, Pamela Reed, Cynthia Nixon
Written by Garry Trudeau and directed by Robert Altman, this is an amusingly vicious squint at the American electoral process. Michael Murphy plays ... More
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22. CSA: The Confederate States of America (2006)
directed by Kevin Willmott
featuring Rupert Pate, Evamarii Johnson, Larry Peterson, Charles Frank
American history is turned on its head in this bitterly satirical mockumentary from writer and director Kevin Willmott. Taking the form of a BBC ... More
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23. Wag the Dog (1997)
directed by Barry Levinson
featuring Dustin Hoffman, Robert De Niro, Anne Heche, Woody Harrelson, Denis Leary
In a 29-day shoot, Barry Levinson filmed this $15 million political and media satire, adapted by Hilary Henkin and David Mamet from Larry Beinhart's ... More
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24. Hi, Mom! (1970)
directed by Brian De Palma
featuring Robert De Niro, Charles Durnham, Abraham Goren, Lara Parker, Jennifer Salt
Brian De Palma takes on late 1960s media culture in his followup to Greetings (1968). Seeking a place in New York life one way or another, Vietnam ... More
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25. Embedded Live (2004)
directed by Tim Robbins
featuring V.J. Foster, Brent Hinkley, Tim Robbins, Steven M. Porter, Kate A. Mulligan
Embedded Live contains a stage performance of Tim Robbins' controversial satire that pointed out the horror and the folly of the American invasion of ... More
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