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1	American Psycho (2000) more movies like this directed by Mary Harron featuring Christian Bale, Willem Dafoe, Jared Leto, Reese Witherspoon, Samantha Mathis Bret Easton Ellis' dark and violent satire of America in the 1980s is brought to the screen in this unsettling drama with black comic overtones. Patrick Bateman (Christian Bale), the son of a wealthy Wall Street financier, is pursuing his own lucrative career with his father's firm. Bateman is the prototypical yuppie, obsessed with success, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
2	The Court Jester (1956) more movies like this directed by Melvin Frank, Norman Panama featuring Danny Kaye, Glynis Johns, Basil Rathbone, Angela Lansbury, Cecil Parker Danny Kaye spoofs medieval swashbucklers in this classic musical comedy. While the infant King of England awaits his rightful place as leader of the British Empire, his rule is usurped by Roderick (Cecil Parker), an evil pretender to the throne. Brave rebel leader The Black Fox (Edward Ashley) intends to remove Roderick from the palace and bring ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $7.12!
3	Catch-22 (1970) more movies like this directed by Mike Nichols featuring Alan Arkin, Martin Balsam, Richard Benjamin, Art Garfunkel, Jack Gilford, Jon Voight Director Mike Nichols and writer-actor Buck Henry followed their enormous hit The Graduate (1967) with this timely adaptation of Joseph Heller's satiric antiwar novel. Haunted by the death of a young gunner, all-too-sane Capt. Yossarian (Alan Arkin) wants out of the rest of his WW II bombing missions, but publicity-obsessed commander Colonel ... see all copies from $4.39! new only from $6.87!
4	Trading Places (1983) more movies like this directed by John Landis featuring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis The "nature-nurture" theory that motivated so many Three Stooges comedies is the basis of John Landis's hit comedy. The fabulously wealthy but morally bankrupt Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don Ameche) make a one-dollar bet over heredity vs. environment. Curious as to what might happen if different lifestyles were reversed, they arrange for ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.50!
5	Sunset Boulevard (1950) more movies like this directed by Billy Wilder featuring William Holden, Gloria Swanson, Erich Von Stroheim, Nancy Olson, Fred Clark Billy Wilder's Sunset Boulevard ranks among the most scathing satires of Hollywood and the cruel fickleness of movie fandom. The story begins at the end as the body of Joe Gillis (William Holden) is fished out of a Hollywood swimming pool. From The Great Beyond, Joe details the circumstances of his untimely demise (originally, the film contained a ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.87!
6	Dr. Strangelove or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, Slim Pickens, James Earl Jones In 1964, with the Cuban Missile Crisis fresh in viewers' minds, the Cold War at its frostiest, and the hydrogen bomb relatively new and frightening, Stanley Kubrick dared to make a film about what could happen if the wrong person pushed the wrong button -- and played the situation for laughs. Dr. Strangelove's jet-black satire (from a script by ... see all copies from $4.18! new only from $5.95!
7	Barbarella (1968) more movies like this directed by Roger Vadim featuring Jane Fonda, John Phillip Law, Anita Pallenberg, Milo O'Shea, David Hemmings, Joan Greenwood, Maria Theresa Orsini, Catherine Chevallier, Marie Therese Chevallier A voluptuous outer space agent travels to another galaxy in search of a missing inventor in this science fiction send-up. Barbarella (Jane Fonda), an interstellar representative of the united Earth government in the 41st century, is dispatched to locate scientist Durand Durand, whose positronic ray, if not recovered, could signal the end of ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $6.87!
8	A Clockwork Orange (1971) more movies like this directed by Stanley Kubrick featuring Malcolm McDowell, Patrick Magee, Michael Bates, Adrienne Corri, Warren Clarke, Aubrey Morris Stanley Kubrick dissects the nature of violence in this darkly ironic, near-future satire, adapted from Anthony Burgess' novel, complete with "Nadsat" slang. Classical music-loving proto-punk Alex (Malcolm McDowell) and his "Droogs" spend their nights getting high at the Korova Milkbar before embarking on "a little of the old ultraviolence," such ... see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.99!
9	Fight Club (1999) more movies like this directed by David Fincher featuring Edward Norton, Brad Pitt, Helena Bonham Carter, Meat Loaf, Jared Leto In this darkly comic drama, Edward Norton stars as a depressed young man (named in the credits only as "Narrator") who has become a small cog in the world of big business. He doesn't like his work and gets no sense of reward from it, attempting instead to drown his sorrows by putting together the "perfect" apartment. He can't sleep and feels ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.75!
10	Idiocracy (2006) more movies like this directed by Mike Judge featuring Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews Mike Judge wrote and directed this offbeat sci-fi comedy which gives a new meaning to the expression "people are getting dumber all the time." In 2005, Pvt. Joe Bowers (Luke Wilson) is a soldier chosen to take part in a secret military scientific experiment in which he will be put into induced hibernation for one year, along with a woman named ... see all copies from $6.84! new only from $6.84!
11 view cover	The War of the Roses (1989) more movies like this directed by Danny DeVito featuring Michael Douglas, Kathleen Turner, Danny DeVito, Marianne Sägebrecht, Sean Astin Divorce lawyer Danny De Vito warns his prospective client that the story he's about to tell isn't a pretty one, but the client listens with eager intensity -- as do the folks out there in the movie in the audience. The War of the Roses can best be described as a slapstick tragedy concerning the decline and literal fall of a marriage. After 17 ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.15!
12 view cover	Stuart Saves His Family (1995) more movies like this directed by Harold Ramis featuring Al Franken, Laura San Giacomo, Vincent D'Onofrio, Shirley Knight, Harris Yulin Al Franken brings his Saturday Night Live character Stuart Smalley to the big screen in this unexpectedly downbeat comedy about a man desperately trying to overcome his dysfunctional upbringing. Stuart hosts a TV show on public access TV in which he offers bits of New Age wisdom on self-help, often incorporating his trademark affirmation, "I'm ... see all copies from $2.52!
13 view cover	Monty Python's The Meaning of Life (1983) more movies like this directed by Terry Gilliam, Terry Jones featuring Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, Terry Jones, Michael Palin The Meaning of Life is without a doubt the most tasteless of the Monty Python feature films; it also happens to be one of the funniest. Life's questions are "answered" in a series of outrageous vignettes, beginning with a pre-credits sequence at a staid London insurance company which transforms before our eyes into a pirate ship. One of our ... see all copies from $2.58! new only from $2.58!
14 view cover	Defending Your Life (1991) more movies like this directed by Albert Brooks featuring Albert Brooks, Meryl Streep, Rip Torn, Lee Grant, Buck Henry Albert Brooks wrote, directed, and stars in this philosophical comedy about a man having a hard time making a case for himself in the afterlife. When advertising executive Daniel Miller (Albert Brooks) finds himself in a fatal car crash minutes after taking delivery on a new BMW, he's whisked away to Judgment City, where the recently dead are put ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.64!
15 view cover	My Fellow Americans (1996) more movies like this directed by Peter Segal featuring Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard, Everett McGill, Sela Ward In this comedy, Russell P. Kramer (Jack Lemmon) and Matt Douglas (James Garner) are two former U.S. Presidents who sit on opposite sides of the political fence. Kramer is a stuffy Republican reluctant to part with a dollar, while Douglas is a left-leaning Democrat with an eye for the ladies. Douglas succeeded Kramer in office after a single term, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.44!
16 view cover	King of Hearts (1966) more movies like this directed by Philippe de Broca featuring Alan Bates, Geneviève Bujold, Jean-Claude Brialy, Julien Guiomar, Micheline Presle, Pierre Brasseur The French/Italian/British King of Hearts (Le Roi de Coeur) takes place during World War I, but it might as well have been the Vietnamese conflict so far as its youthful "core" audience was concerned. Overacting outrageously, Adolfo Celi plays British colonel Alexander MacBibenbrook, who orders mild-mannered Scotsman Pvt. Charles Plumpick (Alan ... see all copies from $3.41! new only from $10.95!
17 view cover	The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming! (1966) more movies like this directed by Norman Jewison featuring Carl Reiner, Eva Marie Saint, Alan Arkin, Brian Keith, Jonathan Winters Just because The Russians are Coming, the Russians are Coming was vastly overrated by contemporary critics does not make it any less amusing. The story gets under way when a Soviet submarine accidently gets lodged in a sandbar on the coast of a New England town. In his feature film debut, Alan Arkin plays the sub's second-in-command, who is ... see all copies from $3.95! new only from $10.67!
18 view cover	Scrooged (1988) more movies like this directed by Richard Donner featuring Bill Murray, Karen Allen, John Forsythe, Bobcat Goldthwait, John Glover, Carol Kane A darkly comic and surreal contemporization of Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, this effects-heavy Bill Murray holiday vehicle from 1988 sees the former SNL funnyman assuming the role of television executive Frank Cross, the meanest and most depraved man on earth. Cross will stoop to unheard of levels to increase his network's ratings -- even ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $7.99!
19 view cover	The Inspector General (1949) more movies like this directed by Henry Koster featuring Danny Kaye, Walter Slezak, Barbara Bates, Elsa Lanchester, Gene Lockhart The satirical bite of Gogol's play The Government Inspector is dispensed with in favor of traditional Danny Kaye buffoonery in The Inspector General. Kaye plays the illiterate stooge of two-bit medicine-show- entrepreneur Walter Slezak. Abandoned by Slezak, the starving Kaye wanders into a corruption-ridden Russian village, which is all geared up ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99!
20 view cover	*MASH (1970) more movies like this directed by Robert Altman featuring Elliott Gould, Donald Sutherland, Tom Skerritt, Sally Kellerman, Jo Ann Pflug, Robert Duvall, Roger Bowen, Gary Burghoff Although he was not the first choice to direct it, the hit black comedy MASH established Robert Altman as one of the leading figures of Hollywood's 1970s generation of innovative and irreverent young filmmakers. Scripted by Hollywood veteran Ring Lardner, Jr., this war comedy details the exploits of military doctors and nurses at a Mobile Army ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $10.25!**
21 view cover	...And Justice for All (1979) more movies like this directed by Norman Jewison featuring Al Pacino, Jack Warden, John Forsythe, Lee Strasberg, Christine Lahti Norman Jewison's blackly satirical look at the American justice system has gained in stature as one of the more incisive social commentaries of its time. Al Pacino plays Arthur Kirkland, an incorruptible attorney who attempts to initiate reforms in the Maryland justice system. Kirkland is haunted by the fates of two past clients, one of whom ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.37!
22 view cover	Being There (1979) more movies like this 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 benefactor dies, Chance walks aimlessly into the streets of Washington D.C., where he is struck by a car owned by wealthy Eve Rand (Shirley MacLaine). Identifying himself, the confused man mutters ... see all copies from $11.90! new only from $16.78!
23 view cover	Borat (2006) more movies like this directed by Larry Charles featuring Sacha Baron Cohen, Ken Davitian, Jane Sanguinetti Luenell, Pamela Anderson Master of disguise Sacha Baron Cohen hits the road to explore America as the crude Kazakstani reporter Borat in a feature mockumentary that brings one of the Da Ali G Show star's most popular characters to life on the big screen. Sent by the Kazakh Ministry of Information to gain a better understanding of American culture and bring his findings ... see all copies from $2.99! new only from $10.99!
24 view cover	The Office: Season 01 (2005) more movies like this The American TV version of the award-winning British sitcom The Office opens by establishing its faux documentary format, as Michael Scott (Steve Carell), regional manager of a branch office of Dunder-Mifflin Paper, jumps through hoops to convince the filmmakers that he presides over a happy, well-running ship. This is but one of Michael's many ... see all copies from $24.40! new only from $24.40!
25 view cover	Dogma (1999) more movies like this directed by Kevin Smith featuring Ben Affleck, George Carlin, Matt Damon, Linda Fiorentino, Salma Hayek, Jason Lee, Jason Mewes, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock Would you believe that the last living descendent of Jesus Christ is a woman working at an abortion clinic in Illinois? And that she's been sent on a holy mission with two minor characters from Clerks and Mallrats as her guides? Prepare to suspend any and all disbelief as you watch the religious satire Dogma, the fourth film from writer/director ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.57!

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