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Aug 15, 2024 · Over 900 filmgoers have voted on the 50 Best Satire Comedy Movies. Current Top 3: Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb, Fight ...
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- 'Heathers' (1989) Directed by Michael Lehmann. One of the greatest movies of the 1980s - cult classic or otherwise - Heathers is a vicious, dark, and hilarious movie about the cutthroat nature of high school, gleefully making fun of various characters who all want to be popular, no matter what.
- 'Brazil' (1985) Directed by Terry Gilliam. After making some hilarious and oftentimes provocative/satirical stuff with Monty Python, filmmaker Terry Gilliam began branching out on his own in the 1980s and beyond, directing his own films without the entirety of Monty Python involved.
- 'The Truman Show' (1998) Directed by Peter Weir. Toward the end of the 1990s, Jim Carrey found himself wanting to branch out from the sorts of comedic roles he'd become best known for.
- 'Ace in the Hole' (1951) Directed by Billy Wilder. Of all the filmmakers who worked throughout the Golden Age of Hollywood, few were as skilled at implementing satirical elements into their films as Billy Wilder.
Jun 1, 2024 · Satire comes in many forms, rising to the surface in horror movies and thrillers alike. A successful film satire incisively critiques a well-defined target through a sharp wit and intelligent...
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- Dr. Strangelove. The world has lived with an unbearable, impossible tension since nuclear weapons were developed. At any moment, one press of the button could end the world as we know it.
- Being There. The brilliance of Hal Ashby's "Being There" is that it executes a ridiculous premise — that a simple-minded gardener could accidentally rise to the top of political society — with subtlety and restraint.
- Network. "Network" was released in 1976, but the ensuing years have only proven it more and more right about the shameless lengths mass media will go to for attention.
- Bamboozled. Of all his films, "Bamboozled" is Spike Lee as his most gloriously satirical. A blistering take on the premise of "The Producers," "Bamboozled" stars Damon Wayans as Pierre Delacroix, a television writer who keeps seeing his scripts for thoughtful, intelligent stories about Black Americans rejected.
- I Care A Lot
- Don't Look Up
- The Hunt
- The Death of Stalin
- Jojo Rabbit
- Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues
- Assassination Nation
- Nightcrawler
- Get Out
- Sorry to Bother You
Rosamund Pike is one of the few actresses who can play a character who does awful things while still somehow winning the audience over. InI Care A Lot, she delivers one of her best performances as Marla Grayson, a professional legal guardian. She manipulates the court system to get custody of the elderly only to steal all of their valuables and ass...
Don't Look Up is a movie too urgent to be subtle. After leaving the world of broad studio comedies, director Adam McKay's movies have been very pointed in their messaging. Here he continues that trend by being less direct than The Big Short and Vice, but somehow also less subtle. The film is about the immediate threat of global warming, told throug...
The Hunt was never meant to be as controversial as it ended up. The Blumhouse produced action-horror movie is a satirical take on the political and social divide in America, told through a violent game of liberals hunting conservatives. Betty Gilpinbecomes a certified action star, leading the movie as Crystal, one of the many trapped in this fight ...
In The Death Of Stalin, Armando Iannucci takes his brand of political satire that he perfected in shows like Veep and The Thick Of Itand applies it to the world of Soviet Russia. After Joseph Stalin becomes ill and passes away, a struggle for power begins between his underlings, all wanting to become the new leader of the Soviet Union. The Death Of...
Making a comedy with Adolf Hitler is like walking on a tightrope. It requires lots of hard work, or it could be a complete disaster. Taika Waititi is one of the few filmmakers to successfully make it work with his Oscar-winning satire, Jojo Rabbit. The film focuses on a young German boy named Jojo (Roman Griffin Davis), who is coming of age during ...
Comedy sequels tend to be a mixed bag. It's hard to elevate each entry without overplaying the joke.Anchorman 2: The Legend Continuessucceeds by setting its sights on a logical next step for its characters: the 24/7 news cycle. Ron Burgundy and the Channel 4 News team hit the big time and become anchors for GNN, the first news channel that never go...
Before creating the hit HBO show and cultural phenomenon Euphoria, Sam Levinson wrote and directed another take on the stresses and horrors of being young in modern-day America with Assassination Nation. The film takes place in a small town where a data hack causes the residents' darkest secrets to be revealed. In the wake of this, the town descend...
In Nightcrawler, Jake Gyllenhaaltakes the phrase "if it bleeds, it leads" to an entirely new level. He plays Louis Bloom, a man known as a "nightcrawler," someone who races to the scene of a crime in order to get the first footage and sell it to local news stations. Desperate for success, Louis begins to blur the line between observer and participa...
By now, everyone knows about Get Out. Jordan Peele's directorial debut shot him up immediately to auteur director status and won him the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay. The film stars Daniel Kaluuya as Chris, a Black man going to meet his white girlfriend's family for the first time. What follows has become an iconic depiction of the ra...
Sorry To Bother You is the definition of a wild ride. The film stars LaKeith Stanfieldas Cassius Green, a Black man working as a telemarketer in Oakland, California, who discovers that he is more successful if he puts on a "white" sounding voice. What follows is a downward spiral into a bizarre satire of greed and the way corporations can break som...
Satires take a familiar story or genre and make fun of it through imitation, often providing a comedic spin on serious issues. These films are capable of providing social or political critique, while at the same time entertaining audiences through often hilarious means. With that in mind, here are 20 of the best satire films ever made. Contents.
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The Best Satire Movies Of All Time. by DareDevilKid • Created 13 years ago • Modified 8 years ago. A rare brand of cinema which effortlessly encompasses witty, dark and occassional hilarious humour with underlying socially and politically relevant messages throughout, without being too preachy.
