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Classical Western, Criminal Comedy Film, Parodie, Sitcom, Western film, comedy film, parody film, postmodernist film, satire
On the American frontier of 1874, a new railroad under construction will have to be rerouted through the town of Rock Ridge to avoid quicksand. Realizing this will make Rock Ridge worth millions, territorial attorney general Hedley Lamarr …
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Modern-Day Fantasy, Satire, adventure film, comedy film, fantasy film
Bartleby and Loki are fallen angels, eternally banished from Heaven to Wisconsin for insubordination, after an inebriated Loki resigned as the Angel of Death at Bartleby's suggestion. In a newspaper article that arrives anonymously, the an…
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Christmas film, Dark Comedy, Retro Science Fiction, Utopia & Dystopia, arthouse science fiction film, comedy film, dystopian film, fantasy film, neo-noir, retrofuturism, science fiction comedy, science fiction film
In a dystopian, polluted, hyper-consumerist, overbearing, bureaucratic, totalitarian future based on elements of the 20th century, Sam Lowry is a low-level government employee who frequently dreams of himself as a winged warrior saving a d…
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LGBTQ-related film, Road Movie, comedy film, road movie
After tying for the win in New York City's "Drag Queen of the Year" contest, Noxeema Jackson and Vida Boheme win a trip to Hollywood to take part in the even bigger "Drag Queen of America" pageant. Before they depart, Vida persuades Noxeem…
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Drama, Film Noir, Romance Film, Satire, drama film, film noir, flashback film
At a mansion on Sunset Boulevard, police officers and photographers discover the body of Joe Gillis floating face down in the swimming pool. In a flashback, Joe relates the events leading to his death. Six months earlier, Joe, a down-on-hi…
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Animation, Cartoon, Family Drama, Family Saga, Komödie, action film, adventure film, comedy film
After finishing a concert at Lake Springfield, Green Day tries to engage the audience in a discussion about the environment, but they refuse to listen and throw garbage at the band. The pollution in the lake erodes the band's barge, causin…
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Dark Comedy, Satire, Sci-Fi, comedy film, parody film, retrofuturism, science fiction film
On the planet Mars, a Martian spaceship gathers hundreds of other ships and travels to Earth. U.S. President James Dale, along with his aides, addresses the United States concerning this historic event.
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Parodie, parody film, spy comedy film
Legendary British spy Sir James Bond 007, who has been retired for 20 years, is visited by M, the head of British MI6; CIA representative Ransome; KGB representative Smernov; and Deuxième Bureau representative Le Grand. They implore Bond t…
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Dark Comedy, Marital Tragedy, Psychological Thriller, Satire, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film
Harvard Law student Oliver Rose meets Barbara when they bid on the same antique at a Nantucket auction. The pair start a passionate relationship, eventually marrying, having two children, and buying a large house in Washington, D.C. Over t…
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Komödie, Political Satire, Silly Movie, comedy film
The Republic of Wadiya, located in the Horn of Africa, has for two decades been ruled by dictator Omar Aladeen. Upon his death, he is succeeded by his dimwitted son, Admiral-General Haffaz Aladeen. Aladeen surrounds himself with female bod…
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Satire, Silly Movie, comedy film
In New York City, award-winning male model Derek Zoolander is at a low point; he is ousted as the top male fashion model by rising star Hansel McDonald, and his roommates and colleagues Brint, Rufus, and Meekus are killed in a "freak gasol…
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Drama, Satire On Media, black comedy film, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, romantic comedy film, satirical film
In September 1975, Howard Beale, the longtime anchor for the evening news program on the Union Broadcasting System (UBS), learns from friend and news division president Max Schumacher that he has just two more weeks on the air due to decli…
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Action, Crime, Drama, Romance Film, Satire On Media, Thriller, action film, crime film, drama film, melodrama, mystery film, prison film, rape and revenge film, satire
Mickey Knox and his wife Mallory stop at a diner in the New Mexico desert. A duo of rednecks arrive and begin sexually harassing Mallory as she dances by a jukebox. She initially encourages it before beating one of the men viciously.
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LGBTQ-related film, Musical, Satire, Sitcom, comedy film, musical film
Max Bialystock is an aging Broadway producer whose career has veered from great success to the depths of near failure. He now ekes out a hand-to-mouth existence while romancing lascivious, wealthy elderly women in exchange for money for a …
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Anarchic Comedy Film, Comedy Of Mistaken Identity, Dark Comedy, Parodie, Satire, comedy film, parody film, religious satire
Brian Cohen is born in a stable next door to Jesus, which initially confuses the three wise men who come to praise the future King of the Jews. He grows up into an idealistic young man who resents the continuing Roman occupation of Judea. …
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Komödie, comedy film, drama film
In the fall of 1999, self-loathing screenwriter Charlie Kaufman is hired to write an adaptation of Susan Orlean's The Orchid Thief. He struggles with anxiety, social phobia, depression, and low self-esteem. His twin brother, Donald, has mo…
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Parodie, Satire, high school film, teen film
In the stereotypical high school community of John Hughes High in Southern California, Priscilla, head cheerleader, separates from her football star/slacker boyfriend, Jake Wyler. Discovering she is now dating timid and weird Les to spite …
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Crime Comedy, Dark Comedy, Satire On Media, comedy film
Timid Sue Buttons lives in Kentucky with her husband, Karl. She wishes to be more assertive, but others constantly take advantage of her. Unbeknownst to Sue, Karl's ex-convict brother Petey has unwillingly involved him in money laundering.
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Dark Comedy, Satire, Sci-Fi, Social Drama, comedy film, fantasy film, science fiction film
In a dystopian near future, Cassius "Cash" Green and his artist girlfriend Detroit live in the garage of Cash's uncle Sergio. Struggling to pay rent, Cash gets a job as a telemarketer for RegalView. He struggles with customers until his ol…
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Biographical picture, Historie, LGBTQ-related film, Political Drama, Political Satire, biographical film, comedy drama, drama film, political film
Vice is narrated by Kurt, a fictitious veteran of the Afghan and Iraq wars. In 1963, Dick Cheney works as a lineman in Wyoming after dropping out of Yale University. After Cheney is caught driving while intoxicated, his wife Lynne threaten…
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Destiny, Romantic Comedy, Satire On Media, Splatstick, comedy drama, comedy film, drama film, fantasy film, romantic comedy film
Bruce Nolan is a television field reporter for Eyewitness News on WKBW-TV in Buffalo, New York, who wants to move on from his field reporting job and become an anchorman. He is sent on assignment in Niagara Falls where he learns that his r…
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Satire, drama film
Thelonious "Monk" Ellison is a Black elite writer and professor living in Los Angeles. His novels receive academic praise but sell poorly, and his publishers reject his latest manuscript for not being "Black" enough. His college superiors …
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Crime, Parodie, Satire, Secret Agent, Splatstick, Super Hero, crime film, parody film, spy film
In 1967, Austin Powers is a flamboyant British spy, renowned for his charm, style, and embodiment of the era's free-spirited hedonism. Unable to defeat Austin, his nemesis Dr. Evil cryogenically freezes himself, intending to return when fr…
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Christmas film, Political Satire, Satire On War, Sitcom, screwball comedy film, war film
Six days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, an Imperial Japanese Navy submarine, commanded by Akiro Mitamura and carrying Kriegsmarine officer Wolfgang von Kleinschmidt, surfaces off the Californian coast. Wanting to destroy something "hono…
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