I really enjoy a good satire, and they come in every genre. Some of my favourites include
Robocop & Starship Troopers
Wag the Dog
Man Bites Dog
Life of Brian
Drop Dead Gorgeous
American Psycho
Singing in the Rain
I debated on putting some Kubrick on here, and while he has some really popular satires, they just aren't my cup of tea.
Team America: World Police
Idiocracy
Demolution Man
Network
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The Hunt
Both movies poked great fun at people with far too deeply-held ideologies and bullheaded nincompoops in general.
Reported for "nincompoop" usage.
shareI’ve had about enough of your shenanigans.
share"Shenanigans" was the name of my high school floor hockey team.
shareFrank Drebin is #1. 😀
shareKing of Spoofire.
shareWow, I just described the scene where Drebin was having a shootout with a crook and they were about three feet from each other behind tin garbage cans LOL!
I’m showing my Boy all of the classics on his summer break;).
The Naked Gun movies are every bit as funny as Airplane!
Sexy lady up on a ladder…
‘Nice beaver.’
‘Thank you, I just had it stuffed.’
*hands Drebin a taxidermy Beaver
It’s all so stupid yet brilliant comedy!
Oh yeah. There are so many moments that are just perfect comedy. Even the 2nd and 3rd ones are great.
shareDon't look up
Get Out
Dr. Strangelove
The Pink Panther
Mars Attacks
Dr. Strangelove (1964)
Network (1976)
The Truman Show (1998)
Sleeper (1973)
This is Spinal Tap (1984)
Airplane! (1980)
Blazing Saddles (1974)
Best in Show (2000)
Waiting for Guffman (1996)
The Player (1992)
Zoolander (2001)
Bulworth (1998)
Lost in America (1985)
The truman show and american pyscho are considered satires?
shareCan't speak to American Psycho, but The Truman Show does have satirical elements. One thing is a satire of reality shows. Google 'the truman show satire' quite a few essays about this.
shareThey are both satires. American Psycho satirizes the entire yuppy culture. The whole business card scene is wonderful satire. The Truman Show is a satire of American reality tv.
shareI've just never heard anyone call the truman show a satire, but I can believe it. I did know that american pyscho mocks yuppy culture. Never seen american psycho, but I've watched the truman show lots of times. I do see it as a commentary on many different things and satire itself IS a type of commentary. I actually never decided what I thought the main theme of The Truman Show is, but it would be whatever the creators of the film say it is.
shareI agree that there is a difference between a film that is in itself a satire, and a film that has satirical elements.
shareHow can you satirize something that hasn't happened yet?
The Truman Show was released in 1998. Most of what we think of as "American reality TV" started the following decade.
The Real World was out!
shareWell, Network is a satire of the merge of hard news with ratings & entertainment, which mostly came after 1976.
shareReality tv started in the 40s with Candid Camera. An American Family was on in the 70s. While reality tv wasn't what we think of today, it was still around, and still presented as "real" even though there were product placements, and producers.
shareLost in America is a hidden gem.
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