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Theme: Satire

Aaaaaaaah! (2015)

11 October 201512 September 2020

Rating: ★★½

Alternate World That Operates on Pre-Verbal Behaviour

Director: Steve Oram
Actors: Steve Oram, Lucy Honigman, Toyah Willcox, Julian Rhind-Tutt, …
Category: Science Fiction

Aachi & Ssipak (2006)

29 July 200721 April 2019

Rating: ★★½

Demented Korean Anime

Director: Jo Beom-jin
Category: Science Fiction

Accion Mutante (1993)

11 April 199925 July 2020

Rating: ★★½

Future Mutant Terrorists/Gonzo Comedy

Director: Alex de la Iglesia
Actors: Antonio Resines, Frederique Feder, Karra Elejalde, Alex Angulo
Category: Science Fiction

An American Carol (2008)

17 January 20105 July 2019

Rating: 0­

American Conservative Version of A Christmas Carol

Director: David Zucker
Actors: Kevin Farley, Kelsey Grammer, Robert Davi, Geoffrey Arend, …
Category: Fantasy

Americathon (1979)

2 May 199920 August 2019

Rating: ★

Future Telethon/1970s Satire

Director: Neil Israel
Actors: John Ritter, Harvey Korman, Peter Riegert, Fred Willard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Animal Farm (1954)

14 December 20006 August 2020

Rating: ★★

Animation/Talking Animal Social Satire

Director: Joy Batchelor, John Halas
Actors: Maurice Denham, Gordon Heath
Category: Fantasy

Being There (1979)

15 January 20198 November 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Complete Innocent/Satiric Fable

Director: Hal Ashby
Actors: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Richard Dysart, …
Category: Fantasy

The Big Bang (1987)

13 March 201422 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Animation

Director: Picha
Category: Science Fiction

Breakfast of Champions (1999)

11 September 19996 March 2020

Rating: ★

Kurt Vonnegut Adaptation

Director: Alan Rudolph
Actors: Bruce Willis, Albert Finney, Nick Nolte, Glenne Headly, …
Category: Science Fiction

Britannia Hospital (1982)

1 January 20019 March 2020

Rating: ★★

British Social Satire

Director: Lindsay Anderson
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Leonard Rossiter, Graham Crowden, Robin Askwith, …
Category: Science Fiction

Canadian Bacon (1995)

20 December 200020 March 2020

Rating: ★★½

US Declares War on Canada Comedy

Director: Michael Moore
Actors: John Candy, Alan Alda, Kevin Pollak, Rhea Perlman, …
Category: Science Fiction

Candy (1968)

30 July 200320 March 2020

Rating: 0­

Alien Visitor/Complete Innocent’s Sexual Travails

Director: Christian Marquand
Actors: Ewa Aulin, Richard Burton, Marlon Brando, John Astin, …
Category: Science Fiction

Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death (1989)

18 June 201321 May 2020

Rating: ★★★

Jungle Adventure Parody

Director: J.F. Lawton
Actors: Shannon Tweed, Bill Maher, Adrienne Barbeau
Category: Fantasy

Cherry 2000 (1987)

9 September 200113 April 2020

Rating: ★★★

Oddball Post-Holocaust Quest

Director: Steve De Jarnatt
Actors: Melanie Griffith, David Andrews, Ben Johnson, Tim Thomerson, …
Category: Science Fiction

Coonskin (1975)

24 September 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Gonzo Depiction of Race Relations

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Barry White, Charles Gordone, Scatman Crothers, Philip Thomas
Category: Fantasy

Dead-End Drive-In (1986)

2 June 200030 June 2020

Rating: ★★★

Drive-In Theatre as a Future Prison/Satire

Director: Brian Trenchard-Smith
Actors: Ned Manning, Natalie McCurry, Dave Gibson
Category: Science Fiction

Deal of the Century (1983)

7 November 20001 July 2020

Rating: ★

Arms Trading Black Comedy

Director: William Friedkin
Actors: Chevy Chase, Sigourney Weaver, Gregory Hines, Vince Edwards, …
Category: Science Fiction

Death Race 2050 (2017)

12 February 20172 July 2020

Rating: ★

Future Road Race/Satire

Director: G.J. Echternkamp
Actors: Manu Bennett, Marci Miller, Malcolm McDowell, Burt Grinstead, …
Category: Science Fiction

Demolition Man (1993)

1 January 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Satirical Politically Correct Dystopia/Action

Director: Marco Brambilla
Actors: Sylvester Stallone, Sandra Bullock, Wesley Snipes, Nigel Hawthorne, …
Category: Science Fiction

Dr Strangelove or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

16 November 200120 August 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Nuclear War Black Comedy

Director: Stanley Kubrick
Actors: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn, …
Category: Science Fiction

Eating Raoul (1982)

23 April 201427 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Killing Kinksters Black Comedy

Director: Paul Bartel
Actors: Paul Bartel, Mary Woronov, Robert Beltran, Susan Saiger, …
Category: Horror

Escape from L.A. (1996)

11 September 200313 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Action/Los Angeles as a Future Prison

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, George Corraface, …
Category: Science Fiction

Existo (1999)

1 October 19995 November 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Fundamentalist Dystopia/Musical Satire

Director: Coke Sams
Actors: Bruce Arntson, Gailard Sartain, Jim Varney
Category: Science Fiction

Fritz the Cat (1972)

2 May 201317 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Adult Animation/Gonzo Talking Animals Satire

Director: Ralph Bakshi
Actors: Skip Hinnant, John McCurry
Category: Fantasy

Gas; or It Became Necessary to Destroy the World in Order to Save It (1970)

19 October 200218 February 2020

Rating: ★★★

Hippie Post-Holocaust/Gonzo Satire

Director: Roger Corman
Actors: Robert Corff, Cindy Williams, Bud Cort, Talia Coppola, …
Category: Science Fiction

Hardwired (2009)

2 June 201127 June 2019

Rating: ★★

Satiric Corporate Future/Advertising Brain Implants

Director: Ernie Barbarash
Actors: Cuba Gooding Jr, Val Kilmer, Michael Ironside, Tatiana Maslany, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Hunt (2020)

27 March 20209 December 2020

Rating: ★★★

Human Bloodsports/Liberals Hunt Conservatives

Director: Craig Zobel
Actors: Betty Gilpin, Hilary Swank, Wayne Duvall, Ike Barinholtz, …
Category: Horror

Idiocracy (2006)

28 August 201013 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Future Ruled by Stupid People

Director: Mike Judge
Actors: Luke Wilson, Maya Rudolph, Dax Shepard, Terry Crews, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Invention of Lying (2009)

16 December 200912 September 2020

Rating: ★★

World Where Nobody Lies

Director: Ricky Gervais, Matthew Robinson
Actors: Ricky Gervais, Jennifer Garner, Rob Lowe, Louis C.K., …
Category: Fantasy

Iron Sky (2012)

7 August 201226 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Nazi Flying Saucers from the Moon

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Julia Dietze, Christopher Kirby, Udo Kier, Gotz Otto, …
Category: Science Fiction

Iron Sky: The Coming Race (2019)

18 May 201915 February 2020

Rating: ★★

Nazi Moonbase/Alien Lizard People from the Centre of the Earth

Director: Timo Vuorensola
Actors: Lara Rossi, Udo Kier, Julia Dietze, Tom Green, …
Category: Science Fiction

Jackboots on Whitehall (2010)

1 November 20129 February 2020

Rating: ★★½

Nazis Invade England/Satiric Alternate History/Puppet Film

Director: Edward McHenry, Rory McHenry
Actors: Ewan McGregor, Timothy Spall, Rosamund Pike, Dominic West, …
Category: Fantasy

Juan of the Dead (2011)

3 November 201218 August 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Cuban Zombie Film

Director: Alejandro Brugues
Actors: Alexis Diaz, Jorge Molina, Andrea Duro, Andros Perugorria, …
Category: Horror

Live Freaky! Die Freaky! (2006)

3 March 201413 July 2019

Rating: ★★★

Claymation/Bad Taste Satire of the Manson Family Killings

Director: John Roecker
Actors: Billie Joe Armstrong, Nelly Posbourne, Theo Kagan, Jane Wiedlin, …
Category: Fantasy

The Man Who Sued God (2001)

31 December 200126 June 2020

Rating: ★★

Man Sues the Churches Comedy

Director: Mark Joffe
Actors: Billy Connolly, Judy Davis, Bille Brown, Colin Friels, …
Category: Fantasy

The Manchurian Candidate (1962)

9 July 200021 January 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Brainwashed Assassin/Political Satire

Director: John Frankenheimer
Actors: Laurence Harvey, Frank Sinatra, Angela Lansbury, James Gregory, …
Category: Science Fiction

McDull – The Pork of Music (2012)

14 October 201230 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Hong Kong Animation/Talking Animal Satire

Director: Brian Tse
Category: Fantasy

Mercano the Martian (2002)

31 December 200214 December 2019

Rating: ★★½

Animation/Alien Visitor/Satire

Director: Juan Antin
Actors: Juan Antin, Ayar Blesco
Category: Science Fiction

Monty Python’s The Life of Brian (1979)

15 July 200212 July 2020

Rating: ★★★★★

Accidental Messiah Absurdist Comedy

Director: Terry Jones
Actors: Graham Chapman, John Cleese, Terry Gilliam, Eric Idle, …
Category: Fantasy

Movie 43 (2013)

8 November 20132 January 2021

Rating: 0­

Anthology of Bad Taste Comedy Skits

Director: Steven Brill, Peter Farrelly, Will Graham, Steve Carr, …
Actors: Adam Cagley, Devin Eash, Mark L. Young, Fisher Stevens, …
Category: Fantasy

Natural Born Killers (1994)

11 September 200030 December 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Mass Murder Spree

Director: Oliver Stone
Actors: Woody Harrelson, Juliette Lewis, Robert Downey Jr, Tommy Lee Jones, …
Category: Horror

O Lucky Man! (1973)

2 January 199930 August 2018

Rating: ★★★

Social Satire

Director: Lindsay Anderson
Actors: Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Helen Mirren, Rachel Roberts, …
Category: Science Fiction

Planet of the Apes (1968)

17 April 200111 May 2019

Rating: ★★★★

Planet of Talking Apes

Director: Franklin J. Schaffner
Actors: Charlton Heston, Roddy McDowall, Kim Hunter, Maurice Evans, …
Category: Science Fiction

Postal (2007)

11 January 200914 July 2019

Rating: 0­

Videogame Adaptation/Bad Taste Satire

Director: Uwe Boll
Actors: Zack Ward, Dave Foley, Chris Coppola, Jackie Tohn, …
Category: Horror

The President’s Analyst (1967)

13 April 200416 January 2020

Rating: ★★★

Spy Comedy/Political Satire

Director: Theodore J. Flicker
Actors: James Coburn, Godfrey Cambridge, Severn Darden, James Gregory, …
Category: Science Fiction

Privilege (1967)

20 June 201630 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Near-Future Political Manipulation of a Pop Singer

Director: Peter Watkins
Actors: Paul Jones, Jean Shrimpton, Mark London, William Job, …
Category: Science Fiction

Repo Chick (2009)

31 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ★

Repo Man Sequel

Director: Alex Cox
Actors: Jaclyn Jonet, Miguel Sandoval, Karen Black, Xander Berkeley, …
Category: Science Fiction

RoboCop (1987)

16 January 200521 March 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Cyborg Cop

Director: Paul Verhoeven
Actors: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Kurtwood Smith, Miguel Ferrer, …
Category: Science Fiction

RoboCop 2 (1990)

6 January 201121 March 2019

Rating: ★★★

Cyborg Cop

Director: Irvin Kershner
Actors: Peter Weller, Nancy Allen, Belinda Bauer, Gabriel Damon, …
Category: Science Fiction

RoboCop (2014)

14 February 20148 October 2020

Rating: ★★★

Cyborg Cop

Director: José Padilha
Actors: Joel Kinnaman, Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, Abbie Cornish, …
Category: Science Fiction

RoboCop 3 (1993)

1 July 200023 January 2019

Rating: ★

Cyborg Cop

Director: Fred Dekker
Actors: Robert Burke, Nancy Allen, John Castle, Remy Ryan, …
Category: Science Fiction

Series 7: The Contenders (2001)

18 January 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★★★

Human-Hunting Reality TV Show

Director: Daniel Minahan
Actors: Brooke Smith, Glenn Fitzgerald, Marylouise Burke, Michael Kaycheck, …
Category: Science Fiction

Shock Treatment (1981)

18 February 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Rocky Horror Sequel

Director: Jim Sharman
Actors: Jessica Harper, Barry Humphries, Cliff De Young, Richard O'Brien, …
Category: Fantasy

Simon (1980)

5 July 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★½

Fake Alien Comedy

Director: Marshall Brickman
Actors: Alan Arkin, Madeline Kahn, Austin Pendleton, Judy Graubart, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Simpsons Movie (2007)

31 July 200722 July 2019

Rating: ★★

The Simpsons Film Spinoff

Director: David Silverman
Actors: Dan Castellanata, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith, …
Category: Fantasy

Sleeper (1973)

30 August 200122 April 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Dystopian Future Comedy

Director: Woody Allen
Actors: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck
Category: Science Fiction

Sorry to Bother You (2018)

8 November 201923 October 2020

Rating: ★★★½

Gonzo Workplace Satire

Director: Boots Riley
Actors: Lakeith Stanfield, Tessa Thompson, Jermaine Fowler, Omari Hardwick, …
Category: Science Fiction

South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut (1999)

31 January 201627 October 2019

Rating: ★★★

South Park Film/Absurdist Adult Animation

Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Eric Idle, George Clooney, Brent Spiner, Dave Foley, …
Category: Fantasy

The Stepford Wives (1975)

18 October 20049 November 2019

Rating: ★★

Android Housewife Replacements

Director: Bryan Forbes
Actors: Katharine Ross, Paula Prentiss, Peter Masterson, Nanette Newman, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Stepford Wives (2004)

24 March 201030 August 2018

Rating: ★★

Android Housewife Replacements Comedy

Director: Frank Oz
Actors: Nicole Kidman, Bette Midler, Matthew Broderick, Glenn Close, …
Category: Science Fiction

The Stuff (1985)

31 August 200017 August 2019

Rating: ★★★½

Possession by Sentient Fast Food

Director: Larry Cohen
Actors: Michael Moriarty, Paul Sorvino, Andrea Marcovicci, Scott Bloom, …
Category: Science Fiction

Suburban Gothic (2014)

27 October 201427 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Middle-Class Satire/Haunting

Director: Richard Bates Jr.
Actors: Matthew Gray Gubler, Kat Dennings, Ray Wise, Barbara Niven, …
Category: Horror

Team America: World Police (2004)

17 November 20048 October 2020

Rating: ★★★★

Political Satire/Adult Puppet Show

Director: Trey Parker
Actors: Trey Parker, Kristen Miller, Daran Norris, Matt Stone, …
Category: Science Fiction

Teeth (2007)

24 September 20087 August 2019

Rating: ★★★

Vagina with Teeth

Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein
Actors: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Hale Appleman, Ashley Springer, …
Category: Horror

The Tenth Victim (1965)

18 January 200018 August 2020

Rating: ★★½

Killing as a Future Sport

Director: Elio Petri
Actors: Marcello Mastroianni, Ursula Andress, Massimo Serato, Elsa Martinelli
Category: Science Fiction

They Live (1988)

6 July 20019 January 2019

Rating: ★★★

Reality-Manipulating Aliens

Director: John Carpenter
Actors: Roddy Piper, Keith David, Meg Foster, John Lawrence, …
Category: Science Fiction

Trump vs The Illuminati (2020)

23 October 202023 October 2020

Rating: ★★

Gonzo Satire/Trump’s Clone Fight The Devil in Space

Director: B.C. Fourteen
Actors: Timothy Banfield, Marco Guzman, Sophia Woods Stevens, Wes Bruff, …
Category: Science Fiction

W The Movie (2008)

28 July 201526 September 2018

Rating: ★★★

Surrealistic George W. Bush Satire

Director: Alfred Eaker, Russ St. Just
Actors: Alfred Eaker, Pink Freud, Steven Gray, Russ St. Just, …
Category: Fantasy

The War of the Worlds – Next Century (1981)

29 June 20145 March 2020

Rating: ★★★

Polish Satire/Alien Invasion/Authoritarian Regime and Media Control

Director: Piotr Szulkin
Category: Science Fiction

Watermelon Man (1970)

16 May 201817 September 2018

Rating: ★★

White Man Wakes Up as a Black Man/Satiric Comedy

Director: Melvin Van Peebles
Actors: Godfrey Cambridge, Estelle Parsons, Howard Caine, Kay Kimberly, …
Category: Fantasy

Wild in the Streets (1968)

10 June 200215 September 2020

Rating: ★★★

Satiric Youth Revolution

Director: Barry Shear
Actors: Hal Holbrook, Shelley Winters, Richard Pryor, Christopher Jones, …
Category: Science Fiction

Wrong is Right (1982)

24 December 200930 August 2018

Rating: ★★

International Political Thriller/Stolen Nuclear Weaponry

Director: Richard Brooks
Actors: Sean Connery, John Saxon, Katharine Ross, George Grizzard, …
Category: Science Fiction

Zombie Strippers! (2008)

17 July 200914 September 2019

Rating: ★★★

Zombie Film

Director: Jay Lee
Actors: Jenna Jameson, Robert Englund, Roxy Saint, Jennifer Holland, …
Category: Horror

Zombies of Mass Destruction (2009)

29 July 20126 July 2020

Rating: ★★

Zombie Social Satire

Director: Kevin Hamedani
Category: Horror

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  • Real-Life People in Fiction
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  • Asylums
  • Possession Films
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  • Religion in Fantastic Cinema
  • Romantic Comedies
  • Film Noir
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