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Satire movies

Sharp comedy that targets society, politics, media, or workplace culture with irony and pointed exaggeration.

Bad Teacher

1. Bad Teacher

Comedy Satire
5.7
20111h 32min

Overview

A lazy, incompetent middle school teacher who hates her job and her students is forced to return to her job to make enough money for a boob job after her rich fiancé dumps her.

Themes

Deception in the workplace, Money-driven decisions, Power dynamics and status, Moral ambiguity in education, Appearance vs integrity, Selfish ambition

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Let the Bullets Fly

2. Let the Bullets Fly

Action Comedy Epic Action Satire
7.3
20102h 12min

Overview

When circumstances force an outlaw to impersonate a county governor and clean up a corrupt town, the Robin Hood figure finds himself in a showdown with the local godfather.

Themes

Loyalty under pressure, Deception as political tool, Power through cunning, Legitimacy through spectacle, Corruption challenged, Public perception vs authority

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Amazon Video
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The Names of Love

3. The Names of Love

Drama Comedy Romance Romantic Comedy Satire
7.1
20101h 40min

Overview

Bahia Benmahmoud, a free-spirited young woman, has a particular way of seeing political engagement, as she doesn't hesitate to sleep with those who don't agree with her to convert them to her cause - which is a lot of people, as all right-leaning people are concerned. Generally, it works pretty well. Until the day she meets Arthur Martin, a discreet forty-something who doesn't like taking risks. She imagines that with a name like that, he's got to be slightly fascist. But names are deceitful and appearances deceiving.

Themes

Oppositional politics tension, Political persuasion ethics, Appearances deceive in activism, Risk and partnership dynamics, Romantic manipulation, Societal gaze on activism

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Welcome to the South

4. Welcome to the South

Comedy Satire
6.6
20101h 42min

Overview

Alberto, post office manager of a small town in Brianza, under pressure of his wife Sylvia, is willing to do anything to get the transfer to Milan. Even pretending to be disabled to climb in the ranking. But the trick does not work and as punishment, he is transferred in a small town in Campania, which to an inhabitant of the north is equivalent to a nightmare ...

Themes

Small town scrutiny, Postal worker role, Disability fraud, Media bias, Italian food culture, Cultural difference

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Apple TV
Netflix
Amazon Prime Video
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Easy A

5. Easy A

Comedy Satire
7.0
20101h 33min

Overview

Olive, an average high school student, sees her below-the-radar existence turn around overnight once she decides to use the school's gossip grapevine to advance her social standing. Now her classmates are turning against her and the school board is becoming concerned, including her favorite teacher and the distracted guidance counselor. With the support of her hilariously idiosyncratic parents and a little help from a long-time crush, Olive attempts to take on her notorious new identity and crush the rumor mill once and for all.

Themes

Social climbing, Peer pressure, Rumor dynamics, Public image

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El Infierno

6. El Infierno

Action Crime Western Comedy Drama
7.6
20102h 28min

Overview

After being deported back to Mexico, a man has no choice but to join the vicious drug cartel that has corrupted his hometown in order to survive.

Themes

Loyalty under duress, Deception within criminal networks, Cycles of violence, Family obligation under crime, Corruption and power, Survival in a border town

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Amazon Video
fuboTV
YouTube
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The Other Guys

7. The Other Guys

Comedy Action Satire Buddy Action
6.7
20101h 47min

Overview

Unlike their heroic counterparts on the force, desk-bound NYPD detectives Gamble and Hoitz garner no headlines as they work day to day. When a seemingly minor case turns out to be a big deal, the two cops get the opportunity to finally prove to their comrades that they have the right stuff.

Themes

Bureaucratic obstruction, Power and influence, Partnership under pressure, Duty vs ambition, Public image vs competence, Financial crime exposure

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
fuboTV
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Despicable Me

8. Despicable Me

Family Comedy Animation Science Fiction Family Animation
7.6
20101h 35min

Overview

Villainous Gru lives up to his reputation as a despicable, deplorable and downright unlikable guy when he hatches a plan to steal the moon from the sky. But he has a tough time staying on task after three orphans land in his care.

Themes

Life's dream vs reality, Villain rivalry, Orphanage pressures, Moon ambitions, Adoptive father dynamics, Caregiver deception tactics

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Netflix
Amazon Video
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Four Lions

9. Four Lions

Comedy Crime Drama Satire
7.3
20101h 37min

Overview

Four Lions tells the story of a group of British jihadists who push their abstract dreams of glory to the breaking point. As the wheels fly off, and their competing ideologies clash, what emerges is an emotionally engaging (and entirely plausible) farce.

Themes

Deception and manipulation, Violence as spectacle, Collective radicalisation pressures, Peer influence and authority, Ethics under duress, Moral ambiguity of intention

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Amazon Prime Video
Amazon Video
Apple TV
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Micmacs

10. Micmacs

Action Comedy Crime Satire Organized Crime
7.1
20091h 44min

Overview

While standing in the doorway of the video shop where he works, Bazil is inadvertently shot in the head. Now homeless and jobless, he is taken in by a troupe of misfits who live in a giant mound of trash. There Bazil begins his quest for revenge against the people who produced the gun that shot him.

Themes

Outsider solidarity, Unemployment precarity, Arms trade critique, Staged reality, Public exposure, Scavenger community resilience

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Amazon Video
Apple TV
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