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Top Satirical Films (#1-200)

The Internet Movie Database includes "satire," "satire comedy," "social satire," or "political satire" as one of the keywords describing the films below.

Rank Title Year Director(s) Overall
Rank
1 Singin' in the Rain 1952 Stanley Donen and Gene Kelly 7
2 Pulp Fiction 1994 Quentin Tarantino 8
3 Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb 1964 Stanley Kubrick 16
4 Some Like It Hot 1959 Billy Wilder 19
5 A Clockwork Orange 1971 Stanley Kubrick 36
6 City Lights 1931 Charles Chaplin 40
7 Sunset Blvd. 1950 Billy Wilder 41
8 The Princess Bride 1987 Rob Reiner 47
9 The Good, the Bad and the Ugly 1966 Sergio Leone 48
10 WALL•E 2008 Andrew Stanton 55
11 Modern Times 1936 Charles Chaplin 61
12 All about Eve 1950 Joseph L. Mankiewicz 64
13 Fight Club 1999 David Fincher 71
14 The Graduate 1967 Mike Nichols 73
15 The Big Lebowski 1998 Joel Coen 104
16 Monty Python and the Holy Grail 1975 Terry Gilliam and Terry Jones 105
17 Brazil 1985 Terry Gilliam 114
18 La Dolce Vita 1960 Federico Fellini 124
19 Duck Soup 1933 Leo McCarey 129
20 Blue Velvet 1986 David Lynch 133
21 The Rules of the Game 1939 Jean Renoir 138
22 This Is Spinal Tap 1984 Rob Reiner 143
23 Clueless 1995 Amy Heckerling 156
24 Nashville 1975 Robert Altman 161
25 Parasite 2019 Bong Joon Ho 165
26 Lost in Translation 2003 Sofia Coppola 172
27 The Incredibles 2004 Brad Bird 184
28 Harold and Maude 1971 Hal Ashby 185
29 Get Out 2017 Jordan Peele 187
30 Network 1976 Sidney Lumet 192
31 Life of Brian 1979 Terry Jones 194
32 Airplane! 1980 Jerry Zucker, Jim Abrahams, and David Zucker 196
33 Full Metal Jacket 1987 Stanley Kubrick 198
34 Edward Scissorhands 1990 Tim Burton 199
35 RoboCop 1987 Paul Verhoeven 213
36 Shaun of the Dead 2004 Edgar Wright 214
37 American Beauty 1999 Sam Mendes 218
38 The Great Dictator 1940 Charles Chaplin 222
39 Who Framed Roger Rabbit 1988 Robert Zemeckis 225
40 The Nightmare before Christmas 1993 Henry Selick 231
41 Blazing Saddles 1974 Mel Brooks 232
42 Barry Lyndon 1975 Stanley Kubrick 233
43 The Truman Show 1998 Peter Weir 236
44 Dawn of the Dead 1978 George A. Romero 242
45 To Be or Not to Be 1942 Ernst Lubitsch 251
46 Ferris Bueller's Day Off 1986 John Hughes 270
47 Sherlock, Jr. 1924 Buster Keaton 281
48 Ratatouille 2007 Brad Bird 285
49 Scream 1996 Wes Craven 310
50 Monsters, Inc. 2001 Pete Docter 327
51 District 9 2009 Neill Blomkamp 329
52 L'Atalante 1934 Jean Vigo 332
53 Shrek 2001 Andrew Adamson and Vicky Jenson 338
54 M*A*S*H 1970 Robert Altman 344
55 Kind Hearts and Coronets 1949 Robert Hamer 345
56 Moulin Rouge! 2001 Baz Luhrmann 350
57 Yojimbo 1961 Akira Kurosawa 354
58 The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie 1972 Luis Buñuel 368
59 Voyage to the Moon 1902 Georges Méliès 377
60 Sullivan's Travels 1941 Preston Sturges 389
61 The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943 Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger 394
62 Clerks. 1994 Kevin Smith 399
63 The Producers 1967 Mel Brooks 420
64 Videodrome 1983 David Cronenberg 421
65 Four Weddings and a Funeral 1994 Mike Newell 441
66 Being John Malkovich 1999 Spike Jonze 451
67 Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy 2004 Adam McKay 479
68 Viridiana 1961 Luis Buñuel 485
69 Batman 1989 Tim Burton 486
70 Heathers 1988 Michael Lehmann 488
71 Animal House 1978 John Landis 489
72 American Psycho 2000 Mary Harron 493
73 Mean Girls 2004 Mark Waters 499
74 A Night at the Opera 1935 Sam Wood 500
75 Love Actually 2003 Richard Curtis 503
76 Pink Flamingos 1972 John Waters 506
77 V for Vendetta 2005 James McTeigue 524
78 The Fifth Element 1997 Luc Besson 529
79 The Lego Movie 2014 Phil Lord and Christopher Miller 532
80 Napoleon Dynamite 2004 Jared Hess 535
81 Election 1999 Alexander Payne 543
82 Amarcord 1973 Federico Fellini 554
83 Batman Returns 1992 Tim Burton 560
84 Ninotchka 1939 Ernst Lubitsch 573
85 South Park: Bigger Longer & Uncut 1999 Trey Parker 578
86 Little Miss Sunshine 2006 Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris 579
87 Raising Arizona 1987 Joel Coen 591
88 Starship Troopers 1997 Paul Verhoeven 596
89 Three Colors: White 1994 Krzysztof Kieslowski 600
90 Being There 1979 Hal Ashby 601
91 Hedwig and the Angry Inch 2001 John Cameron Mitchell 605
92 Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan 2006 Larry Charles 606
93 The Wolf of Wall Street 2013 Martin Scorsese 613
94 Office Space 1999 Mike Judge 620
95 Sleeper 1973 Woody Allen 628
96 Alphaville 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 636
97 Men in Black 1997 Barry Sonnenfeld 637
98 The Triplets of Belleville 2003 Sylvain Chomet 646
99 Battle Royale 2000 Kinji Fukasaku 664
100 Pierrot le Fou 1965 Jean-Luc Godard 671
101 Gentlemen Prefer Blondes 1953 Howard Hawks 673
102 Coming to America 1988 John Landis 681
103 The Man Who Fell to Earth 1976 Nicolas Roeg 684
104 The Celebration 1998 Thomas Vinterberg 720
105 The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad! 1988 David Zucker 721
106 Delicatessen 1991 Marc Caro and Jean-Pierre Jeunet 730
107 Notting Hill 1999 Roger Michell 732
108 Sideways 2004 Alexander Payne 742
109 The Host 2006 Bong Joon Ho 747
110 Serenity 2005 Joss Whedon 755
111 Galaxy Quest 1999 Dean Parisot 759
112 Broadcast News 1987 James L. Brooks 765
113 The Player 1992 Robert Altman 770
114 Bowling for Columbine 2002 Michael Moore 795
115 Little Big Man 1970 Arthur Penn 810
116 They Live 1988 John Carpenter 815
117 Trading Places 1983 John Landis 818
118 Time Bandits 1981 Terry Gilliam 821
119 Mon Oncle 1958 Jacques Tati 822
120 Snowpiercer 2013 Bong Joon Ho 831
121 Gremlins 1984 Joe Dante 840
122 Slap Shot 1977 George Roy Hill 841
123 If.... 1968 Lindsay Anderson 850
124 Daisies 1966 Vera Chytilová 859
125 The King of Comedy 1982 Martin Scorsese 875
126 Deadpool 2016 Tim Miller 888
127 The Exterminating Angel 1962 Luis Buñuel 896
128 Crimes and Misdemeanors 1989 Woody Allen 904
129 Barton Fink 1991 Joel Coen 905
130 The Man Who Would be King 1975 John Huston 921
131 Crumb 1994 Terry Zwigoff 932
132 El Topo 1970 Alejandro Jodorowsky 946
133 Closely Watched Trains 1966 Jirí Menzel 947
134 Elf 2003 Jon Favreau 975
135 L'Âge d'or 1930 Luis Buñuel 989
136 The Purple Rose of Cairo 1985 Woody Allen 990
137 The Bad News Bears 1976 Michael Ritchie 993
138 Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street 2007 Tim Burton 998
139 The Devils 1971 Ken Russell 1010
140 Short Cuts 1993 Robert Altman 1032
141 A Room with a View 1985 James Ivory 1043
142 Enchanted 2007 Kevin Lima 1049
143 Adaptation. 2002 Spike Jonze 1050
144 The Cabin in the Woods 2011 Drew Goddard 1052
145 Watchmen 2009 Zack Snyder 1054
146 Wayne's World 1992 Penelope Spheeris 1071
147 Waiting for Guffman 1996 Christopher Guest 1081
148 O Brother, Where Art Thou? 2000 Joel Coen 1090
149 The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover 1989 Peter Greenaway 1102
150 Fahrenheit 451 1966 François Truffaut 1108
151 Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri 2017 Martin McDonagh 1109
152 Shrek 2 2004 Andrew Adamson, Kelly Asbury, and Conrad Vernon 1114
153 The Palm Beach Story 1942 Preston Sturges 1119
154 Knives Out 2019 Rian Johnson 1135
155 Birdman or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) 2014 Alejandro G. Iñárritu 1140
156 Wild at Heart 1990 David Lynch 1152
157 Day of the Dead 1985 George A. Romero 1197
158 But I'm a Cheerleader 1999 Jamie Babbit 1208
159 Wet Hot American Summer 2001 David Wain 1214
160 The Full Monty 1997 Peter Cattaneo 1233
161 Three Kings 1999 David O. Russell 1238
162 Nightcrawler 2014 Dan Gilroy 1245
163 Tampopo 1985 Jûzô Itami 1246
164 Salò 1975 Pier Paolo Pasolini 1247
165 Kiss Kiss Bang Bang 2005 Shane Black 1254
166 Happiness 1998 Todd Solondz 1265
167 Dark Star 1974 John Carpenter 1286
168 Team America: World Police 2004 Trey Parker 1288
169 Zoolander 2001 Ben Stiller 1305
170 Dredd 2012 Pete Travis 1322
171 Hairspray 1988 John Waters 1341
172 Natural Born Killers 1994 Oliver Stone 1344
173 The Holy Mountain 1973 Alejandro Jodorowsky 1352
174 Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 1998 Terry Gilliam 1353
175 What We Do in the Shadows 2014 Jemaine Clement and Taika Waititi 1356
176 Underground 1995 Emir Kusturica 1365
177 Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby 2006 Adam McKay 1368
178 Showgirls 1995 Paul Verhoeven 1378
179 Easy A 2010 Will Gluck 1412
180 The Party 1968 Blake Edwards 1414
181 Major League 1989 David S. Ward 1422
182 Mother 2009 Bong Joon Ho 1469
183 In the Loop 2009 Armando Iannucci 1475
184 Legally Blonde 2001 Robert Luketic 1479
185 The Hunger Games: Catching Fire 2013 Francis Lawrence 1485
186 Zelig 1983 Woody Allen 1493
187 Zero for Conduct 1933 Jean Vigo 1499
188 Back to the Future Part III 1990 Robert Zemeckis 1502
189 Waking Life 2001 Richard Linklater 1514
190 The Great Beauty 2013 Paolo Sorrentino 1521
191 I Was Born, But... 1932 Yasujirô Ozu 1538
192 He Got Game 1998 Spike Lee 1549
193 Week End 1967 Jean-Luc Godard 1563
194 Slacker 1990 Richard Linklater 1577
195 My Life as a Dog 1985 Lasse Hallström 1651
196 Lost in America 1985 Albert Brooks 1675
197 Exit through the Gift Shop 2010 Banksy 1682
198 Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story 2004 Rawson Marshall Thurber 1690
199 Pleasantville 1998 Gary Ross 1694
200 The Draughtsman's Contract 1982 Peter Greenaway 1707
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