List of satirical films

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This is a list of films that incorporate satire or were described as such. Made-for-television and animated films are also included.

Title	Year	Credits	Country	Subgenre
La signora di tutti[1]	1934	Directed by Max Ophüls Written by Salvator Gotta (novel), Curt Alexander, Hans Wilhelm, Max Ophüls	Italy	Drama
A Face in the Crowd[2]	1957	Directed by Elia Kazan Written by Budd Schulberg	United States	Drama
A Bucket of Blood[3]	1959	Directed by Roger Corman written by Charles B. Griffith	United States	Comedy horror
The Manchurian Candidate[4]	1962	Directed by John Frankenheimer Written by George Axelrod and based on The Manchurian Candidate by Richard Condon	United States	Thriller (Political, neo-noir, psychological)
Le Mépris[5]	1963	Directed by Jean-Luc Godard Based on Il disprezzo by Alberto Moravia	International (France, Italy)	Drama (French New Wave)
Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb[6]	1964	Directed by Stanley Kubrick Based on Red Alert by Peter George	International (United Kingdom, United States)	Comedy-science fiction
Night of the Living Dead[7]	1968	Directed by George A. Romero Written by Romero, John Russo	United States	Horror (Zombie)
Sleeper[6]	1973	Directed by Woody Allen Written by Allen, Marshall Brickman	United States	Comedy-science fiction
The Werewolf of Washington[8]	1973	Written and directed by Milton Moses Ginsberg	United States	Horror-comedy
House of Whipcord[5]	1974	Directed by Pete Walker Written by David McGillivray, Walker	United Kingdom	Horror
Network[2]	1976	Directed by Sidney Lumet Written by Paddy Chayefsky	United States	Drama
Dawn of the Dead[9]	1978	Directed and written by Romero	United States	Horror (Zombie)
This Is Spınal Tap: A Rockumentary by Martin Di Bergi[10]	1984	Directed by Rob Reiner Written by Christopher Guest, Michael McKean, Harry Shearer, Reiner	United States	Mockumentary
Max Headroom: 20 Minutes into the Future[5] (TV-film)	1984	Directed by Rocky Morton, Annabel Jankel	United Kingdom	Science fiction (Cyberpunk)
Nineteen Eighty-Four[11]	1984	Written and directed by Michael Radford	United Kingdom	Dystopian
Brazil[12]	1985	Directed by Terry Gilliam Written by Gilliam, Tom Stoppard, Charles McKeown	United Kingdom	Science fiction drama
Desert Bloom[13]	1986	Directed by Eugene Corr and written by Corr and Linda Remy	United States	Drama
RoboCop[6]	1987	Directed by Paul Verhoeven Written by Edward Neumeier, Michael Miner	United States	Science fiction-action
They Live[14]	1988	Directed by John Carpenter Written by Frank Armitage and based on "Eight O'Clock in the Morning" by Ray Nelson	United States	Science fiction-action
The Distinguished Gentleman[10]	1992	Directed by Jonathan Lynn Written by Marty Kaplan, Jonathan Reynolds	United States	Comedy
Bob Roberts[10]	1992	Written and directed by Tim Robbins	United States	Mockumentary
Demolition Man[15]	1993	Directed by Marco Brambilla Written (disputed) by Daniel Waters, Robert Reneau, Peter M. Lenkov	United States	Science fiction-action
Starship Troopers[2]	1997	Directed by Paul Verhoeven Based on Starship Troopers by Robert A. Heinlein	United States	Science fiction-action
The Truman Show[16]	1998	Directed by Peter Weir Written by Andrew Niccol	United States	Comedy drama
But I'm a Cheerleader	1999	Directed by Jamie Babbit Written by Brian Wayne Peterson	United States	Comedy[17]
Fight Club	1999	Directed by David Fincher Written by Jim Uhls	United States	Drama
Battle Royale [5]	2000	Directed by Kinji Fukasaku Based on Battle Royale by Koushun Takami	Japan	Thriller-action
Dumplings[5]	2004	Directed by Fruit Chan Written by Lilian Lee	Hong Kong	Horror
Land of the Dead [18]	2005	Written and directed by George A. Romero	International (Canada, France, United States)	Horror (Zombie, Post-apocalyptic)
Idiocracy[19]	2006	Written by Mike Judge and Etan Cohen Directed by Mike Judge	United States	Science fiction-Comedy
Long Pigs [20]	2007	Written and directed by Chris Power and Nathan Hynes	Canada	Horror-Pseudo-documentary
District 9[15]	2009	Directed by Neill Blomkamp Written by Blomkamp, Terri Tatchell	International (South Africa, United States, New Zealand)	Science fiction-action
The Cabin in the Woods[21]	2011	Directed by Drew Goddard Written by Goddard, Joss Whedon	United States	Comedy-horror
Nightcrawler[22]	2014	Directed and written by Dan Gilroy	United States	Crime thriller
The Final Girls[23]	2015	Directed by Todd Strauss-Schulson Written by M.A. Fortin and Joshua John Miller	United States	Comedy-horror
Friend of the World[24]	2020	Written and directed by Brian Patrick Butler	United States	Body horror
Ron's Gone Wrong	2021	Directed by Sarah Smith and Jean-Philippe Vine Written by Peter Baynham and Sarah Smith	United Kingdom United States	Animated science fiction comedy
Tughlaq Durbar	2021	Directed by Delhi Prasad Deenadayalan Written by Deenadayalan, Balaji Tharaneetharan	India	Political
Triangle of Sadness[25]	2022	Directed and written by Ruben Östlund	International (Sweden, Germany, France, United Kingdom)	Black comedy
The Menu[26]	2022	Directed by Mark Mylod Written by Seth Reiss and Will Tracy	United States	Horror thriller
Good Savage	2023	Directed by Santiago Mohar Volkow Written by Andrew Leland Rogers and Santiago Mohar Volkow	Mexico	Black comedy
Hemet, or the Landlady Don't Drink Tea[27]	2023	Directed by Tony Olmos Written by Brian Patrick Butler	United States	Political dystopian
A History of Love and War	2024	Directed and written by Santiago Mohar Volkow	Mexico	Satirical comedy
We Shall Not Be Moved	2024	Directed by Pierre Saint-Martin Written by Iker Compeán Leroux and Pierre Saint-Martin	Mexico	Black comedy-drana
Ciao Ciao	2025	Directed by Keith Albert Tedesco Written by Keith Albert Tedesco, Antonella Axisa, Chris Dingli and Mikhail Basmadjian	Malta	Comedy-drama[28]

See also

• Satirical film

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