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Dr. Strangelove
1964 British satire film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Barbie
2023 film directed by Greta Gerwig
Once Upon a Time in Hollywood
Once Upon a Time… in Hollywood is a 2019 period action comedy film written and directed by Quentin Tarantino. Produced by Columbia Pictures in association with Bona Film Group, Heyday Films, and Visiona Romantica, and distributed by Sony Pictures Releasing, it is a co-production between the United States, United Kingdom, and China. It features an ensemble cast led by Leonardo DiCaprio, Brad Pitt, and Margot Robbie. Set in 1969 Los Angeles, the film follows a fading actor and his adrenaline junkie stunt double as they navigate the rapidly changing film industry with the threat of the Tate murders looming.
Borat
Borat! Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan is a 2006 mockumentary black comedy film directed by Larry Charles, which stars Sacha Baron Cohen as Borat Sagdiyev, a fictional Kazakh journalist traveling through the United States. Much of the film features unscripted vignettes of Borat interviewing and interacting with real-life Americans who believe he is a foreigner with little or no understanding of the local customs. A co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom, Borat is the second of four films built around Baron Cohen's characters
Monty Python’s Life of Brian
1979 film directed by Terry Jones
Brazil
1985 dystopian film by Terry Gilliam
The Dictator
2012 film by Larry Charles
Tropic Thunder
2008 film by Ben Stiller
The Substance
The Substance is a 2024 body horror film written and directed by Coralie Fargeat. It follows a fading celebrity who is fired by her producer due to her age and uses a black market drug that creates a younger version of herself with unexpected side effects.
Casino Royale
1967 James Bond spy comedy film
The Lobster
2015 film directed by Yorgos Lanthimos
Triangle of Sadness
2022 film directed by Ruben Östlund
Hot Fuzz
2007 film by Edgar Wright
Gosford Park
2001 film directed by Robert Altman
Ron's Gone Wrong
2021 film directed by Sarah Smith
Monty Python's The Meaning of Life
1983 film directed by Terry Jones
Brüno
Brüno is a 2009 mockumentary comedy film directed by Larry Charles and starring Sacha Baron Cohen, who produced, co-wrote, and played the gay Austrian fashion journalist Brüno Gehard. The film also stars Gustaf Hammarsten. A co-production between the United States and the United Kingdom, it is the third film based on one of Cohen's characters from Da Ali G Show, following Ali G Indahouse and Borat.
The Bling Ring
2013 film directed by Sofia Coppola
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
2020 film directed by Jason Woliner
Seven Psychopaths
2012 film by Martin McDonagh
Help!
1965 musical comedy-adventure film starring the Beatles
If....
If.... (stylized as if....) is a 1968 British satirical surrealist psychological drama film produced and directed by Lindsay Anderson, and starring Malcolm McDowell in his film debut as the character Mick Travis, who appeared in two further Anderson films. Other actors include Richard Warwick, Christine Noonan, David Wood, and Robert Swann. A biting satire of English public school life, the film follows a group of pupils who stage a savage insurrection at a boys' boarding school. The film is notable for jumpstarting McDowell's and Anderson's careers as well as using black-and-white and colour
A King in New York
1957 film by Charlie Chaplin
Saltburn (film)
Saltburn is a 2023 dark comedy thriller film written, directed, and produced by Emerald Fennell, starring Barry Keoghan, Jacob Elordi, Rosamund Pike, Richard E. Grant, Alison Oliver, Archie Madekwe and Carey Mulligan. Set in Oxford and Northamptonshire, it focuses on a student at the University of Oxford who becomes fixated with a popular, aristocratic fellow student, who later invites him to spend the summer at his eccentric family's estate.
Bad Luck Banging or Loony Porn
2021 film directed by Radu Jude
To Die For
1995 film by Gus Van Sant
Animal Farm
1954 British animated film
Four Lions
2010 film directed by Chris Morris
White Noise
2022 film directed by Noah Baumbach
O Lucky Man!
1973 film by Lindsay Anderson
The Party
2017 film directed by Sally Potter
Ali G Indahouse
2002 comedy film directed by Mark Mylod
The Mouse That Roared
1959 film by Jack Arnold
Without a Clue
1988 film by Thom Eberhardt
Funny Games U.S.
2007 film by Michael Haneke
Jabberwocky
1977 film by Terry Gilliam
How I Won the War
1967 film directed by Richard Lester
Death to Smoochy
2002 film by Danny DeVito
The Man in the White Suit
1951 film by Alexander Mackendrick
Kill Your Friends
2015 film by Owen Harris
High-Rise
2015 film by Ben Wheatley
Buffalo Soldiers
2001 film by Gregor Jordan
Our Man in Havana
1959 film by Carol Reed
The Ruling Class
1972 film by Peter Medak
In the Loop
2009 film by Armando Iannucci
Britannia Hospital
1982 film by Lindsay Anderson
The Magic Christian
1969 film directed by Joseph McGrath
Oh! What a Lovely War
1969 British musical film directed by Richard Attenborough
All You Need Is Cash
1978 television film
Insignificance
1985 film by Nicolas Roeg
Paint Drying
2016 protest film directed by Charlie Shackleton
200 Motels
1971 film directed by Frank Zappa and Tony Palmer
Delirious
2006 film by Tom DiCillo
Space Truckers
1996 film directed by Stuart Gordon
The Mouse on the Moon
1963 film by Richard Lester
I'm All Right Jack
1959 film directed by John Boulting
Land of the Blind
2006 film by Robert Edwards
Rosebush Pruning
2026 film directed by Karim Aïnouz
Special Correspondents
2016 film by Ricky Gervais
Privilege
1967 film by Peter Watkins