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Plot Summary:
Broad satire and buffoonery presented as a series of movie trailers. Among the titles and subjects are: "The Howard Huge Story", "Skate-boarders from Hell", "The Invasion of the Penis Snatchers", Woody Allen (pre-Mia), movie trailer come-ons, Charlie Chaplin, war movies, Billy Jack. The source of the title is presented about an hour into the film.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 600
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, humorous, anthology, parody, independent film, spoof
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If You Don't Stop It...You'll Go Blind!!! (1975)
Plot Summary:
A series of vignettes, usually of a crude sexual nature, from various not so well known comedians combining to make a hilarious spoof.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 393
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, sexy, parody, sex comedy, hot
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Hey! There's Naked Bodies on My TV! (1979)
Plot Summary:
A GROOVE TUBE-styled skit comedy spoofing TV sitcoms of the 1970s in three segments: "Happy Daze," "Don't Come Back Kotler," and "Bernie Milner.".
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 37
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: anthology, parody, spoof
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The Boob Tube (1975)
Plot Summary:
In 'Live Action', young psychiatrist Henry Carstairs moves into an apartment building filled with lonely, sex starved women. This soap is interrupted several times by sexy ads.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 235
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: independent film, spoof, sketch comedy, parody
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Tunnel Vision (1976)
Plot Summary:
A committee investigating TV's first uncensored network examines a typical day's programming, which includes shows, commercials, news programs, you name it. What they discover will surely crack you up! This outrageous and irreverent spoof of television launched the careers of some of the greatest comedians of all time.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 743
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 70 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, humorous, spoof, comedy drama, twisted, parody, sitcom, independent film, low brow humor
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Martin Short: Concert for the North Americas (1985)
Plot Summary:
A made for Showtime network comedy special with numerous skits and music starring Martin Short and featuring a number of his fellow SCTV cast members. The special has skits with characters such as Ed Grimley, Jackie Rogers Jr., Jerry Lewis, and many more.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 79
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy
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Slammer Girls (1987)
Plot Summary:
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IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 167
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, spoof, parody
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Movie Madness (1982)
Plot Summary:
A parody of film genres composed of three shorts, spoofing personal growth films, glossy soap operas, and police stories.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: anthology, humorous, sketch comedy, sex comedy, parody, realistic, cynical, not serious, slapstick, spoof
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I, Martin Short, Goes Hollywood (1989)
Plot Summary:
Martin goes on an adventure with his 3 friends, Ballsy, Felcher and Bungle f*ck. Their mission? To travel to Hollywood to get Martin's movie made. Follow the awesome foursome as they encounter crocogators, Gangsters, Pirates, AIDS and many other hilarious obstacles.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 120
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 60 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy
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The Best of SCTV (1988)
Plot Summary:
Guy Caballero and Edith Prickley try to persuade the FCC to renew SCTV's license.
IMDB Rating: 8.4
IMDB Votes: 254
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada, USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, parody, spoof
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Saturday Night Live: The Best of Tom Hanks (2004)
Plot Summary:
A collection of Tom Hanks sketches during his times hosting Saturday Night Live.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 492
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, sketch comedy
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The Sex O'Clock News (1985)
Plot Summary:
Director and co-writer Romano Vanderbes attempts to satirize middle America's standard news broadcasts with as many jokes about sex as possible. The featured station is KSEX and Doug Ballard and Lydia Mahan play the anchors in a broadcast where blue does not mean melancholy.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 115
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, parody, sexy, hot
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Deathrow Gameshow (1987)
Plot Summary:
Chuck Toedan's the host of a gameshow featuring death row convicts competeing in life-or-death contests in hopes of cheating the executioner or, at the very least, winning some nice prizes for their next of kin. Not surprisingly, Chuck has made more than a few enemies, from outraged viewers trying to ban his show, to families of losing contestants looking for revenge. A hitman hired by one such family has shown up at Chuck's office, and he'll need to enlist the help of his most outspoken critic to keep from ending up like most of his contestants.
IMDB Rating: 5.0
IMDB Votes: 892
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: slasher, grindhouse, game show, independent film, rough, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious
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Saturday Night Live: Thanksgiving (2013)
Plot Summary:
Karen is on first visit to new boyfriend's parents when she discovers something odd about his eating habits.
IMDB Rating: 6.7
IMDB Votes: 35
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 120 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, light, feel good, entertaining, contemplative, sketch comedy, spoof
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Up Yours (1979)
Plot Summary:
Tenants share wild times in a Hollywood apartment building.
IMDB Rating: 4.7
IMDB Votes: 76
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: sex comedy, parody, erotic, sketch comedy
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Young Doctors in Love (1982)
Plot Summary:
An "Airplane!"-style spoof of hospital soap operas: a brilliant young trainee can't stand the sight of blood; a doctor romances the head nurse in order to get the key to the drugs cabinet; there's a mafioso on the loose disguised as a woman - in other words all the usual ingredients present and correct, though in this case the laughs are intentional.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 3000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: parody, spoof, humorous, sexy, medical drama, realistic, not serious, fast, sex comedy, funny
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Dynamite Chicken (1971)
Plot Summary:
“A contemporary probe and commentary of the mores and maladies of our age… With shtick, bits, pieces, girls, some hamburger, a little hair, a lady, some fellas, some religious stuff, and a lot of other things” boasts the films opening titles. An American film from 1972 involving Richard Pryor, and partly funded by and featuring John Lennon and Yoko Ono. It is a collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement. Many famous figures appear as themselves in the film, including Joan Baez, Lenny Bruce, Leonard Cohen, Allen Ginsberg, Jimi Hendrix, B.B. King, Malcolm X (from archival footage), Andy Warhol, Al Capp, Muddy Waters, Sha Na Na, Al Goldstein and Yoko herself. (Wikipedia).
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 76 min
Plot tags: humorous, parody, anthology, independent film, realistic, witty, semi serious, sketch comedy
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Trashology (2012)
Plot Summary:
College student Tracy (Laura Lee Black) has just received an assignment to write a report on her favorite film genre. In her research she discovers a book, now Tracy is taken into three interlocking tales of the unexpected. First in THE VAT, two women (Jenny Coulter / Rodney Horn) are harassed by a religious fanatic (Angie Keeling) about their worldly ways. When the bible thumping hypocrite threatens violence, chaos takes it's toll. Next in BIG DEBBIE, a robust woman (Rodney Horn) is abandoned at the altar, she runs into two guys that use her to fulfill their odd sexual fetish. When one accidentally dies, they're forced to get rid of the body... the only problem: a woman on the edge (Rachel Stout) witnesses the ditching and blackmails them into killing her cheating girlfriend (Kelli Ellis). Finally in INGLOURIOUS BITCHES, a quirky pair of female vigilantes (Douglas Conner / Brian Dorton) use an app on a cellphone to track down and murder sex offenders.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 500
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: anthology
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American Tickler (1977)
Plot Summary:
A ridiculous comedy that spoofs many different American made movies in multiple segments and skits.
IMDB Rating: 3.7
IMDB Votes: 66
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 77 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy
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Boogie Vision (1977)
Plot Summary:
Struggling hippie independent filmmaker Mick gets his big break after he finds out that his girlfriend Marlene's father Burt is a movie producer. Unbeknown to Mick, Burt only specializes in porno pictures. Mick cranks out a cruddy science fiction stinker in three days for Burt, who demands countless changes and has a hard time figuring out how to distribute Mick's lousy movie.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 82
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy
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When Nature Calls (1985)
Plot Summary:
When construction worker Greg becomes fed-up with his foreman and the "city life", he takes his wife and kids on a wilderness adventure.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: spoof, grindhouse, parody, independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, not serious
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Mr. Mike's Mondo Video (1979)
Plot Summary:
Mike O'Donoghue's parody of "Mondo Cane" showcases curious performers, strange musicians, celebrity mutations and unusual short films, including Thomas Alva Edison's "Elephant Electrocution". In the tradition of films like Groove Tube (1974), The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977), and Saturday Night Live.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 564
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: humorous, sketch comedy, mondo, anthology, parody, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty, cynical
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Cracking Up (1977)
Plot Summary:
What would happen if a 9.7 magnitude earthquake were to strike the L.A. area? This is what "Cracking Up" looks at from the lighter side. The movie is composed of individual skits of original material by the actors spun around this hypothetical disaster.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 195
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 69 min
Plot tags: independent film, offbeat, humorous, realistic, semi serious, spoof, sketch comedy, parody
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Upright Citizens Brigade: Asssscat (2008)
Plot Summary:
On the heels of their enormously popular TV show, the Upright Citizens Brigade (Matt Besser, Amy Poehler, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh) bring you Asssscat - an unparalleled improv comedy juggernaut. Beginning with a suggestion from the audience, a guest monologist tells a story that kicks off a series of high-octane improvised sketches. From medical marijuana to embarrassing sexual encounters, no topic is off limits to the renegade performers who have helped make Asssscat one of the longest running improv shows in the history of the world.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 263
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 61 min
Plot tags: humorous, not serious, clever, realistic, parody, offbeat, independent film, spoof, sketch comedy, live comedy
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American Raspberry (1977)
Plot Summary:
Some unknown source has interrupted all television transmissions around the world. In place of the regular broadcasts, a lineup of extremely tasteless programs and commercials have been substituted. Included in the mix are such show as The Shitheads, The Charles Whitman Invitational, and commercials for a number of improbable products.
IMDB Rating: 4.9
IMDB Votes: 411
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: sketch comedy, humorous, comedy drama, parody, independent film, offbeat, realistic, witty, not serious, spoof
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TV: The Movie (2006)
Plot Summary:
A celebration of the ever increasing depravity of television in our society-- it's a channel surfing adventure through the most utterly ridiculous spoofed television programming and commercials.
IMDB Rating: 3.2
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, light, sketch comedy
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InAPPropriate Comedy (2013)
Plot Summary:
A no-nonsense cop has a flair for fashion and a celebrity takes revenge on the paparazzi in a collection of comedic sketches.
IMDB Rating: 2.7
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, not serious, spoof, sexy, light, sketch comedy, detective, realistic
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The Groove Tube (1974)
Plot Summary:
Chevy Chase makes his film debut in this riotous collection of live skits. Directed by Ken Shapiro and featuring Chase, Richard Belzer and others, The Groove Tube mocks TV Land and its trappings by spoofing kids' shows -- from a marijuana-smoking Koko the Clown who resides in Make Believe Land, to Safety Sam, the penis with a plan who gleefully informs the audience of the perils of casual sex.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 75 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, witty, not serious, sketch comedy, surreal, cult classic, clever, offbeat, independent film
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The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977)
Plot Summary:
A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 20000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: parody, humorous, funny, light, talky, spoof, not serious, witty, surreal, sketch comedy
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Sexy American Idle (2004)
Plot Summary:
This ultra-sexy spoof of the hit TV show "American Idol" finds a small town putting on a splashy talent competition that features an endless parade of inept performers, bizarre personalities, talentless hacks and a quartet of eccentric judges. SEXY AMERICAN IDLE - Northeast Westover is putting on a splashy talent competition to end all talent competitions. Hosted by the obnoxious duo Neil and Bob and lorded over by a panel of delectable judges and drunken British rocker Glitter Bolan, all manners of bizarre personalities, inept acts and talentless hacks are encouraged to take the stage to do what they do worst! In the midst of the carnival atmosphere and dog-eat-dog competition, there’s more than ample time for the luscious and promiscuous hopefuls to discover where their true talents lie. They can’t carry a tune or dance a lick, but these gorgeous women know how to “perform,” and it makes for Reality TV at its uncensored best.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 111
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 71 min
Plot tags: parody, sex comedy, humorous, captivating, satirical, erotic
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Documentary Now! (2015)
Plot Summary:
Loving parodies of some of the world's best-known documentaries. Each episode is shot in a different style of documentary filmmaking, and honors some of the most important stories that didn't actually happen.
IMDB Rating: 8.1
IMDB Votes: 8000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 23 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, parody, spoof, humorous, satirical, funny, light, captivating, entertaining, anthology