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Plot Summary:
Fred Tuttle, faced with his father's impending hip operation and his failing farm, needs to make a six-digit salary with a fourth-grade education. So he runs for U.S. Representative from Vermont with a markedly bizarre campaign. Will he triumph over incumbent Bill Blachly?.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
IMDB Votes: 145
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: political, independent film, fake documentary
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Undecided: The Movie (2016)
Plot Summary:
A camera crew follows two "undecided" voters along the actual campaign trail, and no Presidential candidate - on either side of the aisle - is spared.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 269
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, fake documentary
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Monopol (1996)
Plot Summary:
Egil (Knut Agnred) is just an ordinary painter. But one day, when he's about to paint a fence, incredible stuff starts to happen!.
IMDB Rating: 5.9
IMDB Votes: 615
Genere: Comedy
Country: Sweden
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags:
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Cornhole: The Movie (2010)
Plot Summary:
Cornhole: The Movie is a mockumentary feature film that examines the lives of four groups of quirky characters who have sacrificed, exploited, and shamed those in their lives to gain a certain level of minimal fame in the Cincinnati based sport of Cornhole.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 31
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, spoof, fake documentary
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That's Adequate (1989)
Plot Summary:
This mockumentary about fictional movie studio Adequate Pictures boasts an interesting cast. Tony Randall hosts, and James CoCo (practically on his deathbed) stars as head of the studio. Includes parodies of everything from silent comedies to porn, including an ultra violent "three stooges" style comedy team who put a new spin on the eye poking gag.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 270
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 82 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, independent film, spoof, parody, fake documentary
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The Film Crew: Wild Women of Wongo (2007)
Plot Summary:
What if there was a primitive island tribe where all the women were gorgeous and all the men were nasty-looking uggos? Might Mother Nature fix this by creating a tribe on a nearby island where all the men are hunks, and the women are brutes? You’d think not, but the makers of Wild Women of Wongo are not you. Wild Women of Wongo is a sex farce without the sex or the farce, set in a never-never land of uncivilized island dwellers who all look like someone going to a Halloween party as “uncivilized island dweller.” Add a crocodile who comes in the form of stock footage and rubber model, a lot of awkward dancing, and an actress named “Adrienne Bourbeau” who refuses to actually be Adrienne Barbeau, and you got yourself a movie. Mike, Kevin and Bill will DANCE their way into your hearts with this riff.
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 292
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags:
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Wheels of Fortune (2020)
Plot Summary:
To claim a big inheritance, a down-on-his-luck mechanic must win a series of competitions as outlined in his birth father's will.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 965
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: buddy comedy
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My Internship in Canada (2015)
Plot Summary:
Guibord is an independent Member of Parliament who represents Prescott-Makadewà-Rapides-aux Outardes, a vast county in Northern Quebec. As the entire country watches, Guibord unwillingly finds himself in the awkward position of holding the decisive vote to determine whether Canada will go to war. Accompanied by his wife, his daughter and an idealistic intern from Haiti named Sovereign, Guibord travels across his district in order to consult his constituents. While groups of lobbyists get involved in a debate that spins out of control, the MP will have to face his own conscience. 'My Internship in Canada' is a biting political satire in which politicians, citizens and lobbyists go head-to-head tearing democracy to shreds. Film starring Suzanne Clément, Patrick Huard and Mardy Men.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
IMDB Votes: 951
Genere: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 108 min
Plot tags: humorous, captivating, semi serious, light, feel good, political
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Juana C. The Movie (2013)
Plot Summary:
A young woman from a far off province is sent to study in a prestigious Manila university. But she gets caught up in the wrong crowd and ends up becoming a high class prostitute. Her surprising skill gives her access to the most powerful figures in the government, which exposes her to corruption at the highest levels.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 8
Genere: Comedy
Country: Philippines
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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Americathon (1979)
Plot Summary:
In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.
IMDB Rating: 4.5
IMDB Votes: 943
Genere: Comedy
Country: West Germany, USA
Duration: 86 min
Plot tags: psychotronic, political, slapstick comedy, slapstick
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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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Who's the Caboose? (1997)
Plot Summary:
A documentary team gets a grant to do a film on a rare fatal disease that is attacking homeless people. However, they quickly find the film too depressing. Ducking into a nightclub, they discover a young Manhattan comedienne and decide instead to follow her as she makes the circuit of auditions in L.A. as she tries to get a TV pilot. Unfortunately, she has failed to tell her boyfriend of this move. He decides he will trail her out west. There, the boyfriend runs into an old friend who has already made a break on a TV pilot. Seizing the opportunity, the actress turns her attentions to the established actor. However, the actress goes nowhere in auditions, but her ex-boyfriend is suddenly noticed and becomes the next hot prospect.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 325
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, independent film, humorous, realistic, semi serious, documentary filmmaking, fake documentary
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Imsai Arasan 23am Pulikesi (2006)
Plot Summary:
Set in the late 18th century during the early stages of the British Raj, the film tells the story of twin brothers separated at birth. Pulikesi XXIII, the foolish elder brother, becomes a puppet of his uncle, the Chief Minister, while Ukraputhan, the wise younger brother, becomes a patriot intent on saving his land and his brother.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Comedy
Country: India
Duration: 142 min
Plot tags: satirical, funny, light, humorous, captivating, entertaining, ironic
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LolliLove (2004)
Plot Summary:
A hip, misguided Southern California couple decide to make a difference in the lives of the homeless by giving them lollipops with a cheery slogan on the wrapper.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 64 min
Plot tags: humorous, realistic, witty, semi serious, mockumentary, dark comedy, cult classic, independent film, offbeat, satirical
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That's My Bush! (2001)
Plot Summary:
That's My Bush! is an American comedy television series that aired on Comedy Central from April 4 to May 23, 2001. Created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone, best known for also creating South Park, the series centers on the fictitious personal life of President George W. Bush, as played by Timothy Bottoms. Carrie Quinn Dolin played Laura Bush, and Kurt Fuller played Karl Rove. Despite the political overtones, the show itself was actually a broad lampoon of American sitcoms, including lame jokes, a laugh track, and stock characters such as klutzy bimbo secretary Princess, know-it-all maid Maggie, and supposedly helpful "wacky" next-door neighbor Larry. The series was conceived in the wake of the 2000 presidential election between Bush and Al Gore. Parker and Stone were sure that Gore would win the election, and tentatively titled the show Everybody Loves Al. Thanks to the controversy regarding the election's outcome, the series was pushed back. Instead, the show was then plotted around Bush at the workplace. The show received positive reviews, with The New York Times commenting, "That's My Bush! is a satire of hero worship itself; it is the anti-West Wing and the first true post-Clinton comedy. [...] This politically astute criticism is embedded in so much hysterical humor that the series never seems weighty.".
IMDB Rating: 7.3
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 30 min
Plot tags: sitcom, parody, humorous, not serious, realistic, political, hilarious, offbeat, spoof, campy
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Judah Friedlander: America Is the Greatest Country in the United States (2017)
Plot Summary:
Deadpan comic and self-proclaimed world champion Judah Friedlander performs over several nights in New York, explaining why America is No. 1.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: funny, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical, semi serious, political
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Adopted (2009)
Plot Summary:
For hundreds of years, Africa has existed in a state of despair. Famine, civil wars and rampant disease have left the continent without hope, but for the efforts of Western do-gooders. At first, they arrived with food, bibles and the magic of penicillin; more recently they have hosted rock concerts and sent plane loads of grain. And in the last decade of the 20th century they arrived and took babies home with them. First there was Angelina, then Madonna, and now...Pauly Shore! The film builds its comedy foundation on the international interest in Celebrity Adoptions, and the debate that surrounds these transactions on both sides of the Atlantic. Sometimes politically incorrect and never scared to tread on manicured toes.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 455
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: not serious, humorous, realistic, suspense, mockumentary, biting, fake documentary
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Mastergate (1992)
Plot Summary:
A "play on words" about a fictional political scandal concerning covert arms deals and double-dealing government operatives, satirizing the Watergate hearings of 1972-1973.
IMDB Rating: 7.7
IMDB Votes: 75
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: parody
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White House Madness (1975)
Plot Summary:
The Nixon Administration falls apart in a farcical manner in the time of the Watergate Scandal.
IMDB Rating: 5.1
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 79 min
Plot tags: parody, independent film, spoof, political, political comedy
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Welcome Back Mr. President (2019)
Plot Summary:
Peppino, a provincial librarian who became the accidental President of Italy, is now a father and has returned to a peaceful, happy life as a woodsman. That is, until his wife Janis decides to return to politics. Peppino is forced to abandon his home in the mountains and return to Rome to win back his love and help her defeat a speculative plot intended to damage Italy. Together, they must fight against social media attacks of the opposition and get the country back on its feet.
IMDB Rating: 5.8
IMDB Votes: 796
Genere: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 96 min
Plot tags: funny, light, feel good, humorous, captivating, entertaining, satirical
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Black Sheep (1996)
Plot Summary:
When dignified Albert Donnelly runs for Governor, his team moves to keep his slow-witted and klutzy younger brother, Mike, out of the eye of the media. To baby-sit Mike, the campaign assigns sarcastic Steve, who gets the experience of a lifetime when he tries to take Mike out of town during the election.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 43000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: humorous, funny, light, political, clever, hilarious, slapstick, parody, offbeat, smart
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First Family (1980)
Plot Summary:
The president (Bob Newhart) and his boozing wife (Madeline Kahn) go to Africa to bargain for their abducted daughter's (Gilda Radner) return.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 712
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: political, exciting, parody, offbeat, humorous, realistic, cynical, not serious
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In the Loop (2009)
Plot Summary:
The US President and the UK Prime Minister are looking to launch a war in the Middle East. The plot follows government officials and advisers in their behind-the-scenes efforts either to promote the war or prevent it. Spinal Tap meets Strangelove. A satirical demolition of Whitehall and Washington: politically astute, hilarious and terrifyingly real.
IMDB Rating: 7.4
IMDB Votes: 61000
Genere: Comedy
Country: UK
Duration: 106 min
Plot tags: political, humorous, dark comedy, black comedy, semi serious, funny, light, clever, realistic, witty
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Embedded Live (2004)
Plot Summary:
Embedded is a ripped-from-the-headlines satire about the madness surrounding brave men and women on the front lines of a Middle East conflict. It skewers lapdog embedded journalists, scheming government officials and the media's insatiable desire for heroes. Beautifully captured (by 9 cameras) directly from the controversial Tim Robbins' play in New York City, Embedded Live puts the audience in the front-row to this thought-provoking and timely production.
IMDB Rating: 6.2
IMDB Votes: 249
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: realistic, disturbing, controversial, cynical, semi serious, suspense, thought provoking, clever, offbeat, humorous
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Our Brand Is Crisis (2015)
Plot Summary:
A feature film based on the documentary "Our Brand Is Crisis", which focuses on the use of American political campaign strategies in South America.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 23000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 107 min
Plot tags: political, clever, satirical, tricky, harsh, inspirational, political thriller, art house, cult classic, comedy drama
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HealtH (1980)
Plot Summary:
HealtH is set at a health food convention at a Florida luxury hotel, where a powerful political organization is deciding on a new president.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 911
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: political, clever, humorous, realistic, witty, cynical, semi serious, biting, postmodern, suspense
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Running Mates (1992)
Plot Summary:
A story of longtime love finally coming to fruition, former captain of the high school football team Ed Harris meets up with his high school crush Diane Keaton years after high school. He is a successful U.S. senator running for president and she's an award-winning children's author. After reconnecting, they clash on political issues, but Keaton is so smitten by the smiling senator that she agrees to marry him. Unfortunately, his political adversary has compromising photos of Keaton from her sordid past. With the election clock ticking, will opposing forces steal the victory, or will love conquer all? "Running Mates" (1992) is a hilarious, good-nature political satire featuring an A-list cast.
IMDB Rating: 5.6
IMDB Votes: 347
Genere: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags:
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The Campaign (2012)
Plot Summary:
Two rival politicians compete to win an election to represent their small North Carolina congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 136000
Genere: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: parody, funny, political, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, witty, sex comedy, ironic, surreal
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Bob Roberts (1992)
Plot Summary:
Mock documentary about an upstart candidate for the U.S. Senate written and directed by actor Tim Robbins. Bob Roberts is a folksinger with a difference: He offers tunes that protest welfare chiselers, liberal whining, and the like. As the filmmakers follow his campaign, Robbins gives needle-sharp insight into the way candidates manipulate the media.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 16000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, UK
Duration: 102 min
Plot tags: mockumentary, political, witty, cynical, talky, humorous, funny, satirical, independent film, parody
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Wag the Dog (1997)
Plot Summary:
During the final weeks of a presidential race, the President is accused of sexual misconduct. To distract the public until the election, the President's adviser hires a Hollywood producer to help him stage a fake war.
IMDB Rating: 7.1
IMDB Votes: 88000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags: black comedy, political, talky, dark comedy, realistic, satirical, funny, melancholic, humorous, thought provoking
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The Candidate (1972)
Plot Summary:
Bill McKay is a candidate for the U.S. Senate from California. He has no hope of winning, so he is willing to tweak the establishment.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 12000
Genere: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 110 min
Plot tags: political, witty, realistic, cynical, thought provoking, clever, talky, biting, entertaining, funny