swap_horiz Putney Swope Alternatives

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Tampopo

Tampopo is a 1985 Japanese film by Juzo Itami that explores themes of life, loss, and culinary passion through the story...

Food Social Japanese Dark Comedy

8.6 Great

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In the Loop

A 2009 British political satire directed by Armando Iannucci, expanding his TV series The Thick of It to mock the chaoti...

British Political 2000S War

8.3 Great

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Goodbye Lenin!

A 2003 German comedy-drama directed by Wolfgang Becker, in which a devoted son recreates the illusion of East Germany af...

German Cold War Dark Comedy Political

7.9 Good

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Sorry to Bother You

A 2018 American science-fiction satire written and directed by Boots Riley, set in an alternate Oakland and targeting ra...

Corporate Surreal Race 2010S

7.8 Good

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I'm All Right Jack

A 1959 British satire directed by John Boulting, featuring Peter Sellers as a militant shop steward, mocking both manage...

Industrial British 1950S Class

7.8 Good

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National Lampoon's Animal House

A 1978 American comedy directed by John Landis and starring John Belushi, depicting a rowdy fraternity's war against a p...

American College Dark Comedy 1970S

7.8 Good

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The Taxing Woman

A 1987 Japanese satirical comedy directed by Juzo Itami, following a dogged female tax inspector who pursues a real-esta...

Corporate Japanese Dark Comedy 1980S

7.5 Good

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The Yes Men Fix the World

A 2009 American activist documentary in which prankster duo the Yes Men impersonate corporate representatives to expose...

Corporate Activism Documentary Dark Comedy

7.4 Good

9

The President's Analyst

A 1967 American satirical spy comedy written and directed by Theodore J. Flicker, in which the U.S. President's therapis...

Cold War Comedy Political Spy

7.3 Good

10

The Spanish Prisoner

The Spanish Prisoner is a 1997 American mystery film by David Mamet, notable for its intricate plot involving a corporat...

Corporate Cult 1990S Mystery Film

7.3 Good

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Eating Raoul

A 1982 American black comedy written and directed by Paul Bartel, in which a prudish couple murders wealthy swingers to...

Dark Comedy 1980S Suburban Black Comedy

7.0 Good

12

Blue Movie

Blue Movie, released in 1969 by Andy Warhol, was an American erotic film featuring Warhol superstars Viva and Louis Wald...

Drama Experimental Movie 1960S

6.9 Fair

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Iron Will

Iron Will is a 1994 American adventure film directed by Charles Haid, following a young man competing in a grueling cros...

Wilderness True Story 1990S Race

6.5 Fair

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A Study in Terror

A Study in Terror is a 1965 British Sherlock Holmes mystery that pits Holmes against Jack the Ripper in Victorian London...

Detective Mystery 1960S Mystery Film

6.5 Fair

15

Bamboozled

A 2000 American satirical film written and directed by Spike Lee, about a Black TV writer whose pitch for a modern minst...

Television Media 2000S Race

6.3 Fair

16

The Magic Christian

A 1969 British satirical comedy based on Terry Southern's novel, directed by Joseph McGrath and starring Peter Sellers a...

Comedy 1960S Satire Film Capitalism Satire

6.2 Fair

17

Pecker

A 1998 American comedy written and directed by John Waters, about a Baltimore teenager whose candid amateur photography...

Media Art World Dark Comedy 1990S

5.9 Mediocre

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Duck!

Specific details about this satirical film, including year, director, and country of origin, cannot be confirmed with th...

Social British Dark Comedy 1950S

5.5 Mediocre

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A Dirty Shame

A 2004 American sex comedy written and directed by John Waters, in which a repressed Baltimore housewife played by Trace...

Dark Comedy 2000S Suburban Sexuality

4.5 Poor

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Americathon

A 1979 American satirical comedy directed by Neal Israel, set in a near-future bankrupt United States that stages a tele...

American Dystopian Dark Comedy Political

3.8 Poor