Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "dark-satire"

1. Black Mirror (2011– )

TV-MA | 60 min | Drama, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Featuring stand-alone dramas -- sharp, suspenseful, satirical tales that explore techno-paranoia -- "Black Mirror" is a contemporary reworking of "The Twilight Zone" with stories that tap into the collective unease about the modern world.

Stars: Wunmi Mosaku, Monica Dolan, Daniel Lapaine, Hannah John-Kamen

Votes: 639,817

2. The Simpsons (1989– )

TV-14 | 22 min | Animation, Comedy

The satiric adventures of a working-class family in the misfit city of Springfield.

Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Nancy Cartwright, Harry Shearer, Julie Kavner

Votes: 435,812

3. Death Becomes Her (1992)

PG-13 | 104 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

When a fading actress learns of an immortality treatment, she sees it as a way to outdo her long-time rival.

Director: Robert Zemeckis | Stars: Meryl Streep, Bruce Willis, Goldie Hawn, Isabella Rossellini

Votes: 131,299 | Gross: $58.42M

4. Heathers (1988)

R | 103 min | Comedy, Crime

At Westerburg High where cliques rule, jocks dominate and all the popular girls are named Heather, it's going to take a Veronica and mysterious new kid to give teen angst a body count.

Director: Michael Lehmann | Stars: Winona Ryder, Christian Slater, Shannen Doherty, Lisanne Falk

Votes: 115,829 | Gross: $1.11M

5. Vivarium (2019)

R | 97 min | Horror, Mystery, Sci-Fi

A young couple looking for the perfect home find themselves trapped in a mysterious labyrinth-like neighborhood of identical houses.

Director: Lorcan Finnegan | Stars: Imogen Poots, Danielle Ryan, Molly McCann, Jesse Eisenberg

Votes: 73,908

6. Teeth (I) (2007)

R | 94 min | Comedy, Fantasy, Horror

Still a stranger to her own body, a high school student discovers she has a physical advantage when she becomes the object of male violence.

Director: Mitchell Lichtenstein | Stars: Jess Weixler, John Hensley, Josh Pais, Hale Appleman

Votes: 46,455 | Gross: $0.35M

7. The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011)

28 min | Short, Drama, Horror

A dark domestic-horror drama about the ties that bind--and the ties that really bind.

Director: Ari Aster | Stars: Billy Mayo, Brandon Greenhouse, Angela Bullock, Danièle Watts

Votes: 9,792

8. Crimes of Passion (1984)

R | 107 min | Drama, Romance, Thriller

A mysterious woman, fashion designer by day and prostitute by night, is hounded by two men: a married father of two children and a sexually repressed preacher.

Director: Ken Russell | Stars: Kathleen Turner, Anthony Perkins, Bruce Davison, Gordon Hunt

Votes: 8,531 | Gross: $2.91M

9. Velvet Buzzsaw (2019)

R | 113 min | Horror, Mystery, Thriller

A thriller about the contemporary art scene of Los Angeles, where big money artists and mega-collectors pay a high price when art collides with commerce.

Director: Dan Gilroy | Stars: Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo, Zawe Ashton, Tom Sturridge

Votes: 66,050

10. Unhappily Ever After (1995–1999)

TV-PG | 30 min | Comedy

A not-so-happy family is divided further when the father gets a schizophrenic disorder.

Stars: Geoff Pierson, Kevin Connolly, Nikki Cox, Justin Berfield

Votes: 3,234

11. Tragedy Girls (2017)

R | 98 min | Comedy, Crime, Horror

A twist on the slasher genre, following two death-obsessed teenage girls who use their online show about real-life tragedies to send their small mid-western town into a frenzy, and cement their legacy as modern horror legends.

Director: Tyler MacIntyre | Stars: Brianna Hildebrand, Alexandra Shipp, Jack Quaid, Kevin Durand

Votes: 11,596 | Gross: $0.06M

12. Little Joe (2019)

Not Rated | 105 min | Drama, Horror, Mystery

Alice, a single mother, is a dedicated senior plant breeder at a corporation engaged in developing new species. Against company policy, she takes one home as a gift for her teenage son and names it after him but soon starts fearing it.

Director: Jessica Hausner | Stars: Emily Beecham, Ben Whishaw, Kerry Fox, Kit Connor

Votes: 9,339

13. Dear Wendy (2005)

Not Rated | 105 min | Comedy, Crime, Drama

A young boy in a nameless, timeless American town establishes a gang of youthful misfits united in their love of guns and their code of honor.

Director: Thomas Vinterberg | Stars: Jamie Bell, Alison Pill, Chris Owen, Bill Pullman

Votes: 10,474 | Gross: $0.02M

14. An Alan Smithee Film: Burn Hollywood Burn (1997)

R | 86 min | Comedy

When a rookie filmmaker with the unfortunate name Alan Smithee realizes he's an unwitting studio puppet, being forced to make a big-budget action movie he knows is horrible, he steals the master reels and tries to make a deal.

Director: Arthur Hiller | Stars: Ryan O'Neal, Coolio, Chuck D, Eric Idle

Votes: 3,770 | Gross: $0.05M

15. Frightmare (1983)

R | 86 min | Comedy, Horror

When his loyal fans decide to steal his fresh corpse from the mortuary to party with it all night long, a true horror film star returns from the grave as a ghastly blood-sucker, bent on revenge. At least, will he spare his followers?

Director: Norman Thaddeus Vane | Stars: Ferdy Mayne, Luca Bercovici, Nita Talbot, Leon Askin

Votes: 1,745

16. Super Mario Logan (2007–2021)

TV-MA | Short, Action, Adventure

It revolves around puppets/plush versions of Mario characters, other characters from other media, and even original characters, and it follows their bizarre life and adventures at home and at school.

Stars: Logan Thirtyacre, Tito Jimenez, Chris Pablo, Lance Thirtyacre

Votes: 1,386

17. Action (1999–2000)

TV-MA | 30 min | Comedy

A dark comedy about Peter Dragon, a sleazy Hollywood executive. His last, massively expensive, movie bombed and he needs a hit. Will "Beverley Hills Gun Club" be it and how far will he have to go to make it?

Stars: Jay Mohr, Illeana Douglas, Jarrad Paul, Jack Plotnick

Votes: 1,601

18. The Day Shall Come (2019)

Unrated | 87 min | Comedy, Crime

An impoverished preacher who brings hope to the Miami projects is offered cash to save his family from eviction. He has no idea his sponsor works for the FBI who plan to turn him into a criminal by fueling his madcap revolutionary dreams.

Director: Christopher Morris | Stars: Andrel McPherson, Miles Robbins, Marchánt Davis, Anna Kendrick

Votes: 4,182

19. Meet the Hollowheads (1989)

PG-13 | 86 min | Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Hollowheads, a slightly darker and more satirical 80s take on The Jetsons (1962), have their hands full when the head of the family's sleazy and abusive boss invites himself to their family dinner.

Director: Thomas R. Burman | Stars: John Glover, Nancy Mette, Richard Portnow, Matt Shakman

Votes: 862

20. Fists in the Pocket (1965)

Not Rated | 110 min | Drama

A young man takes drastic measures to rid his dysfunctional family of its various afflictions.

Director: Marco Bellocchio | Stars: Lou Castel, Paola Pitagora, Marino Masé, Liliana Gerace

Votes: 4,914

21. Harvester (1996 Video Game)

M | Comedy, Horror, Mystery

Amnesiac named Steve wakes up in a strange little town called Harvest, a place seemingly straight out of 1950s Americana but with a noticeably eerie and twisted pitch black dark side, that's preparing for the annual festival of blood.

Director: Gilbert P. Austin | Stars: Michael Napadano Jr., Pieter Van Der Vliet, M.R. Eudy, Tim Higgins

Votes: 236

22. Whoops Apocalypse (1982)

138 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

During an election week, the U.S. president deals with the Russians, a deposed Shah and a stolen quark bomb while a terrorist plots an attack.

Stars: Barry Morse, John Barron, Ed Bishop, Bruce Montague

Votes: 332

23. Bucky O'Hare and the Toad Wars! (1991–1992)

TV-Y7 | 30 min | Animation, Action, Adventure

Galactic hero Bucky O'Hare and his brave crew battle the evil toads bent on conquering the universe. A young boy genius from the human universe joins Bucky's crew.

Stars: Garry Chalk, Shane Meier, Scott McNeil, Sam Vincent

Votes: 895

24. President Evil (2018)

81 min | Comedy, Horror

Days before the November mid-term Elections, three young girls who are a Muslim, Mexican and Haitian, are stalked by a deranged killer dressed as the POTUS.

Director: Richard Lowry | Stars: Ryan Quinn Adams, Kevin Alain, Sitara Attaie, Havon Baraka

Votes: 2,128

25. Bulletstorm (2011 Video Game)

M | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Commando Grayson Hunt, his team, and their evil boss General Sarrano, whom they want dead, crash land on the planet Stygia, a former elite resort now overrun with killer plants, feral cannibal gangs and monsters with acid for blood.

Director: James D. Mortellaro | Stars: Steve Blum, Andrew Kishino, Jennifer Hale, Chris Cox

Votes: 2,224

26. Oddworld: Abe's Oddysee (1997 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Fantasy, Sci-Fi

After Abe, a Mudokon slave worker born into captivity finds out the horrible truth that the food products being created in the factory he works in are made out of Mudokon, he sets out to save the other Mudokon's and tries to escape.

Director: Lorne Lanning | Stars: Josh Gabriel, Lorne Lanning

Votes: 1,037

27. Life Lessons (2013 Video)

27 min | Short, Drama, Mystery

In this Story by Richard Price, Lionel Dobie is an acclaimed artist who finds himself unable to paint before a gallery exhibition and uses his messy lifestyle to create artwork.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: David Fichtenmayer, Kellie Marie McGhee, Hayley Pendergrass, Alexander Raye Pimentel

Votes: 55

28. Red Monarch (1983 TV Movie)

101 min | Comedy, Drama

About Stalin's inner circle who he starts seeing as untrustworthy.

Director: Jack Gold | Stars: Colin Blakely, David Suchet, Carroll Baker, Ian Hogg

Votes: 330

29. Alien Avengers (1996 TV Movie)

R | 81 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Charlie and Rhonda are a sweet and comfortable married couple on vacation with their lovely daughter Daphne. They find a rundown boarding house and its haggard owner, Joseph, an ex-con ... See full summary »

Director: Lev L. Spiro | Stars: George Wendt, Shanna Reed, Christopher M. Brown, Anastasia Sakelaris

Votes: 431

30. I Call First (2015)

70 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A touching love story about a couple unable to bridge the gap between their divergent worlds.

Director: Alexander Raye Pimentel | Stars: Hannah Richter, Nicholas Winand, Lizbeth Vasquez, Maya Sarpy

Votes: 68

31. The Holy Trinity (2023)

80 min | Horror

An award-winning film now streaming on Amazon Prime for audiences to enjoy. Based on a terrifying true story, this movie follows five college kids who stumbled upon an ancient pagan demon, creating a chilling narrative.

Director: Shalom Kolontarov | Stars: Val Garrahan, Yakov Kolontarov, Rennie Cowan, Shalom Kolontarov

Votes: 227

32. Tales from the Far Side II (1997 TV Movie)

TV-PG | 45 min | Animation, Comedy, Fantasy

An anthology of original animated shorts in the style and theme of Gary Larson's Far Side comics.

Directors: Gary Larson, Marv Newland | Stars: Kathleen Barr, Paul Dobson, Julie Faye, John Miller

Votes: 348

33. The Last White Man (2020)

98 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

Karl Gordon, an underemployed pizza delivery boy, works in his quiet suburban hometown where romantic, professional, and social failures fuel his hatred for the changing world around him, ... See full summary »

Director: Mark L. Mazzeo | Stars: Ryan Reed, Simone Janai Parrish, Ian Golden, Kelley Marina

Votes: 91

34. Beyond Staffing (2019)

12 min | Short, Comedy, Sci-Fi

When Mindy Kelly wakes up in the weirdest recruitment consultancy she's ever seen, she doesn't realize exactly how weird things really are, nor how life changing her next decision will be.

Director: Paul Russell | Stars: Adrianna Aye, Paul Michael Connor, Maying Sobey

Votes: 9

35. The Feeble Files (1998 Video Game)

T | Adventure, Comedy, Mystery

Feeble, an observant alien who does menial pointless work for the Ministry of Galactic Uncertainty, accidentally becomes the key player in rebels' plans to take down OmniBrain, the ... See full summary »

Directors: Jonathan Woodroffe, Mike Woodroffe | Stars: Robert Llewellyn, Peter Tuddenham, Laurel Lefkow, Alec Linstead

Votes: 35

36. Company Standards (2017)

Drama

A dark comic about three failures trying to keep a company together and bit off more they can chew.

Director: Steven Gladden | Stars: Austin Beckring, Anthony Bigman, Terry Donnelly, Steven Gladden

37. Clamps (2016)

Not Rated | 6 min | Short, Comedy, Horror

A town is terrorized by killer clamps. It's up to the chief of police, a scientist and the girl next door to stop this nightmare.

Director: Zachary T. Scott | Stars: Jill Bailey, Steve Brudniak, Laura Frances, AnnaClare Hicks

38. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Treehouse of Horror VI (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

A lightning storm causes giant advertising mascots to come to life; The children are terrorized by Groundskeeper Willie in their dreams; Homer finds himself trapped in another dimension.

Directors: Bob Anderson, David Mirkin | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,760

39. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire (1989)

TV-PG | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer is forced to become a department store Santa when Marge spends the family's Christmas savings on removing Bart's tattoo.

Director: David Silverman | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 8,795

40. Tales from the Crypt (1989–1996)
Episode: Death of Some Salesmen (1993)

Not Rated | 30 min | Comedy, Crime, Fantasy

A conniving con-man posing as a salesman gets more than he bargained for when he comes knocks at the door of the wrong family.

Director: Gilbert Adler | Stars: Tim Curry, Ed Begley Jr., Yvonne De Carlo, John Kassir

Votes: 1,065

41. Millennium (1996–1999)
Episode: Somehow, Satan Got Behind Me (1998)

TV-14 | 60 min | Crime, Drama, Horror

Four devils gather at a doughnut shop and swap stories about their dealings with mankind.

Director: Darin Morgan | Stars: Lance Henriksen, Megan Gallagher, Bill Macy, Richard Bakalyan

Votes: 608

42. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: A Fish Called Selma (1996)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Washed-up movie star Troy McClure starts dating Selma in an attempt to silence bizarre rumors about his personal life and resuscitate his career.

Director: Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,333

43. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love (2001)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Mr. Burns falls in love with a younger woman and recruits Homer to help him impress her.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Lance Kramer | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,773

44. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: A Star Is Burns (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

The citizens of Springfield host their own film festival, with popular movie critic Jay Sherman arriving from New York to judge.

Director: Susie Dietter | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 3,502

45. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: A Star Is Born Again (2003)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Ned Flanders starts dating a famous movie star, but has difficulties with the tabloids following them everywhere.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Michael Marcantel | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,662

46. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: A Star Is Torn (2005)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Lisa attends a singing competition for children, and Homer becomes her manager because of his skill to write songs that the crowd loves.

Directors: David Silverman, Nancy Kruse | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,526

47. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: A Tale of Two Springfields (2000)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Springfield is split in two when Homer revolts because his area code is changed; the new town walls itself off from the neighbors.

Directors: Shaun Cashman, Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,126

48. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: All Singing, All Dancing (1998)

TV-G | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer is disappointed when the western he rented turns out to be a musical, so the family reminds him of the musical moments in the show's history.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Ervin | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,773

49. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: All's Fair in Oven War (2004)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Homer buys Marge a new kitchen, and Marge likes cooking in the new kitchen so much she attends the Ovenfresh Bakeoff.

Directors: Jim Reardon, Mark Kirkland | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 1,598

50. The Simpsons (1989– )
Episode: Alone Again, Natura-Diddly (2000)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Comedy

Ned deals with his grief after Maude's untimely death.

Director: Jim Reardon | Stars: Dan Castellaneta, Julie Kavner, Nancy Cartwright, Yeardley Smith

Votes: 2,707