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

1. American Fiction (2023)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama

7.5

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81 Metascore

A novelist who's fed up with the establishment profiting from Black entertainment uses a pen name to write a book that propels him into the heart of the hypocrisy and madness he claims to disdain.

Director: Cord Jefferson | Stars: Jeffrey Wright, Tracee Ellis Ross, John Ortiz, Erika Alexander

Votes: 76,341

2. Gone Girl (2014)

R | 149 min | Drama, Mystery, Thriller

8.1

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79 Metascore

With his wife's disappearance having become the focus of an intense media circus, a man sees the spotlight turned on him when it's suspected that he may not be innocent.

Director: David Fincher | Stars: Ben Affleck, Rosamund Pike, Neil Patrick Harris, Tyler Perry

Votes: 1,067,692 | Gross: $167.77M

3. The Truman Show (1998)

PG | 103 min | Comedy, Drama

8.2

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90 Metascore

An insurance salesman discovers his whole life is actually a reality TV show.

Director: Peter Weir | Stars: Jim Carrey, Ed Harris, Laura Linney, Noah Emmerich

Votes: 1,196,924 | Gross: $125.62M

4. Network (1976)

R | 121 min | Drama

8.1

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83 Metascore

A television network cynically exploits a deranged former anchor's ravings and revelations about the news media for its own profit, but finds that his message may be difficult to control.

Director: Sidney Lumet | Stars: Faye Dunaway, William Holden, Peter Finch, Robert Duvall

Votes: 170,697

5. Spice World (1997)

PG | 93 min | Comedy, Family, Music

3.7

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34 Metascore

World-famous pop group the Spice Girls zip around London in their luxurious double-decker tour bus having various adventures and performing for their fans.

Director: Bob Spiers | Stars: Mel B, Emma Bunton, Melanie C, Geri Horner

Votes: 37,847 | Gross: $29.34M

6. Morning Glory (2010)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.5

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57 Metascore

An upstart television producer accepts the challenge of reviving a struggling morning show program with warring co-hosts.

Director: Roger Michell | Stars: Rachel McAdams, Harrison Ford, Diane Keaton, Noah Bean

Votes: 82,653 | Gross: $31.01M

7. Sweet Smell of Success (1957)

Approved | 96 min | Drama, Film-Noir

8.0

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100 Metascore

Powerful but unethical Broadway columnist J.J. Hunsecker coerces unscrupulous press agent Sidney Falco into breaking up his sister's romance with a jazz musician.

Director: Alexander Mackendrick | Stars: Burt Lancaster, Tony Curtis, Susan Harrison, Martin Milner

Votes: 35,714

8. Bulworth (1998)

R | 108 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

6.8

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75 Metascore

A suicidally disillusioned liberal politician puts a contract out on himself and takes the opportunity to be bluntly honest with his voters by affecting the rhythms and speech of hip-hop music and culture.

Director: Warren Beatty | Stars: Warren Beatty, Halle Berry, Kimberly Deauna Adams, Vinny Argiro

Votes: 27,303 | Gross: $26.53M

9. 15 Minutes (2001)

R | 120 min | Action, Crime, Drama

6.1

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34 Metascore

A homicide detective and a fire marshal must stop a pair of murderers who commit videotaped crimes to become media darlings.

Director: John Herzfeld | Stars: Robert De Niro, Edward Burns, Kelsey Grammer, Avery Brooks

Votes: 51,941 | Gross: $24.40M

10. Meet John Doe (1941)

Passed | 122 min | Comedy, Drama, Romance

7.6

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A penniless drifter is recruited by an ambitious columnist to impersonate a non-existent person who said he'd be committing suicide as a protest, and a social movement begins.

Director: Frank Capra | Stars: Gary Cooper, Barbara Stanwyck, Edward Arnold, Walter Brennan

Votes: 14,905

11. S.F.W. (1994)

R | 96 min | Comedy, Drama

5.7

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An alienated and misanthropic teenager gains sudden and unwanted celebrity status after he's taken hostage by terrorists where his indifference to their threats to kill him makes news headlines.

Director: Jefery Levy | Stars: Stephen Dorff, Reese Witherspoon, Jake Busey, Joey Lauren Adams

Votes: 5,412 | Gross: $0.06M

12. Holy Man (1998)

PG | 114 min | Comedy, Drama

5.0

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42 Metascore

An over-the-top television evangelist finds a way to turn television home shopping into a religious experience, and takes America by storm.

Director: Stephen Herek | Stars: Eddie Murphy, Jeff Goldblum, Kelly Preston, Robert Loggia

Votes: 20,944 | Gross: $12.07M

13. Nudity Required (1989)

R | 90 min | Comedy

4.0

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Two friends use the casting couch to seduce women while pretending to be movie producers.

Director: John T. Bone | Stars: Julie Newmar, Billy Frank, Brad Zutaut, Troy Donahue

Votes: 176

14. Re-Kill (2015)

R | 88 min | Action, Horror

4.9

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It's been 5 years since the Re-Animates outbreak that wiped out 85% of the world's population. Within a few cities, the Re-Animates have been segregated into "zones" and are policed by the R-Division of the QUASI S.W.A.T. Unit.

Director: Valeri Milev | Stars: Bruce Payne, Daniella Alonso, Roger Cross, Scott Adkins

Votes: 2,769

15. Rejected (2000)

Unrated | 9 min | Animation, Short, Comedy

7.9

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A hilarious collection of animated television commercials that were rejected because of their creator's failing grip on sanity.

Director: Don Hertzfeldt | Stars: Robert May, Jennifer Nyholm, Don Hertzfeldt

Votes: 8,885

16. Lost Footage (2022)

11 min | Short, Drama, Horror

6.1

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How would a found footage film look if the footage was never found? This conceptual art experiment questions the very nature of film and cinema while serving as an ironic tribute to the found footage horror pop culture.

Director: Adrian Tofei

Votes: 11

17. Film Crazy

Sci-Fi, Thriller | Announced

Anthology series about filmmakers, actors and other media professionals going to shocking extremes to reach their goals, with devastating impact on the people around them and the entire world.

18. Amanda (IV) (2022)

Short

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On a never-ending channel surf through streaming platforms, two friends talk on the phone about bad relationships and good storytelling, until they slip into a session of phone sex.

Director: Jack Dunphy | Stars: Jack Dunphy, Eliza Karaza, Jessie Pinnick

19. Trixie Nightmare - Der tiefe Fall der Trixie Dörfel (2018 TV Movie)

30 min | Comedy

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In the sequel of "Trixie Wonderland" this mockumentary tells the story of the downfall of the former children actress and singer and movie diva Trixie Dörfel, her scandal with her husband ... See full summary »

Director: Tom Theunissen | Stars: Iris Berben, Nadja Bobyleva, Howard Carpendale, Olli Dittrich