Top 10 Satires in Film History | A CineFix Movie List

Satires tend to inflate real life like a parade balloon until it pops under the pressure of its own contradictions, using irony and exaggeration to highlight the world’s absurdities, and film and filmmakers have a long tradition of employing satire to great effect. Ridiculous, biting and often times uncomfortable, these are our picks for the 10 best satire films of all time.
From Dustin Hoffman and a dry parody of young love in The Graduate and Stanley Kubrick and Tom Cruise with intimate satires of love or the lack thereof in Eyes Wide Shut to media industry satires like digging into fandoms with Galaxy Quest, reality TV with Jim Carrey in The Truman Show, there aren’t many off limits topics when it comes to Hollywood parody. Religious satires like Kevin Smith and Dogma or the racism skewering works of Jordan Peele in Get Out, Us and the recent Nope, to the send ups of war and indictments of colonialism in films like Starship Troopers or MASH, there’s plenty of satire to choose from and it was VERY hard to narrow down.
This Movie List was written and edited by Billy Jackson.
The Picks:
10 - Relationships - The Lobster (2015) dir. Yorgos Lanthimos
9 - Media / Art - Network (1976) dir. Sidney Lumet
8 - Hollywood Itself - The Player (1992) dir. Robert Altman
7 - Religion - Monty Python’s Life of Brian (1979) dir. Terry Jones
6 - Race and Racism - Bamboozled (2000) dir. Spike Lee
5 - Politics - In The Loop (2009) dir. Armando Ianucci
4 - Politics (Non U.S.) - Z (1969) dir. Costa-Gavras
3 - War - Dr. Strangelove: Or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964) dir. Stanley Kubrick
2 - Capitalism / Advertising - Robocop (1987) dir. Paul Verhoeven
1 - Class - La Dolce Vita (1969) dir. Federico Fellini
For more tangentially related CineFix - IGN Movies and TV, be sure to subscribe AND check these out!
Goodfellas, Fruitvale Station and How Biopics Distort, Adapt and Distill Reality - • How Biopics Distill, A...
Jordan Peele, Nope and a History of Horror Movie Close Ups - • Jordan Peele and the L...
Everything Everywhere All At Once, Hereditary and the Top 10 A24 Movies of All Ti… well, of All the Last 10 Years - • Top 10 A24 Movies | A ...
Top 10 Independent Movies of All Time - • Top 10 Independent Mov...
5 Brilliant Moments of David Cronenberg Body Horror - • 5 Brilliant Moments of...
The Green Knight, David Lowery and a Unique Obsession with Myth - • The Green Knight and D...
Heath Ledger, The Joker and The Top 10 Oscar Winners of All Time - • Top 10 Oscar Winners o...

[@_mickmccarthy]

Gotta admit, I was pretty sceptical when IGN took over, but it certainly seems like things haven't changed too much at CineFix which is great to see.

[@danielgardecki1046]

It's exactly the same. Even on the subject of satire, they still can't resist focusing on highbrow, rather than popular. A lot of the films which I've seen in this list are rubbish, and most are hated by the public, yet loved by the critics, like most highbrow films.

[@_mickmccarthy]

@@danielgardecki1046 Wasn't that directly alluded to in the video? That they're satirising themselves with this list?

[@JDLaney-zk4wb]

@@danielgardecki1046 yeah, Robocop, Dr Strangelove, and Network, all obscure movies no one knows or likes…

[@Taijifufu]

Well they said they would be able to work on _more_ videos but I'm not so sure that has been the case after becoming part of IGN. It feels like less. A lot less.

[@_mickmccarthy]

@@Taijifufu Yeah the quantity definitely seems to have dropped off unfortunately

[@ProjectPaladin]

"Gentlemen, you cannot fight in here, this is the war room!" One of my favourite lines from Dr. Strangelove.

[@LuisSierra42]

Funniest Kubrick movie!

[@marcrichter7488]

Well, you're gonna have to answer to the Coca-Cola company.

[@mattyt1961]

To be fair, it is one of the greatest lines of all time... film, TV, books... it is just brilliant

[@waynechapman9823]

My favorite line is the comment about a doomsday gap.

[@greg_1492]

One of the best lines of all time. its almost beyond satirical and humorous

[@ZOB4]

The one-sided phone conversation in the War Room is easily one of the best scenes in the history of cinema.

[@esbenjakobsen4575]

"I agree with you. It's great to be fine."

[@WalterDiamond]

And Peter Sellers made it all up on the spot. NOT something Stanley Kubrick often allowed from his actors.

[@graydenday3760]

...and the scene where George C Scott tripped on accident and pretended it didn't happen. Or for the fact that dude called a nuclear strike on Russia because he couldn't get it up.

[@FloraWest]

"Of course I like to speak to you. Of course I like to say hello."

[@mbrowne108]

Best monologue of all time. "Well how do you think I feel about it??"

[@xrismacias]

Cinefix satirizing itself while going through the list of best satires ever.... genius.

[@tomharner83]

Agreed!

[@phlippieb]

"We despise all foreign cinema, especially The Mirror"

[@ajtaylor8750]

RoboCop might be the greatest satire ever made aside from "Starship Troopers" because Paul Verhoeven knows how to point out the ridiculous and absurd nature of whatever topic he chooses to cover within the film. Of course corporations would create a robotic cop to help clean up crime while covering up the murder of one of their own police officers, all the while looking to profit off it in the process. It's genius.

[@sunsetman22]

and the kicker is that, on the surface, it's totally the kind of "dumb" 80s blockbuster movie a studio at the time would unironically make. I mean, "RoboCop" for God's sake! it's just too perfect. Verhoeven is a genius.

[@elevatorphish]

Followed by a non-satirical remake lol.

[@badwolfest83o8]

@@sunsetman22 and even now, 35 years later, it still holds up in almost every aspect, yet, there are still people who don't get the joke.

[@gregm766]

Crazier yet is it predicted things to come like private prisons.

[@Windwalker88]

@@elevatorphish goddamn that remake is everything the original is parodying

[@euresearcher733]

"the sickening realities of advertising and capitalism in general, but first.... a word from our sponsors" BRAVO CINEFIX, BRAVO!

[@rashadismail1685]

Does anybody else watch these videos once to enjoy and then a second time just to pause and write down every movie that is mentioned in their watchlist?

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

I did do it once before and I intend to do it with this one.

[@Alcoholic_Nerd]

No, I just pause multiple times and go get the torrents.... Copy and paste.... *shrug*

[@scoutwithoutclout]

Definitely. I buy or rent the types of movies from Amazon that I want to see more of.

[@zam6877]

I have reversed then screenshot, finally on this one So many opportunities to stray out of my comfy zone

[@brianmagner9220]

I think it's worth mentioning that part of Verhoeven's brilliance is that while he's satirizing crime, colonialism and capitalism, he's simultaneously satirizing the genre itself--going completely over the top with all the tropes. Robocop, Starship Troopers and Total Recall are all satires the action movie genre, just like Basic Instinct is a Film Noir satire of Film Noir.

[@josephkrengel]

I'm kind of surprised that "Sorry to bother you" didn't get a mention when discussing Racial satire.

[@sigmaaugustus]

Great point.

[@Advent3546]

Cassius' freestyle scene definitely hits the mark in that

[@motherplayer]

Indeed. It was an excellent satire piece of both race and corporate with it's own....wild twist later on.

[@josephkrengel]

@@motherplayer what I love about it is what the twist actually is. In most movies the twist is either in the plot, or the tone, etc. In "Sorry to bother you" the plot, themes, characters don't change... the only twist is that the genre changes.

[@clownpendotfart]

Sorry to Bother You is much more of a class satire written by a Marxist (who is not a fan of Spike Lee).

[@ed1rko17]

I definitely think Brazil should make any top ten satire list. Sorry To Bother You is also a great modern satire.

[@speculative]

Yes, Brazil satired so many things so effortlessly: buearacracy, romance, advertising, security, government, family, etc. etc...

[@jasonblalock4429]

3:10 Thank you thank you thank you for going with the "turn off your televisions!" speech and NOT "I'm mad as hell." This speech is the real center of the movie, and mad-as-hell has just become an empty headed meme - which is pretty damn ironic, considering how it's used in the movie.

[@erakfishfishfish]

It’s a more direct hit too, what with the stained glass window in the background.

[@FloraWest]

I don't think there's ever been a list where so many times I was thinking, "These are all good but the top has to be..." and then there it was.

[@morbid1.]

Scene with Roman soldiers and graffiti in "life of Brian" hits hard when you had Latin lessons... It was exactly like that.

[@dumbsocrates]

100%. I took Latin in high school and saw Life of Brian a few years later and that scene killed me. Sadly, it's impossible to explain to anyone why that scene is so brilliant.

[@sarak1542]

Made better by the fact that John Cleese WAS a school teacher.

[@juliasitkovetsky3023]

‘People called Romanes they go the house?!?!’

[@KindlingEffect]

Could you exactly how the knowledge of Latin makes it hit harder?

[@njaum]

@@KindlingEffect I think someone couldn't think of an organic way to brag about knowing Latin

[@thecinematicmind]

I love how Dr Strangelove proves how ridiculous ego in power is. That ending is priceless.

[@NormalTheBand]

And I can't believe how the narrator didn't mention that Kubrick was going to cast Peter Sellers but instead cut him for Slim Pickens!

[@montypeno1495]

Mr. President, we must not allow a mine shaft gap!

[@jabroniii3547]

@@NormalTheBand well sellers faked a broken leg or something to get out of playing that character (feeling overwhelmed)

[@hasbulladaruler]

@@jabroniii3547 never knew that ! Cool fact lol I love sellers since he’s my grandfather and fathers favorite actor lol

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

Bizarre that it highlights the problem was too many humans making decisions during war then WarGames comes along shows you what happens when you take humans out of the loop.

[@cliffsmith23]

This channel remains the most intelligent, well-researched and informative of the movie-list genre. I've discovered many great films that I might otherwise have missed thanks to your content.

[@erakfishfishfish]

There’s always a soft spot in my heart for Demolition Man. It plays like a well-made knock-off of Verhoeven’s sci-fi films.

[@tomharner83]

Oh, it should definitely be on this list!

[@ReverendMeat51]

Cherry 2000, too

[@vidguy2004]

"Fenixxx!!!" >:O

[@starscreamthecruel8026]

And the mystery of the Three Seashells(Hint: There isnt one) will never be resolved

[@erakfishfishfish]

@@starscreamthecruel8026 Stallone explained how they work in an interview. It’s not pretty.

[@LucBoeren]

“How all the banality and buffoonery and petty self-interest adds up all of the little, easily justifiable wrong decisions into an enormously catastrophic one that had no good excuse” this is just great writing

[@dieserboy1601]

This has to be the best placed ad in the history of youtube.

[@FloraWest]

For sure. Dare I say, the only well-placed ad in the history of KZbin?

[@hydqjuliilq27]

I knew The Player had to be on the list, incredible movie. Apparently Altman was dissatisfied with how much people in Hollywood liked it because it meant he wasn’t harsh enough.

[@c.a.savage5689]

It should have been more "Swimming with Sharks".

[@laustcawz2089]

Altman had first wanted to make "Short Cuts" (an adaptation of various short stories by Raymond Carver), but lacked sufficient funding. His success with "The Player" provided enough to proceed with "Short Cuts", which has been widely praised as his masterpiece, outdoing "Nashville" & even "The Player". Though it lost its sole Oscar nomination for Altman as Best Director (not surprising, since Spielberg dominated 1993 with "Jurassic Park" & "Schindler's List"), "Short Cuts" swept the Independent Spirit Awards & even won a Best Ensemble Cast SAG Award. It's tough to pin down in terms of genre, but there are definitely elements of satire. It remains my favorite Altman film.

[@laurencress9651]

The ad placement right after “a word from our sponsors” is 👌👌👌

[@dreadroberts5627]

I appreciate the narrator's sarcasm and clever jabs at the viewer, sprinkled throughout.

[@vicious.but.romantic]

The "unrealistic expectations of monogamy" comment was cynical AF. 😄

[@patrickfye7699]

The most perfectly placed ad spot. Haha Loved all the satire throughout the presentation of the list!

[@MsSunnyDenise]

The one thing I truly love about this channel is that it changed the way I look at movies. I don’t always agree with your picks, but I’m never disappointed by the choices you made. Thank you, CineFix and IGN for opening my eyes in a way they’ve never been.

[@BenCol]

I’m glad to see In the Loop on the list, but it was strange how you mentioned it was the precursor to Veep without mentioning how it was a spin-off of The Thick of It. Unless, the omission is satirical? Yes, that’s it. Everything is satire.

[@ev7785]

I'm so happy In the Loop was on this list but the Death of Stalin should have also made the list. It's from the same director and is somehow better than In the Loop.

[@ReverendMeat51]

@@ev7785 No it isn't

[@StoicTheGeek]

After we choose between In the Loop and Death of Stalin, we can decide which of our children we love best

[@HelloMisterJAMWAH]

That ad break was perfectly planned.

[@cowsaysboo]

I never considered "La Dolce Vita" a satire but now that I think of it, it definitely is. Great no.1 pick!

[@preppen78]

yea, I'm not sure I'd label all these movies satires. Satirical elements in many perhaps, but there are degrees and movies that don't depict reality doesn't necessarily fall into being a satire, parody, etc. Still good and interesting list, so no complaints.

[@c.a.savage5689]

It's not a satire, it's an indictment of a vapid, media crazed society.

[@KevinLambertperfected]

You even satired your own love of The Mirror? Brilliant.

[@erakfishfishfish]

Not the first time. There was a video 2-3 years ago where they compared it to The Room.

[@DontCallMeScooterrr]

Lord of War would've dominated the "international arms dealer satire" category, maybe next time

[@Thisthat1234]

CineFix….. unmatched writing. Amazing narration and some GEM selections. Truly the top of cinema KZbin channels.

[@sararistic237]

My little Bosnian heart grew 3 sizes when you guys metioned "Fuse" 💜

[@SteveShaha]

I am a devout Christian, Latter-day Saint to be exact, and I love Monty Python's Life of Brian. Personally, I never felt that it was attacking Judaism or Christianity so much as it was satirizing Fanaticism, whose presence is decidedly not limited to religion.

[@guest_informant]

There's a great interview with Malcolm Muggeridge where I think it's John Cleese and Michael Palin pretty much make that point: Muggeridge is up in arms that it's anti-Christian, they make the point that it's nothing of the sort.

[@SteveShaha]

@@guest_informant I've seen interviews like that and agree with the assessment by the Python members.

[@erakfishfishfish]

I’m curious to know if you’ve seen the musical The Book of Mormon, and what your take is on it if you have.

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

The vast majority of people that were attacking the movie never bothered to actually watch it, thus proving the Monty Python troupe's point.

[@SteveShaha]

@@erakfishfishfish I haven't seen that musical. From what I understand it is well made but displays a huge ignorance of and malice toward The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

[@timewave02012]

I didn't get the point of the film-within-the-film in Inglourious Basterds, until I realized it was included as a much less subtle version of the outer film, to make sure we didn't mistake the outer film for the thing it was supposed to be satirizing.

[@SaturnCanuck]

Another good list. One thing however, is that Kubrick satired War THREE times. Paths of Glory is a stunning satire of WW1 and how Generals don't get blamed but the lower Episons do.

[@sumiokodai1652]

It's not a satire if it's played straight. Just a normal war movie.

[@SaturnCanuck]

@@sumiokodai1652 Perhaps you should rewatch the movie. And also look up the term "satire". This does not mean funny

[@miguelbranquinho7235]

It really does, though.

[@CreepyCoolPictures]

While I totally agree with Robocop as THE pick for capitalism satire, the fact that John Carpenter's They Live wasn't even mentioned is straight-up sacrilege! For shame, IGN... for shame...

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

Yeah, that's definitely one that should've been mentioned.

[@SoulofPimpC]

I love the sarcastic tone of the entire script!

[@romilrh]

One of the weirdest things about CineFix lists is getting disappointed when you hear a favorite of yours mentioned or shown alongside others, cause that guarantees it won't be in any of the actual top 10 slots

[@themexis]

"what obscure gem (that i'll have to find and watch for the first time) will Cinefix choose over mine."

[@briantaylorcloe7725]

Sometimes it comes back around, though! For example, I think in the horror one they showed something as an honorable mention at 7, then for #3 , it recalled it and made it their pick there. Here , a couple made honorable mention in multiple slots, then , such as In The Loop, it would be mentioned after it had already been picked

[@StephenLeGresley]

My favourite Satires: Politics: Wag the Dog Economics: Other People's Money Society: Robocop Entertainment Industry: Nashville Romance: Breathless

[@ablazedark]

when people who haven't watched "z" see that it is included in a satire list, they'd think it has comedy elements in it with laughs here and there. far, far from it. z is a very bleak, very depressing, VERY SERIOUS movie that disturbs you, angers you. so, keep that in mind.

[@pirlouit9334]

Like you said Z is a very serious and dark movie. I'm surprised to see it in a list of satire movies. In my opinion Z is not a satyre movie at all.

[@mauramcguire8032]

I feel like familial satire should have been a category and then you could have at least mentioned Death At A Funeral (2007) if not given it top spot…also think Borat deserved at least a mention in the political satire section.

[@johnhcstaton316]

The whole lead-up to the "foreign" pick was, I thought, leading up to a brilliant pick of a "foreign correspondent visiting America" in Borat. Then Borat wasn't mentioned at all!

[@tomerfeller9993]

I had La Dolce Vita on my watchlist of a long time, and now came it's turn. I wasn't sure how to get ready for it and looked for information as it is my first Fellini. But beside all the internet info, once again you guys are the best in explaining a film and bringing it to life with you descriptions, and now I'm truly ready to watch it! Great episode as all ways, and kudos for taking your playfulness and jokes a little further, real funny episode (you got me at "a word from our sponsor")

[@jabroniii3547]

Highly recommend you watch some of his other work before Le Dolce Vita

[@iconoclast137]

amarcord, juliet of the spirits, and 8 1/2 are all pretty great

[@lucasbackes5085]

I am so glad you guys referenced "man bites dog" (or "c'est arrivé près de chez vous" in french). This is my favorite belgian movie and one of my all time favorite as well !! I hope everyone in the comment section will go and see this dark belgian mockumentary because it is awesome!

[@drewsmith3673]

Great movie! I would also highly recommend.

[@risacooper]

I didn't know it was a movie, I only remember a TV show by the same name.

[@clownpendotfart]

It's a clear inspiration for "Behind the Mask: The Rise of Leslie Vernon".

[@HarryBuddhaPalm]

I saw it when it came out a long time ago. My brother got a VHS copy somehow. I remember it being really good. What's funny is that I just came across an article about it this very day.

[@Tamiss]

Good movie, but a heavy content warning on sexual assault.

[@LacoSinfonia]

The first time I ever saw the ending of Network with the gory replays slowly all becoming advertisements my jaw hung open until after the credits.

[@nicholasdanner628]

Network is my favorite film of all time from my favorite screenplay ever written with my favorite performances in any movie ever made, it is peak satire and essential viewing imo

[@jamesalexander5623]

Yes Satire .... That Predicted American Media in the Present Day!

[@gamleskalle1]

Life of Brian, greatest comedy ever and still so relevant. It also has the best wtf moment.

[@erakfishfishfish]

The line that cracked me up the most on my last viewing was Brian’s conversation with the ex-leper,. “There’s no pleasing some people.” “That’s just what Jesus said!”

[@drumbum3.142]

Please Explain How its "Obviously" Better than the General and Sherlock Jr.. .😐 And if You'd Like; I'll Gladly Do Ya An Equal and Dive Into why (and how) both of those are AS "Best",. . 🙏

[@orionjenkins6974]

Milos Forman’s The Fireman’s Ball is a brilliant satire of Soviet dysfunction.

[@Randallsilver]

I just love the constant sarcasm in this video, this was really fun to watch, and as usual: a few new movies on my bucket list!

[@Sunprism]

Would The Men Who Stare at Goats be a military satire, or does that fall out of the list by being mostly true

[@thatadamwhitley]

Props on the placement of the ad break

[@sigmaaugustus]

I feel like it flies under the radar, but as much as I love Wag the Dog and In the Loop, Eddie Murphy's The Distinguished Gentleman is similarly excellent political satire. It makes fun of so many aspects of American political culture and many of its points still hit home today. From the way Eddie Murphy's character gets elected to the scene with the congressmen hunting, you gotta love how relevant it remains.

[@mattyt1961]

The Name You Know

[@ralphpal]

The scary thing is Distinguished gentleman should be a documentary

[@sonovivo1247]

Your descriptions are just GREAT, marvellous and… TO THE POINT. Thanks.

[@jesseMadoo]

Have you ever done "Top 10 Con Films"? As in "The Sting", "House of Games", "Nine Queens" (that's your #1 right there, saved you some time). Ricardo Darín is the best actor in the world, btw

[@laustcawz2089]

"Dirty Rotten Scoundrels" would be a good pick for a list like that.

[@romilrh]

I love how this video's script is a satire of CineFix lists themselves

[@cagey7218]

Love this list. Adding a quick shout out to Dodgeball's searing take down of our obsession with fitness and sport.

[@jr22986]

I think Scream is a criminally underrated satirical gem, especially for a genre that is so hard to be incorporated into. The final scenes where the characters were aware of what slasher/horror movie scripts should be like whilst simultaneously experiencing it themselves and allowing it to dictate their actions was sheer brilliance. The icing on the cake was addressing the notion of copycat killers being driven by the influence of pop-culture.

[@robabiera733]

Well, I was all ready to be really offended that Dr Strangelove only made it to #3 but then you pulled out La Dolce Vita! That clip from Z tho!

[@adamkoyn792]

Dr. Strangelove and Yorgos Lanthimos both immediately came to mind before the list even started. Brilliant list as always guys!

[@CyberBeep_kenshi]

Brian isn't the messiah! He's a very naughty boy

[@rwjack]

Another excellent list. So glad you included Dr. Strangelove. It was the first film I thought of when I saw your episode title.

[@colonelspyder6934]

I am disappointed that you completely missed 1993 Demolition Man from this list. Great movie. Still relevant today.

[@antoinepiette7940]

So happy to see that "Man Bites Dog" got a (quick) mention! If you haven't seen it yet, I strongly recommend it. Also, it would have been nice to see "99 Francs" on the list. A great satire of advertising. Also worth a watch.

[@dannygillespie6614]

A great list! I might have put The Cremator in the foreign slot (though I still need to see Z). I was thinking when you did Network that you should have mentioned Bamboozled and then was happy to see it get its own slot, though Sorry to Bother You was worthy of a mention for that category or the class one. It feels criminal to leave Billy Wilder off this list. My pick would be Ace in the Hole but a lot of great options. And if The Rules of the Game is really that close to number 1, you should make a video on it because I got NOTHING out of watching that one despite usually connecting with similar old movies.

[@Soopology]

Very happy to see The Lobster here. That movie fascinated me (along with The Killing of a Sacred Deer, but not as much). One of the best "concept" + "tone" films put together in the modern era.

[@Synthetic-Rabbit]

I love Verhoeven - Starship Troopers, Robocop, and Total Recall are some of my favorite movies.

[@erakfishfishfish]

Showgirls is his most misunderstood film. People thought it was sleaze done for sleaze’s sake, and poorly at that. But when you watch it as a satire of sleazy films, you realize the film’s quite brilliant.

[@paladin677]

@@erakfishfishfish And the Hollywood film industry as a whole.

[@PatrickWDunne]

You never know when Cinefix is going to upload, but you can rest assured that it will be great

[@debanjanabanerjee8422]

CineFix posting a video makes my day❤

[@erictaylor5462]

Last Action Hero is one of my favorite satires. A lot of people didn't get it, but that was part of the beauty. It wasn't looking to make sure everyone got it, so it didn't insult the inelegance of its target audience. I pointed out that not everyone got it in another comment, and someone actually replied "There was nothing to get, it was just stupid." I just replied, "Thank you for making my point."

[@ev7785]

The Death of Stalin is one of the greatest political saitres I have ever seen. Its from the people who made In the Loop, and in my humble opinion should have made this list. Nothing I have seen has been as darkly sharp as that movie's dialogue.

[@jeremyelmkies383]

You should check out The Fireman's Ball by Milos Forman if you like TDOS!

[@jonnies]

100% The Death Of Stalin is incredible. Must watch.

[@jonnies]

@@jeremyelmkies383 Also great!

[@kdcndw1]

Death Of Stalin is brilliant and has so many layers that multiple viewings are required. Agree that In The Loop is fantastic as well.

A satire that should have been, at least, cited here, that shows the resign of a middle class individual to the political and social transformations around him, is undoubtedly 'Memories of Underdevelopment' (1968) by Tomás Gutiérrez Alea. Perhaps because the movie is Cuban, it had been 'ironically banned' from this excellent video. Congratulations.

[@juliasitkovetsky3023]

FYI you mentioned Adaptation but showed a clip from Being John Malkovich. Both worthy inclusions, imho!

[@hydqjuliilq27]

No that is adaptation. It’s the scene where Charlie and Donald are on the set of BJM. Cusack playing himself is walking onto the set of the small office space.

[@juliasitkovetsky3023]

@@hydqjuliilq27 oh wow of course I forgot that uber meta scene. Very good!

[@tcb022]

"But first, a word from our sponsors" was brilliant!

[@akoskovacs2531]

Great list, super entertaining to listen to as always. If you haven't yet then check out these 2 Hungarian satires that could easily make the list in my opinion: 1965's The Corporal and the Others and 1969's The Witness. First one is war satire, while the second is just the most hilarious take on Hungarian communist era ever.

[@BB-dt3xl]

LOVE the nod to "Life of Brian." It's an all-time favorite of mine.

[@bigneon_glitter]

Missing from this list is: - 1967's _The President's Analyst_ with James Coburn. A psychedelic black comedy takedown of corporate America & the government agencies that protect it. - 1966's _The 10th Victim_ - Italian sci-fi satire of reality TV & commercialism, decades ahead of it's time. - Luis Bunuel's brutal class satire _The Exterminating Angel_ (1962)

[@ablazedark]

Exterminating angel is so, so underrated. With belle de jour and viridiana, it is in bunuel's top works, for me.

[@cwwwj]

Probably the best written and edited list so far. Bravo.

[@AskAScreenwriter]

I feel like Heathers (1988) should have at least gotten a mention, too.,

[@jonezen24]

Where y’all been? So glad you’re back!!!

[@galacticfederationambassad4063]

A satire of top ten lists

[@LPChipi]

I came in very much expecting Dr Strangelove and Life of Brian to take Nº1 spots. 10/10 ranking, no notes.

[@WaxWingedAvian]

I'm surprised Ken Russell's Tommy is not on here because 1.) it's images, music, and camera movements are unknown very few films in either his time or ours, combining a near perfect mix of sound and music that admittedly does feel like a music video at points and 2.) because it's a perfect deconstruction of religious values, the exploitation of fame, and of the fans themselves all while creating not only moments of real sadness but also of humour (granted it gets a tad to dark)

[@martynabhan1231]

Another awesome video. Did I blink? In discussing satire of the movie industry, was there no mention of Day For Night?

[@Brian-ic8db]

You could have had an entire category on Reagan era satires

[@chicobicalho5621]

I am usually dissatisfied with lists like this, but you guys got it right. Good job.

[@loraloo189]

One of my favorite satires is The Magic Christian. Its scathing treatment of capitalism and love of money is sadly similar to real life in 2022. Terry Southern was a brilliant satirist.

[@jylyhughes5085]

Yes!

[@TheNoirMan94]

Really enjoyed the meta-satire presentation of this Top 10 series. Masterfully done!

[@nikmidclayton5933]

Does The Running Man count?

[@erakfishfishfish]

That’s a good question. The Running Man and Demolition Man both play like Verhoeven-lite films. (Not knocking either film-I love them both.)

[@palpytine]

How is it possible that *not a single film* by Jean-Pierre Jeunet was even short-listed here? Delicatessen is arguable one of the best satires ever made.

[@rodrigomatosopecanha1035]

so far, my favorite first watch of the year is Buñuel's The Exterminating Angel, a GREAT satire, I even prefer it to The Discreet Charm

[@CollinHeist20]

Thank god you put a foreign film first, I was getting really worried there..

[@Zed-fq3lj]

A beautiful, demanding and relevant subject for CineFix - the satire, and you did a great video, good picks! Concerning the class satire I still think ''Snowpiercer'' is at the very core of class discussion and unsurpassed in that spectrum, regarding the politics - ''Wag the Dog'' should at least be mentioned, it is not a mistake to take it as the best political satire of all times, and though I mostly agree on the choice of ''Network'' for the media satire, ''Truman Show'' is really a couple of steps ahead of anything from that particular field, it is a movie for the ages going beyond merely satirizing reality tv but life itself, a movie that becomes better with each year - it must have a spot on the list! But really great video on the whole - you reminded me of some gems of the satire!

[@laustcawz2089]

The problem with "The Truman Show" is that there were subplot ideas that could've/should've been expanded on & weren't, such as those protesting the show. The film could've stood to be slightly longer & there is one moment in the film where Carrey briefly starts to drift back into his usual overacting, which throws the whole movie off balance. It's still a very good film, but it could've/ should've been so much better.

[@Zed-fq3lj]

@@laustcawz2089 Even though I think Carrey did quiet a good job portraying Truman and I really admire him as an actor, you have a point - that particular role was a bit too much for him at the time (he was much better later on in 'Majestic' and 'Eternal Sunshine') and indeed occasionally ''he threw the movie off balance'', you put it nicely. There could have been some better casting decisions for the title role. As for the ''missing'' plotlines I disagree - the movie pace was spot on, Weir's direction was impeccable and any expansion would be detrimental and would unnecessarily lead audience away from the main character and movie's messages. 'Network' was a more modest and simpler movie in terms of magnitude that impacts the critique of the media. It had a single straightforward line and therefore I guess, seemed like a more logical choice for CineFix's choice, but very few movies in history can stand up to 'Truman Show' in terms of overwhelming humanism, emotional and existential upheaval as well as timelessness that deals with media affecting our lives and treading into the most important questions of human nature - almost The Matrix before The Matrix.

[@nickj8]

A little shoutout for ‘they live’.

[@TConradijr]

No mention of Showgirls? If you think Starship trooopers was so over the top people missed the satire revisit that one.

[@erakfishfishfish]

It was like when both Showgirls and Starship Troopers came out, critics forgot what Verhoeven does best.

[@bdavid108]

My favourite is the norwegian masterpiece, The Bothersome Man. Very underrated but more and more relevant. Sadly.

[@AK-tw7uq]

Poland has an insane amount of political satire comedies that if you know well your Polish Communist history you will find extremely clever and hilarious. E.G. Teddy bear, Vabank, Sex Mission, How I Unleashed World War 2, The Cruise. And many many more especially ones directed by Juliusz Machulski or Stanislaw Bareja.

[@BJBee]

Will check them out, thank you

[@gammon1183]

Pierogi is all the Polish I can manage and it's tasty 😊

[@zaladatv]

Fantastic list including the honorable mentions...

[@burntmarshwigglestudio597]

I don't care what anyone says. Death To Smoochy is one of the greatest Satires of all time.

[@jasonblalock4429]

It's a rocket ship!!!!!

[@erakfishfishfish]

Step-dad’s not mad, he’s adjusting!

[@Shah-of-the-Shinebox]

You guys have been killing it with three great list videos in almost 2 1/2 months, but I’d say this is the best one. This is a great topic and you happened to pick one of my favorite movies for #1. Bravo!!!

[@errwhattheflip]

Personally, I think Dr. Strangelove is easily the greatest satire ever made. One of my favorite movies ever made by quite a large margin

[@rjduresky]

Wow, I don't when CineFix came back, but welcome back! I recently finished the AFI 100 list, and I'm looking for new material. I need to take notes!

[@Josep_Hernandez_Lujan]

I thought The Lobster was Jordan Peterson's biopic

[@wowbobwow37]

In my top 25 favorite films: Network (#13) Dr. Strangelove (#11) (The Ruling Class #24) I knew the way #8 was described, it was gonna be The Player! In The Loop - Peter Capaldi vicious insults of epic proportions!!