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24 results for “historical satire”

BabaKiueria

1986 ★ 6.6

Imagine what it would be like if black settlers arrived to settle a continent inhabited by white natives? In 1788, the first white settlers arrived in Botany Ba

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Death to 2021

2021 ★ 6.0

This comedic retrospective mixes archival footage and scripted sketches as it revisits all the dread — and occasional delight — that 2021 had to offer. Death to

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Jibon Theke Neya

1970 ★ 9.4

A political satire of Bangladesh under the rule of Pakistan metaphorically, where an autocratic woman in one family symbolizes the political dictatorship of Ayu

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Arpa Colla

1982 ★ 6.3

"Arpa-colla" in Greek literally means "Grab and stick", a phrase used to show something that has been done quickly and therefore isn't good enough. This is what

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Count Axel

2001 ★ 6.3

Count Axel is a comedy that takes place somewhere in the Nordic countries in 1783. It's a classic comedy about mixed identities, with strong elements of contemp

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Clone High

2002 ★ 7.5

A group of high-school teens are the products of government employees' secret experiment. They are the genetic clones of famous historical figures who have been

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Hot Money

2021 ★ 5.4

With wit, satire, and historical context, Former NATO Supreme Allied Commander, General Wesley Clark and his son Wes Clark Jr. take us on a journey through the

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The Great

2020 ★ 8.1

A genre-bending, anti-historical ride through 18th century Russia following the rise of Catherine the Nothing to Catherine the Great and her explosive relations

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The Great Dictator

1940 ★ 8.3

Dictator Adenoid Hynkel tries to expand his empire while a poor Jewish barber tries to avoid persecution from Hynkel's regime. The Great Dictator is a film rele

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Start the Revolution Without Me

1970 ★ 6.0

Two sets of identical twins are accidentally switched at birth. One pair, Phillipe and Pierre DeSisi, are aristocratic and haughty, while the other, Charles and

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The Day of the Locust

1975 ★ 6.4

Hollywood, 1930s. Tod Hackett, a young painter who tries to make his way as an art director in the lurid world of film industry, gets infatuated with his neighb

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Timestalker

2024 ★ 5.3

Hapless Agnes repeatedly falls for the wrong guy, dies a grim death, and is reincarnated a century later. As she experiences romantic misfortune spanning variou

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Vienna Game

2026 ★ 0.0

While Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled on Elba, kings and crown princes, ministers and spies, noblewomen and mistresses, adventurers, inventors, artists, and concub

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The Missing Link

1980 ★ 4.9

A woman in prehistoric times gives birth to twins, one of whom is rejected by the tribe and adopted by a brontosaurus and a talkative pterodactyl. Topic: Film "

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Don't Lose Your Head

1967 ★ 6.7

Amidst the French revolution, Citizen Robespierre is beheading the aristocracy! When word gets to England, noblemen Sir Rodney Ffing and Lord Darcy Pue take it

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The Duke of Mount Deer

2000 ★ 5.6

The Duke of Mount Deer 2000 is a television series adapted from Louis Cha's novel The Deer and the Cauldron. It was first broadcast in 2000 in Hong Kong and fol

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Knickerbocker Holiday

1944 ★ 5.8

The wild and woolly early days of New York -- when it was still known as New Amsterdam -- provide the backdrop for this period musical-comedy. In 1650, Peter St

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I Like Mike

1961 ★ 6.4

This romantic drama directed by Peter Frye is about the son of a millionaire Jewish family living in Texas who travels to Israel. On his way to the hotel in Tel

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Ferdinand I King of Naples

1959 ★ 6.7

The story of "King Lazzarone" Ferdinand I of Bourbon whose pastime was to neglect the government and disguise himself as a poor man and turn to the infamous cit

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The Twelve Tasks of Asterix

1976 ★ 7.3

Asterix and Obelix depart on an adventure to complete twelve impossible tasks to prove to Caesar that they are as strong as the Gods. You'll roar with laughter

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Bluebeard

1963 ★ 6.4

Paris, France, during the First World War. While thousands of soldiers die every day on the battlefields, Henri Landru, a seemingly respectable furniture dealer

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Forza Italia!

1977 ★ 8.0

Much-censored documentary encompassing thirty years of Italian politics under the governance of the Christian Democracy (DC), entirely composed of — occasionall

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The Kaiser's Lackey

1951 ★ 6.7

Diederich Heßling is scared of everything and everyone. But as he grows up, he comes to realize that he has to offer his services to the powers-that-be if he wa

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Telegrams

1960 ★ 7.7

Geared more for the home crowd with a good knowledge of their own history, this Romanian political comedy takes place at the turn of the 20th century, when two

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