Martin (1978), Pulp Fiction (1994), Beware of a Holy Whore (1971), The Servant (1963), The Phantom of Liberty (1974), Monty Python and the Holy Grail (1975), Life of Brian (1979), Exit Through the Gift Shop (2010) ... Let's take a look at the ranked list of the best Subversive movies.
Storyline: The Ultimate Western Spoof. A town where everyone seems to be named Johnson is in the way of the railroad. In order to grab their land, Hedley Lemar (Harvey Korman), a politically connected nasty person, sends in his henchmen to make the town unlivable. After the sheriff is killed, the town demands a new sheriff from the Governor (Mel Brooks). Hedley convinces him to send the town the first Black sheriff (Cleavon Little) in the west. Bart is a sophisticated urbanite who will have some difficulty winning over the townspeople.
Plot Keywords: comedy, western, satire, parody, race relations, absurd, slapstick ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Dave Lizewski is an unnoticed high school student and comic book fan with a few friends and who lives alone with his father. His life is not very difficult and his personal trials not that overwhelming. However, one day he makes the simple decision to become a super-hero even though he has no powers or training.
Plot Keywords: action, comedy, superhero, violence, antihero, teen, comic book adaptation ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Down-on-his-luck theatrical producer Max Bialystock is forced to romance rich old ladies to finance his efforts. When timid accountant Leo Bloom reviews Max's accounting books, the two hit upon a way to make a fortune by producing a sure-fire flop. The play which is to be their gold mine? "Springtime for Hitler."
Plot Keywords: comedy, musical, satire, broadway, song and dance, black comedy, producers ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A rerun of many of the gags from the television series Police Squad! (1982). An Airplane! (1980)-type spoof, this time with the an incompetent Lieutenant Frank Drebin, who always "gets his man". Visual gags come thick and fast, and it's impossible to catch them all with one viewing. The plot: Queen Elizabeth II of England is coming to town, and Vincent Ludwig has plans to assassinate her using a brainwashed baseball player.
Plot Keywords: comedy, parody, police, hilarious, slapstick, detective, action ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A collection of re-filmed sketches from the first and second series of the cult TV comedy show "Monty Python's Flying Circus". Includes such classics as "Nudge, Nudge", "Hell's Grannies", "Killer Cars", "Dead Parrot", "Lumberjack Song", "Blackmail" and "Upper Class Twit of the Year".
Plot Keywords: comedy, absurd, satire, british, zany, surreal, humour ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A live performance shot by audience members at a 2004 Beastie Boys concert at Madison Square Garden.
Plot Keywords: comedy, parody, humorous, absurd, hilarious, indie film, cult film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A camera crew follows a serial killer/thief around as he exercises his craft. He expounds on art, music, nature, society, and life as he offs mailmen, pensioners, and random people. Slowly he begins involving the camera crew in his activities, and they begin wondering if what they're doing is such a good idea, particularly when the killer kills a rival and the rival's brother sends a threatening letter.
Plot Keywords: black comedy, mockumentary, crime, violence, satire, independent film, belgian film ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: A member of the House of Lords dies in a shockingly silly way, leaving his estate to his son. Unfortunately, his son is insane: he thinks he is Jesus Christ. The other somewhat-more respectable members of their family plot to steal the estate from him. Murder and mayhem ensues.—Mark Logan <marklo@west.sun.com>
Plot Keywords: black comedy, satire, psychological thriller, aristocracy, mental illness, social criticism, absurdism ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two men, a painter and a poor guy, have to cross over Paris by night during World War II and to deliver black market meat. As they walk along dark Parisian streets, they encounter various characters and adventures until they are arrested by German police.—<chadourne@univ-lille3.fr>
Plot Keywords: comedy, crime, heist, french film, classic, 1950s, black comedy ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The movie follows a group of young friends in the city of Tel Aviv and is as much a love song to the city as it is an exploration of the claim that people in Tel Aviv are isolated from the rest of the country and the turmoil it's going through. The movie looks at young people's lives in Tel Aviv through the POVs of gays and straights, Jews and Arabs, men and women. It all begins when Noam, a young Israeli soldier, serves in the reserve forces and meets at a check point a Palestinian young man called Ashraf. Following an incident during which Noam misplaces his ID card at the check point, Ashraf shows up on the doorstep of the apartment that Noam shares with a gay man and a straight woman. How will the meeting affect all of their lives?—A.M.
Plot Keywords: comedy, science fiction, horror, independent film, low budget, black comedy, absurd ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Two whimsical, aimless thugs harass and assault women, steal, murder, and alternately charm, fight, or sprint their way out of trouble. They take whatever the bourgeois characters value: whether it's cars, peace of mind, or daughters. Marie-Ange, a jaded, passive hairdresser, joins them as lover, cook, and mother confessor. She's on her own search for seemingly unattainable sexual pleasure.—<jhailey@hotmail.com>
Plot Keywords: crime, comedy, french film, road movie, black comedy, nonconformist, sexuality ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Bunuel's first feature has more of a plot than Un Chien Andalou (1929), but it's still a pure Surrealist film, so this is only a vague outline. A man and a woman are passionately in love with each other, but their attempts to consummate that passion are constantly thwarted by their families, the Church, and bourgeois society.
Plot Keywords: surrealism, french cinema, black comedy, social criticism, taboo, absurdism, avant-garde ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Minature green monsters tear through the small town of Kingston Falls. Hijinks ensue as a mild-mannered bank teller releases these hideous loonies after gaining a new pet and violating two of three simple rules: No water (violated), no food after midnight (violated), and no bright light. Hilarious mayhem and destruction in a town straight out of Norman Rockwell. So, when your washing machine blows up or your TV goes on the fritz, before you call the repair man, turn on all the lights and look under all the beds. 'Cause you never can tell, there just might be a gremlin in your house.
Plot Keywords: horror, comedy, fantasy, christmas, monsters, dark, satire ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: Branding, advertising and product placement provide the funds for a movie that covers those same topics.
Plot Keywords: documentary, satire, media, consumerism, transparency, self-referential, humor ...
Movie Details Click Here !Storyline: The high school Class President election is approaching and it looks like Tracy Flick is going to win, unopposed. However, teacher Jim McAllister has other plans. He convinces jock Paul Metzler to run, sparking off an interesting chain of events.
Plot Keywords: black comedy, political satire, high school life, ambition, moral dilemma, power struggle, teacher-student relationship ...
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