Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keywords "political-satire", "president"

1. Don't Look Up (2021)

R | 138 min | Comedy, Drama, Sci-Fi

Two low-level astronomers must go on a giant media tour to warn humankind of an approaching comet that will destroy planet Earth.

Director: Adam McKay | Stars: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jennifer Lawrence, Meryl Streep, Cate Blanchett

Votes: 602,564

2. The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)

PG-13 | 146 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Katniss Everdeen and Peeta Mellark become targets of the Capitol after their victory in the 74th Hunger Games sparks a rebellion in the Districts of Panem.

Director: Francis Lawrence | Stars: Jennifer Lawrence, Josh Hutcherson, Liam Hemsworth, Philip Seymour Hoffman

Votes: 721,890 | Gross: $424.67M

3. Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb (1964)

PG | 95 min | Comedy, War

An unhinged American general orders a bombing attack on the Soviet Union, triggering a path to nuclear holocaust that a war room full of politicians and generals frantically tries to stop.

Director: Stanley Kubrick | Stars: Peter Sellers, George C. Scott, Sterling Hayden, Keenan Wynn

Votes: 518,640 | Gross: $0.28M

4. Mars Attacks! (1996)

PG-13 | 106 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

Earth is invaded by Martians with unbeatable weapons and a cruel sense of humor.

Director: Tim Burton | Stars: Jack Nicholson, Pierce Brosnan, Sarah Jessica Parker, Annette Bening

Votes: 243,714 | Gross: $37.77M

5. Being There (1979)

PG | 130 min | Comedy, Drama

After the death of his employer forces him out of the only home he's ever known, a simpleminded, sheltered gardener becomes an unlikely trusted advisor to a powerful tycoon and an insider in Washington politics.

Director: Hal Ashby | Stars: Peter Sellers, Shirley MacLaine, Melvyn Douglas, Jack Warden

Votes: 77,721 | Gross: $30.18M

6. Death Race 2000 (1975)

R | 80 min | Action, Comedy, Sci-Fi

In a dystopian future, a cross country automobile race requires contestants to run down innocent pedestrians to gain points that are tallied based on each kill's brutality.

Director: Paul Bartel | Stars: David Carradine, Sylvester Stallone, Simone Griffeth, Mary Woronov

Votes: 30,933 | Gross: $8.00M

7. The Simpsons Movie (2007)

PG-13 | 87 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

After Homer pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

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

Votes: 350,048 | Gross: $183.14M

8. Escape from L.A. (1996)

R | 101 min | Action, Adventure, Sci-Fi

Snake Plissken is once again called in by the United States government to recover a potential doomsday device from Los Angeles, now an autonomous island where undesirables are deported.

Director: John Carpenter | Stars: Kurt Russell, Steve Buscemi, Stacy Keach, A.J. Langer

Votes: 80,612 | Gross: $25.48M

9. Mad TV (1995–2016)

TV-14 | 60 min | Comedy

A sketch comedy show based on the seminal Mad Magazine.

Stars: Michael McDonald, Debra Wilson, Aries Spears, Bobby Lee

Votes: 11,933

10. Drunk History (2013–2019)

TV-14 | 22 min | Comedy, History

Historical reenactments by A-list talent are presented by inebriated storytellers.

Stars: Derek Waters, Bennie Arthur, Craig Cackowski, Maria Blasucci

Votes: 12,693

11. Dave (1993)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

An uncanny Presidential lookalike named Dave is recruited by the Secret Service to become a momentary stand-in for the President of the United States.

Director: Ivan Reitman | Stars: Kevin Kline, Sigourney Weaver, Frank Langella, Kevin Dunn

Votes: 56,886 | Gross: $63.27M

12. A Face in the Crowd (1957)

Approved | 126 min | Drama, Music

A female radio reporter turns a folk-singing drifter into a powerful media star.

Director: Elia Kazan | Stars: Andy Griffith, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa, Walter Matthau

Votes: 17,162

13. The Tailor of Panama (2001)

R | 109 min | Drama, Thriller

A tailor living in Panama reluctantly becomes a spy for a British Agent.

Director: John Boorman | Stars: Pierce Brosnan, Geoffrey Rush, Jamie Lee Curtis, Leonor Varela

Votes: 31,154 | Gross: $13.73M

14. Head of State (2003)

PG-13 | 95 min | Comedy

When a presidential candidate dies unexpectedly in the middle of the campaign, Washington, D.C. alderman Mays Gilliam is unexpectedly picked as his replacement.

Director: Chris Rock | Stars: Chris Rock, Bernie Mac, Lynn Whitfield, Dylan Baker

Votes: 21,240 | Gross: $37.79M

15. Sleeper (1973)

PG | 89 min | Comedy, Sci-Fi

A nerdish store owner is revived out of cryostasis into a future world to fight an oppressive government.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton, John Beck, Mary Gregory

Votes: 44,842 | Gross: $2.91M

16. Primary Colors (1998)

R | 143 min | Comedy, Drama

A man joins the political campaign of a smooth-operator candidate for President of the United States of America.

Director: Mike Nichols | Stars: John Travolta, Emma Thompson, Kathy Bates, Larry Hagman

Votes: 30,119 | Gross: $38.97M

17. Bananas (1971)

PG-13 | 82 min | Comedy

When a bumbling New Yorker is dumped by his activist girlfriend, he travels to a tiny Latin American nation and becomes involved in its latest rebellion.

Director: Woody Allen | Stars: Woody Allen, Louise Lasser, Carlos Montalbán, Nati Abascal

Votes: 37,838 | Gross: $11.80M

18. Canadian Bacon (1995)

PG | 91 min | Action, Comedy

The U.S. President, low in the opinion polls, gets talked into raising his popularity by trying to start a cold war against Canada.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: John Candy, Alan Alda, Rhea Perlman, Kevin Pollak

Votes: 17,997 | Gross: $0.18M

19. Welcome to Mooseport (2004)

PG-13 | 110 min | Comedy, Romance

A US president who has retired after two terms in office returns to his hometown of Mooseport, Maine and decides to run for Mayor against another local candidate.

Director: Donald Petrie | Stars: Gene Hackman, Ray Romano, Maura Tierney, Marcia Gay Harden

Votes: 13,467 | Gross: $14.47M

20. Fahrenheit 9/11 (2004)

R | 122 min | Documentary, Drama, War

Michael Moore's view on what happened to the United States after September 11 and how the Bush Administration allegedly used the tragic event to push forward its agenda for unjust wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.

Director: Michael Moore | Stars: Michael Moore, George W. Bush, Ben Affleck, Stevie Wonder

Votes: 132,420 | Gross: $119.19M

21. Swing Vote (2008)

PG-13 | 120 min | Comedy, Drama

In a remarkable turn-of-events, the result of the presidential election comes down to one man's vote.

Director: Joshua Michael Stern | Stars: Kevin Costner, Paula Patton, Kelsey Grammer, Madeline Carroll

Votes: 19,408 | Gross: $16.28M

22. My Fellow Americans (1996)

PG-13 | 101 min | Adventure, Comedy

Two former U. S. Presidents, hated rivals, join forces to expose the current, corrupt President at the risk of their lives.

Director: Peter Segal | Stars: Jack Lemmon, James Garner, Dan Aykroyd, John Heard

Votes: 15,914 | Gross: $22.29M

23. Servant of the People (2015–2019)

TV-MA | 28 min | Comedy

After a Ukrainian high-school teacher's tirade against government corruption goes viral on social media, he finds himself elected the country's new president.

Stars: Volodymyr Zelenskyy, Stanislav Boklan, Viktor Saraykin, Elena Kravets

Votes: 4,378

24. The Brady Bunch in the White House (2002 TV Movie)

PG-13 | 88 min | Comedy, Family

Mike Brady becomes the President of the United States, and names Carol as his V.P..

Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Shelley Long, Gary Cole, Chad Doreck, Autumn Reeser

Votes: 1,006

25. American Dreamz (2006)

PG-13 | 107 min | Comedy, Music

A popular television music talent competition hosted by a pompous egomaniac becomes the setting for an assassination attempt when the President of the United States becomes a celebrity judge in an attempt to rehabilitate his image.

Director: Paul Weitz | Stars: Hugh Grant, Dennis Quaid, Mandy Moore, Willem Dafoe

Votes: 25,233 | Gross: $7.19M

26. Women of the House (1995)

TV-14 | 30 min | Comedy

Suzanne Sugarbaker of Designing Women (1986) rocks the U.S. Capitol when she takes over her recently-deceased husband's seat in Congress.

Stars: Delta Burke, Teri Garr, Patricia Heaton, Jonathan Banks

Votes: 190

27. Wrong Is Right (1982)

R | 117 min | Comedy, Drama, Thriller

A TV reporter finds himself in the middle of an Arab leader buying two portable nukes, terrorists, arms dealer, a reporter/CIA spy killed, a US president ordering a K-I-L-L etc.

Director: Richard Brooks | Stars: Sean Connery, George Grizzard, Robert Conrad, Katharine Ross

Votes: 2,266 | Gross: $3.38M

28. Death to 2021 (2021 TV Special)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy

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

Directors: Jack Clough, Josh Ruben | Stars: Hugh Grant, Joe Keery, William Jackson Harper, Lucy Liu

Votes: 15,760

29. That's My Bush! (2001)

TV-14 | 184 min | Comedy

Somewhat dim President George W. Bush's White House more closely resembles the set of a sitcom than real life, down to the laugh track.

Stars: Timothy Bottoms, Carrie Quinn Dolin, Kurt Fuller, Marcia Wallace

Votes: 2,060

30. Our Cartoon President (2018–2020)

TV-14 | 30 min | Animation, Adventure, Comedy

From executive producer Stephen Colbert comes this hilarious animated workplace comedy where the office is oval. It's a character study in search of character and a timely political send-up of our forty-fifth president.

Stars: Jeff Bergman, James Adomian, Gabriel Gundacker, Emily Lynne

Votes: 3,813

31. Americathon (1979)

PG | 86 min | Comedy, Musical

In a story told in narrative flashbacks, a young TV consultant is hired by the President of a bankrupt USA to organize a telethon in order to prevent the country from being repossessed by wealthy Native Americans.

Director: Neal Israel | Stars: Harvey Korman, Fred Willard, Peter Riegert, Zane Buzby

Votes: 959 | Gross: $6.17M

32. Todo modo (1976)

Not Rated | 130 min | Crime, Drama

Party leader and power broker M. is holed up with his cronies and rivals at a monastic retreat where they plot their political fortunes while being led by a Jesuit cleric in spiritual cleansing.

Director: Elio Petri | Stars: Gian Maria Volontè, Marcello Mastroianni, Mariangela Melato, Ciccio Ingrassia

Votes: 1,542

33. Code Name: Dynastud (2018)

Not Rated | 94 min | Action

In the year 2024, homosexuality has been outlawed by an extreme right-wing government. Only one extraordinary man can stop this wave of terror and repression, a superhero for our troubled times.

Director: Richard Griffin | Stars: Michael Varrati, Sissy O'Hara, Chris Torem, Aaron Andrade

Votes: 305

34. The Obama Effect (2012)

PG-13 | 85 min | Comedy, Drama

A serious health scare ignites John Thomas, an insurance salesman in his 50s, to take a closer look at his life. Motivated by a misguided obsession with getting Barack Obama elected, John ... See full summary »

Director: Charles S. Dutton | Stars: Charles S. Dutton, Katt Williams, Vanessa Bell Calloway, Toneey Acevedo

Votes: 452 | Gross: $0.11M

35. The Olsen Gang Gets Polished (2010)

Not Rated | 70 min | Animation, Comedy, Crime

The Olsen gang's hired to steal H.C. Andersen's quill from a museum as the Danish prime minister needs it to sweeten a weapons deal with the Chinese leader. They're double-crossed. Olsen has a new, genius plan.

Director: Jørgen Lerdam | Stars: Martin Buch, Nicolaj Kopernikus, Esben Pretzmann, Annette Heick

Votes: 826

36. Chris Rock: Bigger & Blacker (1999 TV Special)

TV-MA | 65 min | Documentary, Comedy

Chris Rock's third HBO comedy special shows him performing his stand-up routine at Apollo Theater in Harlem.

Director: Keith Truesdell | Stars: Chris Rock, Slick Rick, Doug E. Fresh, Monteria Ivey

Votes: 7,520

37. The President's Last Bang (2005)

102 min | Comedy, Drama, History

A look at the life of President Park Chung-hee and the events leading up to his assassination.

Director: Im Sang-soo | Stars: Han Suk-kyu, Baek Yun-shik, Song Jae-ho, Kim Eung-soo

Votes: 1,570 | Gross: $0.01M

38. Welcome Mr. President (2013)

98 min | Comedy

A Mr. Nobody is mistakenly elected President of the Italian Republic.

Director: Riccardo Milani | Stars: Claudio Bisio, Kasia Smutniak, Giuseppe Fiorello, Remo Girone

Votes: 3,680

39. El apóstol (1917)

70 min | Animation, Comedy, Drama

Argentinian President Yrigoyen burns Buenos Aires using Jupiter's thunderbolts.

Director: Quirino Cristiani

Votes: 71

40. Alison (V) (2015)

60 min | Comedy, Drama, Fantasy

An overburdened and depressed teenage girl's life falls apart and she escapes into a formidable world of dreams. Will she succumb to the madness or learn something about herself?

Director: J.L. Carrozza | Stars: Kendahl Light, Jacob Schwartz, Holly Schaff, Aria David

Votes: 30

41. White House Madness (1975)

R | 79 min | Comedy

Nixon finds his administration crumbling around him, his allies turning against him, the courts beginning to hound him and an exorcist is even called in to drive the demons from his soul.

Director: Mark L. Lester | Stars: Steve Friedman, Dennis Fimple, Perry Cook, Rusty Blitz

Votes: 48

42. You Got Trumped: The First 100 Days (2016–2018)

Unrated | Comedy

This insane comedy series examines President Donald Trump's first 100 days in office.

Stars: John Di Domenico, Ron Sparks, Aron Tager, Lisa Gilroy

Votes: 225

43. Hopatcong! (2018)

10 min | Short, Comedy

A team of nuclear engineers scramble to cool down a nuclear reactor by the Hudson River following a regional blackout in the New York metropolitan area.

Director: Mark Tsyrouk | Stars: Anibal Nobel, Russell Dieterle, Andrew Luminello, William Diamond

44. The Faking of the President (1976)

80 min | Comedy

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Directors: Alan Abel, Jeanne Abel | Stars: Marshall Efron, Alan Barinholtz, Robert Staats, William J. Daprato

Votes: 8

45. Lío de Falda (2012)

85 min | Comedy

A love affair of an economic advisor to the Dominican government causes a financial crisis. He plans to solve it by selling the whole country to Arab millionaires. But 2 Dominicans and 2 Puerto Ricans find out, and decide to foil the plan.

Director: Miguel Vásquez | Stars: Elias Caamaño Perez, Raúl Carbonell, Américo Celado, El Rubio Charlie

Votes: 8

46. Bill Maher: Victory Begins at Home (2003 TV Special)

TV-MA | 60 min | Comedy

Bill Maher stars in his sixth HBO stand-up special, premiering LIVE from the Hudson Theater in New York!

Director: John Moffitt | Stars: Bill Maher, Linda Doucett

Votes: 976

47. Gallagher: Overboard (1987 TV Special)

Not Rated | 54 min | Documentary, Comedy

A live performance by "Sledge-O-Matic" stand-up comedian Gallagher.

Director: Wayne Orr | Stars: Gallagher, Jensen Daggett, Constance Gallagher

Votes: 98

48. Vallan miehet (1986)

230 min | Comedy, Drama, Musical

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Stars: Heikki Nousiainen, Pekka Laiho, Seppo Pääkkönen, Riitta Elstelä

49. Baby for President (2019)

82 min | Comedy

It's Election Night on Buzz TV Network. Who will the next President be, popular five Year old folk hero Baby Dominic or Incumbent President Herbert H. Hooey. Great comedy for all ages.

Director: Vincenzo Vermicelli | Stars: Tim Hammond, Marcia Littlejohn, Julian Maldonado

50. Bushisms (2004 Video)

Not Rated | 61 min | Documentary, Biography, Comedy

A fun-filled collection of some of George W. Bush's more memorable misspeaks. Great commentary by Brian Unger, Jacob Weisberg and Al Franken, plus cartoons by Garry Trudeau and musical appearances by The George W. Bush Singers

Director: Elizabeth Reeder | Stars: Brian Unger, Mark Addison, Tony Alexander, George W. Bush

Votes: 80