Bamboozled

6.3

2000

136 mins

ComedyDrama

Frustrated when network brass reject his sitcom idea, producer Pierre Delacroix pitches the worst idea he can think of in an attempt to get fired: a 21st century minstrel show. The network not only airs it, but it becomes a smash hit.

Dear White People

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 6.1

A campus culture war between blacks and whites at a predominantly white Ivy League college comes to a head when the staff of a satirical magazine stages an offensive Halloween party.

Code 3

Year : 2025Rating : ⭐ 7.1

A burned-out paramedic tries to survive his last 24 hours on the job while training a new recruit.

A King in New York

Year : 1957Rating : ⭐ 6.7

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.

American Fiction

Year : 2023Rating : ⭐ 7.2

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

Family Weekend

Year : 2013Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A 16-year-old girl takes her parents hostage after they miss her big jump-roping competition.

Hollywood Shuffle

Year : 1987Rating : ⭐ 6.5

Aspiring actor and hot-dog stand employee Bobby Taylor catches the ire of his grandmother for auditioning for a role in the regrettably titled exploitation film "Jivetime Jimmy's Revenge." When Tinseltown Studios casts Taylor in the title role, he has a series of conflicted dreams satirizing African-American stereotypes in Hollywood, and must reconcile his career goals with his desire to remain a positive role model for his little brother.

The Onion Movie

Year : 2008Rating : ⭐ 6.1

Venerable newscaster Norm Archer reports the latest news in politics, health, culture and entertainment - such as an automotive recall of decapitation-inducing "Neckbelts" and a study finding that "depression hits losers hardest". This compilation of bogus news stories, celebrity profiles, movie trailers and skits come courtesy of the ace satirists at The Onion.

Don't Be a Menace to South Central While Drinking Your Juice in the Hood

Year : 1996Rating : ⭐ 7.0

When Ashtray moves to South Central L.A. to live with his father (who appears to be the same age he is) and grandmother (who likes to talk tough and smoke reefer), he falls in with his gang-banging cousin Loc Dog, who along with the requisite pistols and Uzi carries a thermo-nuclear warhead for self-defense. Will Ashtray be able to keep living the straight life?

Irresistible

Year : 2020Rating : ⭐ 6.0

A Democratic political consultant helps a retired Marine colonel run for mayor in a small, conservative Wisconsin town.

The TV Set

Year : 2007Rating : ⭐ 6.1

As a writer named Mike struggles to shepherd his semi-autobiographical sitcom into development, his vision is slowly eroded by a domineering network executive named Lenny who favors trashy reality programming. The irony, of course, is that every crass suggestion Lenny makes improves the show's response from test audiences and brings the show a step closer to getting on the air.

The Legend of Barney Thomson

Year : 2015Rating : ⭐ 6.1

Barney Thomson, awkward, diffident, Glasgow barber, lives a life of desperate mediocrity and his uninteresting life is about to go from 0 to 60 in five seconds, as he enters the grotesque and comically absurd world of the serial killer.

The Pretty One

Year : 2014Rating : ⭐ 6.1

When her idolized twin sister Audrey dies in a car accident, Laurel decides to take her place. But, as she eases into the life she has always wanted, she must decide between continuing the lie or revealing herself.

Barney's Version

Year : 2010Rating : ⭐ 7.0

The picaresque and touching story of the politically incorrect, fully lived life of the impulsive, irascible and fearlessly blunt Barney Panofsky.

Happiness

Year : 1998Rating : ⭐ 7.4

The lives of several individuals intertwine as they go about their lives in their own unique ways, engaging in acts which society as a whole might find disturbing in a desperate search for human connection.

The Favourite

Year : 2018Rating : ⭐ 7.5

England, early 18th century. The close relationship between Queen Anne and Sarah Churchill is threatened by the arrival of Sarah's cousin, Abigail Hill, resulting in a bitter rivalry between the two cousins to be the Queen's favourite.

Welcome to the Dollhouse

Year : 1996Rating : ⭐ 7.1

An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with inattentive parents and bullies at school.

Sweetie

Year : 1989Rating : ⭐ 6.1

The buttoned-down, superstitious Kay is attempting to lead a normal existence with her new boyfriend Louis. That’s until Sweetie, her rampaging, devil-may-care sister, returns home after an absence, exposing the rotten roots of their family and placing a strain on Kay and Louis’ relationship.

Friendship

Year : 2025Rating : ⭐ 6.4

Suburban dad Craig falls hard for his charismatic new neighbor Austin, and his attempts to make an adult male friend threatens to ruin both of their lives.

Watermelon Man

Year : 1970Rating : ⭐ 6.3

A racist insurance agent lives in a typical suburban neighborhood, but his bigoted world of taunting and harassing black people on and off the job is turned upside down when his skin inexplicably turns dark overnight.

The Kentucky Fried Movie

Year : 1977Rating : ⭐ 6.2

A series of loosely connected skits that spoof news programs, commercials, porno films, kung-fu films, disaster films, blaxploitation films, spy films, mafia films, and the fear that somebody is watching you on the other side of the TV.