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  1. American: The Bill Hicks Story is a biographical documentary film on the life of comedian Bill Hicks.

    The sides of American: The Bill Hicks Story

    • A stand-up comedian from Texas
    • Club sets and old photos brought to life
    • Friends and family telling his story

    Good for you if

    • you like stand-up and want to see where Bill Hicks's jokes came from.
    • you laugh at jokes about religion, war and advertising that go too far.
    • you like the real life of a comedian told by the people who knew him.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch a young man's death from cancer.
    • you roll your eyes at a loving tribute told by friends and family.

    About: comedy · truth · rebellion · early death

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  2. George Carlin performs a hilarious set of never-before released material in "Complaints and Grievances." His 12th HBO special was recorded live at the Beacon Theater in New York City on November 17, 2001. In "Complaints and Grievances," Carlin shamelessly exposes the people and subjects that irritate him the most.

    The sides of George Carlin: Complaints & Grievances

    • George Carlin on stage at the Beacon Theatre
    • A long list of everything that irritates him
    • Comedy recorded two months after 9/11

    Good for you if

    • you like a comedian who gets laughs out of pure irritation.
    • you like laughing at things nobody should joke about.
    • you love Carlin's precise, word-by-word way of picking language apart.

    Bad for you if

    • you want something warm and gentle, not an hour of angry ranting.
    • you need a story with characters, not one man and a microphone.

    About: anger · language · american life

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  3. Convencido de que los comunistas están contaminando los Estados Unidos, un general ordena, en un acceso de locura, un ataque aéreo nuclear sorpresa contra la Unión Soviética. Su ayudante, el capitán Mandrake, trata de encontrar la fórmula para impedir el bombardeo. Por su parte, el presidente de los EE.UU. se pone en contacto con Moscú para convencer al gobierno soviético de que el ataque no es más que un estúpido error. Mientras tanto, el asesor estadounidense, un antiguo científico nazi, el doctor Strangelove, confirma la existencia de la «Máquina del Juicio Final», un dispositivo de represalia soviético capaz de acabar con la humanidad para siempre.

    Las caras de ¿Teléfono rojo? Volamos hacia Moscú

    • Un general que lanza por su cuenta un ataque nuclear
    • Una sala de guerra donde está prohibido pelear
    • Peter Sellers en tres papeles

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta reírte del fin del mundo.
    • te gusta Peter Sellers como presidente, como oficial y como científico loco.
    • te gusta un clásico de Kubrick en blanco y negro.

    Mala para ti si

    • quieres una película de guerra con batallas, no con hombres discutiendo en una sala.
    • necesitas algo de esperanza en una comedia donde todos los que mandan empeoran las cosas.

    Temas: el miedo nuclear · el absurdo del poder · la Guerra Fría

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  4. BoJack Horseman 2014

    Series

    Meet the most beloved sitcom horse of the '90s , 20 years later. He's a curmudgeon with a heart of...not quite gold...but something like gold. Copper?

    The sides of BoJack Horseman

    • A washed-up 90s sitcom horse
    • Hollywoo, where humans and animals live side by side
    • Friends he keeps letting down

    Good for you if

    • you like animal puns next to jokes about addiction and death.
    • you want a show that looks hard at why BoJack keeps hurting the people who love him.
    • you can take a comedy that doesn't promise anyone gets better.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't watch addiction, depression and an overdose on screen.
    • you don't watch animated series.

    About: fame · addiction · depression · regret

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  5. Forging his own comedic boundaries, Anthony Jeselnik revels in getting away with saying things others can't in this stand-up special shot in New York.

    The sides of Anthony Jeselnik: Fire in the Maternity Ward

    • A comedian alone on a New York stage
    • One-liners about death and tragedy
    • A deadpan voice that never apologises

    Good for you if

    • you laugh hardest at the jokes you know you shouldn't.
    • you like tight one-liners with a nasty last word.
    • you want a stand-up special that fits in about an hour.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at jokes about death, abuse and grief.
    • you want a story with people in it, not an hour of punchlines.

    About: shock · taboo · stand-up

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  6. Patton Oswalt, despite a personal tragedy, produces his best standup yet. Focusing on the tribulations of the Trump era and life after the loss of a loved one, Oswalt continues his journey to contribute joy to the world.

    The sides of Patton Oswalt: Annihilation

    • Patton Oswalt after his wife's sudden death
    • Raising his young daughter alone
    • Jokes about the Trump era and internet trolls

    Good for you if

    • you like a comedian finding jokes inside his own grief.
    • you like a father's stories about raising his young daughter alone.
    • you like comedy that can move you in the same breath.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't take grief on stage, even with jokes.
    • you roll your eyes when a comedian turns sincere about being kind.

    About: grief · fatherhood · politics

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  7. No mires arriba 2021

    Película

    Dos astrónomos emprenden una gira mediática para avisar a la humanidad de un cometa que va a impactar con la Tierra. ¿Cuál es la respuesta de un mundo apático? «¡Bah!».

    Las caras de No mires arriba

    • Dos científicos que descubren un cometa
    • Nadie quiere escuchar
    • Los medios y la política se ríen del fin del mundo

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta la sátira de un mundo que no quiere mirar arriba.
    • te gusta un reparto de estrellas haciendo de tontos.
    • aguantas una película divertida que termina oscura.

    Mala para ti si

    • más de dos horas de sátira son demasiado para ti.
    • prefieres una comedia sin política. La Casa Blanca y los noticieros son el blanco.

    Temas: la negación · los medios · la política

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  8. La gran apuesta 2015

    Película

    Cuando cuatro tipos fuera del sistema descubren que los grandes bancos, los medios de comunicación y el gobierno se niegan a reconocer el colapso de la economía, tienen una idea: 'La Gran Apuesta'… pero sus inversiones de riesgo les conducen al lado oscuro de la banca moderna, donde deben poner en duda todo y a todos...

    Las caras de La gran apuesta

    • Marginados que vieron venir la crisis de 2008
    • Famosos que explican las finanzas
    • Apostar contra la economía

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una comedia rápida y furiosa sobre un desastre real.
    • te gustan los personajes afilados y cínicos.
    • te gusta entender cómo pasó algo de verdad.

    Mala para ti si

    • te aburren los bancos y las hipotecas. Toda la película trata de dinero.
    • necesitas algo de esperanza. Los banqueros salen impunes y millones de personas pierden su casa.

    Temas: la codicia · la verdad · los sistemas

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  9. Avenue 5 2020

    Series

    40 years in the future, space captain Ryan Clark and the crew of the luxury space cruise ship Avenue 5 navigate disgruntled passengers and unexpected events after experiencing technical difficulties onboard.

    The sides of Avenue 5

    • A luxury cruise ship stuck in space
    • A captain who is really an actor
    • A billionaire owner and furious passengers

    Good for you if

    • you like Armando Iannucci's rapid insults set in orbit.
    • you laugh at panic, incompetence and a body circling the ship.
    • you like space as a setting for satire.

    Bad for you if

    • you need the space science to hold up.
    • you need some warmth among all the cynics.

    About: incompetence · wealth · panic

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  10. The Yes Men 2003

    Documentary

    A comic, biting and revelatory documentary following a small group of prankster activists as they gain worldwide notoriety for impersonating the World Trade Organization (WTO) on television and at business conferences around the world.

    The sides of The Yes Men

    • Two pranksters posing as the WTO
    • Fake speeches at business conferences
    • Audiences who never catch on

    Good for you if

    • you like watching a straight face hold through an absurd speech.
    • you like real pranks played on real conference rooms.
    • you like seeing the global economy mocked to its face.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at a fake WTO speech about recycling hamburgers for the Third World.
    • you can't stand a film made mostly of speeches.

    About: activism · globalization · satire

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  11. Succession 2018

    Series

    Follow the lives of the Roy family as they contemplate their future once their aging father begins to step back from the media and entertainment conglomerate they control.

    The sides of Succession

    • Four siblings fighting over their father's empire
    • Logan Roy refusing to step down
    • Tom and Greg at the edges of the family

    Good for you if

    • you like insults sharp enough to cut, from Roman most of all.
    • you like boardroom coups, takeover bids and family votes.
    • you like laughing at very rich people being awful to each other.

    Bad for you if

    • you need at least one Roy to root for.
    • you need action, and here the battles are fought in boardrooms and over the phone.

    About: inheritance · fathers and sons · money · loyalty

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  12. Russian Doll 2019

    Series

    Nadia keeps dying and reliving her 36th birthday party. She's trapped in a surreal time loop -- and staring down the barrel of her own mortality.

    The sides of Russian Doll

    • A woman dying again and again at her own birthday party
    • A stranger stuck in the same loop
    • A New York subway train into the past

    Good for you if

    • you like laughing as Nadia dies once more on her 36th birthday.
    • you can't look away from Natasha Lyonne as Nadia, raspy, wry and self-destructive.
    • you like a New York that bends in strange ways.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't face a story about a mentally ill mother and an old childhood wound.
    • you want every rule of the loop explained.

    About: death · mothers and daughters · self-destruction

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  13. THE YES MEN FIX THE WORLD is a screwball true story about two gonzo political activists who, posing as top executives of giant corporations, lie their way into big business conferences and pull off the world's most outrageous pranks.

    The sides of The Yes Men Fix the World

    • A fake Dow Chemical spokesman on the BBC
    • Two pranksters in cheap suits
    • Hoaxes at big business conferences

    Good for you if

    • you like executives applauding absurd ideas with a straight face.
    • you like seeing big corporations caught off guard.
    • you like real pranks pulled on real conferences and newsrooms.

    Bad for you if

    • you roll your eyes at films with a message to sell.
    • you can't laugh at a hoax built on the Bhopal disaster.

    About: activism · corporate power · truth

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  14. Jojo Rabbit 2019

    Película

    Jojo Rabbit es un niño viviendo en plena 2ª Guerra Mundial. Su única vía de escape es su amigo imaginario, una versión de Hitler étnicamente incorrecta que incita los ciegos ideales patrióticos del niño. Todo esto cambia cuando descubre que su madre Rosie está escondiendo a una joven judía en su ático.

    Las caras de Jojo Rabbit

    • Un niño en las Juventudes Hitlerianas
    • Un amigo imaginario que es Hitler
    • Una chica escondida en las paredes

    Buena para ti si

    • te gusta una sátira que se atreve a reírse de los nazis.
    • te gusta una comedia que de repente te rompe el corazón.
    • te gusta un niño de diez años que empieza a cuestionar todo lo que le enseñaron.

    Mala para ti si

    • una chica judía escondida en las paredes para escapar de la Gestapo es demasiado para ti.
    • prefieres no ver la guerra de cerca. A los niños les dan armas en la batalla final.

    Temas: la inocencia · el odio · el amor

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  15. Blackadder 1983

    Series

    Blackadder traces the deeply cynical and self-serving lineage of various Edmund Blackadders throughout British history, from the muck of the Middle Ages to the frontline of The Great War.

    The sides of Blackadder

    • A scheming Edmund Blackadder across the centuries
    • Baldrick and his cunning plans
    • The trenches of the First World War

    Good for you if

    • you like Rowan Atkinson insulting everyone around him.
    • you like English history played as a farce, from the Middle Ages to 1917.
    • you laugh at the plague, executions and the trenches.

    Bad for you if

    • you find 1980s British television dated.
    • you can't root for a hero who is cruel, cowardly and selfish.

    About: cynicism · class · the absurdity of war

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  16. Veep 2012

    Series

    A look into American politics, revolving around former Senator Selina Meyer who finds being Vice President of the United States is nothing like she expected and everything everyone ever warned her about.

    The sides of Veep

    • Julia Louis-Dreyfus as Selina Meyer
    • A vice president nobody listens to
    • Staffers trading insults in Washington

    Good for you if

    • you like a politician whose plans fail in every episode.
    • you like insults so fast you miss half of them.
    • you like seeing Washington as a place of small egos and big ambition.

    Bad for you if

    • seven seasons is too much for you.
    • you want a politician you can root for.

    About: ambition · vanity · politics

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  17. The Boondocks 2005

    Series

    When Robert “Granddad” Freeman becomes legal guardian to his two grandsons, he moves from the tough south side of Chicago to the upscale neighborhood of Woodcrest (a.k.a. "The Boondocks") so he can enjoy his golden years in safety and comfort. But with Huey, a 10-year-old leftist revolutionary, and his eight-year-old misfit brother, Riley, suburbia is about to be shaken up.

    The sides of The Boondocks

    • A ten-year-old revolutionary in the suburbs
    • His little brother who wants to be a gangster
    • A grandfather just trying to retire

    Good for you if

    • you laugh at satire that goes where most comedy won't.
    • you like Huey taking on race and politics in America.
    • you like anime-style fights in a show about a suburb.

    Bad for you if

    • you don't watch animated series.
    • you want a cartoon to watch with your kids, and this one is made for adults.

    About: race · family · america

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  18. Richard Pryor's stand-up act includes his frank discussion about his freebasing addiction, as well as the infamous night on June 9, 1980 that he caught on fire.

    The sides of Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip

    • A comedian alone on stage
    • Jokes about his freebasing addiction
    • The night he caught on fire

    Good for you if

    • you want to laugh hard for eighty minutes.
    • you like a man joking about the night he set himself on fire.
    • you like watching Richard Pryor hold a whole room by himself.

    Bad for you if

    • you can't laugh at addiction and near death.
    • you find early-1980s stand-up dated.

    About: addiction · honesty · fame

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  19. Bowling for Columbine 2002

    Documentary

    This is not a film about gun control. It is a film about the fearful heart and soul of the United States, and the 280 million Americans lucky enough to have the right to a constitutionally protected Uzi. From a look at the Columbine High School security camera tapes to the home of Oscar-winning NRA President Charlton Heston, from a young man who makes homemade napalm with The Anarchist's Cookbook to the murder of a six-year-old girl by another six-year-old. Bowling for Columbine is a journey through the US, through our past, hoping to discover why our pursuit of happiness is so riddled with violence.

    The sides of Bowling for Columbine

    • A bank that hands out a rifle when you open an account
    • Columbine security camera footage
    • An interview with Charlton Heston at his home

    Good for you if

    • you want a road trip through America asking why it has so many shootings.
    • you can laugh at a cartoon history of America while the subject is gun deaths.
    • you like a sardonic narrator who questions everyone from Marilyn Manson to Charlton Heston.

    Bad for you if

    • a school shooting and a six-year-old girl's death are too much for you.
    • you can't watch real footage from inside a school during a shooting.

    About: guns · fear · violence

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  20. Death to 2021 2021

    Documentary

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

    The sides of Death to 2021

    • Fake experts talking about a real year
    • News footage from 2021
    • Famous actors playing commentators

    Good for you if

    • you like a quick, joke-packed look back at the news.
    • you like laughing at a pandemic year you'd rather forget.

    Bad for you if

    • you want people with a story, not talking heads in sketches.
    • you'd rather not relive a year of US politics, from the Capitol riot onward.

    About: the news · the pandemic · satire

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