Critical Care (1997)
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Sidney Lumet's 1997 medical satire. James Spader as resident in end-of-life care system.
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1970sThe Hospital (1971)
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Arthur Hiller's 1971 medical satire. Scott as suicidal chief of medicine.
1990sPatch Adams (1998)
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Tom Shadyac's 1998 Hunter Adams biopic. Robin Williams as the unconventional doctor.
1970sSlap Shot (1977)
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George Roy Hill's 1977 minor league hockey comedy. Paul Newman as player-coach of dying franchise.
1970sCatch-22 (1970)
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Mike Nichols' 1970 Heller adaptation. Substantial source material that the film handles only partially.
1970sM*A*S*H (1970)
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Robert Altman's 1970 Korean War satire. Sutherland and Gould as wartime surgeons.
1990sThe Player (1992)
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Robert Altman's 1992 Hollywood satire. Tim Robbins as studio executive.
2000sIdiocracy (2006)
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Mike Judge's 2006 dystopian satire. Average man wakes in 500-years-dumber future.
1970sBeing There (1979)
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Final film of Sellers' great period. Being There is Hal Ashby's 1979 American satire adapting Jerzy Kosinski's 1971 novella.
2000sIn the Loop (2009)
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British and American officials bumble toward Middle East war. The film depicts British and American officials maneuvering through diplomatic incompetence toward a Middle Eastern war that none of them actually want but none can prevent.
1990sWag the Dog (1997)
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Barry Levinson's 1997 political satire. Hoffman and De Niro fabricate a war to bury a presidential scandal.
1970sNetwork (1976)
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Sidney Lumet's 1976 TV news satire. Network is Sidney Lumet's 1976 American satire about commercial television.