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	remove undo remove undo add 21 Jump Street This movie has fun playing with cliches and acknowledging it. Early on Ice Cube acknowledges that his character is a stereotype of the "angry black police chief". Later on, Schmidt and Jenko keep expecting things to blow up like in every action movie they ever see, but when it finally does happen it's totally anticlimactic.
	remove undo remove undo add Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery A 1997 movie directed by Jay Roach about a suave spy who was cryogenically frozen in the 1960s and thawed in the late 90s to battle his nemesis, Dr. Evil, a Bond-esque super-villain who acquires a nuclear warhead and threatens to send it into the Earth's core.
	remove undo remove undo add Blazing Saddles Blazing Saddles is a comedy about a corrupt politician, Hedly Lamar, that wants to have a railroad go through the town of Rock Ridge. He appoints a black sheriff (Bart) to the town in hopes that it will make his work easier only to find the opposite.
	remove undo remove undo add Cop Out Kevin Smith's latest film, Cop Out is a satirical look at cop movies.
	remove undo remove undo add Crazy, Stupid, Love. After his wife seeks to divorce him, Cal Weaver (Steve Carell) befriends ladies man Jacob Palmer (Ryan Gosling), who attempts to help Cal rediscover his lost manhood.
	remove undo remove undo add Free Enterprise Free Enterprise explores the dating scene of late 90's Hollywood singles from a sardonic perspective. The film is laced with references to science-fiction films and television shows.
	remove undo remove undo add Friends with Benefits The relationship between two friends gets complicated when they decide to get romantic.
	remove undo remove undo add From Dusk Till Dawn The group talks about the ways to kill vampires.
	remove undo remove undo add Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back When Jay and Silent Bob find out there is a movie being made about them (that they aren't getting paid for), they set out on a road trip to Hollywood to stop the movie from being made.
	remove undo remove undo add John Dies at the End John Dies at the End is a comedy horror film by Don Coscarelli, based on a book by David Wong. It is the story of Dave and his friend John and their encounters with an otherworldly substance called soy sauce.
	remove undo remove undo add Mirror, Mirror On her 18th birthday, the beautiful Snow White ventures out into her kingdom for the first time in years, seeing the poverty inflicted on the townspeople by the evil Queen, her stepmother. After almost being killed by the Queen, Snow aligns herself with dwarves to take back the crown.
	remove undo remove undo add No Strings Attached A comedy about Adman and Emma who, after only briefly meeting before, decide to start a relationship based on sex alone and nothing else. But as time goes on can they stop from falling for each other?
	remove undo remove undo add Phone Booth The antagonist asks the protagonist in movies why bad guys cock the gun in front of the good guy and not just have it cocked already.
	remove undo remove undo add Scary Movie A parody movie of thrillers and slashers.
	remove undo remove undo add Scream A group of highschoolers must use their knowledge of horror movie tropes to survive the killings amongst their peers.
	remove undo remove undo add Scream 2 Two years after the murders in Woodsboro, a new Ghostface killer shows up in the wake of the release of the movie adaptation of the murders.
	remove undo remove undo add Scream 3 In the further adventures of the Scream universe, the characters from the previous entries venture onto the set of Stab 3, a movie about their life-but the murders begin to happen again, on set.
	remove undo remove undo add Scream 4 New Decade, New rules. The Story takes place a decade later, focusing on Sidney who has mostly put her life back together in the course of these 10 years. But, there would be no Scream without Ghostface, resulting in a confrontation with the protagonist.
	remove undo remove undo add Team America: World Police The movie has a song about a montage during a montage.
	remove undo remove undo add The Birdcage When the son of a drag queen-club owner becomes engaged to the daughter of a senator, a comedic dinner party is held where two worlds collide.
	remove undo remove undo add The Cabin in the Woods A different take on the "Cabin in the Woods" formula. Old horror movie clichés with new twists. "The horror movie to end all horror movies."
	remove undo remove undo add The Dark Knight The Joker asks if he is going to get the good cop/bad cop routine.
	remove undo remove undo add The Guard The photographer at the end is talking about pitching a movie with "Fish Out of Water" cliche.
	remove undo remove undo add The Incredibles Syndrome realizes that he is monologuing.
	remove undo remove undo add The Muppets In order to save the Muppet Theater from being demolished for oil, Kermit the Frog and three fans must reunite the Muppets to raise $10 million by staging the Greatest Muppet Telethon ever.
	remove undo remove undo add The Other Guys Two desk cops get their chance to step up to the big leagues, but do they have what it takes to go toe-to-toe with the city's top criminals?
	remove undo remove undo add Vampires Suck A vampire spoof movie from the guys who made Epic Movie, Date Movie, and Meet the Spartans. You know what to expect.
	remove undo remove undo add Wayne's World In this big-screen feature of a legendary "Saturday Night Live" parody, Wayne and Garth, the original "Party on!" overgrown teenagers, produce a no-budget cable access show that wins a contract from a fast-talking ad man.
	remove undo remove undo add Wayne's World 2 A message from Jim Morrison in a dream prompts Aurora, Ill. local access TV stars Wayne and Garth to put on a rock concert, "Waynestock," with Aerosmith as headliners. But amid the preparations, Wayne is sure that a record producer is making moves on his lady friend.