The Onion Movie

The Onion Movie 2008

6.10

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.

2008

Shame

Shame 1988

6.00

Hardened prosecutor Asta Cadell leaves home for a road trip down the coast of Australia. But Cadell's relaxing ride turns tense when her motorcycle malfunctions and she makes a pit stop in a remote town. Cadell meets teen Elizabeth Curtis, who confides that she has just been raped, and Cadell helps the young woman report the crime to the authorities. When police corruption stands in the way of justice, she takes matters into her own hands.

1988

Human Form

Human Form 2014

6.00

Feeling alone in a world where everyone looks exactly the same, a young girl decides to take extreme measures to change her appearance.

2014

Salem Falls

Salem Falls 2011

5.40

A man with a troubled past tries to settle down in a small town, finds love and then ends up being the target of a witch hunt.

2011

The Moralist

The Moralist 1959

6.40

The newly appointed head of a censorship board uses his uncompromising stance against everything "immoral" – from nudity in movies to nightclubs – to hide a rather unseemly double life.

1959

Hypocrisis

Hypocrisis 2021

1

An alcoholic priest receives confessions online throughout the eternal quarantine.

2021

Stolen Ground

Stolen Ground 1993

1

In US society, people of East Asian heritage are often perceived through an obscuring lens of ethnic and cultural stereotypes. In STOLEN GROUND, six Asian-American men talk about their experience of the highly racialized United States, and consider how racism has affected their lives and those of their family members.

1993

Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago

Bill Hicks: Bill Loses it in Chicago 1989

4.20

One of Hicks's most famous quotes was delivered during a gig in Chicago - known s the "Infamous Bill Looses it in Chicago" show - in 1989 (later released as the bootleg I'm Sorry, Folks). After a heckler repeatedly shouted "Free Bird", Hicks screamed that "Hitler had the right idea, he was just an underachiever!" Hicks followed this remark with a misanthropic tirade calling for unbiased genocide against the whole of humanity.

1989

Stark

Stark 1993

5.80

Stark is a 1993 British-Australian television miniseries, based on the bestselling novel Stark by comedian Ben Elton. The three-episode series, directed by Nadia Tass, was an international co-production between the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation.

1993