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Position
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Hint
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Answer
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1
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Rock Music Mockumentary, dialled up to 11 (Rob Reiner, 1984)
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This Is Spinal Tap
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2
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High-flying disaster movie parody (Abrahams/Zucker/Zucker, 1980)
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Airplane!
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3
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Naughty boy is mistaken for the Messiah in Judea (Jones, 1979)
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Monty Python's Life of Brian
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4
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Neurotic comedian tries to work out why his relationship failed (Allen, 1977)
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Annie Hall
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5
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Knights of the Round Table on a noble quest are vexed by a killer rabbit (Gilliam/Jones, 1975)
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Monty Python and the Holy Grail
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6
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Misogynistic newsreader clashes with new female counterpart (McKay, 2004)
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Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy
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7
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Two unemployed actors go on a disastrous holiday (Robinson, 1987)
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Withnail & I
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8
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Weatherman finds himself stuck in a time loop (Ramis, 1993)
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Groundhog Day
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9
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Two Jazz musicians on the run from the mob dress up as women (Wilder, 1959)
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Some Like It Hot
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10
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An idiotic man struggles to make it through life on his own in St Louis (Reiner, 1979)
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The Jerk
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11
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Puppets attempt to save the world from the Film Actors Guild (Parker, 2004)
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Team America: World Police
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12
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Central Asian journalist travels to the US to learn about western culture (Charles, 2006)
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Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit of Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan
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13
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Slacker who enjoys bowling gets involved in a kidnapping (Coen, 1998)
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The Big Lebowski
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14
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Unhinged US Army General orders a nuclear strike on Russia (Kubrick, 1964)
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Dr Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb
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15
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A black sheriff is appointed in a racist town to defeat the evil machinations of the State Attorney General (Brooks, 1974)
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Blazing Saddles
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Position
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Hint
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Answer
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16
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Two vinyl-flinging housemates face up to a zombie apocalypse (Wright, 2004)
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Shaun of the Dead
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17
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The Marx Brothers get involved in a dispute between Freedonia and Sylvania (McCarey, 1933)
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Duck Soup
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18
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Incompetent LA detective uncovers a plot to assassinate Queen Elizabeth II (Zucker, 1988)
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The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!
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19
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Four boys watch an R-rated film that leads to a war between Canada and the US (Parker, 1999)
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South Park: Bigger, Longer & Uncut
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20
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A rich commodities broker and a homeless man cross paths not knowing they are part of an elaborate bet (Landis, 1983)
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Trading Places
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21
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Two mismatched men attempt to get to Chicago in time for Thanksgiving (Hughes, 1987)
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles
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22
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Two dimwitted friends travel to Colorado to return some money (Farrelly, 1994)
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Dumb and Dumber
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23
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Four parapsychologists attempt to prevent the second coming of the Sumerian God of Destruction (Reitman, 1984)
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Ghostbusters
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24
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A group of dimwitted Muslim radicals from Sheffield aspire to be suicide bombers (Morris, 2010)
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Four Lions
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25
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Loving Australian family are threatened when developers attempt a compulsory purchase on their home (Sitch, 1997)
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The Castle
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26
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Mockumentary about five pet owners on their way to the Mayflower Kennel Club Dog Show (Guest, 2000)
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Best in Show
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27
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Man hires a private eye to track down his childhood sweetheart but faces opposition for her affections (Farrelly/Farrelly, 1998)
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There's Something About Mary
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28
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The adventures of the rock music-loving hosts of a public access television cable show (Spheeris, 1992)
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Wayne's World
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29
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An eccentric teenager and his industrialist friend both fall in love with an elementary school teacher (Anderson, 1998)
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Rushmore
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30
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Broadway theatrical flop is a cover for investment fraud but it becomes an unexpected success (Brooks, 1968)
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The Producers
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