Few directors risk upstaging their movies with credit sequences as effervescent as the one with which Sacha Guitry (who also wrote the script and stars) opens this 1936 comedy: in a miniature satire on life behind the scenes on a movie set, he introduces the cast and crew, tipping his hand regarding the tricks of the trade.

NEWYORKER: The Story of a Cheat

The Trilambs extend their merciless satire to almost every aspect of life - from dysfunctional relationships to absurd parties and messy relationship break-ups.

BBC: Soon Hey, Matty Boom and Gay Jamie

The writer, Jeffrey Abrams, combines feeble finger-pointing satire of the success-obsessed upper class with life lessons that are hard to swallow.

NEWYORKER: Regarding Henry

The Conservative-led government says the new handbook also features "an exploration of Britons' unique sense of humor and satire, " alongside an explanation of aspects of cultural life including the national love of gardening, the novels of Jane Austen and the musicals of Andrew Lloyd Webber.

NPR: History, Culture, Humor On New UK Citizenship Test