Black humor movies and TV shows
The list contains the best, new and most relevant black humor movies ordered by relevance. The recommendation service has sorted out black humor, dark comedy, absurd, surreal, humorous and dark films and TV shows about / with dark humor, satire, murder, obsession, brutality, revenge, violence, death, macabre and adaptation plots mostly in Comedy, Crime and Horror genres shot in USA, UK, Canada and other countries.
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TOP 10 movies tagged as black humor: Pink Flamingos (1972), Re-Animator (1985), Violent Night (2022), Joker (2019), The Greasy Strangler (2016), Evil Toons (1992), Hot Pursuit (2015), The Whole Nine Yards (2000), Lolita (1962), Cemetery Man (1994).
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List of black humor movies
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Notorious Baltimore criminal and underground figure Divine goes up against Connie & Raymond Marble, a sleazy married couple who make a passionate attempt to humiliate her and seize her tabloid-given title as "The Filthiest Person ...
Style:
controversial, underground film, black comedy, independent film, erotic ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
nudity, lesbian, obsession, animal abuse, arson, perversion, dysfunctional family, murder, egg, transgression, controversy, sadism ...
Time:
20th century, 70s
Place:
usa, maryland, baltimore, idaho, california
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Genre: Comedy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min.
Story:
A dedicated student at a medical college and his girlfriend become involved in bizarre experiments centering around the re-animation of dead tissue when an odd new student arrives on campus.
Style:
splatter, lovecraft, bloody, black comedy, horror comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, adult
Plot:
violence, mad scientist, zombie, insanity, reanimated corpse, female nudity, dark humor, overdose, gory, laboratory, hospital, evil scientist ...
Time:
80s, year 1985, 20th century
Place:
massachusetts, europe, austria, zurich switzerland
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121K
Genre: Action, Comedy, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
When a team of mercenaries breaks into a wealthy family compound on Christmas Eve, taking everyone inside hostage, the team isn’t prepared for a surprise combatant: Santa Claus is on the grounds, and he’s about to show why this Nick is no saint.
Style:
christmas horror, entertaining, captivating, tense, suspenseful ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
santa claus, christmas, bloody violence, mercenary, killer santa claus, graphic violence, christmas eve, holiday, hostage situation, holiday horror, extreme violence, girl ...
Time:
medieval times, 2020s, 10th century
Place:
connecticut, washington d.c.
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1.7M
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA, Canada, Australia
Duration: 122 min.
Story:
During the 1980s, a failed stand-up comedian is driven insane and turns to a life of crime and chaos in Gotham City while becoming an infamous psychopathic crime figure.
Style:
thought provoking, atmospheric, suspense, bleak, psychological thriller ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
mental illness, villain, loneliness, mental patient, psycho, comedian, psychological trauma, mental disorder, psychopath, social problems, insanity, social decay ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, year 2019, 20th century, year 1981
Place:
new york, new jersey, los angeles, persia, bronx new york city
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Ronnie runs a Disco walking tour with his son, Brayden. When a sexy woman takes the tour, it begins a competition between father and son for her love. It also signals the arrival of an oily strangler who stalks the streets at night.
Style:
slasher, sexy, absurd, scary, dark ...
Plot:
disco, toilet humor, dirty old man, night, strangler, serial killer as protagonist, strangled to death, nudity, father son relationship, son, maniac, competition ...
Time:
year 2016, 2010s
Place:
california, los angeles
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Genre: Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
Four sexy young girls are to clean an old house for the new owners. They get delivered an old book full of magic incantations, and while reading it they accidentally bring a cartoon character to life. The cartoon character likes the blood of young ...
Style:
dark comedy, parody, independent film, adult animation, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
monster, demon, nudity, woman in jeopardy, blood, lesbianism, sexploitation, sexual humor, mansion, striptease, basement, lust ...
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Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
An uptight by-the-book cop must protect the widow of a drug boss from crooked cops and gunmen.
Style:
humorous, not serious, exciting, teen, funny ...
Audience:
chick flick, girls' night, teens
Plot:
chase, odd couple, friendship, policewoman, shooting, organized crime, on the run, corruption, sarcasm, danger, cop, witness protection ...
Time:
2010s, 80s, 21st century
Place:
usa, texas, san antonio texas
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Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
A mobster named Jimmy the Tulip agrees to cooperate with an FBI investigation in order to stay out of prison; he's relocated by the authorities to a life of suburban anonymity as part of a witness protection program. It's not long before a ...
Style:
funny, humorous, entertaining, black comedy, dark comedy ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
hitman, mafia, assassin, adultery, dark humor, twists and turns, killer, farce, organized crime, gangster, contract killer, opposites attract ...
Time:
year 2000, y2k, 20th century, 90s, 2000s ...
Place:
montreal, chicago, canada, usa
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115K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 153 min.
Story:
Humbert Humbert is a middle-aged British novelist who is both appalled by and attracted to the vulgarity of American culture. When he comes to stay at the boarding house run by Charlotte Haze, he soon becomes obsessed with Lolita, the woman's ...
Style:
erotic, disturbing, sexual, psychological, sexy ...
Audience:
teens, teen drama, adult
Plot:
forbidden love, lolita, age difference, girl man relationship, seduction, pedophilia, lust, mother daughter relationship, obsession, older man younger woman relationship, nymphet, sexualized violence ...
Time:
1950s, 1940s, 20th century, year 1962, near future ...
Place:
new hampshire, usa, ohio
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: Italy, France, Germany
Duration: 103 min.
Story:
A cemetery man has the unusual problem of the dead rising from the grave. Himself and his assistant must end these creatures' lives again after they are reborn. Everything is going well until "She" comes along and stirs things up a ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, cult classic, sexy, creepy ...
Plot:
zombie, cemetery, male nudity, insanity, erotica, prostitute, grave digger, graphic violence, living dead, death, violent, undead ...
Time:
90s
Place:
italy, europe
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135K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 116 min.
Story:
A renowned New York playwright is enticed to California to write for the movies and discovers the hellish truth of Hollywood.
Style:
surreal, psychological, neo noir, black comedy, cerebral ...
Plot:
twists and turns, dark humor, hollywood, screenwriter, showbiz, murder, neighbor, surrealism, nightmare, serial killer, insanity, filmmaking ...
Time:
1940s, 20th century, year 1991, 90s, year 1941
Place:
los angeles, california, usa, new york, new york state
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Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: Finland
TV show
Story:
Black Widows is a series about 3 ordinary women, friendship and an impossible secret.
Style:
psychological, thrilling, captivating, crime drama, tense ...
Plot:
unhappy marriage, female friendship, family relations, male female relationship, female protagonist, crime boss, life is a bitch, husband wife relationship, criminal, marital problem, women, troubled marriage ...
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Genre: Comedy, Family, Fantasy, Thriller
Country: USA
TV show
Story:
A peppy young woman looks at obscure movies and criticizes them accordingly. Unlike many movie reviewers, Lupa has a much more positive approach and doesn't get angry nearly as often, despite how bad many of the movies are.
Style:
talky, not serious, humorous, realistic, lighthearted ...
Plot:
irony, sarcasm, critic, silly humor, media, artists and showbiz, dark humor, filmmaking, sexual humor, internet, film critic, redheaded woman ...
Time:
2010s, 21st century
Place:
usa
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Denmark
Duration: 100 min.
Story:
The Green Butchers (Danish: De grønne slagtere) is a black comedy featuring two butchers, Svend "Sweat" and Bjarne, who start their own shop to get away from their arrogant boss. Cannibalism is soon introduced to the plot, and further ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, semi serious, parody ...
Plot:
cannibalism, butcher, dark humor, food, losing-it hero, crime gone awry, greed, friendship, family relations, workplace, buddies, business venture ...
Time:
2000s, 21st century
Place:
europe, denmark, california
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Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: UK
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
No overview found.
Style:
sketch comedy, dark comedy, offbeat, surreal, absurd ...
Plot:
pantomime, irreverent, live performance, satire, macabre, cabaret, darkness, farce, sketch, camp, puzzle, masturbation ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
britain, northern england
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Genre: Short, Comedy
Country: Portugal
Duration: 8 min.
Story:
A man who wants to end his life but because of a rare disease he can't do it.
Style:
tragicomedy, ironic, dark comedy, existential, philosophical ...
Plot:
suicide attempt, failed suicide, existential crisis, self destructing, character study, psychological torment, desperation, rehearsal, voice over narration, nihilism, loneliness, obsession ...
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
The film has three stories. First is about local village idiot Paletta, who can not afford the services of a whore and so steals a locket from a holy shrine belonging to local mafia don. Second shows the story of betrayal of Pitrinu (who's dead ...
Style:
anthology, dark comedy, tragicomedy, black comedy, surreal ...
Plot:
mafia, satire, organized crime, betrayal, resurrection, dual role, moral ambiguity, small town, revenge, character study, theft, poverty ...
Place:
sicily, palermo italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Germany
Duration: 70 min.
Story:
Black Wedding is a pitch-dark comedy on marriage. Not a single word is spoken, but murder is ubiquitous. It's the uproarious story of a husband and wife that artfully tries to kill each other - again and again, for 76 minutes, without speaking ...
Style:
dark comedy, silent, tragicomedy, absurd, fast paced ...
Plot:
marriage, murder, wedding, violence, satire, revenge, intimate, absurd violence, family drama, family secret, pantomime, parent child relationship ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Brazil
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Banker, acting as an international front, lives dangerously among a blonde, a brunette and a dark woman, his lover.
Style:
satirical, dark comedy, absurd, cynical, ironic ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
social satire, bourgeoisie, hypocrisy, political satire, infidelity, corruption, male protagonist, character study, love triangle, urban, favela, female nudity ...
Place:
brazil
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Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery
Country: UK
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
A comedy that started in 1991 as a pilot, Murder Most Horrid stars Dawn French as various characters, as she embarks on a different mystery every episode. In one way or another she is involved with murder - either committing the crime herself or ...
Style:
anthology, dark comedy, dark, detective, parody ...
Plot:
british police, murder, satire, macabre, irreverent, whodunit, deadpan, investigation, moral ambiguity, sketch, murder mystery, dark humor ...
Time:
90s, future
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Italy
Duration: 113 min.
Story:
Second scandalously famous collections of short Italian comedies of the 90s! All that was "fun" in those years in Italy - all here! The sea of black humor on all issues - sex, politics, mafia, crime, TV...
Style:
anthology, parody, cynical, controversial, sex comedy ...
Plot:
satire, social commentary, mature, irreverent, political satire, adult humor, pop culture, scandal, celebrity culture, dark humor
Time:
90s
Place:
italy
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Genre: Comedy
Country: Canada
Duration: 30 min.
TV show
Story:
They’re dirty, vulgar, dishonest, grouchy, uncultured. They’re also a big, happy family. The Bougon are a joyous bunch of scoundrels who live on the margins of society, doing whatever it takes to scam their way through life, thinking up new ...
Style:
dark comedy, sitcom, cynical, offbeat, absurd ...
Plot:
white trash, satire, husband wife relationship, family relations, fighting the system, social problems, lifestyle change, changing lives, social issues, social satire, working class, anti hero ...
Place:
quebec
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Genre: Comedy, Sport
Country: Iceland
Duration: 90 min.
Story:
A business man and weekend dad is getting worn down by family trouble, business failure and the continuous loss of his favorite football team. He decides to start importing Bulgarian energy cigarettes in a last ditch attempt at success ... his best ...
Style:
dark comedy, independent film, cynical, mockumentary, black humor
Plot:
single father, satire, midlife crisis, existential crisis, social satire, male protagonist, absurdism, social commentary, desperation, deadpan, football, unemployment ...
Time:
2000s
Place:
iceland
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
TV show
Story:
The dark mind of Daniel Sloss is back, and he's ready to find the funny in some very taboo topics, from the deeply personal to the highly irreverent.
Style:
satirical, funny, dark comedy, controversial, humorous ...
Plot:
comedian, stand up comedy, stand up comedian, irreverent, mature, social problems, silly humor, adult humor, joke, satire, humour, theater ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 59 min.
Story:
There's no subject too dark as the comedian skewers taboos and riffs on national tragedies before pulling back the curtain on his provocative style.
Style:
dark comedy, controversial, light, captivating, humorous ...
Plot:
stand up comedy, satire, stand up comedian, humour, comedian, adult humor, dark humor, mature, live performance, club, improv, pun ...
Place:
san francisco
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Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK
Duration: 112 min.
Story:
An outrageous and provocative dark comedy about a mismatched NSA team who kidnap the creator of Bitcoin - Satoshi Nakamoto - and attempt to torture him for the information they need to destroy cryptocurrencies.
Style:
dark comedy, captivating, thrilling, psychological, satirical ...
Plot:
cryptocurrency, satire, kidnapping, torture, abduction, agent, kidnapped, problem, surveillance, political satire, irreverent, moral ambiguity ...
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Genre: Animation
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 25 min.
TV show
Story:
An adaption of Taiwanese comic series, Brave Animated Series. The comic artist of this series uses black humor to elaborate social issues, and its storytelling is very into the taste of the younger generation. This program is integrated with ...
Style:
tense, captivating, light, entertaining, exciting ...
Plot:
superhero, demon, magic, dragon, goblin, social commentary, moral ambiguity, discrimination, fight, monster, superhero team, super villain ...
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Genre: Animation, Fantasy, Horror, Thriller
Country: Japan
TV show
Story:
Each episode follows Fukuzou Moguro, a traveling salesman, and his current customer. Moguro deals in things that give his customers their heart's desire, and once his deals are made and their unhealthy desires are satisfied, Moguro's ...
Style:
anime, psychological, dark comedy, dark, captivating ...
Plot:
temptation, cautionary tale, deal with the devil, moral ambiguity, problem, fighting crime, bandit, heroes, superhero, gang, secret, supernatural ...
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Genre: Comedy
Country: USA
Duration: 80 min.
Story:
When screenwriter Cal Neros fritters away a million-dollar advance on a script and blows his deadline, the studio boss gives him one week to write the sickest movie ever committed to the screen.
Style:
humorous, realistic, not serious, independent film, dark comedy ...
Plot:
race against time, silly humor, filmmaking, artists and showbiz, disorder, showbiz, chases and races, farce, urban, writer's block, satire, behind the scenes ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, new york
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Genre: Animation, Action, Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Argentina
Duration: 72 min.
Story:
Checo and Once are two difficult teenagers who live and survive in Buenos Aires after a nuclear explosion with which the film begins. It turns the world to ashes, bringing incomprehensible social changes. But for Checo and Once, who are used to an ...
Style:
adult animation, disturbing, suspense, humorous, captivating ...
Plot:
youth culture, youth, post apocalyptic, social relations, silly humor, adult humor, dark humor, humour, social satire, post apocalypse, troubled youth, lifestyle ...
Place:
buenos aires argentina, argentina
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