Black comedy movies and TV shows – page 3
Best films
Genre: Adventure, Comedy
Country: Sweden, Croatia, USA, Turkey, Denmark, Netherlands
Duration: 114 min.
Story:
After living a long and colorful life, Allan Karlsson finds himself stuck in a nursing home. On his 100th birthday, he leaps out a window and begins an unexpected journey.
Style:
black comedy, entertaining, absurd, semi serious, road movie ...
Audience:
chick flick
Plot:
escape, retirement home, violent, sarcasm, deadpan, brutality, aging, cold war, runaway, storytelling, dark humor, escapades ...
Time:
year 2013, 21st century
Place:
soviet union, spain, russia, scandinavia, eastern europe ...
Is relevant?
306K
Genre: Action, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
In a violent, near-apocalyptic Detroit, evil corporation Omni Consumer Products wins a contract from the city government to privatize the police force. To test their crime-eradicating cyborgs, the company leads street cop Alex Murphy into an armed ...
Style:
futuristic, entertaining, black comedy, cyber, intense ...
Audience:
boys' night, kids, teens, manly
Plot:
cyberpunk, robot, cyborgs, androids and robots, dystopia, robocop, police, revenge, graphic violence, law enforcement, satire, gory ...
Time:
future, near future, 80s, year 1987
Place:
usa, detroit, michigan
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A criminal on the run cons his way into the wrong dinner party where the host is anything but ordinary.
Style:
disturbing, psychological, twist ending, black comedy, entertaining ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
twists and turns, dinner party, plot twist, storytelling, dialogue, hidden identity, kidnapped, chess, survival, hostage, mental disorder, villain ...
Time:
y2k, year 2000
Place:
usa, los angeles, new jersey, australia
Is relevant?
12K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
Story:
A dentist finds himself a murder suspect after a sexy patient seduces him into prescribing her drugs
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, suspenseful, tricky, captivating ...
Plot:
murder, dentist, frame up, drug use, femme fatale, betrayal, dark humor, false accusation, twists and turns, life turned upside down, couples, disorder ...
Time:
year 2001
Place:
wisconsin, usa, arizona, france
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
779K
Genre: Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 98 min.
Story:
Jerry, a small-town Minnesota car salesman is bursting at the seams with debt... but he's got a plan. He's going to hire two thugs to kidnap his wife in a scheme to collect a hefty ransom from his wealthy father-in-law. It's going to ...
Style:
neo noir, black comedy, dark comedy, atmospheric, cult classic ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
small town, snow, dark humor, crime gone awry, ransom, kidnapping, murder, satire, foul language, police, psychopath, winter ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, 90s, year 1987, year 1996
Place:
minnesota, minneapolis minnesota, north dakota, usa, persia
Is relevant?
415K
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Thanks to an untimely demise via drowning, a young couple end up as poltergeists in their New England farmhouse, where they fail to meet the challenge of scaring away the insufferable new owners, who want to make drastic changes. In desperation, the ...
Style:
gothic, black comedy, surreal, witty, dark comedy ...
Audience:
kids, teens, family outing, family friendly, chick flick ...
Plot:
haunted house, afterlife, ghost, supernatural, surrealism, dark humor, goth, dysfunctional family, teenage girl, seance, able to see the dead, haunted ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1988
Place:
america, usa, new england, connecticut
Is relevant?
765K
Genre: Crime, Drama
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Renton, deeply immersed in the Edinburgh drug scene, tries to clean up and get out, despite the allure of the drugs and influence of friends.
Style:
disturbing, psychedelic, captivating, dark comedy, black comedy ...
Audience:
boys' night, teens, teen drama
Plot:
addiction, heroin, drug addiction, drug abuse, existentialism, dark humor, counterculture, junkie, life is a bitch, subculture, dialogue, social misfits ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1996
Place:
scotland, edinburgh scotland, london, england, britain ...
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
490K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Thriller
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 107 min.
Story:
Ray and Ken, two hit men, are in Bruges, Belgium, waiting for their next mission. While they are there they have time to think and discuss their previous assignment. When the mission is revealed to Ken, it is not what he expected.
Style:
dark comedy, neo noir, humorous, atmospheric, clever ...
Audience:
boys' night, adult
Plot:
dark humor, hitman, redemption, haunted by the past, guilt, death, tourist, dialogue, shooting, dwarf, friendship, suicidal ...
Time:
year 2008, 2000s, future, medieval times, 21st century
Place:
bruges, europe, ireland, london, amsterdam ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
Bubba Ho-tep tells the "true" story of what really did become of Elvis Presley. We find Elvis as an elderly resident in an East Texas rest home, who switched identities with an Elvis impersonator years before his "death," then ...
Style:
splatter, funny, black comedy, independent film, cult classic ...
Plot:
mummy, nightmare, dark humor, undead, mental illness, president, elvis impersonator, old age, profanity, roommate, musician, satire ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
texas, las vegas, usa, southern usa, austin texas ...
Is relevant?
132K
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: UK, Germany, USA
Duration: 111 min.
Story:
Two quirky, cynical teenaged girls try to figure out what to do with their lives after high school graduation. After they play a prank on an eccentric, middle aged record collector, one of them befriends him, which causes a rift in the girls' ...
Style:
black comedy, thought provoking, teen, independent film, realistic ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, friendship, age difference, graduation, adolescence, older man younger woman relationship, teenage girl, teenage life, teen angst, blues, best friend, high school student ...
Time:
year 2001, 2000s, 21st century
Place:
usa, indiana, los angeles
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA, Canada
Duration: 87 min.
Story:
A year in the life of Alice Klieg, a woman with Borderline Personality Disorder who wins Mega-millions, quits her meds and buys her own talk show.
Style:
black comedy, humorous, disturbing, talky, surreal ...
Audience:
date night, teens
Plot:
mental illness, depression, satire, obsession, mental disorder, mental health, food, character study, storytelling, life turned upside down, media, nervous breakdown ...
Time:
year 1989, year 1971, year 1996, year 1991, 21st century
Place:
usa, palm springs california, california, new jersey
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Just after a bad breakup, Charlie MacKenzie falls for lovely butcher Harriet Michaels and introduces her to his parents. But, as voracious consumers of sensational tabloids, his parents soon come to suspect that Harriet is actually a notorious ...
Style:
black comedy, funny, dark comedy, romantic comedy, cult classic ...
Audience:
date night
Plot:
serial killer, female psychopath, butcher, female killer, murder, hotel, farce, halloween, poet, honeymoon, eccentricity, breakup ...
Time:
20th century, 90s
Place:
san francisco, bay area, scotland, usa, seattle
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min.
Story:
An unattractive 7th grader struggles to cope with suburban life as the middle child with un-attentive parents and bullies at school.
Style:
disturbing, cult classic, black comedy, teen, cynical ...
Audience:
teens, girls' night, teen drama
Plot:
coming of age, misfit, dysfunctional family, bullying, childhood, humiliation, social outcast, female protagonist, school, youth, public humiliation, high school life ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, near future, year 1995
Place:
new jersey, seattle, usa
Is relevant?
Genre: Adventure, Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Two friends are invited for a weekend to a luxury island with their boss. The boss gets shot and nobody seems to notice, except for the two friends. In order not to become suspects of murder they treat the body as a puppet and make people believe ...
Style:
funny, humorous, black comedy, hilarious, buddy comedy ...
Audience:
teens, boys' night, kids
Plot:
dark humor, beach, murder, farce, insurance, comedy of errors, heat wave, vacation gone wrong, weekend getaway, businessman, summer job, organized crime ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, labor day
Place:
new york, manhattan new york city, usa, new jersey
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
A young, naive Hollywood studio assistant finally turns the tables on his incredibly abusive producer boss.
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, sexy, cynical, entertaining ...
Plot:
hollywood, workplace, vengeance, business, humiliation, character study, disgruntled worker, filmmaking, boss, obnoxious boss, success, workplace situations ...
Time:
20th century, year 1994, 90s
Place:
california, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
45K
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: USA
Duration: 92 min.
Story:
A down and out young punk gets a job working with a seasoned repo man, but what awaits him in his new career is a series of outlandish adventures revolving around aliens, the CIA, and a most wanted '64 Chevy.
Style:
dark comedy, cult classic, black comedy, surreal, independent film ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
surrealism, alien, car trunk, punk, punk rocker, absurdism, crime spree, mad scientist, radioactivity, conspiracy theory, flying car, robbery ...
Time:
80s, 20th century, year 1984, future
Place:
california, los angeles, arizona, usa
Is relevant?
46K
Genre: Adventure, Drama, Horror, Western
Country: UK, Mexico, USA, Czech Republic
Duration: 101 min.
Story:
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier, Capt. John Boyd investigates. After arriving at his new post, Boyd and his regiment aid a wounded frontiersman who recounts a horrifying tale ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, scary, suspenseful, gothic ...
Plot:
cannibalism, cannibal, wendigo, winter, death, fort, mountain, gory, survival, food, violent, snow ...
Time:
19th century, 1840s, 20th century, victorian era, 1800s ...
Place:
usa, california
Is relevant?
Genre: Action, Comedy, Crime, Drama, Mystery
Country: USA
Duration: 86 min.
Story:
Mall security guard Ronnie Barnhardt is called into action to stop a flasher from turning shopper's paradise into his personal peep show. But when Barnhardt can't bring the culprit to justice, a surly police detective is recruited to close ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, satirical, sexy, humorous ...
Plot:
shopping mall, dark humor, workplace, security guard, farce, unrequited love, justice, delusion, police investigation, thief, workplace situations, adolescence vs adulthood ...
Time:
21st century
Place:
usa, mexico
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Music
Country: UK, USA
Duration: 178 min.
Story:
This sprawling, surrealist musical serves as an allegory for the pitfalls of capitalism, as it follows the adventures of a young coffee salesman in Europe.
Style:
cult classic, black comedy, dark comedy, road movie, controversial ...
Plot:
breast feeding, surrealism, philosophy, satire, chess, social satire, traveling salesman, coffee, sex show, psychology, police corruption, mad scientist ...
Time:
year 1973, 20th century, 70s
Place:
england, scotland, europe, east end london, london ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Crime, Romance
Country: USA
Duration: 119 min.
Story:
Two victims of traumatized childhoods become lovers and psychopathic serial murderers irresponsibly glorified by the mass media.
Style:
controversial, sexy, black comedy, brutal, sadistic ...
Plot:
dark humor, violence, serial killer, violent, psychopath, mass murder, murderous pair, insanity, satire, brutality, media, on the road ...
Time:
90s, 20th century, year 1994
Place:
new mexico, london, tokyo, europe, east asia ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Fantasy, Music, Musical
Country: New Zealand
Duration: 97 min.
Story:
Heidi, the star of the "Meet The Feebles Variety Hour" discovers her lover Bletch, The Walrus, is cheating on her. And with all the world waiting for the show, the assorted co-stars must contend with drug addiction, extortion, robbery, ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, controversial, splatter, disturbing ...
Audience:
adult
Plot:
puppet, violent, dark humor, satire, interspecies sex, surrealism, sex, revenge, gory, murder, drug addiction, drug abuse ...
Time:
80s
Place:
new zealand, vietnam
Is relevant?
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
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi, Thriller
Country: South Korea
Duration: 117 min.
Story:
A traumatized young man abducts Korean leaders, believing they're toxic reptilian aliens - a fifth column launching a takeover of beloved Earth. Stumped law enforcement geniuses half-seriously hire a disgraced, disheveled private detective with ...
Style:
surreal, black comedy, dark comedy, humorous, disturbing ...
Audience:
teens
Plot:
alien invasion, dark humor, biopunk, twists and turns, brutality, space and aliens, death of father, death of mother, earth, anti hero, alien, serial killer ...
Time:
2000s, year 2002, 21st century
Place:
south korea, asia, korea
Is relevant?
79K
Genre: Comedy, Crime
Country: USA
Duration: 102 min.
Story:
Told from three perspectives, a story of a bunch of young Californians trying to get some cash, do and deal some drugs, score money and sex in Las Vegas, and generally experience the rush of life.
Style:
sexy, black comedy, entertaining, dark comedy, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, adult
Plot:
supermarket, drug dealer, hit and run, teenage girl, clubbing, stripper, disorder, gay couple, multiple storylines, rave party, christmas, sexual content ...
Time:
90s, year 1999, 20th century
Place:
las vegas, los angeles, usa
Is relevant?
31K
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Horror, Sci-Fi
Country: Canada
Duration: 93 min.
Story:
Timmy Robinson's best friend in the whole wide world is a six-foot tall rotting zombie named Fido. But when Fido eats the next-door neighbor, Mom and Dad hit the roof, and Timmy has to go to the ends of the earth to keep Fido a part of the ...
Style:
dark comedy, humorous, black comedy, funny, parody ...
Plot:
zombie, small town, satire, monster, back from the dead, infected, master and servant, apocalypse, virus, undead, canuxploitation, child's point of view ...
Time:
1950s, year 2006, 20th century, 50s
Place:
canada
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Mystery, Thriller
Country: Spain
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Julia finds 300 million pesetas hidden in a dead man's house while selling an apartment. She's a 40-ish real estate agent now forced to face the wrath of a very peculiar community (of neighbors), headed by an unscrupulous administrator. ...
Style:
black comedy, humorous, dark comedy, disturbing, bleak ...
Plot:
dark humor, real estate agent, greed, neighbor, murder, fish out of water, dishonesty, conflict, conspiracy, female protagonist, violence, money ...
Time:
90s
Place:
spain, madrid, iberian peninsula, europe, latin america ...
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Ireland
Duration: 110 min.
Story:
Francie and Joe live the usual playful, fantasy filled childhoods of normal boys. However, with a violent, alcoholic father and a manic depressive, suicidal mother the pressure on Francie to grow up are immense. When Francie's world turns to ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, disturbing, cult classic, depressing ...
Plot:
mental illness, dysfunctional family, friendship, childhood, coming of age, murder, bullying, boarding school, transformation, life is a bitch, human nature, family problems ...
Time:
60s, 50s, 20th century, year 1997
Place:
ireland, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Country: Italy
Duration: 115 min.
Story:
Giacinto lives with his wife, their ten children and various other family members in a shack on the hills of Rome. Some time ago he has lost his left eye while at work, and got a consistent sum of money from the insurance company, which he keeps ...
Style:
black comedy, dark comedy, dark, disturbing, realistic ...
Plot:
sexual promiscuity, large family, satire, greed, poverty, family relations, insanity, social problems, baptism, consumerism, pregnancy, promiscuity ...
Time:
70s, 20th century
Place:
rome italy, italy, europe
Is relevant?
Genre: Comedy, Horror
Country: USA
Duration: 81 min.
Story:
A man is accidentally transported to 1300 A.D., where he must battle an army of the dead and retrieve the Necronomicon so he can return home.
Style:
cult classic, dark fantasy, horror comedy, spooky, humorous ...
Audience:
teens, family friendly, date night, boys' night, adult
Plot:
zombie, time travel, evil dead, one man army, siege, possession, doppelganger, chainsaw, medieval, supernatural, sword and sorcery, sword fight ...
Time:
medieval times, 13th century, year 1992, middle ages, 20th century ...
Place:
england
Is relevant?
Related movie lists
