Black Humour
"Black comedy...also known as 'black humour' or 'dark comedy', is a sub-genre of comedy and satire where topics and events that are usually treated seriously – death, mass murder, sickness, madness, terror, drug abuse, rape, war etc - are treated in a humorous or satirical manner." - Wikipedia
Good Stuff! Alice's dark comedy delights await below.
Clerks (1993)
7.8/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Jason Mewes, Marilyn Ghigliotti, Kevin Smith, Jeff Anderson, Brian O'Halloran
Kevin Smith's engagingly foul-mouthed and funny independent comedy tracks a 'typical' day at a New Jersey convenience store. Follow philosophical coun... Read more
Clerks II (2006)
7.4/10
Director: Kevin Smith
Starring: Brian O'Halloran, Jeff Anderson, Rosario Dawson, Jason Mewes, Kevin Smith, Jason...
Dante and Randal are back, 10 years after we last saw them. And Dante is still at the Quick Stop and Randal is still hassling customers in the video... Read more
Cockneys vs Zombies (2012)
5.9/10
Director: Matthias Hoene
Starring: Honor Blackman, Richard Briers, Michelle Ryan, Harry Treadaway, Alan Ford
Bank-robbers unwittingly let loose a zombie horde onto the streets of London in this comedy horror from director Matthias Hoene. Andy (Harry Treadaway... Read more
Coffee and Cigarettes (2003)
7.1/10
Director: Jim Jarmusch
Starring: Roberto Benigni, Cate Blanchett, Steve Coogan, Alfred Molina, Bill Murray, Iggy...
As hard to resist as its title vices, Jim Jarmusch's deceptively simple film consists of 11, to be fair, hit and miss vignettes, filmed over the cours... Read more
Cold Feet: Series 1 (1997)
8.2/10
Director: Nigel Cole, Ciaran Donnelly
Starring: James Nesbitt, Helen Baxendale, John Thomson, Hermione Norris, Robert Bathurst,...
Fusing comedy and drama this sharply observant series follows the lives of three couples living in Manchester who are at different stages on the relat... Read more
Cold Feet: Series 4 (2001)
8.2/10
Director: Ciaran Donnelly, Tim Whitby, Paul Kousoulides
Starring: Helen Baxendale, James Nesbitt, John Thomson, Fay Ripley, Robert Bathurst, Hermi...
Follow the lives, loves, luck and losses of six 'thirty-somethings' as they become entangled in love and friendship. In series four, Adam and Rachel a... Read more
Cold Fever (1994)
7.1/10
Director: Fridrik Thor Fridriksson
Starring: Masatoshi Nagase, Lili Taylor, Fisher Stevens
This Jarmusch-like comic road movie charts the adventures of Atshushi (Masatoshi Nagase), a Japanese businessman who decides to go to Iceland and trek... Read more
Cold Pursuit (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, Tom Bateman, William Forsythe, Julia Jones...
Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth s... Read more
Cold Pursuit (Blu-Ray) (2019)
6.5/10
Director: Hans Petter Moland
Starring: Liam Neeson, Laura Dern, Emmy Rossum, Tom Bateman, William Forsythe, Julia Jones...
Nels Coxman's quiet life as a snowplow driver comes crashing down when his beloved son dies under mysterious circumstances. His search for the truth s... Read more
Colour Me Kubrick (2005)
Director: Brian W Cook
Starring: John Malkovich, Jim Davidson, Richard E Grant, Peter Bowles, Marisa Berenson, Ly...
In the mid-'90s, Englishman Alan Conway conned many people into believing that he was reclusive American director Stanley Kubrick, despite the fact th... Read more