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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.

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 5 (2004)

8.7/10
Starring: Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Jeff Garlin, Susie Essman, Richard Lewis, Ted Danson

Larry David and friends return for more cringe-inducing comedy in Season Five, battling rumours that the show has 'jumped the shark', (TV boffin talk... Read more

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 6 (2007)

8.7/10
Director: Various
Starring: Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Jeff Garlin

Larry David has a pretty good life. Pretty, pretty good. He has understanding friends, a tolerant wife, and his plans for the afterlife all plotted ou... Read more

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 7 (2009)

8.7/10
Starring: Cheryl Hines, Larry David, Jeff Garlin

Larry David leads a troubled life - he's got a high-maintenance girlfriend he'd like to dump, an ex-wife he'd love to win back, fed-up friends, and of... Read more

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 8 (2011)

8.7/10
Starring: Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Susie Essman

Larry David is living the bachelor life. With his divorce finalised, Larry's run-ins with celebrities, politicians, and new girlfriends prompt whole n... Read more

Curb Your Enthusiasm: Season 9 (2017)

8.7/10
Starring: Richard Lewis, Jeff Garlin, Larry David, Cheryl Hines, Susie Essman

Larry's back  and that's pritty, pritty, pritty good news! Six years after the award-winning Curb Your Enthusiasm ended its last season, HBO will pre... Read more

Dallas 362 (2003)

6.2/10
Director: Scott Caan
Starring: Scott Caan, Shawn Hatosy, Kelly Lynch, Jeff Goldblum, Selma Blair, Marley Shelto...

Scott Caan makes his directorial debut with this psychological drama, which he also scripted and stars in, about two buddies living in the rundown und... Read more

Dance of the Dead (2008)

5.8/10
Director: Gregg Bishop
Starring: Jared Kusnitz, Greyson Chadwick, Zoe Myers, Chandler Darby, Carissa Capobianco,...

As Cosa High prepares for its prom, the students are getting ready to party. Unfortunately, pollution from a nearby nuclear power plant has reanimated... Read more

Danger 5 (2011)

8.4/10
Director: David Ashby, Dario Russo
Starring: David Ashby, Sean James Murphy, Natasa Ristic

Set in a bizarre 1960's inspired version of World War II, this action comedy series follows a team of five spies on a mission to kill Hitler. The acti... Read more

Dark Habits (1984)

6.6/10
Director: Pedro Almodovar
Starring: Carmen Maura, Christina Pascual, Julieta Serrano

A blackly funny tale of a nightclub singer who flees when her lover dies of a drug overdose and takes refuge in a convent, only to find that the siste... Read more

Dark Horse (2011)

6/10
Director: Todd Solondz
Starring: Christopher Walken, Mia Farrow, Selma Blair, Justin Bartha, Donna Murphy, Jordan...

Writer/director Todd Solondz ("Welcome to the Dollhouse", "Happiness") offers up another black comedy with the story of Abe (Jordan Gelber), a corpule... Read more