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.
The Last Word (2008)
6.3/10
Director: Geoffrey Haley
Starring: Winona Ryder, Wes Bentley, Ray Romano
An alienated poet (Wes Bentley), catering to self-destructive people lacking the literary talent to craft their own suicide notes, strikes up a friend... Read more
The League of Gentlemen (1960)
7.5/10
Director: Basil Dearden
Starring: Richard Attenborough, Jack Hawkins, Nigel Patrick, Roger Livesey, Kieron Moore,...
A humorous, tension-filled heist film about a former British Army officer who organises a group of his somewhat dodgy friends to pull off a 1,000,000... Read more
The Legend of Barney Thomson (2015)
Director: Robert Carlyle
Starring: Emma Thompson, Ray Winstone, Robert Carlyle
A Scottish barber inadvertently stumbles into serial murder, with both absurd and macabre consequences as he tries to cover his crimes. Robert Carlyle... Read more
The Libertine (2004)
6.4/10
Director: Laurence Dunmore
Starring: Johnny Depp, Samantha Morton, John Malkovich, Rosamund Pike, Tom Hollander, Kell...
Johnny Depp plays the hedonistic writer John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester, close friend of Charles II (John Malkovich) and a notorius figure in 17th cent... Read more
The Lobster (2015)
7.1/10
Director: Yorgos Lanthimos
Starring: John C Reilly, Rachel Weisz, Colin Farrell, Olivia Colman, Ben Whishaw, Ashley J...
In the world of Yorgos Lanthimos wily jet black satire of socially enforced coupledom, single adults are required to find a partner within 45 days or... Read more
The Locals (2003)
5.5/10
Director: Greg Page
Starring: John Barker, Dwayne Cameron, Kate Elliott, Aidee Walker
Two best friends, Grant and Paul, hit the road for a weekend of surfing. With night falling they take a short cut and meet Lisa and Kelly who invite t... Read more
The Loved One (1965)
7.2/10
Director: Tony Richardson
Starring: Anjanette Comer, Dana Andrews, James Coburn, John Gielgud, Lionel Stander, Marga...
The suicide of his expatriate uncle (John Gielgud) draws Englishman and poet Dennis Barlow (Robert Morse) into California's booming funeral industry.... Read more
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
7.8/10
Director: Peter Mullan
Starring: Geraldine McEwan, Anne-Marie Duff, Nora-Jane Noone, Dorothy Duffy
"The Magdalene Sisters" is based on a true story and charts several years in the young lives of three "fallen" women, who find themselves incarcerated... Read more
The Magician (2005)
6.6/10
Director: Scott Ryan
Starring: Scott Ryan, Ben Walker, Massimiliano Andrighetto, Kane Mason
From the producers of 'Chopper' comes this blackly comic mockumentary about a hitman, Ray (Scott Ryan who also wrote and directed) who hires a film cr... Read more
The Man Without A Past (2002)
7.7/10
Director: Aki Kaurismaki
Starring: Markku Peltola, Kati Outinen, Juhani Niemela, Kaija Pakarinen
The second part of Aki Kaurismaki's "Finland" trilogy (coming after "Drifting Clouds"), the film follows a man who arrives in Helsinki and gets beaten... Read more