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
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The Sopranos: Season 5 (2004)
9.2/10
Director: Alan Taylor, Mike Figgis, Peter Bogdanovich, Steve Buscemi, Rodrigo Garcia, John Patterson, Allen Coulter, Tim Van Patten
Starring: James Gandolfini, Lorraine Bracco, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Dominic Chiane...
His separation hasn't been working out. His nephew's fiancee has become a distraction. His paroled cousin is giving off bad vibes. His business rival... Read more
The Sopranos: Season 6, Part 1 (2006)
9.2/10
Starring: James Gandolfini, Edie Falco, Michael Imperioli, Lorraine Bracco, Steven Van Zan...
Things are really starting to fall apart as Gene decides he wants to leave the New Jersey mob for sunny Florida, the Feds are hot onTony's trail and V... Read more
The Square (2017)
7.3/10
Director: Ruben Östlund
Starring: Dominic West, Elisabeth Moss, Terry Notary, Claes Bang, Annica Liljeblad, Christ...
Christian is the respected curator of a contemporary art museum, a divorced but devoted father of two who drives an electric car and supports good cau... Read more
The Squid and the Whale (2005)
7.4/10
Director: Noah Baumbach
Starring: Jeff Daniels, Laura Linney, Jesse Eisenberg, Owen Kline, William Baldwin, Anna P...
Writer/director Noah Baumbach's semi-autobiographical tale of a disintegrating family set in 1980s Brooklyn is full of melancholy wit and sympathetic... Read more
The Station Agent (2003)
7.7/10
Director: Tom McCarthy
Starring: Peter Dinklage, Patricia Clarkson, Bobby Cannavale, Raven Goodwin, Paul Benjamin...
Writer and first-time director Tom McCarthy's poignant comedy-drama centers on Finbar McBride (Peter Dinklage), a depressed dwarf who inherits and mov... Read more
The Story of Ricky (1993)
7.1/10
Director: Nam Nai Choi
Starring: Fan Siu-Wong, Fan Hoi Sang, Ho Kar Kui, Yukari Oshima, Tetsuro Tanpa, Gloria Yip
Aka 'Riki-Oh'. This over-the-top number has won a cult following for its deliberately outlandish martial arts violence, in which Riki displays the rem... Read more
The Texas Chainsaw Massacre 2 (1986)
5.6/10
Director: Tobe Hooper
Starring: Dennis Hopper, Caroline Williams, Jim Siedow
Leatherface, the Cook, Grandpa, and company are back, proving that the family that slays together stays together, in Tobe Hooper's follow-up to his 19... Read more
The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (2006)
Director: Tommy Lee Jones
Starring: Tommy Lee Jones, Barry Pepper, Dwight Yoakam, January Jones, Julio Cedillo
Veteran actor Tommy Lee Jones wears the director's hat for the first time with this poetic homage to the Tex-Mex western, written by Guillermo Arriaga... Read more
The Trouble With Harry (1955)
7.1/10
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
Starring: Edmund Gwenn, John Forsythe, Shirley MacLaine
The trouble with Harry is that he is dead. The trouble with his peers is that each one thinks they did it! The sharp Alfred Hitchcock humour and spect... Read more
The Vicious Kind (2009)
7/10
Director: Lee Toland Krieger
Starring: J K Simmons, Adam Scott, Brittany Snow, Alex Frost
There's nothing like a first love to bring family tensions to a boil in this riveting dark comedy! In a startling performance, Adam Scott stars as Cal... Read more