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.
101 Reykjavik (2000)
6.9/10
Director: Baltasar Kormakur
Starring: Victoria Abril, Hilmir Snaer Gudnason, Hanna Maria Karlsdottir, Baltasar Kormaku...
A young man's sexual impulses go haywire when he discovers that the woman he has just been to bed with happens to be his mother's lesbian lover. Set a... Read more
12 Monkeys (1995)
8/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Bruce Willis, Brad Pitt, Christopher Plummer, Madeleine Stowe
Inspired by Chris Marker's short film 'La Jetee' (also available) and set in the near future where a prisoner is sent back in time to the 90's to disc... Read more
12 Monkeys ( Blu-ray ) (1995)
7.6/10
Director: Terry Gilliam
Starring: Brad Pitt, Bruce Willis, Christopher Plummer, Madeleine Stowe
Inspired by Chris Marker's short film 'La Jetee' (also available) and set in the near future where a prisoner is sent back in time to the 90's to disc... Read more
13: Game of Death (2005)
6.8/10
Director: Chukiat Sakveerakul, Stewart St John
Starring: Krissada Terrence, Achita Wuthinounsurasit, Sarunyoo Wongkrachang, Nattapong Aru...
Pusit is deep in debt, he's just lost his job, his girlfriend and his car, so when a mysterious cell phone caller offers him $100 million to feature i... Read more
2 Days In The Valley (1996)
6.5/10
Director: John Herzfeld
Starring: Danny Aiello, James Spader, Eric Stoltz, Jeff Daniels, Teri Hatcher, Glenne Head...
A ruthlessly inventive and often extremely funny crime thriller involving a murder for hire, a betrayed crook, his slick partner, a dogged cop and a d... Read more
3000 Miles to Graceland (2001)
5.9/10
Director: Demian Lichtenstein
Starring: Kurt Russell, Kevin Costner, Courteney Cox, Christian Slater, Kevin Pollak, Davi...
Las Vegas is host to International Elvis Week and a group of crims slip into town complete with sequins and sideburns. A casino heist goes down and th... Read more
44 Inch Chest (2009)
5.8/10
Director: Malcolm Venville
Starring: Ian McShane, Joanne Whalley, John Hurt, Melvil Poupaud, Ray Winstone, Stephen Di...
How far would you go to avenge betrayal? Colin Diamond (Ray Winstone) is about to find out in this gritty, provocative drama (laced with black humour)... Read more
A Date for Mad Mary (2016)
7.1/10
Director: Darren Thornton
Starring: Seana Kerslake, Tara Lee, Charleigh Bailey
"Mad" Mary McArdle (Seána Kerslake) returns to her hometown after a brief stint in prison and is immediately labeled as undatable, but she is determin... Read more
A Face in the Crowd (1957)
8.2/10
Director: Elia Kazan
Starring: Andy Griffith, Walter Matthau, Lee Remick, Patricia Neal, Anthony Franciosa
Andy Griffith made his stunning movie debut as Lonesome, a big ol' teddy bear whose meteoric rise to TV fame is paralleled by his plunge into booze, s... Read more
A Fantastic Fear Of Everything (2011)
5.9/10
Director: Crispian Mills, Chris Hopewell
Starring: Simon Pegg, Clare Higgins, Paul Freeman
A crime novelist whose research on Victorian serial killers has turned him into a paranoid wreck must confront his worst fears when a film executive t... Read more