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 Wolf of Wall Street (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Jon Favreau, Leonardo DiCaprio, Matthew McConaughey, Rob Reiner, Jean Dujardin,...
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
The Wolf of Wall Street ( Blu-ray ) (2013)
8.2/10
Director: Martin Scorsese
Starring: Leonardo DiCaprio, Jonah Hill, Margot Robbie
Director Martin Scorsese's critically acclaimed portrait of '90s-era excess offers a darkly funny take on the memoirs of Jordan Belfort (Leonardo DiCa... Read more
Cheap Thrills (2013)
6.7/10
Director: E L Katz
Starring: Ethan Embry, David Koechner, Sara Paxton, Pat Healy
During a chance encounter at a neighbourhood dive, a pair of old pals (Pat Healy, Ethan Embry) are commiserating over their money problems when their... Read more
Dom Hemingway (2013)
6.2/10
Director: Richard Shepard
Starring: Jude Law, Richard E Grant, Demian Bichir, Emilia Clarke
Jude Law and Richard E. Grant star in this crime comedy from writer-director Richard Shepard. Law plays Dom Hemingway, a larger-than-life safecracker... Read more
The Family (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo
Dark action comedy in which a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching... Read more
The Family (Blu-ray) (2013)
6.3/10
Director: Luc Besson
Starring: Michelle Pfeiffer, Robert De Niro, Tommy Lee Jones, Dianna Agron, John D'Leo
Dark action comedy in which a Mafia boss and his family are relocated to a sleepy town in France under the Witness Protection Program after snitching... Read more
Dexter: Season 8 ( aka The Final Season ) (2013)
8.7/10
Starring: James Remar, Lauren Velez, Desmond Harrington, Michael C Hall, Jennifer Carpente...
Dexter is a crime drama about Dexter Morgan, a man who leads a double life as an incredibly likeable forensics expert for the Miami Police Department... Read more
Project X (2012)
6.7/10
Director: Nima Nourizadeh
Starring: Thomas Mann, Oliver Cooper, Miles Teller
It's Thomas Kubb's 17th birthday and all he wants to do is throw a small party with some friends to help raise his social status and maybe even get lu... Read more
Tim and Eric's Billion Dollar Movie (2012)
5.4/10
Director: Tim Heidecker, Eric Wareheim
Starring: Jeff Goldblum, Ray Wise, Robert Loggia, William Atherton, Tim Heidecker, Eric Wa...
Provided with a billion dollars for film production, Tim and Eric squander every dime and elicit the wrath of the sinister Schlaaang Corporation. With... Read more
Small Apartments (2012)
6.1/10
Director: Jonas Akerlund
Starring: Amanda Plummer, Billy Crystal, Dolph Lundgren, James Caan, Rosie Perez, Saffron...
Franklin Franklin (Matt Lucas) plays the alphorn and dreams of Switzerland. His crazy brother sends him fingernail clippings in the mail. One of his n... Read more