Subgenre Sampler
Black Comedy: 412 Films to Buy & Rent
How to Meet Girls from a Distance (2012)
- Dir. Dean Hewison
Feat. Richard Falkner, Scarlet Hemingway, Jonathan Brugh…
- A "peeping–tom rom–com" with Richard Falkner surprisingly relatable as a well–intentioned stalker determined to woo the girl of his…
Sightseers (2012)
- Dir. Ben Wheatley
Feat. Alice Lowe, Steve Oram
- A wooly British couple embark on a caravan trip through the Northern English countryside, only to find their peace – and violent tendencies – …
Two Little Boys (2012)
- Dir. Robert Sarkies
Feat. Bret McKenzie, Hamish Blake, Maaka Pohatu…
- Set in the early 90's, this Kiwi "mullet" comedy follows the arrested development of two 'bogan' mates whose situation and relationship goes…
Bad Teacher (2011)
- Dir. Jake Kasdan
Feat. Cameron Diaz, Jason Segel, Justin Timberlake…
- Wickedly profane comedy with perpetually hungover Diaz heading back to the classroom as a teacher to pay for her breast implants, but soon discovers…
Beaver, The (2011)
- Dir. Jodie Foster
Feat. Mel Gibson, Jodie Foster, Anton Yelchin…
- A haggard Mel Gibson adopts the persona of a beat–up hand puppet in an attempt to cope with his deteriorating mental health in this…
Bernie (2011)
- Dir. Richard Linklater
Feat. Jack Black, Shirley Maclaine, Matthew McConaughey
- A pitch black docudrama about gregarious Texas mortician (Black) who befriends a clingy spinster (Maclaine), with murderous results.
Dark Horse (2011)
- Dir. Todd Solondz
Feat. Jordan Gelber, Selma Blair, Mia Farrow…
- Todd Solondz's latest black comedy of discomfort, about a toy–obsessed thirty–something who enters into a relationship with a chronic…
God Bless America (2011)
- Dir. Bobcat Goldthwait
Feat. Joel Murray, Tara Lynne Barr, Melinda Page Hamilton
- On a mission to rid society of its most repellent citizens, terminally ill Frank makes an unlikely accomplice in 16–year–old Roxy.
Headhunters (2011)
- Dir. Morten Tyldum
Feat. Aksel Hennie, Synnove Macody Lund, Nikolaj Waldau…
- Jo Nesbo's blockbusting crime novel about a corporate headhunter moonlighting as an art thief gets an appropriately energetic treatment, and with its…
Hick (2011)
- Dir. Derick Martini
Feat. Chloe Moretz, Blake Lively, Rory Culkin…
- A strained, if mildly amusing redneck comedy of a small–town teenager who flees her abusive parents, only to hook up with a violent cowboy,…